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Before it was a hit Netflix series, Kim’s Convenience was an award-winning play of the same name that went on to inspire the popular series.

The Houston Chamber Choir will present Gather ‘Round on Saturday, May 31, at St.

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will present the world premiere of A Voice Within, a new song cycle by HGO Composer-in-Residence Joel Thompson and librettist Deborah D.

The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts will once again welcome thousands of Houston-area students for the 2025–26 ExxonMobil Discovery Series.

And what of Wesley Whitson as Hamlet, perhaps the most challenging role in the entire canon of Shakespeare’s works? He is age-appropriate and fiercely dives into the madness for the first two-thirds, and then becomes steely and predatory for the final acts.

A hootin’, hollerin’, good time as a heroic Germanic saga goes Texan.

This is the first time Denise Fennell is playing herself, and it only took fifty years to get her here into the role she was born to play.

​The national tour of The Wiz, currently running at Houston's Hobby Center through May 4, 2025, delivers a vocally powerful revival of the 1975 Tony Award-winning musical.

The American Theatre Guild has announced the 25–26 Season for The Buddy Holly Hall.

Houston Grand Opera has announced plans to present a series of free, family-friendly summer programs designed to engage and inspire young audiences.

Vincent Victoria is a playwright, director, filmmaker, actor, and fashion icon who has been producing work in the Houston Community for at least the last ten years, probably more.

4TH Wall Theatre Company is opening their staging of HAMLET, which is best on the off-Broadway company Bedlam’s recent production.

Since founding the Fade To Black Arts Festival in 2013, S.

Applications for The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts's 2025-26 Houston is Inspired initiative are officially open now through June 1, 2025.

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Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.

The Lubbock theatre scene is welcoming a bold new voice with the arrival of The Roundtable Theatre Troupe, a dynamic collective of passionate artists redefining what local theatre can be.