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Hairspray

6/4 - 6/9/2024

You Can’t Stop the Beat! HAIRSPRAY, Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon is back on tour! Join 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad in 1960s Baltimore as she ...

Houston Symphony presents The Music of ABBA

6/15

Conductor Lucas Waldin leads world-renowned a cappella sensation Rajaton as they join forces with the Houston Symphony for an electrifying tribute to the legendary Swedish ...

Sinatra & Beyond starring Tony DeSare

6/14 - 6/15/2024

A quintessential cabaret evening featuring the music of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra! Singer, pianist and composer Tony DeSare will transport audiences with his renditions of ...

The Barricade Boys West End Party!

6/5 - 6/16/2024

Get ready to have your socks knocked off and your heart racing with The Barricade Boys! These four dazzling performers are taking the world by ...

Desde El Alma: Songs from the Heart starring Camille Zamora

6/21 - 6/22/2024

The Founders Club sizzles with irresistible Spanish classic tangos, boleros, and canciones performed by three of the Latin music world’s most acclaimed artists. Renowned soprano ...

Disney’s The Lion King

7/11 - 8/4/2024

Giraffes strut. Birds swoop. Gazelles leap. The entire Serengeti comes to life as never before. And as the music soars, Pride Rock slowly emerges from ...

by Brett Cullum - May 01, 2024

It is not a flashy musical with special effects and huge dance numbers, but rather a somber meditation on Depression Era America and deep cuts of Bob Dylan’s songbook. It’s brilliant, and it will make you think. It’s akin to watching ghosts sing Americana arias, something you will never quite shake....

Ars Lyrica Houston Reveals 2024/25 Season Lineup

by Stephi Wild - May 01, 2024

Ars Lyrica Houston has announced their 21st anniversary season, Ties That Bind. Learn more about the six mainstage subscription programs here....

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. ...

Video: Go Inside the Tommy Tune Awards 2024 at Theatre Under the Stars

by Joshua Wright - April 04, 2024

The 2024 Tommy Tune Awards were held on March 28 at 7 p.m. at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. The Tommy Tune Awards (TTA) Program celebrates the educational value, artistry and community of high school musical theatre in the Greater Houston Area....

Houston Contemporary Dance Company Will Perform ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTION

by Stephi Wild - April 02, 2024

Houston Contemporary Dance Company will present Electrostatic Attraction to continue their 5th Season. This concert will include a world premiere by Houston Ballet Demi Soloist, Jack Wolff and a new solo created by Andrea Dawn Shelley on founding company member Genene Walis McGrath. ...

Houston Symphony Reveals 24-25 Season Featuring Jessica Vosk, Pink Martini & More

by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 07, 2024

The Houston Symphony has revealed its 2024−25 Season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....

Theatre Under The Stars Announces The Finalists For The 2024 TOMMY TUNE AWARDS

by A.A. Cristi - March 06, 2024

The TOMMY TUNE AWARDS return in 2024. Find out who's who in the lineup!...

BABY SHARK'S BIG BROADWAVE TOUR! is Coming to the Hobby Center in April

by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 27, 2024

Baby Shark’s Big Broadwave Tour!, a brand-new interactive live stage show featuring characters from the globally beloved preschool property, is coming to the Hobby Center. ...

Past Shows

Girl from the North Country

4/30 - 5/5/2024

Girl From The North Country is the Tony Award®-winning new musical that the Chicago Tribune declares is “a Broadway revelation!” Written and directed by celebrated ...

Caetano Veloso performs Meu Coco

3/24

Brazilian superstar Caetano Veloso’s Meu Coco in concert. Winner of 13 Latin Grammys and two Grammy Awards in the “Best World Music Album” category, Caetano ...

Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes

3/21

A musical touchstone of a life Conceived and directed by Scott Wittman. Musical director Joseph Thalken. Music has the power to crystallize a moment in ...

Beetlejuice

3/5 - 3/10/2024

He earned his stripes on Broadway… now the ghost-with-the-most is coming to Houston. It’s showtime! Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musical ...

Beyond Broadway Series: Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age

3/6 - 3/7/2024

In Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age, he covers all the bases: sex, death and bacchanalia, with a set list as eclectic as the ...

Les Misérables

1/23 - 1/28/2024

STILL THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR MUSICAL. Cameron Mackintosh presents the acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award®-winning musical phenomenon, Les Misérables. This ...

Beyond Broadway Series: Renée Elise Goldsberry in Concert

1/20

Renée Elise Goldsberry is a multi-hyphenate actress and singer who has delivered award winning performances both on Broadway and on the screen. She is perhaps ...

TINA – The Tina Turner Musical

1/2 - 1/7/2024

THERE IS ONLY ONE. HER VOICE IS UNDENIABLE. HER FIRE IS UNSTOPPABLE. HER TRIUMPH IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER. An uplifting comeback story like no other, ...

MJ

11/14 - 11/19/2023

The music. The moves. He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry comes to you as ...

PAW Patrol Live! “Heroes Unite”

11/2 - 11/5/2023

Calling all good citizens! The PAW Patrol is yelping for help as they face their greatest challenge yet. Mayor Humdinger has dognapped Robo Dog and ...

Houston Symphony presents Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Concert

7/14 - 7/15/2023

The Houston Symphony will perform Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Concert on Friday, July 14 and Saturday, July 15, 2023 at the Hobby ...

Houston Symphony presents Music of Queen

7/7 - 7/8/2023

On July 7 and 8, Houston Symphony kicks off its 2023 Summer Sounds Series by celebrating one of the greatest bands of all time—Queen! With ...

Rent

8/6 - 8/11/2019

In 1996, an original rock musical by a little-known composer opened on Broadway and forever changed the landscape of American theatre. Two decades later, Jonathan ...

Disney's Aladdin

6/26 - 7/14/2019

Aladdin, adapted from the Academy Award-winning animated Disney film and centuries-old folktales including One Thousand and One Nights, is brought to fresh theatrical life in ...

The Bodyguard

8/15 - 8/20/2017

BBVA Compass Broadway at the Hobby Center is delighted to announce that the first U.S. National tour of the hit musical THE BODYGUARD, will play ...

MAMMA MIA! The Farewell Tour

10/6 - 10/9/2016

Set in a beach resort in the Mediterranean, Mamma Mia! tells the story of Sophie, a bride-to-be with one wish: to have her absent father ...

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HOUSTON SHOWS


		Disney’s The Lion King The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (7/11 - 8/4)
		Steel Magnolias Cast Theatrical Company (5/31 - 6/16)
		Come From Away Rudder Theatre Complex [Rudder Auditorium] (6/25 - 6/26)
		Hairspray Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (6/4 - 6/9)
		Tea for Three We Give Productions (6/7 - 6/8)
		Funny Girl Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (8/20 - 8/25)
		Time Stands Still Theatre Southwest (5/31 - 6/15) PHOTOS
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