BROADWAY AT THE HOBBY CENTER

by Brett Cullum - September 27, 2024

I'm so extraordinarily proud of this with the work that Lonnie has done and the work that Larissa FastHorse has done in our new book! They've really taken out the racist stuff, and they have given an opportunity for Indigenous voices to be heard loud and clear by Indigenous actors. They also took ad...

by Brett Cullum - August 21, 2024

What did our critic think of FUNNY GIRL at BROADWAY AT THE HOBBY CENTER?...

by Brett Cullum - August 14, 2024

You know, I think what really worked for me is that I didn't have much knowledge of FUNNY GIRL. I saw the movie once when I was a teenager, and funny enough, my boyfriend and I were on vacation with his family when his mom told me that I would play Fanny Brice!...

by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 11, 2024

Due to the effects of Hurricane Beryl, the performance of Disney’s The Lion King in Houston at The Hobby Center on Thursday, July 11 at 1pm has been rescheduled....

by Brett Cullum - July 03, 2024

And actually, our director, Keith Bennett, was Banzai for about twenty years before I arrived, and was so great! I was intimidated coming in because I had heard so much about the great Keith Bennett, but as soon as I came in, he made me feel so relaxed and said, “You know everybody's Banzai is diffe...

by Brett Cullum - June 04, 2024

There's this obvious fantasy of the character in that we're in mid-century pinks and blues and teals and aquamarines and this whole color palette and it's a musical, and it's songs, and it's a man dressed up as a woman. But the thing the reality is that Edna turns out as a woman, and you're playing ...

by Brett Cullum - May 01, 2024

It is not a flashy musical with special effects and huge dance numbers, but rather a somber meditation on Depression Era America and deep cuts of Bob Dylan’s songbook. It’s brilliant, and it will make you think. It’s akin to watching ghosts sing Americana arias, something you will never quite shake....

by Stephi Wild - February 20, 2024

Tickets to HAIRSPRAY at the Hobby Center will go on sale to the general public Friday, February 23, 2024 at 10am. Performances run June 4-9, 2024....

by Brett Cullum - February 12, 2024

It's me, and I have a band. I sing songs and tell stories all under the theme or the umbrella of getting older, and what is age appropriateness, and things I've noticed about getting older. Mostly, it’s about why is it that we, as a culture, have decided that getting older is the worst possible thin...

by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 09, 2024

The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts has revealed the 2024-2025 Memorial Hermann Broadway at the Hobby Center Season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets!...