A Love Triangle for the (Modern) Ages

Houston Grand Opera's La Favorite Brings a Favorite Performer Back to the Bayou City

World-renowned mezzo Jamie Barton takes on the title role in the Houston premiere of Donizetti's rarely-performed opera.

01/25/2020 By Holly Beretto

Ready to Remember?

Stages Opens New Space With Production of The Fantasticks

The repertory theatre is re-staging an old favorite as its inaugural show in the Gordy.

01/24/2020 By Holly Beretto

New Play

Ensemble Theatre's The Green Book Offers Weighty Subjects With Uplifting Message

The play, which is not connected to the Oscar-winning film, makes its regional premiere.

01/21/2020 By Holly Beretto

Truth Hurts

Go See the Latest Play at 4th Wall Theatre Company

'The Realistic Joneses' is about facing truths.

01/16/2020 By Holly Beretto

The Play's the Thing

FemFest Showcases a New Collaboration for Mildred’s Umbrella

The weekend festival spotlights female Israeli playwrights through a new partnership with the Israeli Consulate and the Evelyn R. Rubenstein Jewish Community Center.

12/06/2019 By Holly Beretto

Of Christmas and Chaos

Main Street Theater's Best Christmas Pageant Ever Gets the Spirit of the Season

This youth production channels the joy and craziness of the most wonderful time of the year.

12/05/2019 By Holly Beretto

Theater Preview

Baby Screams Miracle Is a Classic Catastrophic Experience

This Clare Barron play is challenging, odd, and often funny—exactly the kind of show Catastrophic Theatre gravitates toward.

12/03/2019 By Holly Beretto

Not Your Grandmother's Jane Austen

Main Street Theater's The Wickhams Focuses on the Family

This Yuletide sequel explores what happens below stairs when the Wickhams come for Christmas.

11/26/2019 By Holly Beretto

Doing the Most

Dylan Godwin Stars in the Alley Theatre's One-Man Show

Celebrate the holidays with Fully Committed.

11/26/2019 By Olivia Flores Alvarez

'Tis the Season

The Ensemble Theatre Aims to Deliver More Than Christmas

A holiday musical makes its world premiere.

11/13/2019 By Olivia Flores Alvarez

Holiday It Up

3 Ways to See Miracle On 34th Street This Season

It's a season of miracles.

11/12/2019 By Holly Beretto

The play's the thing

In Dear Evan Hansen, Bullying, Suicide, and a Big, Ol' Lie

Of fibbing and fitting in...

11/08/2019 By Holly Beretto

The Play's the Thing

The Children Ponders the Future of the Planet

Rec Room’s 2019-2020 season opener tackles a timely topic.

11/06/2019 By Holly Beretto

A David and Goliath Story

All Eyes Are On the Chorus in HGO's Saul

The North American premiere requires rare athleticism from the cadre of background players.

10/23/2019 By Holly Beretto

Theater

Of Motherhood and Strength

The Glass Menagerie launches 4th Wall’s 2019-2020 season.

10/11/2019 By Holly Beretto

Drama!

Crime and Punishment, According to Verdi

HGO's Rigoletto tells the story of revenge gone terribly, horribly wrong.

10/08/2019 By Olivia Flores Alvarez

The Guilty Ones

Spring Awakening Says: Listen to Teenagers

The TUTS production hopes to push back against the millennial- and Gen Z-hating tendencies so prevalent today.

10/03/2019 By Cameron Wallace

Opera

Tosca Serves Love with a Side of Revenge

A raw, heart-breaking story, the work is a showcase for Puccini’s brilliance.

10/01/2019 By Olivia Flores Alvarez

Art-ivism

This One-Woman Show Doesn't Look Away from Life's Hardships

Every Brilliant Thing explores ideas of mental health, depression, and how we cope—and sometimes don’t—with triumphs and tragedies.

09/24/2019 By Holly Beretto

[Exit, Pursued by Bear]

There Are No Victims in The Winter's Tale

The Alley production features powerful women, bears, and the King Ranch.

09/13/2019 By Olivia Flores Alvarez

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