If you know anything about Houston theater’s summer season, you pant for Tamarie Cooper’s annual revue at Catastrophic Theatre. She’s been at it for 30 years, and Tamarie’s Greatest Hits, Volume 3, a world premiere, is her 29th iteration, a compendium from her past ten summer shows. It’s a hodgepodge of musical numbers, silly
Make way Katy Perry, there’s a new diva in town. Joe Folladori — musician, song writer, one of Catastrophic Theatre’s core artists, leader of Houston’s former cult indie-band The Mathletes — has arrived center stage in the persona of Sophia, and the star wattage is blinding. Playwright Folladori identifies as “high-fem, Christian, bisexual, Democrat,” as
Of course the first question of Joe Folladori, who wrote the music, lyrics and book to Katy Perry Candy Darling Mary Magdelene had to be: How did he come up with the title to this world premiere about to open at The Catastrophic Theatre? “Well, I knew Katy Perry had to be in the title,”