See the latest performing arts productions and theater happenings opening across Houston from Monday, September 8 to Sunday, September 14, 2025.
This week brings a variety of performing arts. Dance Source Houston offers the latest in its Mind the Gap series. The Houston Symphony performs at both the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion and Miller Outdoor Theatre. Lionwoman Productions is back with a new show about a man on the spectrum and a woman who questions her life choices.
I’m super excited that Lea Salonga is in concert on the Miller Outdoor Theatre Stage, because I’ve loved her since seeing her in the original Broadway production of Miss Saigon. I’m also excited for Main Street Theater’s season opener; I couldn’t get to New York to see the show when it was revived on Broadway in 2023, so I’m stoked I get to see it locally. Also? Happy 50th anniversary, Main Street Theater!
I’m calling out Houston Grand Opera’s Butler Studio Showcase. If you’ve not been to one of these shows, they’re a treat. Think bite-sized opera arias and scenes, performed by incredible artists at the beginning of their careers. They’re terrific for opera lovers and newbies, alike.
I missed Lionwoman Productions inaugural show last year, and was crushed because theater people I love and arts writers I respect all had great things to say. So, their latest is a firm date on my calendar this year. I can’t wait to see it.
There’s also a performance by Ukrainian Music Theatre, while Theatre Southwest presents an important Arthur Miller play.
Go see performing arts, Houston!
Top Theater & Arts Performances This Week: September 8 to 4, 2025
Showtime! New Openings & This Week Only Shows
Dance Source Houston: Mind the Gap XXXVI at MATCH | Tuesday – Local choreographers present works showcasing a range of dance forms, including contemporary, house and modern. Pay-What-You-Can; suggested $15 to $35. 7:30pm. Get tickets.
Houston Symphony: Bravo Broadway at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion | Tuesday | FREE – The orchestra performs a concert featuring some of Broadway’s favorite musicals, along with lesser-known gems. 7:30pm.
Lionwoman Productions: Dancing Lessons at MATCH | Opens Wednesday – Back for its second production after last year’s successful Playhouse Creatures, the new(ish) kid on the theater producing block offers this delightful comedy about a man on the spectrum, and his methodical and dogged pursuit of dance lessons with a teacher who is shut down and can’t let go of what she might have been. $25+. Times vary. Get tickets.
Connecting Island Arts: Obsession at MATCH | Friday – These 5 pieces explore themes of chasing our dreams, feeling judged, facing criticism and more, told through dance, music and installations. $30. 7pm. Get tickets.
Houston Grand Opera Butler Studio Showcase at Wortham Center | Friday – One of the most-loved events on the HGO calendar, this evening of opera spotlights eight returning artists and three new singers in the organization’s acclaimed young artist program who will present fully staged, costumed excerpts from a range of works. Look for selections from Don Giovanni, Don Carlo, Fidelio, Cavalleria rusticana, The Rake’s Progress, Eugene Onegin, Die tote Stadt, and La traviata. $30. 7pm. Get tickets.
Houston Symphony: Valčuha Conducts West Side Story at Miller Outdoor Theatre | Friday | FREE – Celebrate Hispanic heritage month with this concert of dance-inspired pieces by Revueltas and Ginastera. Additionally, Bernstein’s beloved West Side Story is brought to life in all its rhythmic flair, and Ravel’s sultry Bólero caps off this celebration of music and community. 8pm.
Live at the Founders Club: Vanguardia Subterránea: Latin American Perspectives in Jazz at the Hobby Center | Friday & Saturday – Grammy Award winner Miguel Zenón’ premieres his new album, Vanguardia Subterránea, recorded in 2024 at The Village Vanguard, New York’s oldest and most prestigious jazz club. $35+. 7:30pm. Get tickets.
Incident at Vichy at Theatre Southwest | Opens Friday | Ongoing – The company opens its 69th season with Arthur Miller’s play about a group of mostly Jewish men held prisoner in Vichy France in 1942, awaiting examination by the Nazis. It deals with themes of guilt, fear, human nature and complicity. $22. Times vary. Get tickets.
Lea Salonga in Concert at Miller Outdoor Theatre | Saturday | FREE – From the first time I saw Lea Salonga as Kim in the original production of Miss Saigon, I’ve been captivated by her voice and the power of her stage presence. She’s singing songs from Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, Aladdin, and Mulan and new-found favorites. Don’t miss this one. 8pm.
Purlie Victorious at Main Street Theater | Opens Saturday | Ongoing – The theater company launches its 50th anniversary season with this play by Ossie Davis, which tells the story of traveling preacher Purlie Victorious Judson returns to his small Georgia town hoping to save Big Bethel, the community’s church, and emancipate the cotton pickers who work on oppressive Ol’ Cap’n Cotchipee’s plantation. The play premiered on Broadway in 1961, and had a wildly successful revival in 2023 with the New York Times calling it, “Blazing and hilarious… every bit as scathingly funny as the 1961 reviews said it was.” $45+. Times vary. Get tickets.
Olena Blahulyak in Concert: Through the Prism of Sound: From Baroque to Jazz at Our Texas Cultural Center | Saturday – The acclaimed Ukrainian pianist performs an intimate concert, taking audiences on a captivating musical journey spanning four centuries, blending elegance, depth, and virtuosic brilliance. $32. 7pm. Get tickers.
Ukrainian Music Theater: Zhuravochka at MATCH | Sunday – This contemporary adaptation inspired by Panas Myrnyi’s classic Ukrainian drama Lymeryvna. It is the tale of a young woman named Natalia, whose heart longs for freedom, love, and truth in a world bound by harsh customs and silence. NOTE: Performed in Ukrainian with English synopsis for each scene. $16+. 6pm. Get tickets.
They’ve Got Legs! Ongoing Shows
Mildred’s Umbrella: The Last Yiddish Speaker at the ERRJCC | Opens Thursday | Closes Sunday, September 21 – The Houston premiere by playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer tells the story of Sarah, struggling to navigate high school and a new America where the revolution was successful and everything has changed. Her world is upended when a Yiddish-speaking woman arrives at her door, and Sarah and her father must decide whether to help her or save themselves. $29. Times vary. Get tickets.
Music Box Theater: Feelin’ Groovy at Queensbury Theatre | Friday to Sunday | Closes Saturday, September 27 – Relive the sunny, easy vibes of the 1960s and ‘70s with this cabaret act featuring songs by The Beach Boys, Three Dog Night, Jefferson Airplane, and more. $42+. Times vary. Get tickets.
Curtain Call: Closing This Week
Houston Broadway Theatre’s American Psycho gives it one last stab at the Hobby Center on Sunday. That’s also your last day to see Houston Ballet’s Onegin at Wortham Center… before you can regret your choices down the road.
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