Theater & Dance

Opera

HGO Remembers a Forgotten Russian Opera

Mieczyslaw Weinberg, composer of The Passenger, never lived to see it performed.

12/31/2013 By Michael Hardy

Musical

Review: 50 Shades! The Musical

Our fearless critic endures Climax cocktails, rabid fans, and terrible jokes to report on the E.L. James parody.

12/23/2013 By Scott Vogel

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Dec 20–22

Where to go, who to see, and what to do

12/18/2013 By Michael Hardy

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Dec 6–8

Where to go, who to see, and what to do

12/04/2013 By Michael Hardy

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: November 22-24

A new film from the Coen brothers, a play about a marriage so terrible it’ll probably last forever, and opera featuring an old Italian fool.

11/21/2013 By Dan Derozier

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Nov 15–17

Where to go, who to see, and what to do

11/13/2013 By Michael Hardy

Bayougraphy

Pointe of Reentry

Even after retirement, one Houston Ballet dancer finds that the beat goes on.

10/31/2013 By Peter Holley Photography by Todd Spoth

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Nov 1–3

Where to go, who to see, and what to do

10/30/2013 By Michael Hardy

Theater

Review: Venus in Fur

David Ives’s celebrated, Tony award-winning comedy brings sadomasochism to the Alley.

10/21/2013 By Scott Vogel

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Oct 18–20

Where to go, who to see, and what to do

10/16/2013 By Michael Hardy

Theater

Review: Veronica's Room

Stages Theatre mounts a rarely-revived thriller.

10/15/2013 By Scott Vogel

Musical Theater

Review: Lizzie

TUTS Underground stakes its claim with edgy new musical.

10/14/2013 By Scott Vogel

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Oct 11–13

Where to go, who to see, and what to do

10/09/2013 By Michael Hardy

Houston Theater

Backstage Pass: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

A karaoke-inspired musical evokes mystery with its mind-bending drag.

10/09/2013 By Peter Holley

Review

Review: The Pine

New play by Mickle Maher is set at an alternate-reality hotel where nothing is what it seems.

10/07/2013 By Michael Hardy

Dance

Dance Goulash

The Uptown Dance Center presents a mixed program of modern and classical dance.

10/04/2013 By BoJanay Posey

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Oct 4–6

Where to go, who to see, and what to do

10/02/2013 By Michael Hardy

Best of Houstonia

Fall Arts Preview 2013

The very best of the coming season, including the return of Beyoncé.

09/30/2013 With Catherine Matusow, Kerry H., and Katharine Shilcutt By Michael Hardy

Theater

A Room With a View to a Kill

Veronica’s Room: underappreciated, rarely mounted, and edge-of-your-seat

09/30/2013 By Michael Hardy

Review

We're Not Going to Take It

Despite a talented cast, new Alley production can't overcome its dated script and tired jokes.

09/30/2013 By Scott Vogel