Theater & Dance

Theater

All Is Not Well In The Kingdom

Classical Theatre Company looks at women's roles in society with A Doll's House.

01/28/2016 By Jenn Nguyen

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Jan. 29–31

Montrose Trio at Wortham, All The Way opens at Alley, HGO presents Rusalka, the Harlem Globetrotters dribble into NRG Park, Palden Weinreb discusses his art at Asia Society Texas.

01/27/2016 By Nick Esquer

Performance Dance

Frame Dance Creates Drift Using Art and Tech

This contemporary dance company dives into a unique exploration to create a new kind of performance piece.

01/25/2016 By Megha Tejpal

Theater

The American Experience

Ensemble Theatre continues its readings of playwright August Wilson's works with The Piano Lesson.

01/21/2016 By Katricia Lang

Performance Art

Bayou City Burlesque Takes Center Stage

Local artists come together with national performers for a weekend of circus and burlesque entertainment.

01/14/2016 By Megha Tejpal

Theater

High School Musical: Hairspray Style

An unlikely pair of Houston high schools team up in time for MLK Day.

01/12/2016 By Katricia Lang

Theater

Mozart's Sister Finally Gets Her Due

The Other Mozart shines a stage light on the famous composer and his lesser-known sister, Nannerl.

01/04/2016 By Katricia Lang

Review

Pistol-Packing Pizazz

Woody Allen's Tony- and Oscar-winning celebrated musical comedy brings gangsters and glitz to Hobby Center.

12/29/2015 By Doni Wilson

Theater

Step By Step

Queensbury Theatre's latest comedy, The 39 Steps, is a fast-paced thrill ride that pokes fun at the theater.

12/28/2015 By Katricia Lang

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Dec. 25–27

Casablanca at River Oaks Theatre, Critical Mass rolls through downtown, kids can visit Santa and the Snow Queen, and Bullets Over Broadway opens at Hobby Center.

12/23/2015 By Nick Esquer

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Dec. 18-20

Chvrches in concert, Christmas at Bayou Bend, the Symphony plays Handel's Messiah, Day For Night festival debuts, and rock–climbing dance show Moving Mountains at Texas Rock Gym.

12/16/2015 By Nick Esquer

Hip Hip Huzzah!

Horse Head Holiday Huzzah!

A beloved local theater company is hosting its second annual Christmas party, and everyone's invited.

12/15/2015 By Megha Tejpal

Theater

Ho Ho Humbug at Hobby Center

TUTS Underground presents Striking 12, a very un-Christmas Christmas show.

12/14/2015 By Sydney Boyd

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Dec. 4-6

Home Alone at Houston Symphony, Houston Ballet's Jubilee of Dance, comedian Craig Robinson at Improv, Houston Chamber Choir's Saint Nicolas Cantata, and Alley Theatre's Santaland Diaries returns.

12/02/2015 By Nick Esquer

Theater

Love Is So Short, Forgetting Is So Long

Obsidian Theater's Belleville points out love and jealousy in the Millennial era.

12/01/2015 By Katricia Lang

Dance

The Company You Keep

Houston City Dance shows life behind the curtain with Password Required.

12/01/2015 By Sydney Boyd

Opera

Little Prince, Big Dreams

HGO layers on fantasy and illusion with its updated operatic version of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's transcendent tale.

11/30/2015 By Sydney Boyd

Theater

The Unhappy Elf

Todd Waite returns as David Sedaris' cranky Christmas elf in The Santaland Diaries at Alley Theatre.

11/30/2015 By Nick Esquer

Theater

Step Into Matt Hune’s Living Room

The director of Houston’s newest community theater is ready for his up close.

11/29/2015 Photography by Brittanie Shey

Dance

Curtain Call

UH's Emerging Choreographers Showcase shines a spotlight on life after college.

11/27/2015 By Jenn Nguyen