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Top Shows To See In Houston In February

Kevin, January 21st, 2025

From Drunk Shakespeare To Starwars - there’s much to choose from!

A round of applause to all of us for showing those January blues who's boss! And what better way to celebrate making it through the hardest month of all than by skipping the movies and seeing all the action live on stage? Your local theater offers some of the best shows that Houston has to offer, with Broadway classics right on your doorstep, the hottest sing-along concerts to snap a selfie at, and so much more. Check out the list below!

December - A Love Years in the Making at Hubbard Stage

December - A Love Years in the Making

Feb 1 - 2

Hubbard Stage

Love, connection and poetry are the orders of the day in December a love years in the making. Written by Marisela Trevio Orta and directed by Marcela Lorca, the romantic comedy follows the beautifully evolving relationship between Carolina, a professor of poetry, Benjamin, her former student, as the two Minnesota-based Texans' bond deepens across 20 years through letters, shared writings, poems and the art of waiting.

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Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Live at Cullen Theater
Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Live

Feb 14

Cullen Theater

For the first time ever, the Fraggles are going on tour across the United States on a hunt for the Great Song Stone! Join Gobo Fraggle as he takes his friends on an ambitious musical journey for the legendary long-lost treasure that holds the greatest song to ever exist. Prepare to see the Fraggles as you never have before, as they walk around the stage and are joined by giant Gorgs and mechanized Doozers. Don't miss out on this magical and hilarious night of song and adventure for all the family.

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The Glass Menagerie at Hubbard Stage
The Glass Menagerie

Feb 21 - 28

Hubbard Stage

As the writer himself is considered one of the greats of American drama so too is The Glass Menagerie thought of as one of his finest work. Telling the story of faded Southern Belle Amanda and her domineering personality over her children as she attempts to adapt to the poverty she now discovers herself in, it's a bittersweet memory play that crystalizes one bygone era whilst yearning for another through the lens of a fragile family.

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Drunk Shakespeare at The Emerald Theatre

Drunk Shakespeare

Feb 1 - 28

The Emerald Theatre

Take a journey to a mysterious hidden venue where mayhem awaits! Enter through a secret door and discover a glam cocktail bar and library where the infamous Drunk Shakespeare Society are ready to perform! But the main event really begins when one actor takes to the stage after at least five shots of whiskey and attempts to perform an entire play by William Shakespeare. No two shows are the same, four sober actors must try and keep the script going whilst one actor tackles the script through blurred vision and slurred words.

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Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back In Concert at Jones Hall for the Performing Arts

Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back In Concert

Feb 21 - 22

Jones Hall for the Performing Arts

Join your local orchestra as they present a screening of George Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan's 1980 sci-fi masterpiece, the second in the original Star Wars trilogy, with John Williams' unforgettable score played live in accompaniment. Regarded by many as the strongest entry in the franchise, The Empire Strikes Back sees the rebellion doing battle with the Galactic Empire once again.

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The Texas Tenors at Charles Bender Performing Arts Center

The Texas Tenors

Feb 22

Charles Bender Performing Arts Center

If someone mentions the word opera, you probably think Italy, maybe Germany but... Texas?! Well, The Texas Tenors are changing that perception all right. Combining elements of opera, country music, and pop, the songs you can expect to hear at a Texas Tenors concert range from 'Unchained Melody' to 'Nessun Dorma' to 'My Way'.

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Big - The Musical at Crighton Theatre

Big - The Musical

Feb 7 - 23

Crighton Theatre

The movie that launched a thousand wishes for giant floor keyboards, 1988's Big is on its way to tickle the ivories in Houston! Big - The Musical adapts to the stage the story of one Josh Baskin, a pre-teen frustrated with being treated like a kid, who wishes he was a grown-up. Follow him as he wakes up one morning to find his greatest wish granted - he's now a 30-year-old man!

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Houston Ballet - In The Night at Brown Theater
Houston Ballet - In The Night

Feb 27

Brown Theater

Houston Ballet features three evocative works that blend classical elegance with contemporary insight into the complexity of human relationships, with Jerome Robbins' In the Night at its heart. A one-act masterpiece set to the sublime piano nocturnes of Frdric Chopin, it was first performed in 1970 by the New York City Ballet, with Robbins' choreography delving into the spectrum of romantic connection through three distinct couples.

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Gabriel Iglesias at Toyota Center

Gabriel Iglesias

Feb 14

Toyota Center

Don't worry, be fluffy! The iconic stand-up known for his bold Hawaiian print shirts and larger-than-life personality is touring in 2025! Iglesias' comedic style combines his talent for storytelling with voicing characters and brilliantly realistic sound effects. Throw into the mix his cross-cultural and clean-spoken style of comedy, and you have a rare gem who has far-reaching appeal for family audiences too.

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