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Watch a video of I Speak Six Languages from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Theatre Under The Stars Perfection takes practice — and Marcy Park (Gemini Quintos) makes it look easy.

The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts has shifted its timeline earlier to apply for participation in the Houston is Inspired initiative to better serve artists and arts organizations across Houston.

Hadestown will play Houston’s Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in February of 2026! Tickets will go on sale on October 31.

Finally, as the theater district is abuzz for the 2025 - 26 season, Theatre Under The Stars brings out not with a bang but with a heartfelt and endearing show: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

It is a show that is so close to my heart! When I was living in New York, from 2004 to 2008 was when it came to Broadway, and I saw it there.

Written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Tracy Letts and nominated for Best Play at the 2022 Tony Awards, THE MINUTES is a political satire infused with dark humor, offering a timely critique of power dynamics, political corruption, and the manipulation of history.

This is your last chance to submit 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.

The Board of Directors of HITS Theatre has announced that Jon Montgomery has stepped down as Executive Director.

As Houston performing arts ventures grow for the 2025-26 season, Houston Grand Opera surpasses them all with a thrilling 50th anniversary production of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.

The Houston Chamber Choir, under the direction of Betsy Cook Weber, returns to the breathtaking Chapel of Villa de Matel for its beloved annual holiday concert series, Tapestry: Christmas at the Villa, on Saturday, December 6, and Sunday, December 7, 2025.

Watch the cast perform 'My Magic Froot' from Theatre Under The Stars' all-new production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

A new video has been released, featuring clips from Theatre Under The Stars' all-new production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

Alley Theatre will present the return of Houston’s holiday tradition, A Christmas Carol.

The Uprise Experience: Houston Black Theatre Week returns October 19–26, 2025, at The DeLUXE Theater, celebrating Black creativity, storytelling, and community empowerment.

Houston-area composers, musicians, and singers will come together in the “No Kings Concert” to share their latest works to demonstrate solidarity and unity in light of recent authoritarian-like shifts in both our federal and state governments.

Class, love, and family are at the forefront of this poignant generational drama.

I wanted to run down the shows that BROADWAY WORLD HOUSTON readers should consider as a trick and a treat! Just think of us as your roadmap on the “highway to fell” that “doesn’t fear the reaper” and “we’re going off the rails on a crazy train.

Forget the haunted house this season, and try something a little bit more involved and engaging.

Dominique Morisseau’s Mud Row is a powerful story about legacy, reconciliation, and the unshakable ties that bind families together.

The Grammy Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir will present All God’s Creatures on Saturday, October 25, 2025, at 7:30 p.

The Lone Star College-CyFair Music Department fall season will get underway with 'Music, Beauty is Life' choral concert.

Chamber Music America 2025 Ensemble of the Year Apollo Chamber Players will present ENLIGHTEN, the second program in their season-long American Story series.

Logan Vaden has been a fixture on the Houston theater scene since he was a kid, and improbably, he still kind of is that young new kid on the block.

Time is running out to submit 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.

Broadway at the Hobby Center tickets for the North American tour of the critically acclaimed bestselling novel WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, will go on sale Friday, October 17 at 10AM.