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Main Street Theater's Season Closes With CLOSE UP SPACE, Beg. Tonight (5/18/2013) - Main Street Theater closes its 38th MainStage season with Molly Smith Metzler's Close Up Space, a comical and poignant new play about how hard it can be to communicate... in any language. With previews tonight, May 18, 19, and 22, Close Up Space opens May 23 and runs through June 16 at Main Street Theater - Rice Village, 2540 Times Blvd.

BWW Reviews: Theatre Under the Stars' Rollicking SPAMALOT is Hilarious and a Ton of Fun (5/17/2013) - Having grown up on Monty Python reruns and films, it doesn't take a lot to get me excited about seeing a production of Monty Python's SPAMALOT. The hilarious hit musical is making a gloriously triumphant return to Houston in its first locally produced performance at Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS). The First National Tour enjoyed a four week run in the summer of 2007 that was co-produced by Broadway Across America - Houston and TUTS, and because of popular demand TUTS decided to produce the show again.

TUTS' Humphreys School of Musical Theatre and The River to Offer 2013 Musical Theatre Camps (5/16/2013) - Theatre Under The Stars' (TUTS) has announced the new summer camp curriculum for both the Humphreys School of Musical Theatre (HSMT) and The River for the Performing and Visual Arts Center (The River) beginning this June.

TUTS' HSMT to Offer Free Performances of Disney's HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, 6/12-15 (5/15/2013) - School may be out for the summer but class is still in session when Theatre Under The Stars' Humphreys School of Musical Theatre (HSMT) presents FREE performances of Disney's High School Musical at Miller Outdoor Theatre June 12 - 14 at 11:00 a.m. and June 14 - 15 at 8:15 p.m.

Photo Flash: First Look at Texas Rep Theatre's TRIBUTE (5/15/2013) - The Texas Rep Theatre Co., Houston's Uptown Classic Theatre, continues its critically acclaimed 8th season with Bernard Slade's humorous and touching play TRIBUTE, in a new production directed by Walter Baker. TRIBUTE will run 4 performances a week through May 26th. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

STAGE TUBE: MST Launches Capital Campaign to the Tune of 'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?' (5/15/2013) - After 38 years, Main Street Theater owns their building and they need a facelift -- specifically they need to get rid of the pole in the middle of the stage. And bigger restrooms. So, they sang about it. Click below to watch their plea to the tune of 'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?' from The Sound of Music!

Blue Man Group's Theatrical Production Returns to Houston in June (5/15/2013) - Blue Man Group returns to Houston with its theatrical touring production for eight performances June 4-9, 2013, in Jones Hall, presented by Society for the Performing Arts. Performance times are: 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 4 through Saturday, June 8; 2 p.m.Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9; and 7 p.m. Sunday, June 9. Tickets are on sale now and may be purchased by calling713-224-4772 or visiting www.spahouston.org.

A. D. Players Announces 47th Season (5/15/2013) - Founder and Artistic Director Jeannette Clift George today announced A. D. Players' 2013-2014 MainStage season of 'Favorites' including a Pulitzer prize winning play, a famous comedy, and an iconic musical.

Lineup Announced for TexARTS' Summer Programs (5/15/2013) - Darcie Roberts, who played the title role in the U.S. first national tour of 'Thoroughly Modern Millie,' will serve as one of the professional guest teaching artists for the TexARTS summer musical theatre intensive, 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' (June 10 - 30). Students enrolled in this three-week, production-based intensive will rehearse while receiving instruction in acting, dance and voice from a team of professional instructors and special Broadway guests. Rehearsals culminate in a public performance on June 29-30.

BLAME IT ON VALENTINE, TEXAS Comes to The Grand 1894 Opera House, 6/15 (5/14/2013) - Blame it on Valentine, Texas - Jaston Williams' hilarious new comedy will play a limited engagement in Galveston at The Grand 1894 Opera House on Saturday, June 15th with two terrific performances at 2 and 8pm.

Todd Waite Leads Alley Theatre's SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUICIDE CLUB (5/14/2013) - Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd announces the cast and creative team for Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club. Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Suicide Club" and featuring beloved characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jeffrey Hatcher (Mrs. Mannerly, 2010) crafts a smart new Sherlock Holmes mystery. Having played Sherlock Holmes in The Crucifer of Blood (2009) and Sherlock Holmes (2003), Alley Theatre Company Artist Todd Waite will again play the iconic and illustrious detective in a spectacular, lavish production.

SPAMALOT, FLASHDANCE, A CHORUS LINE and More Set for TUTS' 2013 Summer Season (5/14/2013) - Theatre Under The Stars' 2013 summer season will feature Spamalot, Flashdance - The Musical, Dixie's Tupperware Party, High School Musical and A Chorus Line. Details below!

Houston Ballet's JOURNEY WITH THE MASTERS Begins 5/30 (5/13/2013) - From May 30 - June 9, 2013 Houston Ballet offers up a mixed repertory program titled Journey with the Masters featuring the company premiere of Ballet Imperial, George Balanchine's tribute to Marius Petipa and Peter Tchaikovsky, alongside revivals of Ji?i Kylian's exuberant and joyous Sinfonietta (not seen in Houston since 1997) and Jerome Robbins's The Concert, a laugh-out-loud ballet depicting a group of concertgoers at a performance with keen insight to human behavior.

BWW Reviews: The Ensemble Theatre's RACE is Timely, Relevant, and Poignant (5/13/2013) - The Ensemble Theatre has a reputation for producing thought-provoking and intellectually stimulating art. From this season alone, they have moved hearts and minds with their skillful productions of THE NACIREMA SOCIETY and KNOCK ME A KISS. Their current production of David Mamet's RACE masterfully written RACE beautifully continues that trend and gives audiences plenty to talk and think about.

BWW Reviews: Catastrophic Theatre's THERE IS A HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS is Fun, Stark, Strange, and Ridiculous (5/12/2013) - The Catastrophic Theatre is currently reviving Mickle Maher's THERE IS A HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS by popular demand. The show originally had its Houston premiere in 2009, and apparently was quite a sensation. At Friday night's opening night performance of this run, I instantly saw why.