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Wortham Theater Center

500 Texas
Houston, TX 77002

Downtown/ Midtown

713-237-1439

http://www.worthamcenter.org

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Downtown's Wortham Theater Center was build entirely by through the largess of private sector in the 1980s, and today the multi-stage, multi-theater complex offerings works from some of Houston's most important arts groups, from heavy hitters like the Houston Ballet and Houston Grand Opera to scrappier outfits like Da Camera and Mercury Baroque.

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