6 Best Performing Arts Venues in Houston and Galveston, Texas

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We've compiled the best of the best in Houston and Galveston - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.

The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

This Robert A. M. Stern–designed center's two opulent theaters, Zilkha Hall and Sarofim Hall, host Broadway Across America and Theater Under the Stars productions.

800 Bagby St., Houston, TX, 77002, USA
713-315--2400

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Alley Theatre

Houston's resident professional theater company is set in a fortress-like low-lying structure.

615 Texas Ave., Houston, TX, 77002, USA
713-220--5700

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The Ensemble Theatre

Midtown

The largest professional African-American theater company in the Southwest stages gripping performances on its own stage in Midtown.

3535 Main St., Houston, TX, 77002, USA
713-520--0055

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The Grand 1894 Opera House

The Grand 1894 Opera House stages musicals and hosts concerts year-round. It's worth visiting for the ornate architecture alone. Sarah Bernhardt and Anna Pavlova both performed on this storied stage.

2020 Postoffice St., Galveston, TX, 77550, USA
800-821–1894

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Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts

This hall, home to the Houston Symphony Orchestra and the Society for the Performing Arts, appears almost encased by a second, colonnaded building. Its teak auditorium is more attractive than the exterior.

615 Louisiana St., Houston, TX, 77002, USA
832-487--7050

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Wortham Theater Center

The Houston Grand Opera and the Houston Ballet perform in this center's two side-by-side venues, the Roy and Lillie Cullen Theater and the Alice and George Brown Theater.

501 Texas Ave., Houston, TX, 77002, USA
832-487--7000

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