Theater & Dance

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

Ballet

'Tis the Season: The Nutcracker

From Houston's longest running productions to one-night-only events, we round up a list of where to see Tchaikovsky's timeless Christmas ballet classic.

11/26/2015 By Katricia Lang

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Nov. 27-29

The Nutcracker opens at Houston Ballet, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet at Houston Symphony, Bower Yusse and Thomas J. Cryan at Blue Willow Bookshop, Reverend Horton Heat at Scout Bar and SonKiss'd Dance performs at Texas Rock Gym

11/25/2015 By Nick Esquer

Dance

Into Thin Air

SonKiss'd mixes hip-hop with rock climbing in adrenaline–fueled performance, Moving Mountains.

11/23/2015 By Nick Esquer

A Christmas Carol

'Tis the Season

We round up some of Houston's (and Galvy's) opportunities to take in Charles Dickens' Christmas classic.

11/20/2015 By Jenn Nguyen

Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Nov. 20-22

A Christmas Carol returns to Alley Theatre, Houston Symphony's ode to Carole King, Ars Lyrica pays homage to Louis XIV, Winter Birding at the Arboretum and the Second Annual Houston Whatever Fest.

11/18/2015 By Nick Esquer