COVIDia Dell'arte

Houston Theater Community Sews Masks to Save Lives

“Thank God we’re all fabric hoarders.”

04/17/2020 By Alissa Smith

Art never stops

How to Get Your Art Fix Without Leaving Your Home

It's a big, wide virtual world out there.

03/17/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Tony Winners Galore

Broadway at the Hobby Center’s 2020-2021 season includes Hadestown

There's also a couple classics (both traditional and modern), comedies, and some blue stuff.

03/03/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Laugh Your Problems Away

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, Feb 21-23

This weekend brings guitar masters, addicting dramas and Italian designs.

02/21/2020 By Emma Schkloven

So. Many. Beads.

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, Feb 14-16

Because nothing says romance quite like a meal that used to chirp.

02/13/2020 By Emma Schkloven

On the Town

What to Do and See This Month, from Goya to Celine Dion

Plus Whiskey Myers and Ann Curry.

01/30/2020 Edited by Chris Gray

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

Theatrical Sensibilities

Main Street Theater’s The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley Is an Engaging Holiday Production

Ring in the holidays, Jane Austen-style.

11/27/2019 By Doni Wilson

A.D. Players at The George Theater Still Believes In Miracles

Miracle on 34th Street is fully realized at The George this holiday season!

11/19/2019

It's-the-Most-Wonderful-Time-of-the-Year Edition

5 Things You Must Do This Weekend, Nov. 15–17

From holiday plays to food truck festivals, it's all happening.

11/15/2019 By Holly Beretto

ONCE comes to Galveston’s Grand 1894 Opera House This Weekend

Winner of eight 2012 Tony Awards, ONCE tells the story of going for your dreams, not living in fear, and the power of music to connect us all.

11/12/2019

Perfect Party

November's Perfect Party: Ladies' Night Edition

This month is all about female empowerment.

10/28/2019 By Catherine Matusow

Clutch City

Check Out This Houston Designer's Show-Stopping Accessories

Scenery Bags upcycles theater waste into clutches, totes, and even jewelry.

10/28/2019 By Abby Ledoux

Dinner and a Show

Elijah Rising and A.D. Players Share Trafficking Victims' Stories in 'Survivor Monologues'

The theatrical event raised over $225,000 for the anti-sex-trafficking nonprofit.

10/18/2019 By Abby Ledoux

Theater

Of Motherhood and Strength

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

10/11/2019 By Holly Beretto

Welcome to America

The Alley’s Vietgone Will Stay With You For a Long Time

It's a subversive immigrant tale that challenges lazy assumptions and narratives.

10/10/2019 By Doni Wilson

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

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

Review

The Winter's Tale Gets A Twangy Texas Update

The Alley puts a delightful local twist on a lesser-known Shakespeare play.

09/20/2019 By Doni Wilson

Review

There is Heart to Be Found Amid The Hard Problem

Main Street Theater succeeds in harnessing humanity from the cerebral Tom Stoppard creation.

09/17/2019 By Doni Wilson