Stages, Theater

Review: Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein Is a Bawdy and Hilarious Hit at Mercury Theater

Mel Brooks is one of the great comic geniuses of our time and he has said that Young Frankenstein was his favorite film. From that comic lunacy came the musical […]

Kathy D. Hey /
Stages, Theater

Review: MotherFreakingHood! Is a Smart and Hilarious Musical at the Venus Cabaret Theater

The musical is alive and well and takes aim at millennial motherhood in all of its glory. It is so perfect that I went to see MotherFreakingHood! at the Venus […]

Kathy D. Hey /
Stages, Theater

Review: Witnessing the Swan Song of Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill

Quite a few people say they love the music of Billie Holiday, having heard only God Bless the Child or—the song controversial in its time—Strange Fruit. Those songs cannot come […]

Kathy D. Hey /
Stages, Theater

Review: Mercury Theater Presents a Fun Romp with Priscilla Queen of the Desert—The Musical

Boas! Feathers! Dance hits of the ’70s! The Mercury Theater’s production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert—the Musical had plenty of all three. There was a core fan base of […]

Kathy D. Hey /
Stages, Theater

Review: Powerhouse Voices Lift Mercury Theater’s Women of Soul

True confessions time. When I saw that Mercury Theater was doing a musical called Women of Soul, my curiosity was piqued. Musicals featuring soul music and powerhouse singing are the […]

Kathy D. Hey /
Stages, Theater

2019 in Review: Our Favorite Nights at the Theater

This isn’t a “best theater of the year” list. As we’ve noted about past lists, we don’t see everything. Most of our writers are freelancers, all with other gigs, and […]

Third Coast Review Staff /
Music, Reviews, Stages, Venues

Review: Mercury Theater’s Nat King Cole Christmas Concert a Smooth Ride Down Memory Lane

An Unforgettable Nat King Cole Christmas is the charming tribute concert playing through Sunday, December 15, at the Mercury’s Venus Cabaret Theater in Lakeview. It stars Evan Tyrone Martin as […]

Bob Benenson /
Stages, Theater

Review: Little Shop Of Horrors Invades Mercury Theater

Little Shop of Horrors holds a special place in my heart. I first saw the 1986 movie adaptation when I was young, and it gave me a love for goofy, off-brand […]

James Brod /