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Houston theaters wind down and end their 2021-2022 seasons this month with quite the dramatic bang. With half our must-see list spotlighting world premie

Monday is Memorial Day, and if staring at a three-day weekend and unsure what to do, let us make some suggestions to keep you entertained and busy. There’s dance, opera, film, theater, visual art – if you want it, we probably got it. Keep reading for a list of this week’s best bets. Houston Grand Opera will present a new digital take on Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel on Friday, May 28, at 7:30 p.m. Directed by Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Lileana Blain-Cruz, this new version of Humperdinck’s classic, created specifically for HGO Digital, stars current HGO Studio artis...

All the Devils Are Here: A Tempest in the Galapagos Open Dance Project's new theatrical dance production, which runs May 14-15, melds an unsolved murder in paradise with Shakespeare's island-set The Tempest. Joshua de Alba, tacy Skolink, and Taylor McAnulty in  All the Devils Are Here: A Tempest in the Galapagos. When reality is somehow stranger than fiction, inspiration thrives. At least, that’s what happened when set designer Ryan McGettigan approached Annie Arnoult, artistic director of Houston’s Open Dance Project, with a desk full of archival records and a project idea...

A.D. Players at The George Theater announced in January that they were going virtual for the rest of their season and the move to cyberspace begins this Friday, February 12, with A Speck-Tacular Evening of Stories and Songs with Emily & Jake Speck. You can join A.D. Players Executive Director Jake Speck and his wife Emily Tello Speck to hear their story, from finding each other to finding their place here in Houston, and to enjoy some familiar musical theater tunes. (Take a sneak peek at Emily rehearsing Sara Bareilles’s “She Used to Be Mine” from Waitresshere). You can purchase a tic...