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The Houston Symphony opens its Bank of America Summer Sounds Series at Jones Hall with an innovative event offering audiences a new multi-sensory way to experience classical music.

Following an extensive search spanning more than three years, the Houston Symphony and Music Director Andres Orozco-Estrada announce the appointment of Yoonshin Song as its concertmaster and holder of the Max Levine Chair beginning in the 2019?2020 Season.

Plays by local high-school seniors, Sierra Butterwick, Lauren Dodds, and Amado Velasco have been chosen by Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.

On March 29th The Creative Collab had their world premiere of FOR COLORED BOYZ ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN/ when freedom ain't enuff, a choreopoem by Bryan-Keyth Wilson (Hood Boy Chronicles, Pamlet, The Subway Series) inspired by Ntozake Shange's for colored girls who have considered suicide

Society for the Performing Arts (SPA) is proud to present the award-winning musical CHICAGO from June 4-9 in Jones Hall for the Performing Arts.

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Rec Room Arts continues its thought-provoking 2018/19 season with the regional premiere of the brilliant ring-side play The Royale by Marco Ramirez (Orange is the New Black, Sons of Anarchy).

WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director, Shane Peterman, presents regional premiere of Everything is Wonderful written by Chelsea Marcantel, and directed by WTT Associate Artistic Director, Kelsey Leigh Ervi.

NBFF enters it's 3rd year established as one of the premier festivals in the country! The 4-day festival will feature workshops, panels, screening and more lead by film professionals from across the nation.

Moscow Ballet brings the Gift of Christmas Tour to Houston with Great Russian Nutcracker performances bringing holiday magic to life and creating unforgettable memories for all ages.

The Ensemble Theatre's performance of Pipeline by Dominque Morisseau and directed by Rachel Hemphill Dickson elevates awareness of the national conversation about the educational system and the school-to-prison pipeline.

RAGTIME is a vivid portrait of America in the early 20th century, when worlds and cultures collided on issues of race, class, gender equality, and politics.

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Renowned playwright and director Theresa Rebeck (Alley's Fool, All My Sons) returns to the Alley to direct an all local cast of Crimes of the Heart.

Due to continued closure of the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site, the annual Battle of San Jacinto Commemorative Ceremony has been cancelled.

The Houston Symphony celebrates the 50th anniversary of the iconic English rock band in the one-night-only program the Music of Led Zeppelin at 7:30 p.

To wrap up its record-breaking season full of press favorites and Houston premieres, 4th Wall Theatre Company is delighted to share Pulitzer finalist "Collected Stories" by Donald Margulies.

After a limited five-week engagement with thousands of patrons participating in community conversations as part of ZACH Theatre's production of Anna Deveare Smith's Notes From the Field, ZACH is proud to take the conversation beyond the stage.

Society for the Performing Arts (SPA) and the touring company of the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical CHICAGO will welcome NFL Legend, Heisman Trophy winner and former Houston Oiler Eddie George making to the role of "Billy Flynn.

The Solti Foundation released its 2019 Career Assistance Awards today, raising the number of Career Assistance Awards the organization has granted since turning its focus to exclusively assisting young American conductors in 2004 to 78.

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We got the chance to chat with Tony-nominated director and choreographer Marcia Milgrom Dodge about RAGTIME -- its relevance to the current U.

Now celebrating the 24th anniversary in Houston and the 27th season since its inception in Brussels, Belgium, Dance Salad Festival promises another gathering of world-class performers.

Houston Chamber Choir's newly released recording of Durufle: Complete Choral Works, produced by Grammy Award winning producer Blanton Alspaugh for Signum Records, has received accolades from two world-renowned choral professionals, Dale Warland and Simon Carrington.

PLAYHOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE is back with another adventure.