Journey to the Center of My Brain in 3D

It’s not really summer in Houston without a freshly cooked-up musical from Cooper. This year the Catastrophic Theatre has teamed with Stages Repertory Theatre to present The Tamarie Cooper Show, Journey to the Center of My Brain (in 3D!), which is bound to get you out of any and all summer funks...Cooper has assembled a cast of the usual suspects along with some unsuspecting newcomers. Each has their own brand of zaniness, a total necessity to survive a Cooper extravaganza...All in all, a summer blues chaser if I have ever seen one. 

Cooper's annual summer musical has become something of an institution on Houston's theater scene. Her current Journey ranks with the best of the original Tamalalia series produced for 10 years by the defunct Infernal Bridegroom Productions. It starts in high gear with the insanely enthusiastic opening number and seldom lets up for its tight 90-minute running time...Like all of Cooper's shows, Journey is the theatrical equivalent of a handmade gift, as opposed to a store-bought, mass-produced item. Stamped with Cooper's winning personality and sense of humor, the show has all over it the loving fingerprints of everyone involved, from the cast, to the band led by John Duboise, to the ingenious design team...I don't think you'll find back-to-back numbers celebrating the heroes of Gilligan's Island and Pride and Prejudice in any other show. But then, that's what makes it The Tamarie Cooper Show.