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9 best Houston plays and performances to stream and catch in April Emmy winner and film star
Laura Linney will take part in 4th Wall Theatre s virtual
White Rabbit Red Rabbit live series on April 24.
Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions A year into remote theater and Houston performing arts companies have learned to get creative. Yes, we’re still streaming some dramatic and comic theater goodness, but April also offers a plethora of different performances modes from live actors on your front lawn to virtual conferencing with a semi-omnipotent nun. For some spring variety, we’ve also got some dramatic opera, dance and poetry on our must-see list. And if you manage to get through it all, be sure to check out this special “Thank You, Houston” message from the city’s Actors Equity Association (plus one, likely non-union, guinea pig).
For those of us who still believe in taking public health and safety precautions, let us present to you this week’s list of best virtual bets. Each one you can either enjoy from the comfort of your home or, for those who’d like to get out of the house responsibly, outdoors and socially distanced.
Join Aperio and resident conductor Marlon Chen on Friday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. for
Four Seasons, but the piece, a collection of four tangos by
nuevo tango master Astor Piazzolla, actually wasn’t written with the intent to parallel the famous work. Subsequent musicians connected the dots, and Aperio along with violinist Chloé Trevor will present an arrangement by composer Leonid Desyatnikov, which “unequivocally” links them together. You can view the livestream, also featuring a performance of Heitor Villa-Lobos’s
Essay: Thinking about Karl Kilian - Houston s literary lion
Rich Levy
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Karl Kilian posed in Brazos Bookstore Monday March 13, 2006. He owned the independent bookstore for nearly 20 years.Sharon Steinmann, Staff / Houston Chronicle
When we moved to Houston in 1986 from Iowa City a writer-filled college town with the highest per capita number of indie bookstores and readings in the U.S. we were disappointed. Houston had far better food, it had Fiesta, it was amazingly diverse, but the book scene appeared to be dominated by big box stores not a happy situation. Until, around the corner from our rental house, we found Brazos Bookstore.
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