Theater & Dance

notes on camp

Bringing The Rocky Horror Picture Show To Life

Once a month, performance troupe The Royal Mystic Order of Chaos takes over the River Oaks Theatre.

02/16/2015 By Bryan Washington

investigation

What the Hell's Going On at Opera in the Heights?

Staff turnover, bickering board members, unpaid contractors, a mid-season overhaul. Life at the regional opera company is starting to resemble, well, an opera.

02/12/2015 By Sydney Boyd

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Feb 13–15

Featuring Baroque painting, Baroque music, Kinky Boots, and Cirque du Soleil.

02/11/2015 By Michael Hardy

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Feb 6–8

Featuring Jason Moran, John Lewis, Sherlock Holmes, and something called Frostival

02/04/2015 By Michael Hardy

Theatre

These Boots are Made for Walkin’

Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper’s new musical Kinky Boots arrives, both heralded and unsung.

02/04/2015 By Michael Hardy

theater

Sherlock Holmes Takes the Stage at Classical Theatre

Forget Sherlock and Elementary. Here's your chance to see the detective up close and personal.

02/03/2015 By Michael Hardy

musical theater

Elton John's Ballet Joins Long Tradition of Rock Music On Stage

The Alberta Ballet's celebrated Love Lies Bleeding comes to Houston this weekend.

01/29/2015 By Michael Hardy

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Jan 30–Feb 1

The Super Bowl isn't the only game in town this weekend.

01/28/2015 By Michael Hardy

essay

A Mormon's Take On The Book of Mormon

Like Charlie Hebdo, the popular musical mocks religious beliefs. Here's why I'm not planning a terrorist attack.

01/22/2015 By Cort McMurray

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Jan 23–25

Featuring the Harlem Globetrotters, the Come and Take It Comedy Takeover, and Madame Butterfly

01/21/2015 By Michael Hardy

Article

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Jan 16–19 (MLK Weekend Edition)

Featuring Mel Chin, Gladys Knight, dueling MLK parades, and two zoo-related events

01/14/2015 By Michael Hardy

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Jan 9–11

The holidays are over and the art season is back in swing. This weekend: Sondheim, Vivaldi, and Diavolo.

01/07/2015 By Michael Hardy

dance

Diavolo Fuses Dance and Gymnastics

Founded by a Cirque du Soleil alumnus, this Los Angeles company pushes the limits of the human body.

01/05/2015 By Adam Castañeda

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Jan 1–4

Don't miss your last chance to catch these great events

12/31/2014 By Michael Hardy

Dance

What Is Shen Yun, Anyway?

It looks like a Chinese Cirque du Soleil, but it's actually political propaganda.

12/29/2014 By Michael Hardy

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Dec 25–28 (Christmas Edition!)

Celebrate Christmas with Robert Earl Keen, Shakey Graves, and magician Ivan Amodei.

12/24/2014 By Michael Hardy

picks

Our Top 5 Most Anticipated Arts Events of 2015

Between the Alley's return to its downtown home to the next chapter of the Ring Cycle, it's shaping up to be a banner year in the arts.

12/23/2014 By Michael Hardy

Year in Review

The Best of 2014 in the Arts

Our top picks in theater, dance, pop, opera, classical, jazz, and art.

12/22/2014 Illustrations by Dan Derozier By Michael Hardy

Year in Review

Houstonia's Favorite Plays of 2014

Despite a series of displacements and disruptions, the Houston theater scene retained its artistic vitality.

12/18/2014 By Michael Hardy and Scott Vogel

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Dec 19–21

Christmas season kicks into high gear with Handel's Messiah, the Alley's Christmas Carol, and Yuletide at Bayou Bend.

12/17/2014 By Michael Hardy

Houstonia Magazine

Theater & Dance

Bringing The Rocky Horror Picture Show To Life

What the Hell's Going On at Opera in the Heights?

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Feb 13–15

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Feb 6–8

These Boots are Made for Walkin’

Sherlock Holmes Takes the Stage at Classical Theatre

Elton John's Ballet Joins Long Tradition of Rock Music On Stage

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Jan 30–Feb 1

A Mormon's Take On The Book of Mormon

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Jan 23–25

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