A bit taboo and wildly relevant, Vitacca Ballet’s FEM4 features three world premieres by unique, women choreographer voices leading breakthroughs in the international dance industry, including Micaela Taylor, Cherice Barton, Beth Twigs, and Tina Kay Bohnstedt. Bohnstedt’s remount of audience favorite, In An Apartment, rounds out the evening. All four works were created on Vitacca […]
Just under the surface, every family has its unresolved problems and mysteries. Verdi’s Il trovatore embraces this complexity ––a Romani curse, disappeared children, mislaid identities, deadly fires, unfathomable loss. But something elemental emerges from the shadows and the embers, rekindled by Verdi’s thrumming, thrilling score––an extended family coming to terms with its secret history. In […]
The Year of Magical Thinking By Joan Didion based on her memoir of the same name October 19, 2024 – November 17, 2024 Previews: October 13, 17, & 18 “This happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago, but it won’t when it happens to you…” In this dramatic adaptation of her […]
The final event of Houston Music Festival’s inaugural season will take place on Sunday, November 3rd at Smither Park’s first-Sunday vendor market. This performance will be a celebration of Houston, and the many different communities that call this city home. Emceed by Outspoken Bean, and featuring string quartet works by Nicky Sohn and Reena Esmail, […]
About the Festival: Rivkah French Choreography presents a dynamic and thought-provoking weekend of dance performances and workshops, with the central theme of post-pandemic recovery and our shared liberation. The weekend features a series of dance performances by renowned Houston-based artists - each expressing their unique interpretation of post-pandemic life and freedom through various dance styles […]
Join us for a free, live performance by Houston’s own musician and sound artist, Frewuhn. Sensorium: Sounds of Revival will harmonize with Rachel Rossin’s Haha Real installation, currently featured in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern where Frewuhn was a key collaborator. Taking place on the Brown Foundation lawn above the Cistern, this event invites audiences […]
DACAMERA at the Eldorado: Rising Jazz Stars A generational talent, the forward-looking pianist Sean Mason’s music is melodic and infectious. On his debut album, The Southern Suite, he emerges as a guiding luminary, using his introspective command to distill the essence of the genre for our time. Series Sponsors: Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, […]
Ahead of its time in 2003, Save the Green Planet! is now a cult favorite due the popularity of the Korean New Wave. Byeong-gu (Shin Ha-kyun) believes the world is on the verge of an alien invasion, and sets out to save planet Earth. Convinced that the head of a chemical production company (Baek Yun-shik) […]
DACAMERA at the Eldorado: Rising Jazz Stars A generational talent, the forward-looking pianist Sean Mason’s music is melodic and infectious. On his debut album, The Southern Suite, he emerges as a guiding luminary, using his introspective command to distill the essence of the genre for our time. Series Sponsors: Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, […]
This open air, pop-up mini-golf sensation is made up of interactive putt-putt holes inspired by the stories and iconic characters from Pixar’s most beloved films including Inside Out 2, Toy Story, Cars, Monsters, Inc., Soul, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, A Bug’s Life, Wall E, Luca and Turning Red. Tickets can be purchased online. Prices begin […]
Houston get ready to feed your appetite for the macabre this October with a brand new production of Little Shop of Horrors from Theatre Under The Stars! Follow the story of Seymour, an unremarkable shop boy who discovers a rare and unusual plant that will bring him everything he’s ever wanted, but at what price?
EVERYBODY by Branden Jacobs Jenkins Guest Director: José Zayas Overview: Everybody is a modern comic adaptation of the 15th Century morality play Everyman and one of the first recorded plays in the English language. This modern adaptation sees Everybody visited by God and Death, as well as Friendship, Kinship, all their Stuff, and a few […]
