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Houston Grand Opera has released additional tickets for the company's second annual Family Day, a special presentation of Humperdinck's enchanting Hansel and Gretel.

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.

But could director Jon Harvey be purposefully lightening his ELECTRA for this era? Does he want a more pop-friendly approach? Do we need that now? These are all questions that only he can answer, but the show itself has a nice pace and energy.

Houston audiences are in for a treat as The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee returns to Theatre Under the Stars, featuring one of the city’s favorite comedic performers—Mark Ivy—reprising his beloved role as William Barfée.

Open Dance Project will present DADA GERT – the second of three immersive fan favorites being brought back by Open Dance Project in celebration of their 10th Anniversary Season.

Lone Star College–North Harris and Cash Carpenter Productions will present X by Alistair McDowall, running October 21–26.

A Heart of Darkness: THE BODY SNATCHER Delivers Gothic Thrills

'DIGNITY' is a 60-minute, three-part re-imagining of the impact Black women had on specific historical experiences.

Presented as part of the Ensemble Theatre's Artist Highlight Project, an initiative within its Celebrating the Creative Journey programming, Of a Darker Hue honors the extraordinary talent of local Black artists in Houston.

Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.

Alley Theatre is presenting The Body Snatcher.

The Ensemble Theatre | CJ Emmons, [Jk] Creativ, and Silambam Houston have been carefully selected as the 2025-2026 season residency recipients.

'We're really proud because we've put a big focus on new work in the past.

Mercury Chamber Orchestra’s 25th Anniversary Season will continue with a program of classical masterworks on Saturday, November 8, 2025, at 8:00 p.

Musiqa’s 2025 Emerging Composer Commission winner is Justin Weiss, a composer and conductor whose work has been recognized.

To kick off its 2025-2026 theatre season, San Jacinto College South Theatre & Film has announced an original Y2K spin on Aristophanes classic slapstick comedy, Frogs!, adapted by writer & director Jonelle Walker.

A sweeping epic opens the latest Stages season.

It’s a marvelously entertaining thriller that audiences are likely to flock to, because it has a sense of awe-inspired fun that you seldom find in the theater.

Fourth Wall Theatre Company has a revival right now, and boy, does it feel timed for the right moment in Texas politics.

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will launch its 2025–26 season with The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, beginning October 24 at the Wortham Theater Center.

You can now get a first look at  Alley Theatre's production of The Da Vinci Code.

Before this world ends, you need to see Catastrophic’s staging of ENDGAME starring Greg Dean and directed by Jason Nodler.

A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL playing the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts has added a performance.

Jennifer Dean, Artistic Director of 4th Wall Theatre Co.

James Mirrione, the bookwriter behind The Grippe, invites audiences to revisit a pivotal moment in history through the lens of theatre.