The latest theatre news from Houston — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Stages has revealed its 2026–27 season, a selection of beloved musicals, award-winning dramas and comedies, and bold contemporary works that celebrate the power of storytelling and community.
Director Rob Melrose certainly knows how to pick actors and designers who know their craft and live it, while the rest merely exist.
The Houston Symphony and Music Director Juraj Valčuha revealed details of the 2026−27 Season, Valčuha’s fifth as music director.
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts will present Silambam Houston’s Kāvya: Poetry in Motion as part of the Houston Is Inspired 2025-2026 residency.
Voting is now open for the third round of BroadwayWorld's Annual Bracket! Which film is really the Best Movie Musical of all time? Our editors have selected the options, and now BroadwayWorld invites YOU to join us and our readers in deciding which movie musical deserves the title of The Ultimate Be
Check out a first-look video at Alley Theatre's The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Rob Melrose, running through March 29 at the Hubbard Theatre.
Experience the world-premiere musical Brother Andrew at George Theater.
TUTS Education will invite audiences to journey to the underworld in an electrifying student production of Hadestown: Teen Edition, brought to life by a cast of rising young performers.
Houston Grand Opera will open Handel's Messiah, arranged by Mozart, in the first performances of the oratorio in company history.
Alley Theatre is presenting THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde through March 29 in the Hubbard Theatre.
The Community Music Center of Houston will present a significant Women's History Month concert on March 22, 2026, at St.
The Sankofa Collective will present its 12th season, themed 'The Masks We Wear,' exploring the societal roles and perceived identities in modern society.
BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical will arrive in Houston as part of the TUTS 2025/26 Season.
Main Street Theater will continue its 50th Season with its 20th Tom Stoppard production, the late playwright’s last play, Leopoldstadt.
In honor of the official opening of the North American tour, producers have released production photos of BEETLEJUICE, the Broadway musical comedy based on Tim Burton’s film.
The Young Texas Artists Music Competition will showcase eight exceptional classical musicians from Texas on March 14 at the Crighton Theatre.
In Main Street Theater’s production of Leopoldstadt, Tom Stoppard traces the lives of a Jewish family in Vienna across more than half a century, capturing the joys of family life alongside the devastating impact of rising antisemitism and the Holocaust.
Voting is now open for the second round of BroadwayWorld's Annual Bracket! Which film is really the Best Movie Musical of all time? Our editors have selected the options, and now BroadwayWorld invites YOU to join us and our readers in deciding which movie musical deserves the title of The Ultimate B
The 2026 Heller Awards have officially announced their nominees, recognizing outstanding young talent in the arts.
Rob said early on is he didn't want to have a pastel, cake frosting show.
Another Lloyd Suh work pulls heartstrings this time at Stages.
For Knight, this represents her first chance to be the original aggressor rather than the avenging victim, and it’s wild to see her twist her narrative.
Alley Theatre will host open auditions for Houston actors for its 2026-2027 season.
Classical Theatre Company is set to stage Shakespeare's tragic play OTHELLO, offering audiences a fresh interpretation of this timeless drama.
The book is full of mysteries, unspoken judgements, and a vicious sense of classism mixed with ruthless self-preservation, and there is not a lot of this present in this interpretation, brought to life by Kait Kerrigan's book, Jason Howland's music, and Fitzgerald-inspired lyrics by Nathan Tysen.
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2026 Annual Festival of Originals (The FOO) Theatre Southwest (7/24-8/08) |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat A.D. Players at the George Theater (6/24-8/02) |
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Tamarie's Greatest Hits, Volume 3 The Catastrophic Theatre (6/19-8/01) |
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Frankenstein Pearl Theatre (10/30-11/02) |
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Therapy Gecko Punch Line Houston (9/20-9/20) |
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Break-In Dance Fest MATCH - Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (8/06-8/07) |
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Come from Away Stages (9/18-10/18) |
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Richard O'Brien's THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Art Factory (10/16-10/31) |
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Cleopatra Midtown Arts (10/03-10/03) |
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An Old-Fashioned Family Murder Theatre Southwest (9/11-10/03) |
