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Making opera popular: Opera in the Heights gets wicked thanks to a hot maestro makeover

By Joel Luks

03.27.13 | 12:16 pm

When Opera in the the Heights needed a makeover, incoming maestro Enrique Carreón-Robledo simply had to take over. He taught the energetic company the proper poise needed to talk to boys, wh ...

POPS season revealed

Crazy acrobats, hot TV stars, jazz hands and an Alien queen: The Symphony shows its lighter side

By Joel Luks

02.06.13 | 8:15 pm

Nine concerts comprise Houston Symphony's 2013-14 Cynthia Woods Mitchell POPS series at Jones Hall, the details of which Symphony officials revealed Wednesday night. For the ensemble's ...

Looking good for a century

Houston Symphony reveals a starry 100th anniversary lineup: The big names coming are . . .

By Joel Luks

02.06.13 | 8:00 pm

The Houston Symphony is looking mighty fresh in the eve of its centennial anniversary. A new, artsy logo alongside a robust guest list of musicians and conductors ushers a year-long musical fê ...

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Mad Max, Poltergeist and Shakespeare merge: Opera in the Heights embraces the supernatural

By Joel Luks

01.31.13 | 1:36 pm

It's quite possible that Giuseppe Verdi didn't understand one word of William Shakespeare's Macbeth when he saw it for the first time. Scholars say that the Italian Romantic c ...

On tap for 2013-14

Book of Mormon, flying cats & a War Horse highlight new Gexa Energy Broadway season

By Joel Luks

01.27.13 | 12:01 am

Gexa Energy Broadway at the Hobby Center is going big for its 2013-14 season, which officials announced on Sunday. A melange of something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue ( ...

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New Houston Symphony conductor reveals all: City misconceptions, burger love, Jim Parsons lessons & magic music

By Joel Luks

01.21.13 | 12:22 pm

Andrés Orozco-Estrada couldn't stop pacing.  Hidden from view from a hundred or so guests on the stage of Jones Hall itching to learn why the Houston Symphony had summoned a las ...

Pandora Theatre presents Love, Loss and What I Wore

02.08.13 - 02.23.13

Pandora Theatre presents the Texas premiere of Love, Loss and What I Wore by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, an intimate collection of vignettes and monologues based on the best-selling book of the s

Society For Performing Arts Gala "Red Hot Rio!"

Wortham Theater Center

04.20.13

Society for the Performing Arts, known for bringing the world's best to Houston, pledges that its 2013 gala will surely not disappoint the crowd with its sizzling sights and samba sounds of a s

Frederica Von Stade is back

Putting a ring on it: Houston Grand Opera reveals its new season and there's extra drama

By Joel Luks

01.16.13 | 6:00 pm

In this world you're either growing or you're dying — so get in motion and grow. Words to live by from Lou Holtz, a famous American football coach, author and motivational speake ...

The search is over

Houston Symphony names new conductor after secret rehearsal: Hans Graf's replacement is . . .

By Joel Luks

01.16.13 | 12:15 pm

Think of the Houston Symphony's search for a new maestro a tad like a season of the Bachelorette. Many attractive suitors step on her podium, wave their baton, make beautiful music and wond ...