Step Into The World Of “A Chorus Line” And Putt-Putt Your Way Through A Mini-Houston
TUTS opens its 2019-20 season with a singular sensation of a Broadway musical. Plus, a local art gallery may change the way you look at – and interact with – Houston’s bayous.
"A Chorus Line" opened on Broadway in 1975 and received nine Tony Awards and the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. "Golf Coast" is an interactive art exhibit and putt-putt course based on Houston's bayous and freeways. (Photo Credit: Erick Velazquez & SJC South Campus Gallery)
TUTS presents "A Chorus Line," September 10 - 22 at The Hobby Center. (Photo Credit: Erick Velazquez)
TUTS presents "A Chorus Line," September 10 - 22 at The Hobby Center. (Photo Credit: Erick Velazquez)
Megan Larche Dominick, Associate Artistic Director / Director of New Works, Theatre Under The Stars (Photo Credit: Courtesy of TUTS)
"Golf Coast," an interactive art installation and mini-golf course, runs August 26 - September 27 at the San Jacinto College South Campus Gallery. (Photo Credit: SJC South Campus Gallery)
"Golf Coast," an interactive art installation and mini-golf course, runs August 26 - September 27 at the San Jacinto College South Campus Gallery. (Photo Credit: SJC South Campus Gallery)
"Golf Coast," an interactive art installation and mini-golf course, runs August 26 - September 27 at the San Jacinto College South Campus Gallery. (Photo Credit: SJC South Campus Gallery)
"Golf Coast," an interactive art installation and mini-golf course, runs August 26 - September 27 at the San Jacinto College South Campus Gallery. (Photo Credit: SJC South Campus Gallery)
"Golf Coast," an interactive art installation and mini-golf course, runs August 26 - September 27 at the San Jacinto College South Campus Gallery. (Photo Credit: SJC South Campus Gallery)
"Golf Coast," an interactive art installation and mini-golf course, runs August 26 - September 27 at the San Jacinto College South Campus Gallery. (Photo Credit: SJC South Campus Gallery)
"Golf Coast," an interactive art installation and mini-golf course, runs August 26 - September 27 at the San Jacinto College South Campus Gallery. (Photo Credit: SJC South Campus Gallery)
"Golf Coast," an interactive art installation and mini-golf course, runs August 26 - September 27 at the San Jacinto College South Campus Gallery. (Photo Credit: SJC South Campus Gallery)
"Golf Coast," an interactive art installation and mini-golf course, runs August 26 - September 27 at the San Jacinto College South Campus Gallery. (Photo Credit: SJC South Campus Gallery)
"Golf Coast," an interactive art installation and mini-golf course, runs August 26 - September 27 at the San Jacinto College South Campus Gallery. (Photo Credit: SJC South Campus Gallery)
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In this episode of "Unwrap Your Candies Now," Ernie Manouse gets an inside look at A Chorus Line and what it's like to cast and stage this Broadway classic with Megan Larche Dominick, Theatre Under The Stars' Associate Artistic Director / Director of New Works. TUTS presents the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that portrays the life of a Broadway dancer, September 10 – 22 at The Hobby Center.
Then, Catherine Lu chats with Bradly Brown, curator of the San Jacinto College South Campus Gallery, whose latest exhibit is Golf Coast. The interactive art installation is a mini-golf course modeled on seven Houston bayous, complete with the city's freeways, landmarks and other local details surrounding it – and built mostly from recycled materials. Brown talks about the making of, and thinking behind, Golf Coast, on view and ready for play August 26 – September 27.
While growing up in Chicago and Houston, Catherine’s love for art, music and creative writing was influenced by her teachers and parents. She was once concertmaster of the Clear Lake High School Orchestra and a four-time violinist of the Texas All-State Symphony. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Catherine...