Originally published in the San Antonio Current. The Public Theater of San Antonio is starting its 2020-2021 season on a lighthearted note with Jonathan Tollins’ one-man comedy Buyer and Cellar. It is the first in a COVID-safe lineup of one-person plays the theatre will produce for live virtual viewing. The comedy follows a struggling LA…
Musical Spoof ‘Gladiators in Love’ on Stage at the Overtime Theater
A semi-staged reading of a musical parody that spoofs movies like Spartacus, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Brokeback Mountain, among others, will take the stage of the Overtime Gregg Barrios Theater on November 30 and December 1. The show, dubbed Gladiators in Love, features characters based on Greek deities, Roman courtesans, Daisy Duke,…
Broadway Classic ‘Hello, Dolly!’ Set to Open at Woodlawn Theatre
If you hadn’t noticed, the 1964 madcap musical Hello, Dolly! returned to the stage in grand fashion last year thanks to a multi-Tony-winning Broadway revival starring Bette Midler (and later Bernadette Peters) as vivacious matchmaker and “professional meddler” Dolly Gallagher Levi. Penned by 87-year-old Broadway legend Jerry Herman (Mame, La Cage aux Folles) and late…