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HOUSTON BALLET’S MASTERS OF MOVEMENT PRESENTS THREE COMPANY PREMIERES Houston Ballet Joins Companies Across the World in Honoring Antony Tudor on his 100th Birthday with the Company Premiere of The Leaves are Fading Jiří Kylián’s Soldiers’ Mass Showcases Company Men The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude Marks Second Work by William Forsythe to Enter Company’s Repertoire Houston, TX - From March 12 – March 22, 2009, Houston Ballet is pleased to introduce three ...

HOUSTON BALLET UNVEILS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF MARIE, CHOREOGRAPHED BY STANTON WELCH New Full-Length Ballet Inspired by the Life of Marie Antoinette Production Debuts in Houston in February 2009, and then Travels to New Orleans in March 2009 Houston, TX - From February 26 – March 8, 2009, Houston Ballet presents the highlight of the 2008-2009 season with the world premiere of Marie by Stanton Welch. Mr. Welch will create a new three-act narrative ballet inspired by the life ...

HOUSTON SYMPHONY TO PERFORM FOR THE METHODIST HOSPITAL PATIENTS Full Orchestra heads to Medical Center to Warm Spirits This Holiday Season WHO: The Methodist Hospital patients and visitors WHAT: The Houston Symphony’s full orchestra will warm the hearts of patients, family members and visitors of The Methodist Hospital with a free, live performance in the hospital’s main lobby on Friday, Dec. 12. More than sixty professional musicians with Houston ...

Theatre Under The Stars is proud to announce that LEGALLY BLONDE - THE MUSICAL begins performances at The Hobby Center for Performing Arts in downtown Houston, February 10 – 22, 2009! Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take "no" for an answer. When her boyfriend dumps her for someone more “serious,” Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.  ...

HOUSTON BALLET SPONSORS FREE READINGS OF STORY OF THE NUTCRACKER Houston Ballet’s Sugar-Plum Fairy and Characters from The Nutcracker Read to Children Houston, TX - Houston area children will be able to celebrate in holiday fun when the Sugar Plum Fairy and other whimsical characters of Houston Ballet’s The Nutcracker, make guest appearances at local libraries to read a children’s version of the classic story. On Wednesday, December 3 from 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM, Houston area children ...

TUTS' Encore Boutique special holiday hours, Tuesday - Friday, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. begin on Tuesday, November 25! Encore will remain open before, during and after all performances of Irving Berlin's White Christmas. Encore, the perfect shopping spot for all your most dramatic friends!

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) is proudly producing the classic holiday story and brand NEW holiday musical, WHITE CHRISTMAS, December 4-21, 2008 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Houston. The all-time number one pop song and most-recorded tune in history inspired first a beloved classic film, and now a brand-new, splashy family musical…as rare as Texas snow. Staring in TUTS production of Irving Berlin’s WHITE CHRISTMAS is Houston native Kevin Cooney, as General ...

HUNDREDS OF HOUSTON CHILDREN RING IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON AT 21st ANNUAL WORTHAM CENTER TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY Houston Ballet, Houston Grand Opera, and the City of Houston Unite to Kick Off the Holiday Season Houston , TX - On Wednesday, November 26 from 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM, hundreds of Houston area children will celebrate the beginning of the holiday season at the Wortham Center Tree Lighting Ceremony, a joyous, colorful festival held in the Grand Foyer of the Wortham Theater ...

HOUSTON BALLET LIGHTS UP THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH THE NUTCRACKER Soloist Tyann Clement Gives Final Performances with Company Christopher Coomer Dances the Prince for the First Time “Chance to Dance” Graduates Featured in Several Performances Houston, TX– From November 28 – December 28, 2008, Houston Ballet brings Texas its most joyous holiday gift, Ben Stevenson’s production of The Nutcracker, seen by over 1,000,000 people since its premiere twenty-one years ago. The ballet ...

Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, Stars of Original Broadway Production and Film Adaptation of RENT To Star! Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) will host the National Tour of RENT at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts, April 29-May 3, 2009, for just five days. Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum, Allan S. Gordon, the producers of the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning musical RENT, have announced that original Broadway cast members Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp will reprise the roles they made ...

HOUSTON BALLET PRESENTS ONE-NIGHT ONLY JUBILEE OF DANCE: A CELEBRATION OF MOVEMENT Stanton Welch’s Sexy Signature Piece Divergence Highlights Performance Connor Walsh and Sara Webb Perform Balanchine’s Classical Showpiece Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux Company Revives Stanton Welch’s Punctilious Jubilee of Dance Dedicated to Canadian Arts Impresario David Haber Houston, Texas - On Friday, December 5 at 7:30 p.m, Houston Ballet presents the fifth annual Jubilee of Dance, a special ...

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) is thrilled to announce that the seventh annual Tommy Tune Awards will include 45 high schools from the Greater Houston area. Developed by TUTS in 2002, the Tommy Tune Awards honor musical theatre excellence at the high school level. During the 2008-2009 school year, a team of 29 Houston-based theatre professionals will evaluate the participating high school productions with the winners announced at a Tony Awards-style ceremony to be held April 21, 2009 at the ...

HOUSTON BALLET LIGHTS UP THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH THE NUTCRACKER Soloist Tyann Clement Gives Final Performances with Company Company Gives 34 Performances of Holiday Classic Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Houston, TX – From November 28 – December 28, 2007, Houston Ballet brings Texas its most joyous holiday gift, Ben Stevenson’s production of The Nutcracker, seen by over 1,000,000 people since its premiere twenty-one years ago. The ballet tells the story of a little girl named ...

Houston Ballet Presents Acclaimed Canadian Troupe Les Grands Ballet Canadians de Montréal in Cullen Series Performances Feature Two Signature Works by Acclaimed Contemporary European Choreographers Didy Veldman and Stijn Celis Houston, Texas – From November 7-8, 2008, Houston Ballet’s Cullen Series, devoted to the performance of contemporary works, presents Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal with two Houston premieres of the most stunning pieces in its repertory by ...

TUTS’ own dazzling production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is part of the 2008-2009 “Wow, What a Season!” offering of fresh new shows. The musical is based on the 1954 movie, “White Christmas” starring Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby, who play war-buddies turned vaudeville showmen. The plot thickens when they meet two song-bird sisters and romantic antics ensue. With a cast of 32, nearly two-dozen musicians, elaborate staging, choreography and costumes, the show is a true spectacle and serves ...

HOUSTON, TX…Frost/Nixon, the 2007 Tony Award® -nominated new play by Peter Morgan, the award-winning author of The Last King of Scotland and The Queen, is coming to Houston for a limited two-week run. Presented by Cadillac Broadway Across America-Houston, Frost/Nixon makes its Houston Premiere October 21-November 2 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (800 Bagby). Award-winning stage and screen actor Stacy Keach takes on the role of President Richard Nixon joined by Alan Cox as ...

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) continues the 2008–2009 season with Berlioz’s Beatrice and Benedict, based on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, in the Brown Theater at the Wortham Theater Center. The production opens on October 30, 2008, with performances continuing through November 14, 2008.

Hurricane Ike Delays Start of Alley Theatre's Cyrano de Bergerac

HOUSTON BALLET CANCELS FREE PERFORMANCE OF ONEGIN ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 AT 2:00 P.M. AT MAYOR WHITE’S REQUEST Houston, Texas – Houston Ballet has cancelled its free performance of Onegin on Sunday, September 21 at 2:00 p.m. at the request of the Mayor’s Office and the Houston Police Department due to public safety concerns about downtown Houston. The free performance of Onegin had originally been scheduled as a gift to lift the spirits of the community in the aftermath ...

Friends ballet director takes in Texas dancers BY LORI YOUNT The Wichita Eagle Nine members of the Dominic Walsh Dance Theater left Houston on Sunday, after Hurricane Ike came ashore early Saturday morning, knocking out power to their studios and trees onto their houses. Stan Rogers, ballet director at Friends University, invited the company to evacuate to Wichita before the storm hit, but Dominic Walsh said the company would "be fine." After waking up Saturday to find a tree on ...