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Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Hobby Center For The Performing Arts
by Armando Urdiales - September 17, 2025
What did our critic think of KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Hobby Center For The Performing Arts?
Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Broadway At The Hobby Center
by Jonathan Netek - September 17, 2025
This touring production of the 2023 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, KIMBERLY AKIMBO, is based on David Lindsay-Abaire’s play of the same name. Kimberly, about to turn 16, has just moved with her family to a quiet suburb in New Jersey.
Review: DANCING LESSONS at LIONWOMAN PRODUCTIONS
by Brett Cullum - September 16, 2025
Michelle Britton seems to be an actor’s director, and DANCING LESSONS allows her artists to be showcased for what they do best. You get a sense that her assured hand simply guided everyone into the right notes, and she orchestrates this truly lovely play.
THE GRIPPE to Have Developmental Staged Reading at Main Street Theater
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2025
Main Street Theater will present a developmental staged reading of a new play with music, The Grippe, by James P. Mirrione. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
University of Houston’s Moores Opera Center to Stage World Premiere of Tom Cipullo’s HOBSON’S CHOICE
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2025
The University of Houston’s Moores Opera Center will launch its 2025–26 season with the world premiere of Hobson’s Choice, a new comic opera by acclaimed American composer Tom Cipullo, October 23–26 at the Moores Opera House.
Alley Theatre Unveils Casts for the 2025 Alley All New Festival
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2025
Alley Theatre has revealed the cast for the 2025 Alley All New Festival, a three-day festival of staged readings. Learn more about the upcoming events and see how to purchase tickets!
Review: INCIDENT AT VICHY at Theatre Southwest
by Jonathan Netek - September 14, 2025
INCIDENT AT VICHY is a lesser-known work by the legendary Arthur Miller in which nine men wait in a quiet detention room in Nazi-occupied France, unsure why they’ve been taken, what’s coming next, and who will be spared. As questions swirl and suspicions rise, a chilling truth emerges: the arrests are not random.
Photos: PURLIE VICTORIOUS at Main Street Theatre
by Emmy Rice - September 13, 2025
Main Street Theater (MST) opens its 50th Season with the regional premiere of Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch by Ossie Davis.
Interview: Bria Washington of AKEELAH AND THE BEE at The Ensemble Theatre
by Armando Urdiales - September 12, 2025
Bria Washington is stepping into the spotlight as the determined and big-hearted Akeelah in The Ensemble Theatre’s production of Akeelah and the Bee. Based on the beloved film, Cheryl L. West’s stage adaptation follows an 11-year-old girl from South Los Angeles who discovers her gift for spelling and, through it, the power of perseverance, self-belief, and community. For Washington, the role is both a challenge and a joy—one that resonates deeply with her own journey as an artist navigating new chapters in Houston.
Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ Launches Fall Concert Tour Marking 50th Anniversary of Vietnam War’s End
by BWW News Desk - September 12, 2025
Emmy-winning composer and master of traditional Vietnamese instruments Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War with a fall concert tour making stops in Houston, Chicago, Boston, and Worcester.
Interview: Michelle Britton And Adrienne Shearer of DANCING LESSONS at Lionwoman Productions
by Brett Cullum - September 11, 2025
It's about a man with Asperger's and his, what I like to say, his dogged determination to learn to dance, because he has a very public, potentially horrifying public event coming up, an awards dinner.
Young Texas Artists 25-26 Season to Feature Classic Cabaret, Music Competition And Gala
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2025
Young Texas Artists is launching its 2025-26 performing arts season, including a kickoff party with special musical guests, the 41st annual Young Texas Artists Music Competition. Learn more!
Interview: Krystal Uchem of PURLIE VICTORIOUS at Main Street Theater
by Armando Urdiales - September 10, 2025
Main Street Theater continues its season with Ossie Davis’ groundbreaking satire Purlie Victorious, a play that blends sharp humor with a powerful exploration of race, dignity, and resilience. At the heart of the production is Houston actor and costume designer Krystal Uchem, who steps into the role of Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins....
Nominations Open For The 2025 BroadwayWorld Houston Awards
by BWW Awards - September 10, 2025
Nominations are now open for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Houston Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
Interview: Rhett Martinez of THE LAST YIDDISH SPEAKER at Mildred's Umbrella
by Brett Cullum - September 10, 2025
It is about a family living through a dystopian future that's only a few years into our future, the year 2029. In which… try to follow me on this, see if you can imagine America in this way. It's an America run by right-wing conservative Christians who oppress anyone who isn't like them, to the point of deporting them to other countries, maybe, like, El Salvador?
Interview: John Patterson of INCIDENT AT VICHY at Theatre Southwest
by Brett Cullum - September 09, 2025
Arthur built such a great crescendo that there's no stepping off the train, as, if you will, anywhere where you lose momentum by taking a break. So we just push right through the 90 minutes. Just one act, and you're out of the theater.
Kevin Cahoon and More to Star in THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at TUTS
by BWW News Desk - September 09, 2025
Theatre Under The Stars will present all-new production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
Dr. Julie Sorensen Joins The Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra And Chorus As Principal Conductor
by BWW News Desk - September 09, 2025
Dr. Julie Sorensen will join the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra and Chorus as their first principal conductor in the organization's history. Learn more about Sorensen here!
Review: AMERICAN PSYCHO THE MUSICAL at HOUSTON BROADWAY THEATRE
by Brett Cullum - September 08, 2025
Broadway, film, and television star Robert Lenzi (THE HAPPENING and THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL) is Patrick Bateman for this Houston run. He plays Patrick as an apex predator, but one that surprisingly gets lonely or feels isolated. There is not just the cold killer, but also a sense of what’s killing him.
World Premiere Comedy CLEAVAGE Will Come to Lakeside Community Theatre
by Emmy Rice - September 06, 2025
MusicalWriters.com Productions, in collaboration with Lakeside Community Theatre (LCT), will present the world premiere of cleaVage, a laugh-out-loud new musical comedy about the rise, fall, and rebound of silicone gel breast implants.
Photos: AMERICAN PSYCHO: THE MUSICAL at The Hobby Center
by BWW News Desk - September 05, 2025
Houston Broadway Theatre is presenting the Houston Premiere of American Psycho: The Musical from Tony Award-winner Duncan Sheik and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Get a first look at photos here!
Interview: Iván Moreno of AMERICAN PSYCHO THE MUSICAL at Houston Broadway Theatre
by Brett Cullum - September 04, 2025
Playing this character has been so, so fun, mainly because we're sort of reinventing him, me and Joe Calarco, who's our incredible director.
Review: THE CHOSEN ONES at Thunderclap Productions
by Brett Cullum - August 30, 2025
The level of professionalism and the sheen on The Chosen Ones is gobsmacking. This is a very heartfelt musical that you can sense through every second means so much to this cast and its creators.
4th Wall Theatre Company Completes Cast for OUR TOWN
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2025
4th Wall Theatre Company has announced the full cast for Thornton Wilder's beautiful and timeless production of Our Town, directed by Artistic Director Jennifer Dean.
Spotlight: AMERICAN PSYCHO at The Hobby Center
by BWW Special Offer - August 28, 2025
American Psycho: The Musical slashes into The Hobby Center September 2–14 in a world-premiere reimagining from Tony Award® winner Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening) and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Riverdale, Pretty Little Liars).

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