Prairie Rainbow Review

Chicken talkin.... or rather about why we don't eat at one specific chicken place. You probably know what it is, and we just thought we'd let you know why we do that. We're not telling anyone else not to, but certainly if a company is actively working against our marriage... well, what would you do? For the record, Lee is about the KFC original recipe, and Brett is more spicy and Popeye's or Jollibee when he can get that! But neither of us eats a lot of fast food anyway, so maybe our boycott is one of convenience. Hope you enjoy! 

Jenny Lee Stern is a Broadway actress who has spent fifteen years working with FORBIDDEN BROADWAY. It's a spoof show, like SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE for theater types. They are coming to Houston on a tour at the Hobby Center from April 24th through the 27th. Jenny and Brett talk about acting, Patti LuPone, and her juggling three kids and a wife while doing this gig. 

More information here: 

https://www.thehobbycenter.org/events/forbidden-broadway-merrily-we-stole-a-song/

Brett and Lee talk about a recent book club assignment and the movie based on the book. Is Conversion therapy still a thing? 

Brett's interview with Dixie and her creator Kris Andersson about selling Tupperware and paying homage to all the brilliant women like Brownie Wise who made their dreams come true with plastic bowls. We cover everything from the Kennedy Center to Oreo-flavored Coca-Cola! 

For tickets:  

https://stageshouston.com/event/dixies-tupperware-party/

Dixie's Tupperware page:  

https://mytwpage.com/dixielongate

Brett and Lee have very different tastes in music, but what is not different is the importance of music in their lives. For both of them, music has always been a great escape and a way to express themselves. In this episode we discuss some of our favorite artists and the songs of their lives—special note that this includes music they chose for their wedding. 

Brett interviews Wesley Whitson, who will be starring as Hamlet in 4th WALL's production of HAMLET, which runs at the Spring Street Studios from May 2nd through the 24th. Wesley is a Houston-born and-raised actor who went to school at HSPVA and the University of Houston. He performs at Michael's Outpost regularly as part of the BROAD'S WAY. 

Like everyone else we know in the world, Brett and Lee are talking about and reviewing MID-CENTURY MODERN. It's the show from WILL & GRACE creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan. Ryan Murphy produced it, and the show stars Nathan Lane, Matt Bomer, and Nathan Lee Graham. It's a nostalgic take on THE GOLDEN GIRLS, where they put three gay guys in a Palm Springs house with one of their mothers. Linda Lavin played Sybil (the mom), and this show marks her last appearance on serialized television. 

MID-CENTURY MODERN is on Hulu, and it is a "streaming-only" sitcom with ten episodes already on the service serving as season one. 

Brett dives into the Houston theater scene again, this time with Shunya Theatre, which is producing A NICE INDIAN BOY, which will run at the MATCH from April 10th through the 13th. Included in this interview are actors John Dunn and Taher Lokhandwala, along with director Anjana Menon. This is a romantic comedy about a white Bollywood-loving guy meeting an Indian guy at a temple and then having to meet his family. 

If you need tickets, you can find them here: 

https://matchouston.org/events/2025/nice-indian-boy

Lee has an issue with a co-worker at a magazine he writes for and has to go to HR to bring attention to it. Brett joins Lee to discuss their marriage and how to handle it when folks don't approve of it for religious reasons. How do you navigate the world when people today feel emboldened to criticize others in very public ways? 

Brett dives into Houston theater once again! Noga Flaishon is a playwright who was born and raised in Israel but recently moved to London to live out her DOCTOR WHO fantasies. She is premiering her science fiction/drama play at Main Street Theater, and it runs March 29th through April 19th. The show is about memories being digitized and asks who owns them and if we should preserve generational trauma.

You can get tickets at:  

 https://mainstreettheater.com/memoriam/

MEMORIAM

In the near future, Memoriam Inc. will buy and sell memories, digitizing them for mass viewership. Customers can rent memories and experience them fully, even feeling the sensations the original memory-holder felt: childbirth, joyful reunions, romantic wedding proposals – almost like watching a short movie but much more intimate and personal. Now Rachel, a buyer for Memoriam, is going after the most important and most personal memory acquisition she has ever sought: the memories of the last holocaust survivor on earth – who happens to be her own grandmother. A powerful, painful, loving story of family and what memories mean, who owns them, and what we owe to future generations.

Recommended for mature audiences due to sensitive subject matter and loud sounds.