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The Country Playhouse will present The Boys in the Band by Mart Crowley, in the Cerwinske Stage for three weekends only, tonight, January 11 - 26.

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

Katy Visual and Performing Arts Center is competing for the first time at AACTFest with Encore Players' production of Approaching Lavendar by Julie Beckett Crutcher.

Katy Visual and Performing Arts Center is competing for the first time at AACTFest with Encore Players' production of Approaching Lavendar by Julie Beckett Crutcher.

Since the birth of its Song of Houston project in 2007, Houston Grand Opera has been actively pursuing a unique collaborative relationship with the city's Mexican community: commissioning and presenting new works that go beyond a merely curatorial approach to the shared culture of a significant majo

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Cone Man Running Productions presents FISHING, written and directed by Leighza Walker, January 17-February 2, 2013.

BooTown presents Love in the Time of Lasers, a 21st century romance with a sci-fi twist.

The Houston Symphony will honor the great Louis Armstrong and his musical masterpieces in a concert January 18, 19 and 20.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Banks Brothers Productions will be presenting the World Premiere of the Irreverent Comedy 'Auntie Shameka's Sixth Husband' written by Vincent Victoria at the Midtown Art Center (3414 La Branch) February 9th and 10th 2013.

On one weekend in March 2013, all four of the "Big Baroque" organizations in Houston - Mercury (formerly Mercury Baroque), Ars Lyrica, Da Camera and Houston Early Music - will have back-to-back early music programs.

With musical acts ranging from a 16-year-old heartthrob to a classic rock band, this year's lineup offers entertainment for everyone from teenagers to baby boomers.

The Ensemble Theatre will debut its first production by award winning playwright Charles Smith as its 2012-2013 season continues.

Pasadena's Stage Door Inc.

Before a recent rehearsal, I had the opportunity to sit down with Philip Hays at Studio 101.

The Texas Repertory Theatre Co.

More often than not, theatres produce Shakespeare with a unique, modernizing spin.

As temperatures dropped on January 2, 2013, I sat down with Jordan Jaffe, Ross Bautsch, Matt Benton, Candice D'Meza, and Darcy Cadman to discuss Black Lab Theatre's upcoming production of Jeff Talbot's controversial and comedic drama, THE SUBMISSION.

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The Red Door Theatre Company will present Bald in the Land of Big Hair by Lisa Hamilton on January 11 & 12, 2013.

The Alley Theatre's production of Houston native Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize, the 2012 Tony Award for Best Play, and the Olivier Award for Best Play (London) starts on the Alley Theatre's Neuhaus Stage January 18 and opens Wednesday, January 23.

Associate Artistic Director Josh Morrison will direct the regional premiere of David Davalos' Wittenberg, a play set in 1517 in the university town that was home to the legendary Dr.

The Eklektix Theater Company opens its theatre season with a new production of Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, directed by Bryan-Keyth Wilson.

Rent opens tonight, January 4th, 2013 and runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sunday matinees at 3:00pm, weekends through January 27th, 2013 at Stage Door Inc.

The Eklektix Theater Company opens its theatre season with a new production of Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, directed by Bryan-Keyth Wilson.