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Video: Agatha Christie's THE MIRROR CRACK'D is Now Playing at the Alley Theatre
by BWW News Desk - July 15, 2025
Tony Award-winning Alley Theatre has extended Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d to run to August 24, 2025. Check out an all new video featuring clips from the production here! 
Hasan Minhaj and Ronny Chieng Come to the Hobby Center
by BWW News Desk - July 15, 2025
Comedians Hasan Minhaj and Ronny Chieng believe the opposite. Kicking off this October, the two comedians will embark on a nationwide tour where they will air their grievances - onstage, at the same time –for a paying audience. 
Review: THE 39 STEPS at Main Street Theater
by Brett Cullum - July 14, 2025
We know this is a vaudeville production from the start, and the cast revels in the buffoonery. THE 39 STEPS is perfect summer theater fare for fans of silly spies and inventive theatrical staging.
Digital Lottery for THE WIZ Announced at Bass Performance Hall
by Emmy Rice - July 12, 2025
Producers Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Brian Anthony Moreland, Ambassador Theatre Group, Kandi Burruss, Todd Tucker, NETworks Presentations and Performing Arts Fort Worth, the non-profit owner and operator of Bass Performance Hall, have announce a digital lottery for THE WIZ, powered by Broadway Direct.
Interview: Ramone Nelson of PARADE at Broadway At The Hobby Center
by Brett Cullum - July 10, 2025
It's a true story. It's a dramatization about a man who moves to Marietta, Georgia, and is falsely convicted of murder. It's his journey of trying to prove his innocence, while simultaneously we see and follow this love story between him and his wife, Lucille.
Hill Country Arts Foundation Begins Rebuilding After Devastating Central Texas Floods
by Joshua Wright - July 10, 2025
Following catastrophic flooding in Central Texas, the Hill Country Arts Foundation is working to recover damaged performance spaces, including a black box theater and outdoor stage, as it prepares to welcome the community back.
TAMARIE, MISS MARPLE, THE WIZARD OF OZ & More Lead BroadwayWorld's 2025 Houston Summer Theater Picks
by Brett Cullum - July 09, 2025
When you think of summer, you think of food, but rarely do you immediately think of thespians and theater. But why is that? Theaters are cool and dark, and they often seem like great places to escape the heat.
Photos: Agatha Christie’s THE MIRROR CRACK'D Extends at Alley Theatre
by BWW News Desk - July 09, 2025
Tony Award-winning Alley Theatre has extended Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d. Learn more about the show and get a first look at production photos here!
Tickets to KIMBERLY AKIMBO at The Hobby Center to go on Sale This Week
by BWW News Desk - July 08, 2025
Individual tickets for KIMBERLY AKIMBO at the Hobby Center will go on sale to the public next week. Learn more about the national tour and see how to purchase tickets.
HITS Theatre Receives $10,000 GRANT FROM H-E-B Tournament Of Champions
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2025
HITS Theatre has received a generous $10,000 grant from the H-E-B Tournament of Champions. This grant will provide vital scholarship funding and allow them to continue their mission of offering tuition-free programming.
THE LAST YIDDISH SPEAKER Come to Mildred's Umbrella
by BWW News Desk - July 03, 2025
Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company, in collaboration with the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC, opens their 2025-2026 season with the Houston premiere of THE LAST YIDDISH SPEAKER, by Deborah Zoe Laufer.
Classical Theatre Company Reveals Titles for 2025–26 Season
by BWW News Desk - July 03, 2025
Classical Theatre Company has announced the lineup for its 18th Mainstage Season, offering two powerhouse tragedies that delve into the shadows of the human psyche.
Alley Theatre to Host Young Actor Auditions for A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by BWW News Desk - July 01, 2025
Alley Theatre is holding auditions for children between the ages of 5 and 13 to be considered for roles in Alley Theatre’s 2025 production of A Christmas Carol. Learn more!
Review: ANOTHER DING DANG TAMARIE SHOW! at Catastrophic Theatre
by Brett Cullum - June 29, 2025
Truly, these shows are ingenious musical sketch-comedy pieces that remind me a ton of both Carol Brunette and variety shows of the 70s as much as something like a South Park, The Simpsons, or Family Guy. They are a chance to watch “serious actors” let go and do really silly fun stuff that they almost never get to do in any other play, unleashed by any other company.
Review: THE TAP DANCE KID at The Ensemble Theatre
by Jonathan Netek - June 29, 2025
This nostalgic, Tony Award–winning 1983 musical is all about family dynamics. Young Willi wants nothing more than to follow in the footsteps of her mother and Uncle Dipsey as a dancer. Her father, however, wants her to become a lawyer just like him. Meanwhile, older sister Emma dreams of being a lawyer, but their father’s attention is focused solely on Willi. As the two girls fight to be seen for who they are, we witness the transformative power of dance.
Axiom Quartet Will Perform UNBROKEN: The Shostakovich Cycle 50 Years Later
by BWW News Desk - June 27, 2025
In its landmark 12th Season, Axiom Quartet has announced UNBROKEN, the complete cycle of Dmitri Shostakovich’s 15 string quartets performed across seven concerts during the 2025–2026 Season.
Elephant & Piggie's WE ARE IN A PLAY Comes to Main Street Theater This Summer
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2025
Main Street Theater is bringing Mo Willems’ beloved characters to life this summer in Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”, now running at MST’s MATCH location (3400 Main St., Houston) through July 26, 2025.
“You Are Running Out Of Time!” A Citywide Red-Carpet Gala Film Premiere
by BWW News Desk - June 22, 2025
The festivities will occur on August 31, 2025, at 7 p.m., at The MATCH Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (Matchbox IV), 3100 Main Street, Houston, Texas, 77002.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Will Play at Cone Man Running Productions This July
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2025
Cone Man Running Productions will present To Kill a Mockingbird, running July 11 through 26, 2025, at Studio 101 in Spring Street Studios, Houston. The production is directed by Christine Weems and features a cast composed entirely of Houston’s legal community.
The Hobby Center Unveils Live at the Founders Club 2025-2026 Season
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2025
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts has revealed the Live at the Founders Club 2025-2026 Season. Learn more about the upcoming performances and see how to purchase tickets!
Review: INSIDE MY WALLS at Ishida Dance
by Brett Cullum - June 13, 2025
Inside My Walls is a rare chance to see why dance is so magical. The intimacy of the Asia Society’s theater allows you to see every extension, and often hear even the breaths that these performers take. If you have not witnessed this company, this weekend is your chance.
Alley All New Festival Developments Head To Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2025
Tony Award-winning Alley Theatre has announced that Torera by Monet Hurst-Mendoza and Thornton Wilder's The Emporium, completed by Kirk Lynn, will both receive Off-Broadway productions in the 2025–26 season.
Apollo Chamber Players to Release BAN: Stories of Censorship Featuring George Takei
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2025
Houston-based Apollo Chamber Players will release their eighth album, BAN: Stories of Censorship, on August 22, 2025 via Azica Records. The digital release will be followed by a physical CD and limited vinyl edition on September 5.
Interview: Tamarie Cooper & Kyle Sturdivant of ANOTHER DING DANG TAMARIE SHOW
by Brett Cullum - June 10, 2025
This show is a Houston summer tradition, and it is the Catastrophic Theatre's version of A Christmas Carol at the Alley or The Nutcracker at the Houston Ballet. Except every year, this one's a new script and a new ball of crazy to enjoy.
Unapologetically Bold: Melissa Pritchett on Finding Fierceness in let.her.rip at STAGES
by Armando Urdiales - June 10, 2025
In let.her.rip, Melissa Pritchett tackles one of her boldest roles yet—a fierce, unapologetic woman in a powerful new play by Maggie Lou Rader. She shares what drew her to the script, how Liza came to life in rehearsal, and why this story matters in today’s theatre landscape.

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