Houston’s Second Annual Theater Week Returns with More Deals

Style Magazine Newswire | 8/14/2023, 3:28 p.m.
The annual Houston Theater Week is back for a repeat performance with even more exclusive deals! Houston First Corporation is …

The annual Houston Theater Week is back for a repeat performance with even more exclusive deals! Houston First Corporation is excited to again spearhead the city’s largest collaboration between local theater and performing arts groups to bring unprecedented access to some of the best ticket prices of the year to consumers. For one week only, August 14-20, 2023, new and established music and theater enthusiasts can take advantage of Buy One, Get One FREE ticket opportunities. The deal covers more than 200 performances of exciting and diverse live shows.

“Houston Theater Week not only provides the public with great bargains, it also supports everyone involved in producing these exceptional live programs from the performing artists to behind-the-scenes professionals,” said David Mincberg, Chair, Houston First Corporation.

In 2022, Theater Week’s inaugural year, 17,500 combined tickets were sold by 20 participating organizations which resulted in nearly $600,000 in combined ticket sales. This year’s initiative features a wider variety of shows, including world premieres, critically acclaimed plays, intimate concerts, inn The annual Houston Theater Week is back for a repeat performance with even more exclusive deals! Houston First Corporation is excited to again spearhead the city’s largest collaboration between local theater and performing arts groups to bring unprecedented access to some of the best ticket prices of the year to consumers. For one week only, August 14-20, 2023, new and established music and theater enthusiasts can take advantage of Buy One, Get One FREE ticket opportunities. The deal covers more than 200 performances of exciting and diverse live shows.

“The opportunity to break down barriers to access and provide opportunities for our community to attend live performances strengthens the arts community in Houston by opening doors to new audiences and engaging our longtime supporters. We are excited to join forces with Houston First to showcase some exceptional programming through a campaign that makes it easy for everyone to find all the offers in one place. We want Theater Week to become a tradition for friends and families to experience the performing arts at a great price,” said Hillary Hart, Chair, Theater District Houston Association.

“We know Houston consumers and performing arts groups are looking forward to a repeat of Theater Week’s outstanding performance last year. This collective effort with resident companies and community theaters across Houston brings a variety of great shows at great prices that we are certain will strengthen the city’s performing arts community for generations to come,” said Michael Heckman, president & CEO, Houston First Corporation.

2023’s participating organizations are:

Alley Theatre

DACAMERA

Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.

4th Wall Theatre Company

Houston Ballet

Houston Chamber Choir

Houston Grand Opera

Houston Symphony

Main Street Theater

Mercury Chamber Orchestra

Performing Arts Houston

ROCO

Stages

Tee Zee Productions

The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Theatre Under the Stars

This year’s first-rate performances include:

Performing Arts Houston: 4th Annual Mariachi Festival

21st Century Broadway

26 Miles

A Case for the Existence of God

A Christmas Carol

Adams’s El Nino

Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Alice in Wonderland

Always Patsy Cline

American Mariachi

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

An Early American Christmas

An Evening with Howie Mandel

An Evening with Isaac Mizrahi

An Evening with Omari Dillard

Andres Orozco Estrada Returns

Appropriate

Ars Lyrica’s Fallen Angels

At Last! A Tribute to Etta James

Bach Solo Violin

Bach’s Mighty Fortress

Barber’s Violin Concerto + Duke Ellington

Baroque Concertos

Boleros: Songs from Latin America

Brahms & Schumann

Bruce Liu, Piano

Byrds of a Feather

Caldara’s Christmas Cantata

California Gold

Carmela Full of Wishes

Christopher Titus – Carrying Monsters

Cinderella

Dial “M” For Murder

Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker

Dvorak’s America

Elias String Quartet; Sarah Rothenberg, piano

Etienne Charles “Earth Tones”

Forget Me Not

Go Now! A Tribute to the Moody Blues

Handel’s Messiah

Houston Ballet: Bespoke

Houston Ballet: Four Seasons

Houston Ballet: Tutu

“I Will Survive” –Diva Legends

Intelligence

Isidore Quartet; Sarah Rothenberg, piano

Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

Jagged Little Pill

Jane Eyre

Jazz saxophonist Melissa Aldana

JIJI, guitar; Danbi Um, violin

Kronos Quartet and Sam Green: A Thousand Thoughts

Kurt Weill’s “The Seven Deadly Sins”: Ensemble Modern

Laughs in Spanish

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carolo

Lila Downs: Dia de Los Muertos

Little Comedies

Manuel Cinema: Leonardo!

Mass in Exile

Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony

MOMIX: Alice

New/Now

Newsies

On Your Feet

Othello: The Remix

Panto Alicia in Wonderland

Paw Patrol LIVE! “Heroes Unite”

Performing Arts Houston: 4th Annual Mariachi Festival

Performing Arts Houston: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Performing Arts Houston: An Evening with David Sedaris

Performing Arts Houston: An Evening with Howie Mandel

Performing Arts Houston: An Evening with Isaac Mizrahi

Performing Arts Houston: Bruce Liu, Piano

Performing Arts Houston: Kronos Quartet and Sam Green: A Thousand Thoughts

Performing Arts Houston: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Performing Arts Houston: Lila Downs: Dia de Los Muertos

Performing Arts Houston: Manuel Cinema: Leonardo!

Performing Arts Houston: MOMIX: Alice

Performing Arts Houston: New/Now: The Houston Artist Commissioning Project

Performing Arts Houston: Step Afrika! Drumfolk

Performing Arts Houston: Time For Three

Performing Arts Houston: Vienna Boys Choir

Pictures From Home

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive

Rachel Barton Pine Plays Mozart

Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances

Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe

Ravel’s La Valse

ROCO In Concert: Infrared

ROCO In Concert: Luminescent

ROCO In Concert: Seismic

ROCO In Concert: Supersonic

Romeo & Juliet + Dvorak’s Cello Concerto

Sense and Sensibility

Sherlock Holmes & the Mystery of the Crown Jewel

Sister’s Irish Catechism: Saints, Snakes, and Green Milkshakes

Stagolee and the Funeral of a Dangerous Word

Stuart Little

Sweeney Todd

Switzerland

Takemitsu + Brahms’s Requiem

The Birds

The Cher Show

The Crimson Prince of Venice

The Father

The Nerd

The Pavilion

The Pillowman

The Thanksgiving Play

The Ugly Xmas Sweater Musical

The Woman in Black

The World Is Not Silent

Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium

Time For Three

What the Constitution Means to Me

To view all the offers and purchase tickets, please visit: HoustonTheaterWeek.com.

The special offer promo code for Houston Theater Week is: HTXARTS.