Local Theater

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (47+ words) CBS News is a trusted source for the latest in politics, U.S. and world news. The network is home to award-winning broadcasts CBS Mornings, CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes, CBS Sunday Morning, 48 Hours and Face the Nation. How high schools bring Broadway…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (275+ words) From Shakespeare and opera to ballet and family-friendly productions, Houston Theater Week returns Aug. 24-30 with buy-one-get-one-free ticket deals for the upcoming 2026-27 performing arts season. The annual promotion includes nearly 400 performances from 21 local performing arts organizations. Since launching in 2022, Houston Theater…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (42+ words) Hollywood stars like Daniel Radcliffe and Rachel Dratch took to the stage this Broadway season. CBS News' Taylor Masi spoke with some of the stars at the 2026 Tony Awards. Hollywood-turned Broadway stars open up at the Tonys: "I'm really proud…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (46+ words) Mo Rocca celebrates the career of a founding father of American theater: George M. Cohan (1878-1942), an actor, playwright, producer, and composer of such standards as "Give My Regards to Broadway," "The Yankee Doodle Boy," and "Over There." These United States: Broadway's…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (711+ words) June 7, 2026 / 9:18 AM EDT / CBS News That drama is what drives the revival of the musical in which the three star: "Ragtime." Asked to describe the show, Levy replied, "It's about three distinct groups of people coming together in America, and…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (55+ words) In this web exclusive, Broadway stars Brandon Uranowitz, Joshua Henry and Caissie Levy (each a Tony Award-nominated star of the musical revival "Ragtime") talk with correspondent Mo Rocca about their emotional connections with the show's story and themes – as artists,…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (391+ words) HOUSTON – There’s something quietly radical about a play that asks audiences to slow down and listen — really listen — to the inner lives of strangers. The title may suggest sci-fi, but Dear Alien is far more interested in the alienation of…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (860+ words) Robert Wilson used theater to change the way we see the world. The German playwright Heiner Müller once warned that you will not understand what Wilson was up to when you see his work. But give it a couple of…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (862+ words) Robert Wilson used theater to change the way we see the world. The German playwright Heiner Müller once warned that you will not understand what Wilson was up to when you see his work. But give it a couple of…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (56+ words) Actor Nathan Lane, who stars in the play "Death of a Salesman," was nominated for his seventh Tony Award. He spoke to "CBS Mornings" about why it was a lifelong dream for him to star in the play and his…...