lyric Lab
find your voice
Showcase
YOU ARE INVITED
Please join us for an exclusive night of cabaret treats with favorites from the best years of the American Songbook. Music by Cole Porter, Frank Loesser, Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Jimmy Van Heusen, Duke Ellington and more! See the crooners of tomorrow before they make it big!
Featuring: Nadene Crain, Sharon Gurske,
Stephanie Pranter, Norma Rowson, Anthony Virgadamo, Shannon Zamora
Paul English - piano
Jim Elliott - lighting
SEPTTEMBER 5 | 7:30PM
LSL'S LYRIC LOUNGE - Exclusive Event
Limited seating
lyric Lab
find your voice
Workshop
Have you ever wanted to sing on stage? Would you like to gain confidence in front of a crowd? The Lyric Lab offers you the perfect opportunity to learn the art of cabaret, jazz, improvising, opera scenes and arias from professionals who have performed all over the world and are still working today.
Paul English on the keys all six weeks!
NEXT SESSION: TBA
LSL'S LYRIC LOUNGE - MONTROSE
New session is forming now! Limited enrollment. Click HERE for more information. Email us with any questions at: LoneStarLyric@gmail.com.
PALLADIUM CONCERTS
@ Niko Niko's
Sunset Series
You're invited to our sunset concert series. Sing along with our bevvy of LSL crooners or just sit back and enjoy. Join us for a night of Broadway hits swingin' in a Vegas state of mind.
What's better then dinner and drinks from Niko Niko’s during the show? RSVP to ensure your seat and place a dinner order online today! Drink specials available at the concert. Our Palladium Concerts are popular but it’s all first come, first served. RSVP required for a seat, otherwise feel free to picnic and bring your own chair!
FALL 2022 | 7PM | FREE
(donations appreciated)
NIKO NIKO’S
2520 Montrose Blvd, 77006
(in the heart of Montrose)
GIANNI SCHICCHI
BY GIACOMO PUCCINI
COMIC OPERA
Greed with a dash of love is the simple story in Puccini's masterful comic one act opera. It's 1923, during the heart of Prohibition when bootleggers become mob bosses and everyone in "the family" wants their cut. Join us for our 16th summer of boutique comic operas with Puccini's Gianni Schicchi and the premieres of two new works, commissioned by Lone Star Lyric. All three works will be presented with chamber orchestra, sung in English.
JUNE 24-26, 2022
Did you miss our show in June? Watch all the fun on our live production on our videos page and photo gallery!
PREQUELS & SEQUELS
BOOKENDS TO THE MASTERWORKS
NEW WORKS
Have you ever wondered what happened before or after your favorite opera? Imagine what might have happened before and after Puccini’s La Bohème. Enjoy two delightfully silly accounts of our favorite bohemians.
MIMÌ'S PERFECT DAY
by Michael Remson
A farce in one scene.
A healthy, carefree young Mimì greets the day with a simple wish. Who knew she had a Jewish fairy godmother? Like a good Magic Mensch, she encourages Mimì to "find a nice doctor" instead.
HAPPY ENDINGS
by Andrew Schneider & Kelli Estes
A singspiel in one act with lots of little scenes.
Marcello has given up painting, dabbled in music and philosophy and now has written a book. It’s the tragic tale about his best friend’s girlfriend, Mimì. When his publisher, Ricordi, thinks that it's too much of a downer the temperamental Marcello fights back because he “is an artist.” Margaret, after years of being Ricordi's "coffee-fetching courtesan" tries hitching herself to the next talent that walks in the door.
JUNE 24-26, 2022
Did you miss our show in June? Watch all the fun on our live production on our videos page and photo gallery!
UPCOMING SHOWS
MARDI GRAS ON THE BAYOU
LAISSE LES BON TEMPS ROULEZ!
CABARET - TOUR
DATES TBD
Lone Star Lyric, Houston’s premiere boutique lyric theater and cabaret company, hits the road for a stroll along America’s Great White Way with MARDI GRAS ON THE BAYOU. Nestled into the up close and personal NY cabaret style and backed by our fantastic jazz trio, this will be a night to remember.
SWINGIN' AT THE CANTEEN
AN AMERICAN SALUTE
CABARET - TOUR
DATES TBD
Lone Star Lyric, Houston’s premiere boutique lyric theater and cabaret company, hits the road for a stroll along America’s Great White Way with SWINGIN' AT THE CANTEEN. Nestled into the up close and personal NY cabaret style and backed by our fantastic jazz trio, this will be a night to remember.
BROADWAY CABARET
CABARET - TOUR
DATES TBD
Lone Star Lyric, Houston’s premiere boutique lyric theater and cabaret company, hits the road for a stroll along America’s Great White Way with BROADWAY LIGHTS. Nestled into the up close and personal NY cabaret style and backed by our fantastic jazz trio, this will be a night to remember.
Fall 2019 | SPRING 2020
NOVEMBER 9, 2019 - 8PM
NOVEMBER 10, 2019 - 5PM
'ROUND MIDNIGHT
FOR THOSE WHO WAKE AT SUNSET
In the wee small hours of the morning, life takes a different turn. Some come alive, some misbehave, some go away, some regret. Music for those who wake at sunset and sleep at sunrise. So LET'S MISBEHAVE, 'ROUND MIDNIGHT, because if NE ME QUITTE PAS (IF YOU GO AWAY) with a SATIN DOLL, IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS OF THE MORNING look out, LULU'S BACK IN TOWN... We return to our roots, Houston's own NY cabaret room, Ovations Night Club in Rice Village. Backed by our fantastic jazz trio, this will be a night to remember.
Featuring:
Rob Hunt, Lee Gregory, Kelli Estes, Steve Martin, Stephonne Smith, Ben Atkinson
OVATIONS 2536 TIMES BLVD
@ KIRBY (Rice Village)
DECEMBER 14, 2019 - 8PM
One Night Only
HOLIDAY FRUITCAKE
CABARET & SHENANIGANS
Get out your stretch-pants! This decadent dish of holiday hilarity will pack you pounds puns. Like any good fruitcake, sweet with plenty of nuts. God bless us…every pun. It's the perfect gift – a holiday cabaret with all your favorite LSL crooners for this one night only event. Give your friends & family the one size fits all calorie-free! Come warm up your ears and your hearts with a classy swingin’ affair full of holiday tunes.
Featuring:
Rob Hunt, Kelli Estes, Sarah Brindley, Andrew Briggs, Carol Daubert and Eli Drake
OVATIONS 2536 TIMES BLVD @ KIRBY (Rice Village)
MARCH 13, 2020 - 8PM
MARCH 14, 2020 - 5PM
CARTOON-A-COPIA
A SATURDAY MORNING CABARET
It’s a Saturday morning cartoons cabaret! All your favorites from Disney, Hanna Barbara, Looney Tunes and more. You’ll Marvel at the songs from childhood and the world of hope and make believe.
Featuring:
Rob Hunt, Kristin Chamberlain Briggs, Sarah Brindley, Andrew Briggs, Carol Daubert and Alan Simmons
OVATIONS 2536 TIMES BLVD
@ KIRBY (Rice Village)