Honky Tonk Hissy Fit
Feb 6 – Feb 22, 2026
In this third installment of the Doublewide, Texas trilogy, the gang is back for more rollicking comedy. The town has grown to 17 mobile homes...
The Trip to Bountiful
Apr 10 – Apr 26, 2026
Horton Foote’s moving play tells the story of Carrie Watts, an elderly woman who longs to escape the cramped Houston apartment where she lives with...
I Only Have Fangs for You
Jun 5 – Jun 28, 2026
Vampire Count Fritz Fangful and his devoted assistant, Igor, have lived comfortably in the cellar of Rattrap Manor awaiting the perfect beauty whose blood will...
Review: ENGLISH at Alley Theatre
by Jonathan Netek - February 20, 2026
ENGLISH, written by playwright Sanaz Toossi, won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and crafts an intimate, devastating portrait of language—as both bridge and barrier. Set in an Iranian classroom, the play unfolds less as a traditional narrative and more as a series of moments unfolding over time....
Review: THE COAST STARLIGHT at Main Street Theater
by Brett Cullum - February 16, 2026
The show introduces us to a half dozen stories from one car, and it’s an interesting look at how humans interact, or in some cases, don’t....
Review: LOVERLY: THE BROADWAY OF LERNER AND LOEWE (AND LANE) at OVATIONS
by Brett Cullum - February 12, 2026
You are in a room with eight excellent performers doing songs purely for the joy of getting to sing them for an audience....
Review: GRAND HORIZONS at Mildred's Umbrella
by Brett Cullum - February 11, 2026
It’s funny, it’s clever, but it sometimes seems to get too caught up in itself as a script. Yet the acting here is top-notch, and the Mildred’s Umbrella production is a wonder in such a small space. Jennifer Decker’s direction is sublime, and she has a solid cast....
Review: HANSEL AND GRETEL at Houston Grand Opera
by Armando Urdiales - February 01, 2026
What did our critic think of HANSEL AND GRETEL at Houston Grand Opera?...
Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Company OnStage
by Jonathan Netek - February 01, 2026
Wilde’s wit shines at Company OnStage....
Review: REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES at Alley Theatre
by Brett Cullum - January 30, 2026
It’s funny, it’s warm, and you walk away feeling as if you saw a community revealed....
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Broadway At The Hobby Center
by Jonathan Netek - January 28, 2026
A true circus act, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS has it all....
Review: THE BRIDE OR DOES THIS DRESS MAKE ME LOOK MARRIED? at STAGES HOUSTON
by Brett Cullum - January 24, 2026
Denise Fennell Pasqualone shares so much of herself in THE BRIDE that it just feels like a hug from the actress. There are laughs, teary moments, and even a random game show thrown in for good measure....
Review: THE BLUEST EYE at The Ensemble Theatre
by Jonathan Netek - January 24, 2026
The first of three regional premieres at The Ensemble Theatre’s Rooted in Destiny season....
Past Shows
Angel Street
May 30 – Jun 15, 2025
The Manningham residence appears to be the essence of Victorian tranquility, but it is soon apparent, that Mr. Manningham, a suavely handsome man, is slowly...
Harvey
Mar 28 – Apr 13, 2025
Elwood P. Dowd insists on including his friend Harvey in all of his sister Veta’s social gatherings. Trouble is, Harvey is an imaginary six-and-a-half-foot-tall rabbit. To...
A Doublewide, Texas Christmas
Dec 6 – Dec 15, 2024
It’s beginning to look a lot like... trouble in Doublewide, Texas! Not only are the residents of the tiniest town in Texas dealing with the...
The 39 Steps
Oct 4 – Oct 20, 2024
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for...
Those Summer Nights: A Musical Revue
Sep 13
Enjoy the last days of summer at CAST with an enchanting musical revue, with everything from sunny musical theatre and pop tunes to yacht rock...
Males Order Brides
Aug 2 – Aug 25, 2024
Here comes the bride! Actually, we should say brides — four of them supposedly, to marry a quartet of love-starved citizens. If only their brides...
Steel Magnolias
May 31 – Jun 16, 2024
Six vibrant Southern ladies share their lives and loves in a small-town Louisianan beauty salon. Alternately hilarious and touching, this beloved story reveals the strength...
The Dining Room
Apr 5 – Apr 21, 2024
Set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, a mosaic of interrelated scenes—some funny, some touching and some rueful—are taken together to create...
Walter's Gift
Dec 1 – Dec 17, 2023
Claudette Harris and her best friend and neighbor, Doris Blumquist, have a long-standing rivalry concerning the gifts they receive from their husbands, and Claudette is...
The Curious Savage
Oct 6 – Oct 22, 2023
After inheriting ten million dollars upon her husband's death, Mrs. Ethel Savage makes plans to give the entire fortune away to people who wish to...
Peril on the High Seas or Let’s Get Together and Do Launch
Aug 4 – Aug 27, 2023
Aboard the H.M.S. Majestic crossing the Atlantic, Snively Swine disguises himself as Sir Reginald Rottentot and, with the help of his sidekick Archnia, attempts to...
The Butler Did It
Jun 9 – Jun 18, 2023
This comedy parodies every English mystery play ever written but with a decidedly American flair. Miss Maple, a dowager with a reputation for “clever” weekend...
Doublewide, Texas
Apr 14 – Apr 30, 2023
The inhabitants of the smallest trailer park in Texas (4 doublewides and a shed) are thrown for a loop when they learn that the nearby...
Waiting for MacArthur
Feb 3 – Feb 19, 2023
An Army nurse’s experiences on the island of Corregidor during WWII are shared through a series of letters that she writes to and receives from...
A Christmas Carol, A Live Radio Play
Dec 2 – Dec 18, 2022
The Charles Dickens holiday classic comes to life as a live 1940s radio broadcast, complete with vintage commercials for fruitcake (extra-fancy), and the magic of...
The Mousetrap
Oct 7 – Oct 23, 2022
A true classic by the grande dame of mysteries. A group of strangers is stranded in a boarding house during a snowstorm and one of...
Egad, The Woman in White, written by Tim Kelly
Aug 5 – Aug 28, 2022
This laugh-oriented, old-fashioned melodrama is based on Wilkie Collinss classic. This wild, fast and funny story features a disreputable (and hilarious) villain who dispatches his...
Death by Design
Jun 3 – Jun 19, 2022
What happens when you mix the brilliant wit of Noel Coward with the intricate plotting of AgathaChristie? Set during a weekend in an English country...
Enchanted April
Mar 25 – Apr 10, 2022
When two frustrated London housewives decide to rent a villa in Italy for a holiday away from their bleak marriages, they recruit two very different...
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