Washington D.C.'s prestigious Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is teaming with the City of Houston and Houston Independent School District to expand arts education for students. The f…
Fun Home (P.S. Classics): Composer Jeanine Tesori and librettist Lisa Kron do breakthrough work with this year's Tony winner - a brave, compelling chamber musical based on cartoonist Alison …
Find special deals on season subscription rates and tickets for individual shows. Or maybe just get to know Houston's major performing arts companies better. Alley Theatre, Da Camera of Ho…
Not to mention in Williams' 1968 film adaptation as "Boom!" Indeed, the play began a period of critical disfavor that would dog Williams until his death in 1983. A group of independent thea…
Dale Wasserman wrote the show's powerful book, Joe Darion penned the poetic lyrics and Mitch Leigh composed the much-loved score, with such standouts as the rousing "I, Don Quixote," the hau…
The city is a rarity in boasting resident professional companies in each of the performing arts: ballet, theater, symphony and opera. Alley Theatre, Houston Ballet, Houston Grand Opera, Hou…
"The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore," a fascinating Tennessee Williams rarity, makes its Houston premiere this week as an Equity Showcase production - a labor of love for director Ron …
J.M. Barrie's classic stage fantasy "Peter Pan" has been adapted in many ways - from the Broadway musical beloved by several generations, to the equally enduring Disney animated film, to bal…
"The Merchant of Venice," Shakespeare's odd comedy with a dark streak, often is called a "problem play." It's also somewhat problematic. The Houston Shakespeare Festival's current production…
This year's Houston Shakespeare Festival scores big with a powerful, tautly focused "Macbeth." With forceful, straightforward direction by Jack Young, and particularly strong performances by…
The new Queensbury Theatre - actually, the former Country Playhouse, reborn with a new name and new building - opens Thursday with a 50th-anniversary production of one of musical theater's b…
With favorite funny men Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick starring, and genius director and choreographer Susan Stroman at the helm, the show became Broadway's biggest hit of the early 21st …
Main Street Theater's 2015-16 season will include Houston premieres of the 57-scene Love and Information and Silent Sky, based on the true story of a pioneering woman scientist. [...] in th…
Between 75 percent and 80 percent of the work is finished, and the construction crew will be out of the building by July 15, managing director Dean Gladden said, giving the Alley's staff two…
The Alley Theatre's key improvements include the addition of a four-story fly loft above the Hubbard Stage, allowing scenery and equipment to be suspended out of the audience's view; and an …
"An American in Paris," "Fun Home," "The Visit" and "Something Rotten" are this year's Tony nominees as best musical - as varied and worthy a bunch as Tony has fielded in several years. The…
[...] The Curious Incident" follows the same path as "War Horse," another memorable National Theatre production, which transferred to Broadway after London success and won the 2011 Tony. [.…
Canadian pianist, playwright, actor and singer Hershey Felder makes a surprisingly reasonable facsimile in his solo show "George Gershwin Alone," presented by the Alley Theatre in its interi…
Expectations were sky-high for this Lincoln Center Theater production, as it reunites key talents, including director Bartlett Sher and star Kelli O'Hara, responsible for the unforgettable 2…
Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella" is back - with a difference, in the lavish and enjoyable touring production of the recent Broadway hit. Yet she's acquired a social conscience and mor…
When composer George Gershwin died of a brain tumor in 1937 at the age of 38, the loss felt like a body blow to American culture. Yet almost 80 years later, the legacy of one of the 20th ce…
With ingenious direction by Kenn McLaughlin, high-stepping choreography by Kristin Warren, strong performances by leads Tom Frey and Bridget Beirne, and the entire company entering wholehear…
Broadway version debuting at Hobby Center gives heroine a social conscience while staying true to Rodgers and Hammerstein "Cinderella" has been retold innumerable ways - but only one boasts…
Striking newsboys in 1899 New York are the focal point of "Newsies," but every musical needs a leading lady. In the national tour of the recent Broadway hit, Styles plays Katherine, the plu…
Disney Theatrical's 2012 Broadway hit, making its Houston premiere with the vibrantly performed touring production at Hobby Center, boasts the additional satisfaction of salvaging a great pr…