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The Houston arrival of the much-awaited return engagement of the national tour of Hamilton has been postponed, according to a Broadway at the Hobby announcement this morning. Who every thought that the juggernaut that is Hamilton could be stopped by an…
Read MoreIn a continuing effort to make free COVID-19 testing more accessible to all parts of the city, the Houston Health Department has announced some new locations and an extension of a mobile site starting Tuesday, May 5. And good news for people who’ve bee…
Read MoreAs it turns out, theaters like Houston’s Stages — live performance venues — are not included in the list of reopened businesses in Texas. It seems that movie theaters, which were allowed to start back up, are considered a different animal. So Stages Ar…
Read MoreHands down best news recently for Houston’s performing arts and their artists was Houston Grand Opera’s announcement that on the second try for money from the Payroll Protection Plan they were successful in securing $2.5 million and able to rehire the …
Read MoreAs Sylvester Turner prepared himself and his city for the governor-ordered Phase I reopening of Texas on Friday, the Houston mayor reported three more deaths and 98 more positive cases of COVID-19 Thursday. He once again repeated his mantra of caution….
Read MoreLooking for something to do to perk up your spirits amid the COVID-19 blues all you social distancing avant garders out there? Try this: Co-artistic director and actor Tamarie Cooper’s lovingly assembled favorite musical numbers from her recent shows. …
Read MoreIt was 1939 when NBC first televised an NFL game on TV (the Philadelphia Eagles lost to the then-named Brooklyn Dodgers). In 1956, CBS brought in regular Sunday pro football games. Rather than discouraging fans from attending games in person,…
Read MoreThe governor of Texas has made his decision to allow restaurants and malls to open up this Friday but Mayor Sylvester Turner made it clear in a Tuesday afternoon press conference that he isn’t in any hurry to rush out and about, no matter how much he w…
Read MoreA day after having her knees cut out from under her by the Texas governor as regards the possible fines accompanying violations of her 30-day mandatory mask order, Lina Hidalgo outlined a speeded-up three-point plan for containing the spread of COVID-1…
Read MoreIn an address that contained more than a few surprises — he didn’t open up hair salons after all — Gov. Greg Abbott Monday outlined his plan for en-energizing the Texas economy in a way that some will see as reckless and others as not enough. When his …
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