Broadway Houston
Wishful Drinking Houston | Sarofim Hall
From the daughter of Hollywood icons Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds comes a critically acclaimed monologue that pokes fun on the perks and perils of being a Hollywood royalty, this is Carrie Fisher’s Outer Critics Circle Award winning piece, ‘Wishful Drinking’. A funny and thought-provoking look at Carrie Fisher’s “Hollywood hangover”, as she comically puts it, ‘Wishful Thinking’ is the actress’ and writer’s own account of her roller coaster showbiz tale...
Continue ReadingThe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Houston | Sarofim Theatre
The Tony nominated musical ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ is on tour and is coming home to the Lone Star state in summer 2012. Grab your best buds and besties and romp, stomp, whoop and flip your way to the Sarofim Theatre in Houston from June 5 to 17, 2012. ‘Little Whorehouse’ is a musical written by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson with music and lyrics from Carol...
Continue ReadingThe Lion King Houston | Sarofim Hall
Coming to Houston this summer is the Disney and Broadway smash hit and one of the longest running musicals in the Great White Way, ‘The Lion King’. Simba, Timon, Pumbaa, Rafiki and even the menacingly ambitious Scar are coming to the Hobby Center for a month-long run at the Sarofim Hall from July 10 to August 12, 2012. Helmed onstage by Tony Award winner Julie Taymor, ‘The Lion King’ is...
Continue ReadingChicago Houston | Zilkha Hall
One of Broadway’s most popular, most glamorous, and award-winning shows heads south to Houston this summer for a week-long run at the Hobby Center’s Zilkha Hall from July 20 to 29, 2012. This is ‘Chicago’, the six-time Tony Award winning musical the film adaptation of which also earned multiple raves at the 2003 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Summer is sure to heat up in Houston as ‘Chicago’ brings...
Continue ReadingBeauty and the Beast Houston | Sarofim Hall
The Disney and Broadway romantic smash hit ‘Beauty and the Beast’ comes to Houston this fall for a week-long run at the Sarofim Hall of the Hobby Center from September 25 to 30, 2012. It is a tale as old as time but one that never gets old. The story of Belle, a small town girl played by actress Emily Behny, and the princely Beast trapped in a time-sensitive curse...
Continue ReadingLes Miserables Houston | Sarofim Hall
A new production of ‘Les Miserables’ in celebration of its 25th year anniversary is coming to Houston this fall for a week-long run at the Hobby Center’s Sarofim Hall from November 6 to 11, 2012. Produced by Cameron Mackintosh, this newly revitalized and re-imagined production of ‘Les Mis’ features an even more gripping and substantial story that celebrates the strength, tenacity and kindness of the human spirit, tighter storytelling, more visually...
Continue ReadingCatch Me If You Can Houston | Sarofim Hall
The hit Broadway adaptation of the 2002 blockbuster Steven Spielberg film of the same title comes to Houston in February 2013 for a week-long run. This is ‘Catch Me if You Can’, slated to tease and taunt audiences from February 5 to 10, 2013 at the Sarofim Hall of the Hobby Center. The musical is based on the colorful biography of Frank William Abagnale, Jr., a teenage felon who led...
Continue ReadingJersey Boys Houston | Sarofim Hall
The boys from the Garden State are returning to where it all started. After a blockbuster world debut in Houston in 2008, ‘Jersey Boys’, the hard-hitting and highly acclaimed musical about the life and times of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons will spend two weeks at the Hobby Center’s Sarofim Hall from March 13 to 30, 2013. Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi were once blue...
Continue ReadingSister Act Houston | Sarofim Hall
Summer will not only be the cause for celebration as Broadway hit ‘Sister Act’ will give fans more reasons to rejoice as it stages a week-long run at the Sarofim Hall housed at the Hobby Center in Houston from May 28 to June 2, 2013. Adapted from the hit box office film of the same title with Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg starring as diva-singer-in-hiding Deloris Van Cartier, ‘Sister Act’ is...
Continue ReadingWicked Houston | Sarofim Hall
For a whole month in summer 2013, the Tony Award winning and breakthrough musical ‘Wicked’ flies down to Houston’s Hobby Center, running at the Sarofim Hall from July 10 to August 11, 2013. Due to insistent public demand, ‘Wicked’ returns to Houston after previously breaking box office records in the city. The story of the Witches of Oz – the Good Witch of the North and the Wicked Witch of...
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