Meet the Texas performers on tour with the hit Broadway musical โHairsprayโ
Actors Andrew Scoggin and Abigail Bensman sit down with Houston Life's Derrick Shore to chat about this week's performances in their home state of Texas and why the Tony-winning musical 'Hairspray' is striking just the right note with audiences.
See PaintJam in action at the annual Wine and Food Week in The Woodlands
Dan and Harvey Dunn are the father and son duo behind the show. They recently stopped by Houston Life for a special โchampagneโ performance to toast the 20th Annual Wine and Food Week.
New study examines barriers faced by Houston minority-led arts organizations
Last year, the BIPOC Arts Network and Fund, or BANF, launched an initiative to explore barriers in arts education in Houston. Specifically, the problems Black, Indigenous, and People of Color non-profit leaders face when it comes to educating students on the arts. Armando Silva, executive director of MECA, Charity Carter, executive director of the Edison Arts Foundation, and Amina Clarke-Walker who is a first grader in the arts joined Tessa about the Arts Education Landscape Exploration Project.
Shuttered for decades, a downtown theater in a rural Texas town is getting new life and new mission
Rural Texas towns like Levelland on the South Plains are increasingly turning to the arts to help revitalize their downtowns and provide more attractions for families.
How remote desert town in Texas became such an arts Mecca
Back in 1971, Donald Judd was a renown artist who was already a success in New York City, but he pined for something that even an arts haven like the Big Apple couldnโt offer.
Watch how a Texas professor used art to honor Uvaldeโs lost kids
After the tragic Uvalde school shooting in 2022, Abel Ortiz, an art professor at Southwest Texas Junior College, asked artists from across the state to come together to use the power of art to heal. See the results of their efforts in this video.
What led to Danny Mastersonโs rape retrial and what happens next
A Los Angeles jury has found โThat โ70s Showโ actor Danny Masterson guilty of two counts of rape and failed to reach a verdict on a third woman's sexual abuse allegations.
U2 creating new experience with Sphere Las Vegas concerts
U2 is familiar with rocking out in major sporting arenas and stadiums, but the legendary band will soon hit the stage to create a new immersive concert experience inside a high-tech, globe-shaped venue in Las Vegas.
NBCUniversal CEO Shell departs over โinappropriate conductโ
Jeff Shell, the chief executive of NBCUniversal, is departing the company after an investigation into inappropriate conduct, parent company Comcast announced Sunday.
Lizzo brings drag queens on stage, protesting Tennessee law
Lizzo filled her stage with drag queens in a concert Friday night in Knoxville, Tennessee, in a glittery protest against the stateโs legislation against public drag performances.
Bud Light exec takes leave after boycott calls, reports say
Reports say a Bud Light marketing executive is taking a leave of absence after overseeing a partnership between the company and a transgender influencer, drawing cries for boycotts.
Will Fox settlement alter conservative media? Apparently not
Now that Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against Fox News ended in a $787 million settlement, what will be the impact on media outlets that appeal to conservatives.
Dame Edna creator Barry Humphries dies in Sydney at 89
Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending snob whose evolving character has delighted audiences over seven decades, has died.
Q&A: Benjamin Millepied on directing a reimagined 'Carmenโ
Benjamin Millepied's โCarmenโ has little to do with the familiar story from the 1875 Bizet opera about a mysterious woman who is ultimately killed by a jealous lover.
Women are monsters, victims and heroes in 'Evil Dead Rise'
When director Lee Cronin set out to make the latest installment of the โEvil Deadโ franchise, he knew he wanted to bring a fresh angle to his version of the iconic horror series while still giving winks and nods throughout to his source material.
Dame Edna actor Barry Humphries stable in Sydney hospital
Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, is in a Sydney hospital with complications following hip surgery.
Barenboim made Berlin citizen of honor after long tenure
Daniel Barenboim has been made a citizen of honor of Berlin, months after he ended his three-decade tenure as the general musical director of the Berlin State Opera for health reasons.
Music to Trump's ears: Whitewashing Jan. 6 riot with song
A song featuring ex-President Donald Trump and a choir of prisoners charged with crimes related to the deadly Capitol insurrection briefly took the No. 1 spot on iTunes last month, edging out Taylor Swift.
Prosecutors dismiss Alec Baldwin charge, citing new evidence
Prosecutors have formally dismissed an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western film โRust,โ citing new evidence and the need for more time to investigate.
Alec Baldwin charge to be dropped in movie set shooting case
Prosecutors in New Mexico plan to drop an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western film โRust.โ.
BuzzFeed News to be shuttered in corporate cost cutting move
Pulitzer Prize winning digital media outlet BuzzFeed News is being shut down as part of a cost-cutting drive by its corporate parent that's shedding about 15% of its entire staff.
Todd Haimes, who led a theater company to Broadway, dies
Todd Haimes, who led the Roundabout Theatre Company from an off-off-Broadway company teetering on the edge of bankruptcy into a major theatrical force with works on five stages โ including three Broadway theaters โ and dozens of Tony Awards, has died.
AP image of Mariupol hospital attack wins World Press Photo
Associated Press photographer Evgeniy Maloletka has won the World Press Photo of the Year for his harrowing image of emergency workers carrying a pregnant woman through the shattered grounds of a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol in the chaotic aftermath of a Russian attack.
Bolshoi pulls Nureyev ballet citing ban on LGBT 'propaganda'
Russiaโs Bolshoi Theater has removed a ballet dedicated to dancer Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire, citing a new Russian law that expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBT rights.
Q&A: Aster, Phoenix try to discuss โBeau is Afraidโ
In Ari Asterโs new film โBeau is Afraid,โ Joaquin Phoenix plays an anxious man in a rotten world who goes on a wildly weird journey, both Homeric and Oedipal, to his motherโs home.
Antiquities, plucked from storeroom, on Roman Forum display
Hundreds of remnants of ancient Roman life โ from dice to rain gutter decorations to burial offerings 3,000 years old โ have long been hidden from public view.
Fox settlement part of flurry of lawsuits over election lies
Fox Newsโ nearly $800 million settlement of a voting machine companyโs defamation lawsuit marks the first milestone in a larger legal strategy designed to combat the false claims and conspiracy theories about elections that have rippled through the U.S. for nearly three years.
DeSantis appointees begin reshaping Disney World's district
New supervisors leading Disney Worldโs revamped governing body say they had good intentions about collaborating with the company after they were appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Coroner: Aaron Carter drowned in tub from drug, inhalant
A coroner's report says singer and rapper Aaron Carter accidentally drowned in his bathtub as a result of sedatives heโd taken and gas used in spray cleaners that he had inhaled.
Tribeca sets lineup with docs on Stan Lee, Dan Rather
Films directed by Chelsea Peretti, David Duchovny and Michael Shannon will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, as will documentaries about Dan Rather, Stan Lee and Gloria Gaynor.
TV and film writers authorize strike over pay, other issues
Writers of film and television have voted overwhelmingly to give their union leadership the authority to call a strike if a new contract agreement is not reached with producers.
Fugees rapper in political conspiracy trial launches defense
A Fugees rapper on trial in a multimillion-dollar campaign finance and foreign influence case was trying to reinvent himself as he entered the political arena, not break any laws, defense attorneys say.
Malala Yousafzai working on new book, her 'most personal'
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is working on a new memoir, the latest book by the young activist from Pakistan known for her advocacy for education for girls and for surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban.
โThe Phantom of the Operaโ closes on Broadway after 35 years
The final curtain came down Sunday on New Yorkโs production of โThe Phantom of the Opera,โ ending Broadwayโs longest-running show with thunderous standing ovations, champagne toasts and gold and silver confetti.
Kings probe 'racial bias' claims after rapper E-40 ejected
The Sacramento Kings are investigating allegations from a Bay Area hip-hop star that โracial biasโ led to him being kicked out of his seat during a playoff game against the Golden State Warriors.
Japan auteur Kitano's latest samurai film headed to Cannes
Takeshi Kitanoโs new film, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival next month, is a samurai story without heroes, mercilessly portraying human greed, betrayal and cruelty.