Welcome to Dish-Houston.comDISH Served up H-Town Style!!


 

 

 

Entries in main street theater (3)

Girls ONLY!!!

Girls Only!GIRLS ONLY - THE SECRET COMEDY OF WOMEN®, is an original comedy that celebrates the honor, truth, humor and silliness of being female.  With a two-woman cast and audiences full of raucous laughing women, the show has found quick popularity in its unique examination of all things girly.  In its Denver debut, this hit drew 96,000 women during a record-breaking run of nearly two years and 586 consecutive performances.  Now it’s Houston’s turn!!! YEA!!!  

Born out of the earnest and sweetly ridiculous writings the two authors discovered in their girlhood diaries, the GIRLS ONLY mix of sketch comedy, improvisation, audience participation, and hilarious songs and videos will remind you that underneath, women all have very funny and very charming feminine similarities.

Bring your mothers, daughters, sisters and girlfriends.  We promise you’ll leave laughing, ready to dig out your old diary.

Tickets:  $30 - $40

Purchase Tickets: CLICK HERE or 713.524.6706

For Group Savings 10+ call or email Ingrid Gunn: 281.740.4408 or ir194@aol.com

Show times:   Wed. & Thurs. 7:30pm; Fri. & Sat. 8:00pm; Sun. 3:00pm

Keep your eyes on DISH as well as our FACEBOOK and TWITTER because we will be giving tickets away for the first week of shows! =)

Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 01:22PM by Registered CommenterDISHhouston in , , , , , , | CommentsPost a Comment

"Girls Only" Authors Take Houston by Laughter

Did the Houston scene seem a little dead Monday night March 5th? That's because more than 200 of Houston's brightest and liveliest women were at Main Street Theater for the evening's brightest attraction. They ended up having an uproarious time, hooting and hollering, some doubled up in laughter during the sneak preview of Girls Only - The Secret Comedy of Women©.  

 

The show, based on the teenage diaries of the two authors and the experiences of women everywhere, is set to debut in Houston September 6, 2012. Audience reception has been so extraordinary that the show has been running for more than two years in Denver and more than eight months in Minneapolis. And it opens in Pittsburgh on Memorial Day.  

 

At Monday's reception, authors and actresses Linda Klein and Barbara Gehring regaled the audience with stories of their creative journey and gave the receptive Houston crowd a sample vignette from the comedy. The two were in Houston last week to conduct auditions to select the local cast. Hosting the evening were the show's Houston co-producer, Sydney Greenblatt, and the founder/artistic director of Main Street Theater, Rebecca Udden. The reception's media sponsor, Beverly Denver, editor and publisher of Houston Woman Magazine joined in the fun of the evening.

 

Also seen in the crowd -- über-networkers Sarah Gish and SHeartInfoBox-HoustonTX-Mar14.2012ara Speer Selber, Content Active President/CMO Lisa Holland-Nelson, Bambi McCullough, CEO of ChrysalisPartners , Greenwood King realtor, Sharon Brier with gal-pals Amy Greneder, Cookie Portnoy and Glenda Waldman, Society for the Performing Arts, marketing guru Marie Jacinto,  Main Street Theater Board Member Marian Strug, Village Frame Shop's Michele Granit, Buffalo Bayou Partnership PR Director Trudi Smith with Pat Hadley and Ellen Grodjesk and Kalyani Giri from Indo-American News.

 

While onstage, Barbara and Linda acknowledged Eric Malmberg, Ed.D., Texas Women's University Institute of Health Sciences as the only guy in the audience!  Eric proudly stood and introduced himself and wife Marlene.  Also enjoying the light-hearted moment were Rev. Helen Havens, Yummi Ice Cream's, Pam Reynolds, Houston City Breakfast Club Board members, Ellen Sanborn, Tuppen Bourianoff, Chandra Stone, Jo Rosenblum King, Judge Leigh Faoro Saint-Germain, Jeanette Dixon, Susie Day, and Ute Cezeaux, artists Toby Topek and Sandi Bryant-Seltzer and photographer Janice Rubin.  Reliant Park's Nina Jackson and Karen Barber, therapist Joan Brochstein, trend-setter El Matha Wilder with friend Ellen Brownback, pals Rhonda Glick and Diane Gelman, friends Amy Freeman and Betsy Siegel and Dish-Houston.com publisher Lori Freese.

Free Fresh Fest

You know DISH'S fav price is FREE!!! And the building of community is a pretty fab thing to do too! Plus supporting the arts...well that is just bonus! Guess what you can do Friday evening at Discovery Green beginning at 6 pm???

FREE dance, t5heatre and poetry performances; an instrument petting zoo, poetry booth, costume dress-up trunk, scratch film project and after-dark film screenings. A festival celebrating Houston's alternative art scene.

FREE food provided by Strip House.

5-6PM: Educator's Preview
Open to all educators! Come see what Houston´s alternative art scene has to offer you and your students! Incorporate arts into your classroom or come to us! You´ll also be treated to a free dance workshop from Dance Houston and performance from Main Street Theater.

6-8:30PM: FRESH FEST
Performances from U of H Dance Ensemble, Travesty Dance Group, Michael Khalil, Dance of Asian America, Mildred's Umbrella and Main Street Theater; film screenings from Aurora Picture Show; scratch film project from SWAMP; an instrument petting zoo, costume dress up trunk and more!
Did we mention it FREE???
See you there DISHIES!! =)