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Houston Theater District flourishes with feeling this spring. See how you can experience warmth, love, pleasure, laughter, joy and fear with many extraordinary productions below! Comedy Thriller – Ingenious, Inventive, Riotous Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps Adapted By Patrick Barlow Directed by Mark Shanahan Hubbard Stage Now - March 28, 2010 Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of ...

HOUSTON BALLET PRESENTS PECOS IN MAY 2010 PROGRAM FEATURES WORKS BY MARK MORRIS, GEORGE BALANCHINE AND STANTON WELCH Company Premiere of George Balanchine's Ballo della Regina Highlights Program Mark Morris's Witty Sandpaper Ballet and Texas's Favorite Dramatic Tale Pecos Bill Return to Delight Audiences HOUSTON, TEXAS -- From May 27 – June 6, 2010, Houston Ballet presents Pecos, a spring mixed repertory program, featuring Mark Morris's witty and ...

Click here for Photo Gallery FOR RELEASE MARCH 7, 2010 CONTACT: SHAUNA TYSOR KIM ESPINOSA 713 535 3226 pr@houstonballet.org HOUSTON BALLET PRESENTS AMERICAN AT HEART Company Premiere of Jerome Robbins's American Classic Fancy Free Highlights Program Company's Male Dancers Showcased in George Balanchine's Apollo Christopher Bruce's Hush Returns After Acclaimed Performances in London and Spain Houston, Texas -- From March 11 – March 21, 2010, Houston Ballet ...

HOUSTON BALLET REACHES MILESTONE IN CONSTRUCTION OF NEW $53 MILLION CENTER FOR DANCE Topping Off Ceremony Celebrates Completion of the Steel Structure for the Largest Professional Dance Facility in the United States Houston, Texas -- On March 10, 2010 at 11 AM, Houston Ballet will hold a topping off ceremony for its new $53 million Center for Dance, set to open in spring 2011. A 20-foot-steel beam will be placed on the west side of the 115,000-square-foot, six-story Center for ...

Lincoln Center Theater, in association with Bob Boyett and NETworks Presentations, presents a new production of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein’s prize-winning musical SOUTH PACIFIC, directed by Bartlett Sher. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC makes its Houston debut presented by Theatre Under The Stars at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts March 9 – 21, 2010. For more information on the production, please visit www.SouthPacificOnTour.com. For tickets visit www.TUTS.com.

HOUSTON BALLET UNVEILS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF STANTON WELCH'S SPECTACULAR STAGING OF LA BAYADÈRE Houston Ballet's First-Ever Staging of This Full-Length 19th Century Classic British Designer Peter Farmer's Lavish Scenery and Costumes Inspired by Bollywood Houston, Texas -- From February 25 -- March 7, 2010, Houston Ballet presents the highlight of its 40th anniversary season, the world premiere of La Bayadère, a historic classic newly stagedby Houston Ballet Artistic ...

HOUSTON GRAND OPERA ANNOUNCES 2010-2011 SEASON Highlights: Three New Productions German opera series continues with Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos Four Productions conducted by internationally acclaimed HGO Music Director Patrick Summers HGOco’s Song of Houston produces two operas in the Mexico 2010 project Mainstage Season: Puccini: Madame Butterfly (New Production) Britten: Peter Grimes (New Production) Jake Heggie: Dead Man Walking (HGO Premiere) Donizetti: Lucia ...

HOUSTON BALLET II DANCER EMANUEL AMUCHASTEGUI WINS PRESTIGIOUS PRIX DE LAUSANNE DANCE COMPETITION First from Houston Ballet to Receive This Honor Aaron Sharratt Places Fifth & Liao Xiang Advances to Finals Houston, Texas – Houston Ballet II Dancer Emanuel Amuchastegui won first place at the 38th Prix de Lausanne Dance Competition, the prestigious international contest held annually in Lausanne, Switzerland between January 24th and January 31st, 2010. Houston ...

Houston Theater District shines brightly in February with many performances to see! La Bayadère World Premiere February 25, 27, and March 5, 6, 7:30 pm February 28, and March 6, 7, 2 pm Wortham Theater Center, Brown Theater The high point of Houston Ballet’s fortieth anniversary season will be a spectacular new production of one of the great classical works of the nineteenth century repertoire, ...

HOUSTON BALLET DANCER JOSEPH WALSH PROMOTED TO SOLOIST Houston, Texas -- Houston Ballet Artistic Director Stanton Welch promoted Joseph Walsh to the rank of soloist dancer. "Joseph is an impeccable dancer. He has beautiful technique, is very versatile, and a hard worker," commented Mr.Welch on his promotion of Mr. Walsh. "He auditioned for us in New York several years ago and right from the start, we knew he was a talented dancer who would develop and go far in our company. ...

HOUSTON BALLET ANNOUNCES 2010-2011 SEASON Company Moves into New Center for Dance, Largest Facility for Professional Dance in America, in 2011 Houston Ballet Premieres of George Balanchine’s American Classic Jewels and John Cranko's The Taming of the Shrew Highlight Season Celebrated Finnish Choreographer Jorma Elo Creates New Work for the Company in May 2011 American Premiere of Christopher Bruce’s Grinning in Your Face in May 2011  ...

Theatre Under The Stars will be participating in the Kids Night On Broadway (KNOB) program, where kids ages 18 and under are invited to see a show for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult on a designated evening. TUTS presents South Pacific and Little House on the Prairie, and invites Houston audiences to bring a child for free on Wednesday March 10th and Wednesday April 28th, at the Hobby Center For The Performing Arts in downtown Houston. There will be a children’s activity ...

Theatre Under The Stars’ Miss Saigon, at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts from February 9 - 21, 2010, announces a tenured cast of actors and actresses, many of whom have played their roles on Broadway and to international audiences around the world. Set in the days before Saigon's fall to Communist forces at the end of the Vietnam War, Miss Saigon is the dramatic love-story of an American GI, Chris, played by Eric Kunze who performed the role on Broadway and was seen at TUTS in ...

Houston, TX, January 11, 2010 – Da Camera of Houston has announced that it is donating a portion of ticket sales for the January 26 recital by pianist Seymour Lipkin to the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts’ efforts to replace its pianos. The prestigious high school recently lost all but three of its 18 pianos, as a result of the end of its long-standing arrangement with a local piano retailer. Da Camera is donating $5 from each ticket sold to the HSPVA ...

2010-2011 SEASON ANNOUNCED WITH NEW CONCERTMASTER Frank Huang, Award-Winning Violinist with Local Ties, Joins Orchestra in New Season 2010-2011 Filled with Innovations, Great Works and Favorite Guest Artists HOUSTON (January 19, 2010) – The Houston Symphony released the long-awaited announcement of their new concertmaster in conjunction with the 2010-2011 season of concerts. Frank Huang, award-winning violinist originally from the Houston area, will join the orchestra in the new ...

Make the arts part of your New Year's resolutions in 2010! Many ways to do so, below. See you at the shows! Rhapsody in Blue Friday, January 15, 8 pm Saturday, January 16, 8 pm Sunday, January 17, 2:30 pm Jones Hall Using Gershwin’s original jazz band arrangement, the Houston Symphony will bring the classic ode to American urban life. Rhapsody in Blue, considered to be a landmark of American ...

Estranged lovers and clashing cultures create the passion and thrills of Theatre Under The Stars’ MISS SAIGON, at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts from February 9 - 21, 2010. This epic pop-opera transports you halfway around the world to a steamy place of dreams and desperation. “The Heat is On in Saigon!” Full of love, loss and lust, this is a musical our patrons have requested again and again. Director Bruce Lumpkin, who helmed the sold-out 2001 TUTS debut of Miss ...

HOUSTON BALLET PRESENTS AMERICAN AT HEART IN MARCH 2010 Features Company Premiere of Jerome Robbins' Landmark Ballet Fancy Free Christopher Bruce’s World Renowned Hush Returns After Acclaimed Performances in London and Spain Company’s Male Dancers Showcased in George Balanchine's Apollo Houston, Texas – From March 11 – March 21, 2010, Houston Ballet presents American at Heart, featuring two ballets that are significant to the history American dance (George ...

ACCLAIMED CHINESE DANCER CHI CAO, STAR OF THE FILM MAO'S LAST DANCER MAKES GUEST APPEARANCES IN HOUSTON BALLET’S THE NUTCRACKER Rising Stars Nozomi Iijima, Elise Judson, Allison Miller and Joseph Walsh to Debut in Lead Roles Houston, TX -- Houston Ballet Artistic Director Stanton Welch announced today that the celebrated Chinese dancer Chi Cao, a principal dancer with England’s Birmingham Royal Ballet and star of the internationally acclaimed film Mao’s Last ...

Spring into the New Year with TUTS’ Humphreys School of Musical Theatre’s new spring curriculum for the whole family, of all ages and skill levels! Beginning in January, HSMT offers a variety of musical theatre classes including, Spring Performance Studio, and classes for adults! Participants will develop confidence, foster language arts, increase physical coordination, promote cooperative ensemble attitudes and expand social skills during the rehearsal and performance process. Adults can ...