Morgan Freeman's Symphonic Blues Experience
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...
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Upcoming Shows
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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....
Bruce Liu, piano
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: Alexander Ekman's Midsummer Night's Dream
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
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
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
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
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...
An Evening with David Sedaris
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
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
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
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...
Akropolis Reed Quintet: Are We Dreaming the Same Dream?
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,...
Meow Meow: Feline Festive Holiday
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
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
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, piano
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: Food, Glorious Food
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
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
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: 50 Years Singing to México
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...
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.…
Review: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME at Houston Broadway Theatre
The Bells Ring Loud Through The Wortham.…
Review: FADE TO BLACK at Shabach Enterprise
You get an entire evening of short bursts of brilliance, kinda like a fireworks show to commemorate Juneteenth. This year, all ten entries are extremely solid in both what they say and who says them.…
Review: WAITING / REX at ISHIDA
ISHIDA DANCE had a world premiere with their presentation of waiting / REX at the Asia Society Texas Center. This program is an adaptation of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. Both are choreographed by the company’s artistic director.…
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2026 Annual Festival of Originals (The FOO) Theatre Southwest (7/24-8/08) |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat A.D. Players at the George Theater (6/24-8/02) |
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Tamarie's Greatest Hits, Volume 3 The Catastrophic Theatre (6/19-8/01) |
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Frankenstein Pearl Theatre (10/30-11/02) |
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The Tavern by George M. Cohan Theatre Suburbia (7/24-8/22) |
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Drunk Pirates Emerald Theatre (5/14-9/19) |
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Xanadu MATCH (Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston) (8/14-8/30) |
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anthropology Theatre Southwest (10/30-11/21) |
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The Constant Wife Theatre Southwest (4/09-5/01) |
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Therapy Gecko Punch Line Houston (9/20-9/20) |