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Houston Shows

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

Holly Street
A.D. Players at The George Theater

Aug 19 – Sept 6, 2026

On the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, a quiet Kentucky home becomes the crossroads of love, memory, and unexpected devotion. In Berea, Virginia and her older sister Martha are busy crafting costumes for the church Christmas pageant when two former soldiers—Leland and Sid—arrive unannounced, each determined to meet the fiancée of their fallen friend, Paul. Through the darkest days of World War II, Virginia’s letters sustained Paul and the men beside him, and now both visitors believe they’ve fallen for the woman behind those words without ever having met her. Leland, a warm-hearted farm boy, has come to return the treasured letters he preserved after Paul’s death, while Sid, a sophisticated young man from Charleston, carries a ring for a woman he knows only through ink and imagination. But Martha, fiercely loyal to Paul’s memory, resists their presence and the stir they create, doing everything she can to protect her sister. As hidden truths surface and loyalties are tested, affection and grief collide in surprising ways. And as Christmas draws near, one question lingers beneath it all—what will be revealed before the final curtain rises on the pageant?

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Xanadu
The Garden Theatre

Aug 14 – Aug 30, 2026

Based on the Universal Pictures cult classic movie of the same title, which starred Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly, Xanadu is hilarity on wheels for adults, children and anyone who has ever wanted to feel inspired. This Tony Award-nominated, hilarious, roller skating, musical adventure about following your dreams despite the limitations others set for you, rolls along to the original hit score composed by pop-rock legends, Jeff Lynne and John Farrar. 


Xanadu follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mount Olympus to Venice Beach, California in 1980 on a quest to inspire a struggling artist, Sonny, to achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time – the first ROLLER DISCO! (Hey, it's 1980!) But, when Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal, her jealous sisters take advantage of the situation, and chaos abounds.


Xanadu is a moving, electrifying tale of endless fun that will keep audiences in stitches while the original legendary, chart-topping tunes lift them out of their seats. You'll want to keep the music in your head and Xanadu in your heart... forever.


Book by: Douglas Carter Beane​​​​​​​

Music & Lyrics by: Jeff Lynne & John Farrar​

Based on the Universal Pictures Film​

Screenplay by: Richard Danus & Marc Rubel

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The Girl on the Train
Alley Theatre

July 24 – Aug 30, 2026

A Woman’s Memory, Her Greatest Betrayal. This modern psychological thriller, adapted from the best-selling novel and hit film, follows Rachel, a woman struggling with dependency. She must piece together her fragmented memories to find a girl who’s gone missing. As her night comes back to her, she considers: who can you trust when you can’t trust yourself?

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