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Best Shows This Fall

in Houston

Dear Evan Hansen at Sarofim Hall

Dear Evan Hansen

Following its hugely successful run at Broadway's Music Box Theater, this darkly comic musical is touring across the country once more. The six-time Tony-winning, poignant and thought-provoking production has received rave reviews from critics for its unexpectedly touching portrayal of misunderstood youth, young love, and the search for acceptance, with a score from the composing team behind 2017's Academy Award-winning La-La Land, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul.

Sep 17 - 22

Sarofim Hall

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Kevin Hart at Bayou Music Center

Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart is a Philly-born former shoe salesman who has become one of the funniest actor-comedians in America today. He has appeared in films such as the Jumanji franchise, Get Hard and Central Intelligence. A lot of his material usually drawn from his personal experiences with family, friends and loved ones. Don't miss your chance to catch him live as he heads to a venue near you!

Kevin Hart at Smart Financial Center

Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart is a Philly-born former shoe salesman who has become one of the funniest actor-comedians in America today. He has appeared in films such as the Jumanji franchise, Get Hard and Central Intelligence. A lot of his material usually drawn from his personal experiences with family, friends and loved ones. Don't miss your chance to catch him live as he heads to a venue near you!

Shucked at Sarofim Hall

Shucked

Winner of two Drama Desk Awards! After an a-maize-ing premiere at Broadways Nederlander Theatre, the heartwarming story is heading on a national tour! With Nashville's top songwriting talents from Tony winner Robert Horn, in collaboration with Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, this musical offers a kernel of joy in these divided times, exploring how opening up to people and ideas we are wary of can be a beautiful process, uniting us in our similarities, not our differences. Aw Shucks!

Nov 19 - 24

Sarofim Hall

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Mariah Carey at Toyota Center

Mariah Carey

It's that time of year! On November 1, 1994, Mariah Carey changed the holidays as we know them by dropping the super festive anthem 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' from her iconic Merry Christmas album. Immediately racing to the top of music charts the world over, the bop has since become as standard every December as twinkle lights and candy canes, selling over 16 million copies. Join the undisputed Queen of Christmas (sorry, Mrs Claus) for a very special tour, Mariah Carey's Christmas Time!

A Christmas Carol at Hubbard Stage

A Christmas Carol

Penny-pinching and bad-tempered old miser Ebenezer Scrooge goes on the adventure of his life in Charles Dicken's perennial holiday favorite, returning to the Hubbard Stage this year in this revitalized production from Rob Melrose, directed by Amber D. Gray. Magic, merriment, and music abound as Mr. Scrooge is visited by three ghosts, each ready to teach him a lesson he'll never forget!

The Nightmare Before Christmas at Jones Hall for the Performing Arts

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The public's fascination with Tim Burton's iconic 1993 dark fantasy film The Nightmare Before Christmas hasn't faded since its release. In fact, it's become a tradition to watch Jack Skellington's deliciously dark misadventure on both Halloween and Christmas! Don't miss this film screening accompanied by a live orchestral score.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Crighton Theatre

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Based on the beloved book by Roald Dahl, join Charlie Buckett as he wins a trip into the mysterious Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, where nothing, including reclusive Wonka himself, is as it first seems. A candy land fantasy that quickly turns awry, discover Wonka's strange secrets alongside Charlie and his Uncle Joe in this delicious local production, making its way to you this season!

Peter Pan at Sarofim Hall

Peter Pan

Second star on the left and straight on til morning! Prepare to soar with Peter Pan, the musical, based on the magical play by JM Barrie. The story of the boy who never grew up and his wonderful home, Neverland, Peter Pan will always be the ultimate childhood dream! Befriending fairies and battling nefarious pirates, when Peter flies in through Wendy Darling's window, there is no predicting what sort of enchanting adventure is to follow.

Dracula - Play at Crighton Theatre

Dracula - Play

A vampire lord, an unwitting solicitor, the pinnacle of gothic horror and the stage. Bram Stoker's 1897 novel is returning once more to the theater and is set to terrify and astound you. While tales of vampires have existed for millennia, it was Stoker's story that brought the bloodsucking fiends that we know and love into mainstream culture, influencing cult classics such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Twilight. Are you ready to see where it all began?

Oct 18 - Nov 3

Crighton Theatre

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Twyla Tharp Dance at Cullen Theater

Twyla Tharp Dance

Multi-award winning Twyla Tharp is known in the world of dance as a visionary and innovative choreographer, now she returns with a new program that displays her hallmarks of humour, generous spirit and zeal, tied together with immaculate techniques and decades of experience from this pure iconoclast.

Daniil Trifonov at Jones Hall for the Performing Arts

Daniil Trifonov

Join the world-renowned young piano virtuoso Daniil Trifonov as he displays his prodigious talent in this much-anticipated concert engagement. Described in glowing terms by almost every major publication around the world, the Grammy-winning Russian gave his first solo concert aged just seven and has not looked back ever since. Giving several concerts a year, an opportunity to see Trifonov is one not to be missed!

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