The MST Q&A: Josh Taylor

Josh Taylor, who plays the title character in Wendy Wasserstein's THIRD, is making his MST Debut. Get to know a little more about Josh as he answers MST's Q&A...

Full given name: Joshua Michael Ray Taylor

Hometown: Pasadena, TX

Zodiac sign: Capricorn

Audition Monologue: It's All True by Jason Sherman

First Houston show ever saw: Christams Carol at the Alley

Current show you have been recommending to friends: August Osage County.. read it.. fly to New York and see it..

Favorite show tune: Purpose: Avenue Q

MAC or PC? MAC is the only computer

Most played song on your iPod: What Goes Around by Justin Timberlake... embarrassing

Last book you read: The Essential Chaplin: Charlie Chaplin Biography

Must-see TV show: The Office

Last good movie you saw: The Dark Knight

Favorite board game: Sports Scene It

Performer you would drop everything to go see: Carrot Top.. no i don't know

Pop culture guilty pleasure: MTV

First stage kiss: Comedy of Errors in 8th Grade.. I was Dromio and accidently kiss Antipholus.. Antipholus is a man

Favorite post-show meal: Chicken Fried Chicken.. I'm a texan

Worst onstage mishap: Noises Off.. At one point there's a cactus being thrown around the stage.. Opening Night we find out it's a real cactus and there's real dirt underneath it.. Our Tim get's stickers in his hand and dirt goes everywhere so to add to the chaos we are trying to sweep the dirt off the stage and pick stickers out of Tim's hand while doing the rest of the show..

Worst costume ever: I hosted a Male Beauty Pageant in High School.. So not a real show but I was in full Drag

Favorite cereal: Frosted Flakes.. Lucky Charms if we're talking just eating them dry from the box

Who would play you in the movie? Jeremy Piven.. but it would probably be someone like Steve Buschemi to match the looks

Worst job you ever had: Manual Labor/Grounds Crew for Lee College.. in the summer.. in texas.. wow.. it's what i'm gonna do in hell

THIRD by Wendy Wasserstein plays our Chelsea Market location now through September 21, 2008. For tickets, please call 713-524-6706.

And that's the word on the street!

Show the Chronicle You Care

Help show the Houston Chronicle that you value arts coverage in Houston.

If you attend arts events in Houston, you need to show the Chronicle that you value their coverage of the local performing arts scene – including MST! If the head honchos at the Chronicle gauge how readers’ value the coverage by how many comments are listed on the web site at www.chron.com. Things are so precarious over there that local arts coverage could get pulled unless attention is paid to the web site.

Here’s what you need to do:

Any piece you read and find interesting, for example the feature on MST’s THIRD in the Chronicle (see http://tinyurl.com/mst-third ), you need to LEAVE COMMENTS in response to the piece written. Reviews, features, anything.

At the bottom of the web page, there is a section where you can leave comments. That’s all you need to do! You may need to get a chron.com login but signing up for one is easy and gives you options to NOT receive information as a result. But you need to leave feedback to these arts pieces so that the Chronicle will see they are of value to the community and keep doing them!

Thanks, all. And spread the word.

Is It Fall Already?

Can you believe it is fall already? I barely feel like we got a break over the summer.

Our biggest project this past month was implementing a new software system that will integrate all our programs into one big shared database. It is taking a lot of time to transition, but it is a huge step forward in technology and will help us scads as we grow as a company.

This change does affect the box office, so please forgive us if things are a little slow to begin with. One small change for those who subscribe with friends under one name; we gathered information about your groups so we could assign tickets to members if the group got split up. At this time, our new system won't allow for that. Lots of great new features, but we lose this ability. We ask for patience as we make this transition.

But with the fall upon us, the new season starts now! Wendy Wasserstein's Third previews this weekend and opens on the 4th. Yes, Third opens on the 4th. Don't let that throw you!

And that's the word on the street!

Hitting the Web!

Main Street Theater will be hitting the web with inside tidbits of what goes on at a small regional theater. Check back for our premiere post soon!