Ramone Nelson is an actor coming to Houston with the National Tour of PARADE. Starting at the Hobby Center on July 15th, PARADE is a deep and dark musical, based on real historical events, and it follows the story of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory superintendent in Atlanta, who is wrongly accused and convicted of murdering a young girl, and it takes place in 1913. It mines themes of prejudice and justice, and the power of love and devotion amidst adversity. It debuted on Broadway back in 1998, and it got some Tony awards that year, but it had a regrettably short run. But now the show is a sensation after a Tony Award-winning revival, and probably because it speaks to our times. Ramone is an amazing actor, singer, and dancer who came from the Broadway production of MJ!

The Upstairs Lounge arson attack happened on June 24th in 1973. We wrap up our Pride month, remembering the horrible details and what this event said about where we were back then. We will take a short break over the 4th of July weekend, but be back after that to celebrate summer

Domenico Leona is part of THE PHOENIX GROUP, a new production company in HTown. They are putting on a production of PULLMAN, WA by acclaimed playwright Young Jean Lee at the MATCH August 14th through the 17th. Brett talks to him about the challenge of making art in Houston and how much fun this play is going to be.

Buy tickets for PULLMAN, WA:

https://matchouston.org/events/2025/pullman-wa