ABNER FLETCHER, POSTED ON APRIL 4, 2018 Musical theatre and basketball — together at last. That’s the crux of a new play called Small Ball at Houston’s Catastrophic Theatre. The production was commissioned by Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets. The idea came after Catastrophic’s artistic director Jason Nodler read that Morey
By Jeff Balke 4/3/2018 If the idea of a musical about basketball seems like two things that don’t go together, you may be surprised when you hear the back story. Most Rockets fans by now are aware of Small Ball, the musical Rockets GM Daryl Morey is producing with Houston’s Catastrophic Theatre. What you might not know
By Chris Gray 3/28/2018 THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD KNOW about Catastrophic Theatre’s Small Ballis that the edgy Houston troupe once held a curtain for 90 minutes so that everyone—actors, crew, audience members—could watch a Rockets playoff game. The second is that the creative team behind this so-called “basketball musical” includes none other than the