Reviews for Georgetown Palace Theatre Performances
Review: 9 to 5, the Musical by Georgetown Palace Theatre
by Rick Perkins
Published on April 11, 2022
Who hasn’t seen the hilarious movie starring Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin? Office politics, boorish behaviors and sweet revenge among dear friends, all rolled into a confection of tasty fun for the ages. Dolly Parton sure has hit pay-dirt with her stage musical adaptation, even making an appearance via the large projection onstage. She guides us into the story and comes back for a well deserved encore to send everyone home singing …
Review: Deathtrap by Georgetown Palace Theatre
by Michael Meigs
Published on January 27, 2022
DEATHTRAP has a surprise or two that will whip-saw you. The combination of the meta-wit and the fiendish plotting is certainly enough to astonish and entertain. The Georgetown Playhouse production is a deft, amusing evening with an appealing cast and clever outcome.
There was plenty of suspense at the Georgetown Playhouse last weekend. The storefront playing space on the north side of the Palace Theatre block was practically full, with almost a hundred audience members closely ranked around the ground-floor thrust stage adroitly designed by Justin Dam. Most were properly masked, although I spotted some noses—including those of a couple of teenagers seated directly to my right. The ventilation was undetectable. Are we treating ourselves …
Review: Greater Tuna by Georgetown Palace Theatre
by Justin M. West
Published on June 18, 2021
While Rick Felkins and Kirk Kelso are hilarious, to some I fear that GREATER TUNA may simply be “funny because it’s true” and do little to inspire the reflection that satire demands.
If one were to measure the success of the Georgetown Palace Playhouse Stage’s production of Greater Tuna only on “laughs per minute” - an old goalpost-setting comedy adage and one this show typically boasts with pride - the performance I saw last week would already be a huge success. From the moment the lights dimmed and the voices of Thurston Wheelis (Rick Felkins) and Arles Struvie (Kirk Kelso) of “Radio OKKK, broadcasting at a …
Review: The Little Mermaid, Disney by Georgetown Palace Theatre
by Justin M. West
Published on December 23, 2016
Unfortunate. And nothing was more disappointing and consistently cringeworthy than the wire work. I felt bad for the actors on stage doing their absolute best to overcome a stage effect that was overused, clearly under-practiced, and that should have been done away with entirely.
CTXLT note: Many of the roles in The Little Mermaid are double cast. The photos below are of the actors who appeared at the performance reviewed. I left Georgetown, Texas in a huff about fifteen years …
Review: Beauty and the Beast by Georgetown Palace Theatre
by Michael Meigs
Published on December 18, 2015
Those in this extravaganza are two-dimensional characters for the most part, except for Ismael Soto as the Beast, whom we see both yearning and learning.
I lingered after the Georgetown Palace's Saturday matinee performance of Beauty and the Beast, intending to say hello to Kristin DeGroot, the sweet soprano who plays Belle. Watching the excitement onstage well after the curtain call, I was treated to an unmistakeable demonstration of why this production is running strong and full for its more than six-week run as the Palace's annual Great Big Holiday Extravaganza. DeGroot was surrounded by her fans, a press …
Review: Jesus Christ Superstar
by Michael Meigs
Published on February 05, 2015
The full houses at the Georgetown Palace offer evidence that this rock opera about the gentle man from Nazareth still affects us deeply today -- for some, perhaps even more deeply than the Book and history that it's based upon.
Jesus Christ Superstar, first an LP, was recorded 45 years ago. Shortly after that it was up on Broadway and running hard, talking to the United States and later the world.That 1970 creation was, in its day, closer to the great era of Broadway musicals than it is to us now. The full houses at the Georgetown Palace offer evidence that this rock opera about the gentle man from Nazareth still affects us …