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Tickets to HAMILTON at the Hobby Center to go On Sale This Week


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 19, 2024

Single tickets for HAMILTON at the Hobby Center will go on sale to the public this week. There will be a lottery for 40 $10 seats for all performances. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....

FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: MERRILY WE STOLE A SONG Comes to the Hobby Center


by Stephi Wild - November 15, 2024

The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts will present the Tony Award®-winning FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, Gerard Alessandrini’s legendary and hilarious musical spoof of Broadway’s biggest shows and brightest stars....

DRAGONS AND MYTHICAL BEASTS is Coming to the Hobby Center in February 2025


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 31, 2024

The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts will present Dragons and Mythical Beasts, a fantastical live show for the whole family. Unveil a myriad of dark secrets and come face to face with some of the most magnificent creatures and terrifying beasts ever to walk the earth. Learn how to purchase ticke...

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Theatre Under the Stars


by Brett Cullum - October 26, 2024

The cast here is immaculate, and LITTLE SHOP is a character actor’s dream come true. Everyone gets to play bigger and broader, and we get to see them have a ball, bringing these kooky archetypes to life. They are all pitch-perfect and create a wonderfully realized revival of this show for Houston ju...

MADRIGALS OF LOVE AND WAR Comes to Ars Lyrica Houston


by Stephi Wild - October 08, 2024

Ars Lyrica Houston presents Claudio Monteverdi's timeless late masterworks, The Madrigals of Love and War, on Friday, November 8th in Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center. ...

Review: ALL THINGS EQUAL: THE LIFE & TRIALS OF RUTH BADER GINSBURG at HOBBY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS


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

After piloting the program in the 2023-24 Season with ISHIDA Dance Company and Urban Souls Dance Company, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts' is launching its new artist residency....

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


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 14, 2024

Countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen will headline the opening of Ars Lyrica Houston’s 2024/2025 season. Learn how to purchase tickets....

Interview: Katerina McCrimmon 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!...

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. ...

Past Shows

Ain’t Too Proud
Ain’t Too Proud
8/8 - 8/13/2023


Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations is the electrifying, new smash-hit Broadway musical that follows The Temptations’ extraordinary journey from ...

WICKED
WICKED
5/31 - 7/2/2023


So much happened before Dorothy dropped in.   WICKED, the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle. ...

Moulin Rouge: The Musical
Moulin Rouge: The Musical
2/22 - 3/12/2023


Moulin Rouge! The Musical is the winner of ten 2021 Tony Awards including Best Musical, two Drama League Awards including Outstanding Production of a Musical, ...

Pretty Woman: The Musical
Pretty Woman: The Musical
1/3 - 1/8/2023


PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL, based on one of Hollywood’s most beloved romantic stories of all time, is now on tour! Starring Broadway superstar and Tony ...

Mean Girls
Mean Girls
8/16 - 8/21/2022


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 ...

Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof
4/26 - 5/1/2022


Fiddler on the Roof is the heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and life, love and laughter. This classic musical is rich ...

HADESTOWN
HADESTOWN
1/4 - 1/9/2022


Following two intertwining love stories that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone HADESTOWN invites audiences on ...

Potted Potter
Potted Potter
12/7 - 1/2/2022


Potted Potter takes on the ultimate challenge of condensing all sevenHarry Potter books (and a real-life game of Quidditch) into 70 hilarious minutes. It includes ...

Tootsie
Tootsie
11/16 - 11/21/2021


Call it musical comedy heaven (Rolling Stone). Call it the most uproarious new musical in years! (The Hollywood Reporter). Call it TOOTSIE! This laugh-out-loud love ...

Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady


Summary: Lincoln Center Theaters production of Lerner & Loewes MY FAIR LADY is the winner of 5 Outer Critics Circle Awards including Best Revival of ...

My Fair Lady
9/14 - 9/19/2021

Hamilton
Hamilton
6/30 - 8/9/2020


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 ...

Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof
3/24 - 3/29/2020


Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher and the team behind South Pacific, The King and I, and 2017 Tony Award-winning Best Play Oslo, bring a fresh ...

The Band's Visit
The Band's Visit
1/28 - 2/2/2020


In this joyously offbeat story, set in a town thats way off the beaten path, a band of musicians arrive lost, out of the blue. ...

HELLO, DOLLY!
HELLO, DOLLY!
1/7 - 1/12/2020


Winner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, HELLO, DOLLY! is the universally acclaimed smash that NPR calls, the best show of the year! ...

Dixie's Never Wear A Tube Top While Riding A Mechanical Bull


Dixies newest hit Never Wear A Tube Top While Riding A Mechanical Bull has hit the road. Put on your cowboy boots and stroll into ...

Dear Evan Hansen
Dear Evan Hansen
11/12 - 11/24/2019


A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a life he never dreamed he could ...

Cats
Cats
10/22 - 10/27/2019


Rediscover CATSthe beloved musical with breathtaking musicincluding one of the most treasured songs in musical theater, "Memory. Featuring new sound design, direction and choreography for ...

The Little Mermaid
6/13 - 6/26/2014


In a magical kingdom fathoms below, we meet Ariel, the little mermaid who is tired of flipping her fins and longs to be part of ...

Evita
5/6 - 5/18/2014


TIM RICE and ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’s Tony Award®-winning musical returns at last! Eva Perón used her beauty and charisma to rise meteorically from the slums ...

The Wizard of Oz
3/4 - 3/16/2014


“We’re off to see…” the most magical adventure of them all. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new production of The Wizard of Oz is an enchanting adaptation ...

We Will Rock You
1/22 - 2/2/2014


From London’s West End, the worldwide smash hit musical by Queen and Ben Elton comes to Houston for a limited engagement! We Will Rock You ...

Elf - The Musical
12/6 - 12/19/2013


Elf - The Musical is the hilarious tale of Buddy, a young orphan who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to ...

Priscilla Queen of the Desert
9/29 - 10/12/2013


This OUTRAGEOUSLY fun show tells the uplifting story of a trio of friends, on a road trip of a lifetime, who hop aboard a battered ...

Xanadu
Xanadu
9/13 - 9/14/2013


TUTS' Humphreys School of Musical Theatre (HSMT) is excited to announce the Houston premiere of Xanadu as the 2013 Summer Conservatory production. The comical, roller ...

Flashdance
Flashdance
6/4 - 6/16/2013


FLASHDANCE, the pop culture phenomenon and runaway international success, is now live on stage! It all started with a dream. To be bigger. To burn ...

Sister Act
Sister Act
5/28 - 6/3/2013


SISTER ACT is Broadway's feel-amazing musical comedy smash! The New York Post calls it "RIDICULOUSLY FUN,” and audiences are jumping to their feet in total ...

Divine Recreation


Musical settings of texts from the Song of Solomon by Claudio Monteverdi, Dietrich Buxtehude, and Part I of Handel’s oratorio Solomon. With soprano Melissa Givens, ...

Spamalot
Spamalot
5/14 - 5/26/2013


Back by popular demand, Monty Python's SPAMALOT is the outrageous musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the film classic "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." ...

Jersey Boys
Jersey Boys
3/13 - 3/30/2013


More than 70,000 theatergoers cheered when JERSEY BOYS made its sell-out debut in Houston in January of 2008. Worldwide, more than 13 million people have ...

Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha
2/26 - 3/10/2013


Windmills beware as the whimsical, fabled Don Quixote once again aims for The Impossible Dream in his quest to become a legend in his own ...

Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can
2/5 - 2/10/2013


Based on the hit DreamWorks film and the incredible true story that inspired it, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is the high-flying, splashy new Broadway ...

Camelot
Camelot
1/22 - 2/3/2013


Rediscover the grandeur of one of history's greatest love stories in Lerner and Loewe's timeless masterpiece, CAMELOT. A sumptuous tale set in a land where ...

Peter Pan
Peter Pan
12/11 - 12/23/2012


Tony Award nominee Cathy Rigby takes flight in an all new production of Peter Pan! Discover the magic all over again of this two-time Emmy ...

Les Miserables
Les Miserables
11/6 - 11/11/2012


Cameron Mackintosh presents a brand new 25th anniversary production of Boublil & Schönberg's legendary musical, LES MISÉRABLES, with glorious new staging and dazzlingly reimagined scenery ...

Jekyll & Hyde The Musical
Jekyll & Hyde The Musical
10/9 - 10/21/2012


After four thrilling, chilling years on Broadway and multiple world-wide tours, this dark and dangerous love story from Tony® and Grammy® Award nominee Frank Wildhorn ...

Disney's Beauty and the Beast


Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Houston! Based on the Academy Award®-winning animated feature film, this eye-popping spectacle ...

Legally Blonde: The Musical
Legally Blonde: The Musical
9/14 - 9/16/2012


Legally Blonde follows sorority star Elle Woods, an ?underestimated blonde who doesn’t take “no” for an ?answer. When her boyfriend dumps her for someone ?more ...

The Lion King
The Lion King
7/10 - 8/12/2012


Experience the phenomenon of Disney’s THE LION KING. Marvel at the breathtaking spectacle of animals brought to life by award-winning director Julie Taymor, whose visual ...

Wicked
Wicked
7/10 - 8/11/2012


Back by “Popular” demand. Variety calls WICKED "a cultural phenomenon,” and ever time it has played Houston it has broken box office records and sold ...

Memphis
Memphis
10/25 - 10/30/2011


TURN UP THAT DIAL...From the underground dance clubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, comes a hot new Broadway musical that bursts off the stage with explosive ...

Paradise Found
Paradise Found
9/23 - 9/26/2011


Ars Lyrica's 2011-12 season of Transformations begins with a journey from worldly torment to heavenly ecstasy, featuring French-Italian soprano Céline Ricci in her Houston début ...

Made in Argentina
Made in Argentina
9/2 - 9/3/2011


"Made in Argentina" (Made in Lanús) is one of the most successful Argentine plays of the last 25 years. Yoli, Negro, Mabel & Osvaldo describe ...

Thoroughly Modern Millie
Thoroughly Modern Millie
7/22 - 7/31/2011


The final production of Masquerade’s 2010-2011 season is Thoroughly Modern Millie, the zany new 1920's-style musical that has taken Broadway by storm! Taking place in ...

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Mai’s Long Journey in Houston Mai’s Long Journey
Trini Mendenhall Community Center (12/16 - 12/16)
Ain't Too Proud (Non-Equity) in Houston Ain't Too Proud (Non-Equity)
Lutcher Theater (1/14 - 1/15)
Hadestown (Non-Equity) in Houston Hadestown (Non-Equity)
Lutcher Theater (4/21 - 4/22)
Shucked in Houston Shucked
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (11/19 - 11/24)
12 Ways of Christmas in Houston 12 Ways of Christmas
Ensemble Theatre (11/15 - 12/22)
A Doublewide, Texas Christmas in Houston A Doublewide, Texas Christmas
Cast Theatrical Company (12/6 - 12/15)
Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol in Houston Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol
Alvin Community College Theatre (12/7 - 12/14)
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