On the Same Page

Vlad De Briansky

For most of the past decade, newly Houston-based blues guitarist Vlad de Briansky ran a music school in Kyiv, Ukraine. Catch the talented musician — who has raised tens of thousands of dollars for refugees, and personally helped families cross the border into Poland — on May 25 at MATCH.

Notable Houston artist Robert Hodge has collaborated with Austin-based musician Tim Kerr on No Kings But Us, opening at UH’s Blaffer Museum on May 20. Expect layers upon layers of music history and political messaging, communicated via collages of screenprinting, stencils, album covers and more.

Waiting in the Wings

Given the success of Plumshuga: The Rise of Lauren Anderson, Roe and cullud wattah, what can Stages do for an encore? First, it’s The Legend of Georgia McBride (opening May 5), the story of a Floridian who gives up his career as an Elvis impersonator for the lucrative world of drag. McBride will be performed in repertory with Drag Wonderettes (left, May 19), a high drag jukebox musical featuring big hair, bigger hips, and even bigger well, you get the idea! Thunder Knocking on the Door (June 16) brings things down to earth with a tale of family reckoning featuring the music of bluesman Keb’ Mo’.