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Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal amazed and impressed Houston audiences with their fourth engagement in our city.

BAYOU CITY CONCERT MUSICALS continues its popular cabaret series with Jerome Kern in Hollywood, on three consecutive Monday nights in February, beginning tonight, February 4, and continuing on February 11 and February 18 at 7:30 p.

With less than twenty-four hours until the Ensemble Theatre opened the Regional Premiere of KNOCK ME A KISS, I got to have a brief conversation about the play with its playwright, Charles Smith.

The Catastrophic Theatre's fifth anniversary season is also the twentieth anniversary of artistic director Jason Nodler and associate director Tamarie Cooper's first collaboration for the stage.

Eleven students of Main Street Theater's Education Department explore the very real issues of discrimination and perseverance in the play Amazing Grace by Shay Youngblood, adapted from the book by Mary Hoffman.

The Classical Theatre Company (CTC) presents the second installment of this year's Reading Series with a staged reading of Cosmo Hamilton's Why Cupid Came to Earl's Court, directed by CTC's Associate Artist Kalob Martinez.

The Country Playhouse, together with the Houston Masonic Library and Museum Foundation, will present the new play Leaving San Jacinto by Diana Howie, on its Cerwinske main stage for four performances only, February 28 - March 3.

In the spring of 1993 Jason Nodler, Tamarie Cooper, and a group of friends got together to put on Nodler's musical play In the Under Thunderloo in a punk rock club--and they have been freaking out Houston audiences ever since.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, the Houston Symphony promises an evening of starry-eyed music in collaboration with guest conductor, Gilbert Varga and Norwegian violinist, Vilde Frang.

Perhaps one of the greatest achievements of theatre is its ability to shed light on an issue or people that the audience may not be wholly familiar with.

The Pearland Theatre Guild will stage another American classic at the Pearl Theater with the opening of critically acclaimed A Raisin in the Sun.

The Red Door Theatre Company presents HEIFER, A Moo-Comedy by Josh Jordan and Meg Velez, tonight, Feb 1-3 & 8-10, 2013.

QUIDAM is internationally acclaimed Cirque du Soleil's ninth stage show.

Theatre Southwest presents 'Critics Choice' by Ira Levin, directed by Malinda L.

WaterTower Theatre's 2013 Spotlight Gala will be held on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at the Addison Conference Center.

Society for the Performing Arts (SPA), bringing the world's best to Houston, is seeking entries for its 15th Annual Student Visual Art Contest, sponsored by Wells Fargo.

A rising star in the music world, British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor will make his Houston debut Wednesday, Feb.

Robert Wuhl's long stint in show business began at the University of Houston.

Main Street Theater's next Theater for Youth production is Madeleine L'Engle's extraordinary A Wrinkle in Time (adapted for the stage by John Glore).

The Pearland Theatre Guild will stage another American classic at the Pearl Theater with the opening of critically acclaimed A Raisin in the Sun.

The Texas Association of Partners in Education (TAPE) has announced that Houston Ballet's Education Outreach Program has been chosen as a recipient of the prestigious TAPE Gold Award in the Community Partnership Art Category.

Sally Edmundson directs The Language Archive by award-winning playwright Julia Cho, having its regional premiere at Stages Repertory Theatre in February and March.

Managing Director Ric Hodgin confirmed today that A.

The Gexa Energy Broadway at the Hobby Center 2013-2014 season, announced today, brings some of Broadway's biggest hits to Houston.

All across the greater Houston area, public schools and post-secondary college and universities are back in session.