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Browse Houston’s full lineup of plays, musicals, operas, and festivals with verified links to official box offices.

Dinner with Friends
Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.

Oct 22 – Nov 7, 2026

The end of a marriage is never just between two people. Beneath the veneer of successful careers, elegant dinners, and decades-long friendships lies a more complicated truth. In Donald Margulies’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends, a shocking divorce sends ripples through the lives of two couples who thought they knew one another and themselves. What follows is a razor-sharp, darkly funny examination of love, loyalty, desire, and the stories we tell to sustain our closest relationships.

Sophisticated, provocative, and emotionally devastating, Dinner with Friends peels back the layers of modern marriage to reveal the fragile fault lines beneath. Margulies’ incisive dialogue and unflinching honesty make this contemporary classic as relevant today as ever, challenging audiences to ask: How well do we really know the people we love?

Level

Play

The Roommate
Stages

Oct 22 – Nov 15, 2026

Fresh from a hit Broadway run starring Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone, this cheeky comedy centers on recently divorced, middle-aged, and quintessentially Midwestern Sharon who reluctantly rents out a room to Robyn, a worldly, spiritually hip vegan from New York. Polar opposites, the women initially clash but soon find themselves confiding their deep dissatisfactions with life to each other.

October 22 — 7:00 PM (Thu)
October 23 — 7:00 PM (Fri)
October 24 — 7:00 PM (Sat)
October 25 — 2:00 PM (Sun)
October 28 — 7:00 PM (Wed)
October 29 — 7:00 PM (Thu)
October 30 — 7:00 PM (Fri)
October 31 — 2:00 PM (Sat)
October 31 — 7:00 PM (Sat)
November 1 — 2:00 PM (Sun)
November 4 — 7:00 PM (Wed)
November 5 — 7:00 PM (Thu)
November 6 — 7:00 PM (Fri)
November 7 — 2:00 PM (Sat)
November 7 — 7:00 PM (Sat)
November 8 — 2:00 PM (Sun)
November 11 — 7:00 PM (Wed)
November 12 — 7:00 PM (Thu)
November 13 — 7:00 PM (Fri)
November 14 — 2:00 PM (Sat)
November 14 — 7:00 PM (Sat)
November 15 — 2:00 PM (Sun)

Level

Play

Arms and the Man
Classical Theatre Company

Oct 22 – Nov 7, 2026

The Classical Theatre Company opens its 19th Season with the master of wit and language, George Bernard Shaw, and his hilarious farce, Arms and the Man. It is the first time since 20017’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession that CTC has produced a play by the playwright.

Arms and the Man follows Raina Petkoff and the idealistic view of war she holds until she shelters Captain Bluntschli, a practical Swiss mercenary who values survival over heroics. As misunderstandings and romantic entanglements unfold, the characters' illusions about love, courage, and social status are challenged by Bluntschli's realism. By the end, the play satirizes romantic ideals and shows that honesty, practicality, and genuine affection are more valuable than appearances and empty notions of glory.

Directed by John Johnston, who most recently directed the critically-acclaimed Othello for Classical Theatre Company.

Level

Play

Uhuru
Alley Theatre

Oct 16 – Nov 8, 2026

Who Belongs on the Mountain? An unlikely group takes on a “Tanzanian-only” ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro in this sharp satire. The dramedy follows a Tanzanian-American tourist, two missionaries, and their guide as they make their way toward the “Roof of Africa.” They must confront questions of access, identity, and who deserves a place on the mountain.

Level

Play

Romeo and Juliet
Alley Theatre

Sept 25 – Oct 11, 2026

Timeless Love, Eternal Risk. Set in timeless Verona, two star-crossed souls defy the forces that seek to keep them apart. This production of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy shows how each generation reinvents what it means to love and risk everything for it. Discover why this tale continues to inspire artists, dreamers, and lovers.

Level

Play

Come from Away
Stages

Sept 18 – Oct 11, 2026

*This performance is only for Subscribers*


Nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, this inspiring true story proves that everyday acts of kindness are heroic in themselves. On the morning of September 11, 2001, 7,000 travelers suddenly find their flights rerouted to Gander, Newfoundland, doubling the tiny town’s population overnight. A moment of fear and uncertainty soon becomes an extraordinary story of generosity, hospitality, and human connection.

Level

Musical

Purpose
The Ensemble Theatre

Sept 18 – Oct 11, 2026

The influential Jasper family gathers in Chicago when their son arrives with an unexpected guest. As secrets and old assumptions surface, the family must examine its beliefs, relationships, identity, and legacy.

Level

Play

Babette's Feast
Mighty Acorn Productions

Sept 17 – Oct 4, 2026

THE BELOVED SHORT STORY MADE FAMOUS BY THE ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING FILM IS NOW ONSTAGE!

In a remote village where tradition and sacrifice shape everyday life, the arrival of a mysterious outsider quietly transforms an entire community. Based on Isak Dinesen's short story made famous by the 1987 Academy Award-winning film, this moving stage production explores the extraordinary power of generosity, artistry, and human connection. Filled with warmth, humor, and lavish grace, Babette's Feast invites audiences to discover how a single act of hospitality can awaken hope, heal old divisions, and remind us that life's greatest gifts are often the ones we least expect. Reserve your seat at the table--you won't want to miss this feast!

Level

Play

Amadeus
Rec Room Arts

Sept 16 – Oct 10, 2026

A confrontation on genius, envy, and the terrible silence of God. Vienna. Antonio Salieri summons the ghosts of his past to answer a question that has haunted him for decades: why did God choose Mozart instead of him? As memory gives way to obsession, the story of one of history's greatest composers unfolds through the eyes of the man who believed he destroyed him.


Rec Room transforms Amadeus into an intimate theatrical séance where memory, ritual, and myth converge. Peter Shaffer's masterpiece becomes an act of confession, exploring the mysteries of creation and the unbearable cost of witnessing greatness from its shadow


by PETER SHAFFER

directed by MATT HUNE

Tony Award and Drama Desk Award Winner

Level

Play

Proof
4th Wall Theatre Company

Sept 11 – Oct 3, 2026

After years caring for her father, a celebrated mathematician suffering from mental illness, Catherine must wrestle with her own legacy and the frightening question of what we inherit.

Level

Play

Cold War Choir Practice
Main Street Theater

Sept 6 – Oct 11, 2026

It’s twilight in Ronald Reagan’s America, and the specter of nuclear war hangs over the country, but rent is still due on the first. A young girl is pulled into intrigue when her estranged uncle, a prominent Black conservative, brings his mysteriously ill white wife home for the holidays and forces long-simmering family tensions to boil over. Winner of the 2026 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Cold War Choir Practice is an explosion of roller disco, Reaganomics, espionage, and cults, underscored by the Seedlings of Peace Children’s Chorus. This production contains adult language and mature themes.

Level

Play

Harvey
Standing Ovation Theatre

Sept 4 – Sept 13, 2026

Directed by Tom George. Winner of the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Harvey is a charming comedy about Elwood P. Dowd, a gentle man whose best friend is a six-foot-tall invisible rabbit. When his sister tries to have him committed, a hilarious mix-up lands her in the sanitarium instead. As the truth unravels, it becomes clear that Elwood’s odd companion might be more than just imaginary—and not such a bad influence after all.

Level

Play

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