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Theatre, music, fitness and dance lovers of all ages are invited to enjoy a variety of classes at The Wilson School of Acting & Musical Theatre, 100 E.

The 38th Annual Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition of the Houston Symphony League will take place on Thursday, May 30 and Saturday, June 1 in Stude Concert Hall at Rice University.

Main Street Theater is closing their excellent 38th season with the wildly entertaining, often hilarious, and deeply moving CLOSE UP SPACE by Molly Smith Metzler.

The Eklektix Theatre Company will present a 2-night-only concert staging of the Tony Award-winning Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater rock musical Spring Awakening on May 31 and June 1, 2013 at Houston's Barnevelder Movement Arts Center, 2201 Preston St.

Close Up Space by Molly Smith Metzler will make its regional premiere at Main Street Theater - Rice Village (2540 Times Blvd.

Featuring everyone's favorite characters from one of television's longest-running animated series, SCOOBY-DOO LIVE! MUSICAL MYSTERIES is coming to Houston's Jones Hall on Saturday, June 1, at 2 & 6 p.

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There is always a certain electric buzz that seems to surround any production of a show with a recognizable title.

Main Street Theater closes its 38th MainStage season with Molly Smith Metzler's Close Up Space, a comical and poignant new play about how hard it can be to communicate.

Having grown up on Monty Python reruns and films, it doesn't take a lot to get me excited about seeing a production of Monty Python's SPAMALOT.

Theatre Under The Stars' (TUTS) has announced the new summer camp curriculum for both the Humphreys School of Musical Theatre (HSMT) and The River for the Performing and Visual Arts Center (The River) beginning this June.

While SISTER ACT's First National Tour was playing in Durham, North Carolina, I got a chance to talk with Kingsley Leggs, who plays Curtis Jackson, Deloris Van Cartier's gangster boyfriend and the show's villain.

School may be out for the summer but class is still in session when Theatre Under The Stars' Humphreys School of Musical Theatre (HSMT) presents FREE performances of Disney's High School Musical at Miller Outdoor Theatre June 12 - 14 at 11:00 a.

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After 38 years, Main Street Theater owns their building and they need a facelift -- specifically they need to get rid of the pole in the middle of the stage.

Blue Man Group returns to Houston with its theatrical touring production for eight performances June 4-9, 2013, in Jones Hall, presented by Society for the Performing Arts.

Founder and Artistic Director Jeannette Clift George today announced A.

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Blame it on Valentine, Texas - Jaston Williams' hilarious new comedy will play a limited engagement in Galveston at The Grand 1894 Opera House on Saturday, June 15th with two terrific performances at 2 and 8pm.

Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd announces the cast and creative team for Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club.

Theatre Under The Stars' 2013 summer season will feature Spamalot, Flashdance - The Musical, Dixie's Tupperware Party, High School Musical and A Chorus Line.

From May 30 - June 9, 2013 Houston Ballet offers up a mixed repertory program titled Journey with the Masters featuring the company premiere of Ballet Imperial, George Balanchine's tribute to Marius Petipa and Peter Tchaikovsky, alongside revivals of Ji?i Kylian's exuberant and joyous Sinfonietta (n

The Ensemble Theatre has a reputation for producing thought-provoking and intellectually stimulating art.

The Catastrophic Theatre is currently reviving Mickle Maher's THERE IS A HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS by popular demand.

In the spirit of collaboration, cooperation and mutual admiration, Houston's arts and culture community has launched a major awareness campaign themed "Houston Is Inspired" that will have an impact locally, as well as globally, on how arts and culture are perceived in Houston.