The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas returns after 10 years to the main stage at Country Playhouse.
JULY 10 - 25, 2009

Based on a true story, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a musical romp about Texas' most famous brothel. The Chicken Ranch, operating outside of fictional Gilbert, Texas for more than a century comes under fire when an investigative reporter begins

TALLEY'S FOLLY
Lanford Wilson
Preview July 2, opens on runs July 3 through July 19.

Unity Theatre in Brenham

A charming romantic comedy which tells of an unlikely love between a bookish Jewish accountant from St. Louis and a 31-year-old spinster from a conservative, well-to-do family of small town values. While they seem to have nothing in common, they share a way of seeing the world .

World Premiere Family Musical
Ps and Qs: the ABCs of Manners
July 5 – August 9, 2009
at Main Street Theater – Chelsea Market

Using the smart, funny, high-energy songs of Trout Fishing in America, Ps and Qs is pure joy and silliness – with a strong undercurrent of good life lessons! The musical reminds us, with humor and insight, that manners are still important to our society and play a major role..

RECKLESS, a Comedy by Craig Lucas:
HOUSTON, TEXAS,
June 26, 2009-July 25th, 2009 at Company Onstage

On a snowy Christmas Eve, Rachel’s guilt stricken husband urges her to flee the house before a hit man he has hired to kill her arrives. Thus begins a new chapter in her journey, leading Rachel to ponder whether the modern world might not be a vast conspiracy designed to undermine her

Dorothy and Friends Find Home at The Ensemble Theatre in Tony Award winning musical ‘The Wiz,' Previews: June 20, June 21, and June 24; Show Run: June 25 – July 19, 2009

Director/ Choreographer Patdro Harris and Musical Director Carlton Leake will enliven The Ensemble’s stage with this adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s ‘Wonderful Wizard of Oz.’ The story of Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion’s journey down the yellow brick road has been shared with the world for generations.

Nova Arts Project Presents Houston Premiere of NYC Off-Broadway Hit
Thom Pain (based on nothing)

June 18 - July 4, 2009

Nova Arts Project, the Houston theatre company dedicated to re-creating classics and inspiring new works in a fearlessly theatrical way, continues its fourth season with the Houston Premiere of Will Eno’s one-man play Thom Pain (based on nothing)...

2009 - 2010 Season Lineup for Stages Repertory Theatre

Three killer comedies and two brilliant dramas in the MainStage season, plus fun musical shenanigans this summer and the world premiere of a brand new Panto (penned by our very own Producing Artistic Director Kenn McLaughln!) at the holidays...

Visionary World Premieres, Re-imagined American Classics and New Comedies Fill the Alley Theatre's 2009-2010 Season

HOUSTON, TEXAS - Artistic Director Gregory Boyd announced that the Alley Theatre subscription season - the Theatre's 63rd - will combine three world premieres, including Frank Wildhorn's new musical Wonderland, Rajiv Joseph's bold and theatrical Gruesome Playground Injuries and Kenneth Lin's gripping Intelligence-Slave, along with re-imagined productions of the great American classic Our Town by Thornton Wilder and the sublime fantasy.. (READ MORE FOR COMPLETE LIST)

Theatre Suburbia presents NATURAL DISASTERS.

FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS at 8:30 PM, June 5 through July 4, 2009

SUNDAY MATINEES AT 3:00 PM, June 21 and 28, 2009

Two related one-act comedies by Jack Heifner. TROPICAL DEPRESSION: In a slightly seedy resort hotel on a remote Caribbean island, two high-living Texas housewives, Gloria and Janine, are enjoying a respite from their rich but boring husbands. They are determined to savor their holiday to the fullest, but nature has other plans.

LEND ME A TENOR
by Ken Ludwig

May 15 - 30, 2009

Country Playhouse presents Ken Ludwig's LEND ME A TENOR, directed by John Dunn. In 1930's Cleveland, The Cleveland Opera Company has hired Tito Merelli to open its grand opera season. Merelli, an Italian tenor of great renown, arrives late to the hotel and is put under the care of Max,