The Tavern by George M. Cohan
A lonely tavern, a wild stormy night, a mysterious vagabond, a frightened woman and a gunshot rings out.
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A Woman’s Memory, Her Greatest Betrayal
A Woman’s Memory, Her Greatest Betrayal is a modern psychological thriller that delves into the turmoil faced by Rachel, a woman grappling with dependency as she tries to piece together her fragmented memories to find a missing girl. Set against a backdrop of suspense, the play...
Company
Set against the backdrop of 1997 New York City—a world of answering machines, complex relationships, and a looming turn of the millennium—experience Company through an intimate and vivid journey inside Bobby’s mind. We join Bobby on his 35th birthday. As he reflects on the...
Houston Mariachi Festival
The Houston Mariachi Festival, co-presented by Performing Arts Houston, fills the Wortham Center for three days with mariachi music, dancing, and ballet folklórico performers from across Texas. The festival brings together mariachi ensembles and folklórico dancers in a...
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Broadway’s Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying arrives at the Owen Theatre Friday, August 14, 2026. Follow ambitious window washer J. Pierrepont Finch as a little handbook helps him climb from the mailroom to the...
Summer Chills
Summer Chills premieres at the Alley Theatre, tackling themes of memory and trust in a modern psychological thriller. Adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel from Paula Hawkins' bestselling novel, the story follows Rachel, a woman grappling with her fragmented recollections...
The Girl on the Train
This adaptation by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel is based on the bestselling novel by Paula Hawkins and directed by Casey Stangl. The modern psychological thriller follows Rachel, a woman struggling with dependency, as she pieces together her fragmented memories to find a...
Xanadu
Based on the Universal Pictures cult classic movie of the same title, which starred Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly, Xanadu is hilarity on wheels for adults, children and anyone who has ever wanted to feel inspired. This Tony Award-nominated, hilarious, roller skating, musical...
Xanadu
Xanadu is a Tony Award-nominated roller skating musical adventure based on the 1980 Universal Pictures cult classic film that starred Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly. The story follows Kira, a magical Greek muse who descends from Mount Olympus to Venice Beach, California to...
AC/DC
Here comes the most epic rock event of 2026, as AC/DC thunders into NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, on Monday, August 31, 2026, for their epic Power Up Tour 2026. The famed rock ensemble comes back to the arena following their successful sell-out stadium tours around the globe...
Harrison Guy: Dear Prairie View
Harrison Guy: Dear Prairie View is a world premiere full-evening work commissioned by Performing Arts Houston as part of the organization's 60th Anniversary Diamond Season. Created by Houston artist Harrison Guy, the work centers on legacy—personal, cultural, and...
Proof
David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning drama directed by Sophia Watt. In a Chicago home, Catherine is grieving for her father, a celebrated mathematician whose brilliance has been overtaken by mental illness. As one of his former students searches through a...
Spirit Moving Over Chaos
The Houston Chamber Choir opens its 32nd season with David Ashley White's Spirit Moving Over Chaos, followed by a single movement of Tarik O'Regan's The Ecstasies Above. The program also features George Frideric Handel's Dixit Dominus, Samuel Barber's Agnus Dei with the newly...
The Complete Piano Etudes by Philip Glass
The Complete Piano Etudes by Philip Glass brings together ten piano soloists for a rare shared performance of the twenty keyboard studies by one of contemporary music's most influential composers. The assembled pianists include Timo Andres, Inon Barnatan, Anton Batagov, Vicky...
Butler Studio Showcase
The Sarah and Ernest Butler Houston Grand Opera Studio presents its annual Butler Studio Showcase, featuring twelve emerging artists in fully staged, costumed scenes spanning the opera repertory. This year's program includes selections from Das Rheingold, La bohème, Eugene...
Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties
Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties is the Houston premiere of Jen Silverman's play, directed by Associate Artistic Director Rhett Martinez. The play follows five very different women, all named Betty, whose lives collide when one Betty decides to stage a play, exploring...
Drunk Pirates
The Drunk Shakespeare Society brings a new stage production to Houston with Drunk Pirates, a comedic take on a classic adventure tale. Opening May 14, the show runs for 12 weeks at the Emerald Theatre, following a group of treasure-seeking pirates in a fast-moving, unpredictable...
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Music-Stories-OPERA!
Houston Grand Opera presents a free, hour-long interactive opera program for students and families, introducing them to the art form through live music, storytelling, and audience participation. Attendees hear selections from classic operas, guess the languages of famous arias...
Hunter's Prey
Ars Lyrica Houston opens its 2026/27 season, Visions & Visionaries, with a program of musical depictions of the hunt. The concert features Marc-Antoine Charpentier's chamber opera Actéon, Johann David Heinichen's Concerto in F Major, and scenes from Jean-Philippe Rameau's...
Ben Chavez: Last Day, County Fair
Ben Chavez: Last Day, County Fair is a world premiere full-evening work commissioned by Performing Arts Houston as part of its New/Now program. The piece, performed by Broadway star Ben Chavez, shares stories in song rooted in questions of identity, memory, and self-definition...
The Music Man
Seventy-six trombones. One unforgettable musical! Meredith Willson’s six-time Tony Award®-winning beloved musical comedy The Music Man marches into Houston with laughter, heart, and all the music you love. Following the fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the...
Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, guitar
Pablo Sáinz-Villegas brings his classical guitar to Cullen Theater at the Wortham Center on September 29, 2026, performing masterworks by Bach, Villa-Lobos, Albéniz, and more. Acclaimed as the successor to guitar icon Andrés Segovia, Sáinz-Villegas regularly performs with...
Latest Houston Reviews
Review: A NICE INDIAN BOY at Aerial Roots Theatre
A NICE INDIAN BOY is one of the most fun romantic comedies that I have seen in years. It is such a nice surprise, and it really captures the heart of the team putting it on!…
Review: LATE NITE CATECHISM: SISTER ROLLS THE DICE at Stages Houston
Would you believe me if I told you the hottest theater ticket in Houston this summer was to see a nun teach a class? Denise Fennell first debuted as Sister in LATE NITE CATECHISM at Stages Houston during 2007. Since then, the actress has had one of the longest relationships between any Houston theat…
Review: THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN at THE ALLEY THEATRE
This company is having a great time with a thriller, and it shows. I always feel like the “Summer Chills” is when these actors get to play!…
Review: THE GONDOLIERS at Gilbert And Sullivan Society Of Houston
A delightful evening of wit, charm, and impeccable musicianship awaits audiences at the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston's production of The Gondoliers. Long before Broadway became synonymous with the American musical, W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan were redefining what musical storytelling…
Review: CHALLENGING BROWN at Shabach Enterprises
You will leave with many questions about how we deal with our past and how we can move forward socially while personally constrained.…
Review: MOULIN ROUGE! at Broadway At The Hobby Center
Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage, remixed into a musical mash-up extravaganza. Directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers, MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL is a theatrical celebration of Truth, Beauty, Freedom and, above all, Love.…
Review: BROADWAY AND BEYOND: CELEBRATING 30 SHOWS WITH HOLLAND VAVRA at STAGES
One of Houston's defining strengths is its vibrant performing arts community. In a city filled with exceptional talent, only a select few artists earn the distinction of becoming local icons. Holland Vavra is unquestionably one of them. …
Review: HOLLAND VAVRA: BROADWAY AND BEYOND at Stages Houston
Holland Vavra has been a member of Houston’s theatre community since before she was born. Yes, you read that right: her first stage appearance was in utero, while her mother performed in Pippin, a show Vavra herself would later appear in more than once.…
Review: GET READY at The Ensemble Theatre
A soulful finale to close out the 49th season…
Review: TAMARIE'S GREATEST HITS VOLUME 3 at CATASTROPHIC THEATRE
She’s a good time gal, and we need her more than ever with all the bad time boys running the world today. Let freedom ring, and let Tamarie sing! 250 years of America, and 30 of those with Tamarie out there.…
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Ed Sheeran at AT&T Stadium AT&T Stadium (10/24-10/24) |
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Theatre Southwest (1/02-1/23) |
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Write The Vision Productions Presents: Faith For My Family Stage Play Jefferson Theatre (9/05-9/05) |
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Summer Show: To Be Announced Theatre Suburbia (7/23-8/21) |
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The Tavern by George M. Cohan Theatre Suburbia (7/24-8/22) |
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HisStory by Hilary Bluestein-Lyons Theatre Suburbia (1/08-2/06) |
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Gloria: A Life Cypress Stage (10/02-10/18) PHOTOS |
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Sweat Theatre Southwest (2/19-3/13) |
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Rocky Horror Picture Show House of Blues Houston (10/23-10/23) |
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Come from Away Stages (9/18-10/18) |