Silver anniversary memories
Rise of the Wortham Theater Center: How it all began
Jun 2, 2012 | 4:30 pm
Photo by Jia Li
In the 1980s, everyone agreed that Houston needs a new performing arts center. Even a recession couldn't stop the Wortham Center from rising in downtown Houston.
Photo by © Geoffrey Lyon
While the audience has feasted its eyes on these opulent new productions, space, time and comfort have been the greatest boon to those who put Houston Ballet's productions onstage and dance in them. Production director Tom Boyd revels in the vast wing space at the two sides and behind the Brown Theater stage. Having two and one-half weeks to mount, rehearse and perform each production on the Wortham Theater Center stage makes all the difference in the world, compared to a frantic eight-day schedule the company endured in Jones Hall.