Director Jonathan Pennington cast strong voices for “Rent,” a show he’s wanted to do for a long time. Frank Grisby stands out as Tom Collins — his grief-stricken delivery of “I’ll Cover You” is a highlight. Att…

BOERNE — “The Orphans,” which opened this weekend at Boerne Community Theatre, tells the odd-but-compelling tale of the Spangler sisters (Linda McCullers and Allison Dietz), aging spinsters haunted by the deaths of their parents. The …

Editor’s note: A midnight show has been added to Saturday night. It had to happen eventually. In this month’s episode of “The Adventures of Captain Cortez and the Tri-Lambda Brigade,” titled “The Castaways,” the crew…

The details are still being worked out, but the folks at the Sheldon Vexler Theatre have chosen the four shows they’ll present in the 2012-’13 season. Head honcho Ken Frazier and crew will stage “August: Osage County;” “Gl…

Proxy Theatre has pulled together a completely engaging staging of “Everything Will Be Different,” a vivid look at the life of a grieving teen (Allie Perez) struggling to figure out sex, beauty and womanhood following the death of her mothe…

COURTESY JENNIFER CROWDER “Big, Bad and Beautiful: Still Hungry,” the late Alicia Fernandez’s unflinching look at the lives of full-bodied women, is getting a welcome revival courtesy of a revived form of her company, Daddy’s Gi…

The latest offering from playwright TJ Young is “The Guys You Slept With,” a well-structured piece about a woman (Kristen Hinton) who is absolutely sure she knows what she wants from a guy.

The San Pedro Playhouse will dedicate “My Fair Lady,” which is slated to rub March 16-April 14, to Frank Christian. Christian, who died earlier this month, frequently appeared at the theater. When Norbert Gonzales, the theater’s inter…

The San Pedro Playhouse will dedicate “My Fair Lady,” which is slated to rub March 16-April 14, to Frank Christian. Christian, who died earlier this month, frequently appeared at the theater. When Norbert Gonzales, the theater’s inter…

“Big, Bad and Beautiful: Still Hungry,” Alicia Fernandez’s best-known work, is being remounted partly as a tribute to her. Fernandez, who created the show initially as a solo show that she later expanded to include other actors, died …