Upcoming Shows
Morgan Freeman's Symphonic Blues Experience traces the cultural roots of the Delta blues, with Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman guiding audiences through the legacy of...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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....
Bruce Liu, winner of the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition, returns to Performing Arts Houston following his 2024 debut with a solo recital at Cullen...
The Joffrey Ballet brings Alexander Ekman's Midsummer Night's Dream to Jones Hall as part of Performing Arts Houston's 60th Anniversary Season. The full-length modern work...
Manual Cinema: The 4th Witch is a darkly inventive retelling that adds an alternate perspective to Shakespeare's Macbeth through the lens of a fourth witch....
Las Migas, winners of the Best Flamenco Album at both the 2022 and 2025 Latin GRAMMY Awards, brings a vibrant fusion of flamenco, jazz, and...
Aga Khan Master Musicians is an international ensemble working across Central Asian, Middle Eastern, and South Asian traditions, with an emphasis on transmission and the...
Duck Pond by CIRCA is a contemporary circus reimagining of Swan Lake, set to Tchaikovsky's score. Produced by Australia's Circa, the production makes its Houston...
David Sedaris returns for his 19th engagement with Performing Arts Houston, bringing an evening of the signature storytelling style he has pioneered over decades. Known...
An Evening of Alton Brown brings the chef, author, and Food Network host to Jones Hall for a night of stories, recipes, and live music....
CelloGayageum pairs Western cello with the Korean gayageum, exploring the intersections between musical systems through traditional repertoire and newly commissioned works. The performance takes place...
Disney & Pixar's Coco in Concert brings the Academy Award–winning film to Jones Hall with its score performed live by a full mariachi orchestra, the...
The GRAMMY-winning Akropolis Reed Quintet performs Are We Dreaming the Same Dream at Cullen Theater, Wortham Center. The program features new works for reed quintet,...
The GRAMMY-winning Akropolis Reed Quintet performs Are We Dreaming the Same Dream at Cullen Theater, Wortham Center. The program features new works for reed quintet,...
Dog Man: The Musical brings Dav Pilkey's popular book series to life on stage at the Cullen Theater at the Wortham Center. The production runs...
STOMP returns to Jones Hall for its 13th engagement with Performing Arts Houston since 1994. Part dance, part concert, the international phenomenon transforms everyday objects...
Angel Stanislav Wang, the youngest finalist of the 2025 Cliburn International Piano Competition, performs at Cullen Theater at the Wortham Center. Wang has earned recognition...
The King's Singers return to Performing Arts Houston for the fifth time since 1985 with Food, Glorious Food, an "omakase" program blending early choral works,...
Marvel Studios' Black Panther in Concert brings the beloved film back to the big screen at Sarofim Hall at the Hobby Center, with Ludwig Göransson's...
Kodo, the legendary Japanese taiko ensemble, returns to Jones Hall for their seventh engagement with Performing Arts Houston. Based on Sado Island, the group blends...
Aida Cuevas, the GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY Award-winning "Queen of Mariachi," brings her milestone celebration, 50 Years Singing to México, to Jones Hall. The performance...
by Jonathan Netek - April 23, 2026
Building Fences, Breaking Bonds: A Powerful Portrait of Family and Fallout...
by Jonathan Netek - April 17, 2026
Widely considered one of Shakespeare’s greatest works, and typically ranked alongside tragedies like Macbeth and Hamlet, OTHELLO explores themes of jealousy, racism, and the destructive nature of unchecked emotion. The play follows its title character, a Moorish general in the Venetian army, as he...
by Brett Cullum - April 14, 2026
AN IDEAL MAN is a fun spin on the source material, and it’s charming and affable in its delivery. I like the idea of the cast of DYNASTY suddenly being thrust into Oscar Wilde’s England via River Oaks....
by Brett Cullum - April 13, 2026
You really need a talented group of singers, and THE GARDEN THEATRE has put together a stacked cast of musical actors who have appeared in their shows over the last five years....
by Jonathan Netek - April 08, 2026
From Tudor queens to pop princesses, the 6 wives of Henry VIII take the mic and remix 500 years of historical heartbreak into a euphoric celebration of 21st-century HERstory. ...
by Jonathan Netek - April 05, 2026
The best kind of group therapy, TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS at Stages Houston...
by Brett Cullum - April 01, 2026
Sir Tom Stoppard’s last play, LEOPOLDSTADT, is his most personal. He wrote a narrative loosely based on his own family, changed the location to Austria, and finally wrote a Jewish script. The show debuted in London in 2020 and ran on Broadway from 2022 to 2023. It garnered the Tony for best play t...
by Brett Cullum - March 28, 2026
The whole show is well-produced, well-acted, and a lot of fun to watch. It’s endearing, funny, and it actually speaks to something deeper than you would expect....
by Jonathan Netek - March 25, 2026
Winner of four Tony Awards, including Best Choreography and Best Costumes, Some Like It Hot is set in Chicago during Prohibition, when everyone is thirsty for a little excitement. ...
by Brett Cullum - March 17, 2026
Director Rob Melrose certainly knows how to pick actors and designers who know their craft and live it, while the rest merely exist....
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