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Half-Price Tickets For 4/17 Performance Of CHILDREN OF EDEN Available To Hobby Center Mailing List Subscribers
by Reynard Loki - April 16, 2009
As a special offer to our Hobby Center mailing list subscribers, Masquerade Theatre is offering Half-Price tickets to Friday Night's performance of Children of Eden.
Imagination Players 'Put On A Show' With THE MUSIC MAN JUNIOR 5/8, 5/9, 5/10
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 16, 2009
Imagination Players is joining the schools across America with a production of Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN JUNIOR, taking the classic concept of 'let's put on a show' and reaching new academic heights and encouraging them to continue to 'trumpet' the arts and make more music in the future.
Photo Flash: Houston Grand Opera's RIGOLETTO
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 16, 2009
Houston Grand Opera (HGO) continues its 54 th season with Verdi's haunting and tragic tale Rigoletto. Rigoletto, which was last performed at HGO in 2001, returns to the Wortham Theater Centerwith a powerful new staging of Michael Yeargan's classic production that was inspired by Italianpainter Giorgio di Chirico.
Tom Dudzick's HAIL MARY! Previews At Circle Theatre 5/14, 5/15, 5/16
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 16, 2009
Circle Theatre, a professional, contemporary regional theatre company in Sundance Square, will preview Hail Mary! by Tom Dudzick on May 14, 15, 16 (matinee). Hail Mary! officially opens Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 8:00pm. A post-show opening night celebration, follows Saturday evening's performance.
Firestarter Presents TAPAS Festival of Short Plays 4/16-4/19
by BWW News Desk - April 16, 2009
Firestarter Productions, the award-winning resident company hosted by Circle Theatre, will present Tapas - A Festival of Short Plays Thursday, April 16 through Sunday, April 19, at Circle Theatre in Fort Worth's Sundance Square. Curated and directed by Jaime Castañeda, Tapas is one of the attractions during the 2009 Fort Worth Main Street Arts Festival as part of their OFF MAIN series.
WTT Presents BASED ON A TOTALLY TRUE STORY 4/16-5/3
by BWW News Desk - April 16, 2009
WaterTower Theatre (WTT) continues its 2008-2009 Discover Series with the regional premiere of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's comedy, Based on a Totally True Story. It will run April 16 - May 3, 2009. Ethan Keene, playwright and comic book writer, is on the verge of having it all - success, money, and a Hollywood movie credit. But getting to that Hollywood Premiere may be more dramatic than the movie. His father is having a marital crisis, his boyfriend is begging for more attention, and his producer is demanding a re-write. Based on a Totally True Story is the story of one wanna-be screenwriter's attempt to find his own happy ending before the final credits roll.
Photo Flash: Mulan, Jr. At KVPAC
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 15, 2009
Travel back to the legendary, story-telling days of ancient China with The Katy Visual & Performing Arts Center's (KVPAC) action-packed stage adaptation of the animated Disney movie Mulan, Jr. presented by Junior COMPANY and directed by Elizabeth Scholl. The show, based on the story 'Fa Mulan' by Robert D. San Souci, is a heartwarming celebration of culture, honor and a fighting spirit.
MST Gets Awarded A Musical Theater: Access To Artistic Excellence Grant
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 15, 2009
Main Street Theater has been awarded a Musical Theater: Access to Artistic Excellence Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. MST is one of 29 theaters nationally to receive an award in Musical Theater in the first of two rounds of funding for 2009.
TUTS Presents HAPPY DAYS - A NEW MUSICAL 5/12 - 5/24
by Reynard Loki - April 14, 2009
Goodbye gray skies, hello blue! The national tour of Happy Days - A New Musical will play at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts with Theatre Under The Stars May 12-24, 2009 for just two weeks.
Houston RENT Offers $20 Front Row Lotto Seats Day Of Show 4/29-5/3
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 14, 2009
32 seats in the front two rows of the orchestra will be made available for purchase by lottery for $20.00 at every performance of Rent, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony® Award-winning musical, with Theatre Under The Stars at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Opportunity to purchase the $20 tickets will be assigned by lottery and announced 90 minutes prior to curtain
Plano Community Theatre Shares Its News For the Week of 4/12
by Reynard Loki - April 10, 2009
Plano Community Theatre shares its weekly news.
Two Texas Theatre Groups To Merge
by Charlie Piane - April 09, 2009
Richardson Theatre Centre and Labyrinth Theatre Friends have decided to merge together. The two Richardson theater companies recently partnered on a production of THE FOREIGNER, which plays at the Richardson Theatre Centre through April 19.
Casa Manana Holds Auditions For LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS 4/24
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 09, 2009
Auditions for Casa Mañana's production of Little Shop of Horrors will be held Friday, April 24 beginning at 3:00 p.m. in the Rehearsal Studio at Casa Mañana Theatre. The engagement of Little Shop of Horrors is produced by Casa Mañana at the Bass Performance Hall for one-week-only, July 7 - 12, 2009.
KD Actors Conservatory Offers Audition Success Seminar With John S. Davies 4/18
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 08, 2009
Come and join KD Actors Conservatory for this exciting Audition Success seminar led by JOHN S. DAVIES This class concentrates on one on one camera auditions using film and television scripts from projects shot in Texas and Louisiana.
Kids On Stage Summer Camp Offers 4 Locations Around Houston
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 07, 2009
Having expanded last summer to accommodate demand, Houston's most popular non-profit performing arts summer camp is able to accept a record number of students while keeping classes small.
HITS Presents BEAUTY AND THE BEAST At Miller Outdoor Theater 4/9-11, 16-18
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 07, 2009
Get ready to be swept away by one of the most popular romantic stories ever told by seeing HITS Theatre's production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Broadway Musical at Miller Outdoor Theatre in Hermann Park on April 9-11 and 16-18 at 8 p.m. Free admission.
KVPAC's Literacy Through The Arts Program Gets Approved For 2009
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 07, 2009
Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) has approved Books Alive! Literacy through the Arts for its 2009 touring roster and grants are available to schools, libraries and non-profit organizations. Books Alive! is an innovative literacy program at Katy Visual & Performing Arts Center (KVPAC), which presents a professional musical play, adapted from a featured book. It travels off-site or is available as a field trip to KVPAC.
LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL Comes To Casa Mañana 8/4 - 8/9
by Reynard Loki - April 06, 2009
Casa Mañana is excited to announce the first national tour of the Broadway smash hit, Legally Blonde The Musical, is coming to Bass Performance Hall, August 4 ? 9. Single tickets go on sale April 20 at 10 a.m.
Uptown Players Announces The Limited Return Of The FACTS OF LIFE: THE LOST EPISODE, 4/5 - 4/7
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2009
Uptown Players announces the limited return of The Facts Of Life: The Lost Episode at the KD Studio Theatre. The show will return for three nights only Sunday, April 5 - Tuesday, April 7, 2009, before the cast sails off to perform the show on an RSVP Cruise.
SATER Presents MY FIRST TIME At Dalls Hub Theater 4/4-4/17
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 2009
The Shane-Arts Theatrical Ensemble Repertory (SATER) continues their tradition of bringing an exciting premiere to the Fringe and local theater festivals. From their critically acclaimed and hit production of Matt & Ben during the first festival, Transposing Shakespeare in the second, the world premiere of Reason for Referral last year and they will not disappoint with their entry for 2009.
Touring Production Of MIDSUMMER Plays 4/4, 4/5 At MST
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 2009
Main Street Theater's NEA-sponsored touring production of A Midsummer Night's Dream has 2 performances in-house and open to the public April 4 and 5 at Main Street Theater - Rice Village, Saturday at 8:00pm and Sunday at 3:00pm. Tickets are $15 for adults; $10 for students/seniors; group rates are available. Call 713-524-6706 or www.mainstreettheater.com. Recommended for Middle School and up and their families; the running time is an hour and a half. (To book a tour to a school or community group, call 713-524-9196 x 101
Stephen Sondheim Selected As Keynote Speaker Of Hiett Gala 5th Anniversary
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 03, 2009
The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture has named award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim as the keynote speaker for the 2009 Hiett Prize Gala Fifth Anniversary. Sondheim will present the award, which recognizes an emerging leader in the humanities, on Tuesday, April 28, at the Dallas Museum of Art.
Jac Alder, Steven Jones Discuss Stephen Sondheim 4/7, 21 At Dallas Institute
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 03, 2009
STEPHEN SONDHEIM AND THE RE-INVENTION OF AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER, with Jac Alder and Steven Jones 'The words ?intellectual' and ?Broadway musical' were seldom mentioned in the same breath until the era of Stephen Sondheim, the dominant artistic force in the American musical theater since the 1970's,' wrote Stephen Holden recently in The New York Times
SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL Runs 4/18-5/16 At Main Street Theater
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 03, 2009
Sideways Stories from Wayside School April 18 - May 16, 2009- Main Street Theater - Chelsea Market 'I love this story!' says Theater for Youth Producing Director Vivienne M. St. John. 'It was one of my favorites as a child and still is!' Based on Louis Sachar's Wayside School novels, Sideways Stories from Wayside Schools is a truly magical world where anything can - and does! - happen.
THE HISTORY BOYS Comes To The KD Studio Theatre 4/3 - 5/3
by BWW News Desk - April 03, 2009
Uptown Players continues its 2009 season with The History Boys, held April 3 - May 3, 2009, at the KD Studio Theatre. A hugely successful, sold-out hit at the National Theatre of Great Britain and on Broadway, this brilliant comedy follows the senior year of eight history students in the north of England as they try to crack admission to Oxford and Cambridge.

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