Houston Grand Opera to Open Season with THE GERSHWINS’ PORGY AND BESS
Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will launch its 2025–26 season with The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, beginning October 24 at the Wortham Theater Center.
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Review: EUREKA DAY at 4TH Wall Theatre Company
Fourth Wall Theatre Company has a revival right now, and boy, does it feel timed for the right moment in Texas politics.
Photos: THE DA VINCI CODE at Alley Theatre First Look
You can now get a first look at Alley Theatre's production of The Da Vinci Code.
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE Adds Performance at the Hobby Center
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL playing the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts has added a performance.
Review: ENDGAME at Catastrophic Theatre
Before this world ends, you need to see Catastrophic’s staging of ENDGAME starring Greg Dean and directed by Jason Nodler.
Interview: Jennifer Dean of EUREKA DAY at 4th Wall Theatre Co.
Jennifer Dean, Artistic Director of 4th Wall Theatre Co.
Interview: James Mirrione of THE GRIPPE at Main Street Theater
James Mirrione, the bookwriter behind The Grippe, invites audiences to revisit a pivotal moment in history through the lens of theatre.
Interview: Orlando Arriaga of THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at STAGES
Orlando has long been one of Houston’s most beloved actors, captivating audiences with his dynamic performances in productions like Private Lives, American Mariachi, and Sherlock Holmes and the Jersey Lily.
Interview: Shannon Emerick of ELECTRA at Classical Theatre Company
Shannon Emerick, a celebrated Houston stage actress and two-time Houston Press Best Actress winner, takes on one of Greek tragedy’s most formidable figures in Classical Theatre Company’s production of Electra.
Interview: Michael Locher of THE DA VINCI CODE at the Alley Theatre
To me, this iteration of THE DA VINCI CODE feels like it leans more towards the book in pure content, but at the same time, you can look at the film and our stage adaptation as sort of accomplishing similar tasks.
MY FAIR LADY Comes to Stoic Theatre
Based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, about a phonetics professor, Henry Higgins, who transforms a poor, Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, into a high-society lady by teaching her to speak properly.
Review: AKEELAH & THE BEE at The Ensemble Theatre
The opening of The Ensemble’s 49th season is a H-I-T!
Review: SCHMITT'S PSALM 47 AND STRAVINSKY'S FIREBIRD at Houston Symphony
What did our critic think of SCHMITT'S PSALM 47 AND STRAVINSKY'S FIREBIRD at Houston Symphony?
Review: PURLIE VICTORIOUS at Main Street Theater
PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH is certainly a curiosity, a satire of Jim Crow life written during the throes of the equal rights movement of the early sixties.
Interview: Saul Newport of ROCK AND ROLL AND TUTUS at Houston Ballet
For Houston Ballet dancer Saul Newport, Rock and Roll and Tutus is more than just a performance program.
Interview: Jacquelyn Long of ROCK AND ROLL AND TUTUS at Houston Ballet
Houston Ballet’s Rock and Roll and Tutus brings together legendary choreographers with fresh new voices, and among them is Jacquelyn Long, who not only performs but also contributes her own original work to the program.
The LSC-CyFair Stages to Present Female History-Making Stories This October And November
This fall, Lone Star College-CyFair's Drama Department will take audiences back in time with two stories of courageous women fighting for workers' rights and making historic scientific discoveries.
Ashley Támar Davis Will Headline Spectrum Fusion's SPOTLIGHT ON THE STARS Gala
Spectrum Fusion will welcome Grammy nominee, singer, and actress Ashley Támar Davis as the featured performer at its “Spotlight on the Stars” gala next month.
Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Hobby Center For The Performing Arts
What did our critic think of KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Hobby Center For The Performing Arts?
Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Broadway At The Hobby Center
This touring production of the 2023 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, KIMBERLY AKIMBO, is based on David Lindsay-Abaire’s play of the same name.
University of Houston’s Moores Opera Center to Stage World Premiere of Tom Cipullo’s HOBSON’S CHOICE
The University of Houston’s Moores Opera Center will launch its 2025–26 season with the world premiere of Hobson’s Choice, a new comic opera by acclaimed American composer Tom Cipullo, October 23–26 at the Moores Opera House.
THE GRIPPE to Have Developmental Staged Reading at Main Street Theater
Main Street Theater will present a developmental staged reading of a new play with music, The Grippe, by James P.
Review: DANCING LESSONS at LIONWOMAN PRODUCTIONS
Michelle Britton seems to be an actor’s director, and DANCING LESSONS allows her artists to be showcased for what they do best.
Alley Theatre Unveils Casts for the 2025 Alley All New Festival
Alley Theatre has revealed the cast for the 2025 Alley All New Festival, a three-day festival of staged readings.
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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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AC/DC NRG Stadium (8/31-8/31) |
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The Constant Wife Theatre Southwest (4/09-5/01) |
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The Tavern by George M. Cohan Theatre Suburbia (7/24-8/22) |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Nell Campbell House of Blues (10/23-10/23) |
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Frankenstein Pearl Theatre (10/30-11/02) |
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To The Bone Theatre Southwest (5/28-6/19) |
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Jesus Christ Superstar Deluxe Theatre (8/14-8/17) |