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Performing Arts Houston Reveals 2024/25 Season


by Stephi Wild - May 01, 2024

Season highlights include a new Global Voices Music Series celebrating traditions from around the world and a limited engagement with illusionist Scott Silven that will transform the Eldorado Ballroom into an immersive Scottish Victorian dinner theater. ...

Houston Grand Opera's Popular Mariachi Opera, El Milagro Del Recuerdo, Returns On December 8


by A.A. Cristi - October 11, 2022

On December 8, 2022, Houston Grand Opera (HGO) welcomes the holiday season with the return of composer Javier Martínez and librettist Leonard Foglia's heartwarming, family-friendly, company-commissioned mariachi opera, El Milagro del Recuerdo/The Miracle of Remembering. ...

Performing Arts Houston Presents Comedian Tom Papa


by A.A. Cristi - September 16, 2022

Performing Arts Houston presents stand-up comedian Tom Papa for a one-night-only engagement at the Wortham Center's Cullen Theater, on October 7, 2022, at 7:30 pm. ...

Houston Grand Opera to Present 2022 Studio Showcase in September


by Blair Ingenthron - September 03, 2022

The Houston Grand Opera Studio will present its annual Studio Showcase on September 17, 2022, in the Cullen Theater at the Wortham Theater Center....

MY NAME IS NOT MOM is Coming to the Wortham Center's Cullen Theater in September


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 11, 2022

Performing Arts Houston will present the outrageously funny My Name is NOT Mom tour at the Wortham Center’s Cullen Theater, on September 9-10, 2022 at 7:30 PM. Moms turned comedians Tiffany Jenkins, Meredith Masony, and Dena Blizzard take the stage with stand-up, storytelling, and videos for an inte...

DACAMERA Announces 2022-23 Season and Return Of Houston SUMMERJAZZ


by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2022

Highlights of the upcoming season include Osvaldo Golijov's genre-defying Falling Out of Time, performed by members of the Silk Road Ensemble; the world premiere of Houston native jazz drummer and composer Kendrick Scott's Unearthed, inspired by the Sugar Land 95; and the Texas debut of Paris's Ense...

DACAMERA Announces 22/23 Season, Highlighted By WP Of Kendrick Scott's UNEARTHED


by A.A. Cristi - May 09, 2022

DACAMERA, the Houston-based presenting and producing organization, announces programming for its 2022/2023 season, encompassing both jazz and chamber music....

Society For The Performing Arts Unveils New Name, Performing Arts Houston, and More!


by A.A. Cristi - April 12, 2022

Continuing a 55-plus year history of presenting diverse live arts programming and arts  education in Houston, SPA rebrands as Performing Arts Houston and announces its 22/23 Season of  nationally and internationally renowned touring artists and performers. ...

Society for the Performing Arts Presents the Houston Premiere of AN UNTITLED LOVE


by Stephi Wild - April 01, 2022

Co-commissioned by SPA, An Untitled Love is a celebration of love and family culture in the black community, featuring the catalogue of Grammy Award-winning R&B legend D’Angelo....

Society For The Performing Arts Presents Yotam Ottolenghi


by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2022

Society for the Performing Arts presents restauranteur, author and chef Yotam Ottolenghi, on Monday, May 2, 2022 at 7:30 PM at the Wortham Center's Cullen Theater. The evening will be moderated by James Beard Award-winning Houston chef Chris Shepherd and a portion of each ticket sold will be donated...

Past Shows

Metamorphosis: Third Coast Percussion featuring Movement Art Is


South Africas Vuyani Dance Theatre makes its Houston debut with a powerful musical dance theater work....

Gregory Maqoma's Vuyani Dance Theatre: Cion: Requiem of Ravel's Bolero


South Africas Vuyani Dance Theatre makes its Houston debut with a powerful musical dance theater work....

Ragamala Dance Company


Choreographers Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamys Fires of Varanasi evokes an elaborate ritual where time is suspended and humans merge with the divine. Ragamala shows ...

Mnozil Brass: Gold


The Monty Python of the music world plays its greatest hits....

An Evening with Nigella Lawson


Nigella Lawson is an internationally renowned food writer and TV cook whose successful television programs have made her a household name around the world....

Matthew Whitaker


Matthew Whitakers love for music began at an early age. At 9, he taught himself to play the Hammond B3 organ. Four years later, he ...

Tenebrae: The Passing of the Year


Renowned for flawless performances, Tenebrae Choir is one of the world's premier vocal ensembles....

Mutts Gone Nuts!


Presented in partnership with Happily Ever After Animal SanctuaryExpect the unexpected as canines and comedy collide in a smash hit performance thats leaving audiences everywhere ...

2022 Cliburn Gold Medalist: Yuchan Lim


We present the Houston debut of Yunchan Lim, the youngest-ever Gold Medalist of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition....

An Evening with Tom Papa


With more than 20 years as a stand-up comedian, Tom Papa is one of the top comedic voices in the country, finding success as an ...

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan: 13 Tongues


An immersive journey that captures the range of human experience....

My Name is NOT Mom
My Name is NOT Mom
9/9 - 9/10/2022


A hilarious journey through motherhood with internet sensations Tiffany Jenkins, Meredith Masony and Dena Blizzard....

Videos


Funny Girl in Houston Funny Girl
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (8/20 - 8/25)
Houston Symphony presents The Music of ABBA in Houston Houston Symphony presents The Music of ABBA
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (6/15 - 6/15)
Steel Magnolias in Houston Steel Magnolias
Cast Theatrical Company (5/31 - 6/16)
Come From Away in Houston Come From Away
Rudder Theatre Complex [Rudder Auditorium] (6/25 - 6/26)
Hairspray in Houston Hairspray
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (6/4 - 6/9)
The Bodyguard in Houston The Bodyguard
The Sankofa Collective (5/31 - 6/9)
Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies in Houston Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies
Theatre Southwest (5/31 - 6/15)
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