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Dear Evan Hansen
Dear Evan Hansen
9/10 - 9/22/2024


The winner of 6 Tony Awards®, the Grammy® Award and the Olivier Award for Best Musical, Dear Evan Hansen is the deeply personal and profoundly ...

Dear Evan Hansen (Non-Equity)


Declared “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history” by the Washington Post, DEAR EVAN HANSEN is the first musical to take a ...

Peter Pan (Non-Equity)
Peter Pan (Non-Equity)
10/1 - 10/6/2024


This high-flying musical has been delighting audiences of all ages for close to 70 years and is now being brought back to life in a ...

Shucked
Shucked
11/19 - 11/24/2024


An unlikely hero, an unscrupulous con man, and a battle for the heart & soil of a small town. SHUCKED is the Tony Award®-winning musical ...

& Juliet
& Juliet
1/21 - 1/26/2025


CREATED BY THE EMMY®-WINNING WRITER FROM “SCHITT’S CREEK,” this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. & Juliet asks: ...

Mean Girls (Non-Equity)
Mean Girls (Non-Equity)
1/28 - 2/9/2025


Direct from Broadway, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious hit musical from an award-winning creative team, including book writer TINA FEY ("30 Rock"), composer JEFF RICHMOND ...

Hamilton (Angelica Company)
Hamilton (Angelica Company)
3/2 - 3/23/2025


HAMILTON is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary ...

Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
4/8 - 4/13/2025


Set on a Greek island paradise where the sun always shines, a tale of love, friendship, and identity is beautifully told through the timeless hits ...


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by Brett Cullum - September 06, 2024

No matter what side of the aisle you fall on, this is a fascinating tribute to a legal lady who taught us all what it means to be both feminine and ferocious. To quote a previous BROADWAY WORLD critic, it is “a must-see.” And in these days, right before the election of 2024, it is imperative to cons...

Hobby Center Launches New Residency Initiative To Uplift Local Artists' Work


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 29, 2024

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by Brett Cullum - August 28, 2024

People are like, “How do you keep doing it? It's like so many words, 90 min for two years!” I say it is because you can never learn enough. You could never get tired of it! All that feeds into my performance....

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Apollo Chamber Players to Present LIBERTY Featuring George Takei


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 21, 2024

Apollo Chamber Players will present LIBERTY featuring George Takei, exploring Japanese-American internment and the American experiment. Learn how to purchase tickets....

Countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen to Star In Ars Lyrica Houston's 24/25 Season Opener


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 14, 2024

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Interview: Katerina McCrimmon of FUNNY GIRL at BROADWAY AT THE HOBBY CENTER


by Brett Cullum - August 14, 2024

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Houston Contemporary Dance Company Announces 2024-2025 6th Season Programing


by A.A. Cristi - August 12, 2024

Houston Contemporary Dance Company announces its 2024 season featuring innovative performances and collaborations with renowned choreographers. ...

Review: RUDDIGORE at Gilbert And Sullivan Society Of Houston


by Armando Urdiales - July 22, 2024

Boy, I wanted to enjoy this way more. I have been an ardent fan of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston since I moved to Houston in 2021, and their post-pandemic performance of HMS Pinafore left me excited for future G&S Society of Houston productions. In 2023, they followed up HMS with Pirat...

ALL THINGS EQUAL: THE LIFE AND TRIALS OF RUTH BADER GINSBURG is Coming to the Hobby Center


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 11, 2024

The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts will present All Things Equal: The Life and Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....

Past Shows

Funny Girl
Funny Girl
8/20 - 8/25/2024


This bittersweet comedy is the story of the indomitable Fanny Brice, a girl from the Lower East Side who dreamed of a life on the ...

The Lion King
The Lion King
7/11 - 8/4/2024


Giraffes strut, birds swoop, gazelles leap - the entire Serengeti comes to life. And as the music soars, Pride Rock slowly rises from the stage. ...

Hairspray
Hairspray
6/4 - 6/9/2024


It's 1962, and pleasantly plump Baltimore teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire - to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream ...

Girl From the North Country
Girl From the North Country
4/30 - 5/5/2024


Written and directed by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson and featuring Tony Award-winning orchestrations by Simon Hale, GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY reimagines 20 legendary songs ...

The Cher Show
The Cher Show
4/16 - 4/28/2024


For six straight decades, only one unstoppable force has flat-out dominated popular culture - breaking down barriers, pushing boundaries, and letting nothing and no one ...

Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
3/5 - 3/10/2024


It's showtime, folks! The ghost-with-the-most makes his Broadway return in this edgy and irreverent musical comedy based on Tim Burton's dearly beloved film. BEETLEJUICE tells ...

On Your Feet
On Your Feet
1/30 - 2/11/2024


ON YOUR FEET! is the inspiring true story about heart, heritage and two people who believed in their talent—and each other—to become an international sensation: ...

Les Miserables
Les Miserables
1/23 - 1/28/2024


Cameron Mackintosh presents the new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, Les Miserables, direct from an acclaimed two-and-a-half-year return to ...

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical


Experience Tina Turner’s triumphant story live on Broadway at the exhilarating, undeniable mega hit: TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL. The Hollywood Reporter raves, “It’s ...

MJ
MJ
11/14 - 11/19/2023


He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry has finally arrived on Broadway in a brand-new ...

Houston Symphony presents Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert


Friday, July 28 and Saturday, July 29 , the Houston Symphony performs John Williams’s epic score for Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert . ...

Ain't Misbehavin'
Ain't Misbehavin'
9/20 - 10/2/2022


ITS THE MUSIC OF FATS WALLER AND THE VIBRANT BEAUTY OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCEA hot new production by Theatre Under The Stars of this Tony-Award-winning ...

Aladdin
Aladdin
6/26 - 7/14/2019


From the producer of The Lion King comes the timeless story of ALADDIN, a thrilling new production filled with unforgettable beauty, magic, comedy and breathtaking ...

Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon
5/7 - 5/12/2019


Set in 1975 during the final days of the of the Vietnam War, Miss Saigon is an epic love story about the relationship between Chris, ...

The Play That Goes Wrong
The Play That Goes Wrong
3/26 - 3/31/2019


The time is right to see THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, Broadway's funniest and longest-running play! This Olivier Award-winning comedy is a hilarious hybrid of ...

Anastasia
Anastasia
3/5 - 3/10/2019


Inspired by the beloved films, Anastasia transports audiences from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a ...

The Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon
1/15 - 1/20/2019


THE BOOK OF MORMON features book, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Parker and Stone are the four-time Emmy Award-winning ...

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
11/7 - 11/18/2018


Following an acclaimed sold-out tour of the United Kingdom, Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's phenomenal musical success, THE PHANTOM OF THE ...

Les Miserables
Les Miserables
9/25 - 9/30/2018


Cameron Mackintosh presents the new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, Les Miserables, direct from an acclaimed two-and-a-half-year return to ...

Love Never Dies
Love Never Dies
7/17 - 7/22/2018


The year is 1907. It is 10 years after his disappearance from the Paris Opera House and the Phantom has escaped to a new life ...

Hamilton
Hamilton
4/24 - 5/20/2018


From the creative team behind the Tony Award-winning In The Heights comes a wildly inventive new musical about the scrappy young immigrant who forever changed ...

Bright Star
Bright Star
3/13 - 3/25/2018


From Grammy winners Steve Martin and Edie Brickell comes BRIGHT STAR, the new Broadway musical that "brings a fresh breeze to the spring theater season" ...

School of Rock
School of Rock
1/30 - 2/4/2018


Based on the hit film, this hilarious new musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn a few extra bucks ...

The Color Purple
The Color Purple
1/9 - 1/14/2018


THE COLOR PURPLE is the 2016 Tony Award winner for Best Musical Revival! Hailed as "a direct hit to the heart" (The Hollywood Reporter), this ...

The Bodyguard
The Bodyguard
8/15 - 8/20/2017


Former Secret Service agent, Frank Farmer is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge – what ...

The Lion King
The Lion King
6/27 - 7/23/2017


Giraffes strut, birds swoop, gazelles leap - the entire Serengeti comes to life. And as the music soars, Pride Rock slowly rises from the stage. ...

Fun Home
Fun Home
5/16 - 5/28/2017


Based on Alison Bechdel's best-selling graphic memoir of the same name, Fun Home, the 2015 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, features music by Jeanine Tesori, book ...

Finding Neverland
Finding Neverland
4/25 - 4/30/2017


Based on the Miramax motion picture by David Magee and the play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee, Finding Neverland follows the ...

The King and I
The King and I
3/14 - 3/19/2017


Lincoln Center Theater’s critically acclaimed production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I directed by Tony Award® Winner Bartlett Sher won four 2015 Tony ...

An American in Paris
An American in Paris
2/21 - 3/5/2017


Named BEST MUSICAL of the year by both the Drama League and the Outer Critics Circle and the winner of four Tony Awards, AN AMERICAN ...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time


THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME transferred to London's West End, following a sold-out run at the National's Cottesloe Theatre in 2012. ...

Jersey Boys
Jersey Boys
11/15 - 11/20/2016


How did four blue-collar kids become one of the greatest successes in pop music history? Find out at Broadway's runaway smash-hit, Jersey Boys. The Tony ...

Wicked (2nd National Tour)
Wicked (2nd National Tour)
7/6 - 8/14/2016


Winner of over 50 major awards including the Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, WICKED is the untold story of the witches of Oz. Long ...

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical


Long before she was Carole King, chart-topping music legend, she was Carol Klein, BROOKLYN girl with Passion and Chutzpah. She fought her way into the ...

A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder


Getting away with murder can be so much fun... and there's no better proof than the knock-'em-dead hit show that's earned unanimous raves and won ...

Cabaret
Cabaret
3/22 - 3/27/2016


As part of their 50th Anniversary Season, the critically acclaimed and award-winning Roundabout Theatre Company is proud to present SAM MENDES (Skyfall, American Beauty) and ...

The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
2/16 - 2/21/2016


A brand new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, directed by Jack O'Brien, will tour North America beginning September 2015. The spirited, romantic and beloved ...

The Bridges of Madison County


THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, one of the most romantic stories ever written, is now an irresistible, two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Based on the ...

Bullets Over Broadway: The Musicals


Based on the screenplay of the acclaimed 1994 film by Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY brings the talents of Woody Allen and ...

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
11/18 - 11/29/2015


Following an acclaimed sold-out tour of the United Kingdom, Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's phenomenal musical success, THE PHANTOM OF THE ...

Matilda
Matilda
10/6 - 10/18/2015


Winner of 50 international awards including 4 Tony Awards and a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards including Best Musical, Matilda the Musical is the story of ...

Motown the Musical
Motown the Musical
7/21 - 7/26/2015


MOTOWN THE MUSICAL is the true American dream story of Motown founder Berry Gordy's journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched ...

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella


With its fresh new take on the beloved tale of a young woman who is transformed from a chambermaid into a princess, this hilarious and ...

Newsies The Musical
Newsies The Musical
5/19 - 5/24/2015


NOW IS THE TIME TO SEIZE THE DAY with NEWSIES, Disney's triumphant, smash-hit New York musical. It's the record-breaking, Tony Award -winning Broadway phenomenon that ...

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat


One of the most enduring shows of all time, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the irresistible family musical about the trials and triumphs ...

Once
Once
3/10 - 3/15/2015


The producers of ONCE, the acclaimed new Broadway musical, announced today that The Road Company is putting together a US national tour that will launch ...

Kinky Boots
Kinky Boots
2/10 - 2/22/2015


Kinky Boots took home six 2013 Tony Awards, the most of any show in the season, including Best Musical, Best Score (Cyndi Lauper), Best Choreography ...

The Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon
1/20 - 2/8/2015


THE BOOK OF MORMON features book, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Parker and Stone are the four-time Emmy Award-winning ...

Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing
11/18 - 11/23/2014


Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage is an unprecedented live experience, exploding with heart-pounding music, passionate romance and sensational dancing. Seen by millions ...

Evita
Evita
5/6 - 5/18/2014


Eva Peron used her smarts and charisma to rise meteorically from the slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as First Lady. Adored by her ...

Ghost the Musical
Ghost the Musical
2/18 - 2/23/2014


Set in modern day New York City, Ghost The Musical is a timeless fantasy about the power of love. Walking back to their apartment one ...

We Will Rock You
We Will Rock You
1/21 - 2/2/2014


In its 11th smash year in London, with productions having occurred all over the world -Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, ...

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