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  Ensemble Bringing Regional Premiere of '60s Drama, Too Heavy for Your Pocket

  January 16 at 5 a.m.

  Eileen Morris isn't afraid of a good challenge. As artistic director of The Ensemble Theatre, she already had planned a robust 2018/19 season with five regional premieres. So what's one more hurdle? When the casting for the upcoming production of Too Heavy for Your Pocket was all said and done,...

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  Horse Head Theatre Co. Announces It Is Closing up Shop and Holding a Wake

  January 15 at 11:29 a.m.

  Barely ten years into its existence, Horse Head Theatre Co. announced today that its 2018 season will turn out to be its last. It couldn't stay financially viable no matter the cutbacks it made. But it is going out in stypl In a press release from Tasha Gorel, the theater's...

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  Guns Are Going Off in The Secretary But Is Anyone Pulling the Trigger?

  January 14 at 7:42 a.m.

  "Guns can be objects of terror or symbols of love." It's with those thoughts in mind that playwright Kyle Schmidt wrote The Secretary which is on stage at Main Street Theater. The play takes place in a small town and centers on a gun company there. Guns start going off all...

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  Cirque's Luzia May Be Their Best Touring Dream to Date

  January 11 at 6:31 a.m.

  There are certain things you expect when purchasing a ticket to a Cirque du Soleil performance, unspoken guarantees of what you’ll see before your eyes. You know there will be a clown character of some sort. You know you’ll watch humans made of the same flesh and bone as yourself...

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  The Book of Mormon Flies Back Into Houston, And No It's Not Toned Down

  January 11 at 6 a.m.

  The winner of nine Tony Awards and a perennial audience favorite in Houston — even as it offends some — The Book of Mormon is back at the Mischer Neurosciences Broadway at the Hobby Center for a short run. This irreverent view of missionary life as experienced by members of The Church...

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  6 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: '80s Hits, Belly Dance and a Dark Opera

  January 10 at 5:30 a.m.

  It's all about the new this weekend in Houston. Group Acorde has found a novel way to blend jazz, choreography and visual art; Mercury's Antoine Plante is out with a new dark opera; a belly dancing class at the "J" is helping us fulfill those new year's resolutions; and Mildred's Umbrella...