WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH JULIANA?:
The unraveling of a medical mystery drives “The Other Place,” making its Houston debut at the Alley Theatre this week. Company stalwart and Broadway veteran Josie de Guzman has the star role as Juliana Smithton, a brilliant biophysicist who’s on the verge of a medical breakthrough, until a confounding condition begins to affect her grasp on reality. As Sharr White describes his heroine’s plight: “The smartest woman on Earth discovers that nothing she knows is true.” Read the review from Wednesday’s opening at houstonchronicle.com/entertainment. 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sundays, through Nov. 15; Alley Theatre, 615 Texas; $21-$68; 713-220-5700, alleytheatre.org.