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PDFSociety for the Performing Arts
Society for the Performing Arts brings the world's greatest performing artists and companies to Houston. Each year, SPA presents internationally acclaimed artists from the entire performing arts spectrum, traditional to avant-garde alike, from large orchestras and dance companies to recitalists and solo performers, for an entire season of events.
In the last 40 years, SPA has sponsored more than 750 performances of the world’s finest music, dance and theater events, including the Houston premieres of some of the finest artists of our time.
Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau - Member since 1986
Blue Man Group
- Location: Jones Hall
- Address: 615 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002
- June 04, 2013 - June 09, 2013
Blue Man Group returns to thrill Houston with its high-octane theatrical experience. Escape the ordinary and surround yourself in an explosion of come... View Details
Jessica Lang Dance
- Location: Wortham Theater Center, Cullen Theater
- Address: 500 Texas, Houston, TX 77002
- September 20, 2013 - September 20, 2013
Prolific American choreographer Jessica Lang has attained exceptional success in a short time. Hailed as "a master of visual composition" by... View Details
Van Cliburn Gold Medalist
- Location: Wortham Theater Center
- Address: 500 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002
- September 28, 2013 - September 28, 2013
Be one of the first to witness the next piano sensation when the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medalist makes his/her Ho... View Details
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble
- Location: Jones Hall
- Address: 615 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002
- October 11, 2013 - October 11, 2013
Regarded as one of the greatest folkloric dance ensembles in the world, the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble returns to wow Houston audiences this fall. ... View Details
Paul Taylor Dance Company
- Location: Jones Hall
- Address: 615 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002
- October 12, 2013 - October 12, 2013
The incomparable Paul Taylor Dance Company returns to Houston for one night only with a program that includes Airs, Esplanade and Sunset, and will fea... View Details
Audra McDonald
- Location: Wortham Theater Center
- Address: 500 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002
- October 19, 2013 - October 19, 2013
Broadway legend Audra McDonald returns to the concert stage after four seasons on the hit ABC television series "Private Practice," and afte... View Details
Takács Quartet
- Location: Stude Hall
- Address: 6100 S. Main, Houston, TX 77005
- October 24, 2013 - October 24, 2013
Founded in Hungary in 1975, Grammy Award-winning Takàcs Quartet performs with a unique blend of drama, warmth and humor, combining four distinc... View Details
YAMATO—The Drummers of Japan
- Location: Jones Hall
- Address: 615 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002
- October 25, 2013 - October 25, 2013
Back by popular demand, YAMATO--The Drummers of Japan have enthralled audiences for nearly 20 years with passion, excitement and sheer force. With a m... View Details
2CELLOS
- Location: Wortham Theater Center
- Address: 500 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002
- November 01, 2013 - November 01, 2013
Young Croatian cellists Luka Šuli? and Stjepan Hauser achieved sensational success by taking the cello to a new level and breaking the boundari... View Details
Shanghai Ballet
- Location: Jones Hall
- Address: 615 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002
- November 05, 2013 - November 05, 2013
Direct from China, the world-renowned Shanghai Ballet will arrive in Houston this fall to perform one of its signature works, The Butterfly Lovers. Th... View Details
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
- Location: Wortham Theater Center
- Address: 500 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002
- November 20, 2013 - November 20, 2013
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, fondly referred to as the "Ukes," proudly asserts that all music, whether by Tchaikovsky or Otis Red... View Details
ABBA The Concert
- Location: Jones Hall
- Address: 615 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002
- December 06, 2013 - December 06, 2013
Get ready for a live, two-hour musical extravaganza direct from Sweden when ABBA The Concert sweeps into Houston. Follow the quartet through songs fro... View Details
Pilobolus
- Location: Jones Hall
- Address: 615 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002
- January 10, 2014 - January 10, 2014
Founded in 1971, Pilobolus has built its giant and fervent international following by consistently proving the human body to be the most expressive, u... View Details
ELVIS LIVES—The Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Tour
- Location: Jones Hall
- Address: 615 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002
- January 17, 2014 - January 18, 2014
ELVIS LIVES, The Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Event, is an unforgettable multimedia and live musical journey across Elvis' life. His iconic style emb... View Details
Forbidden Broadway
- Location: Wortham Theater Center
- Address: 500 Texas, Houston, TX 77002
- January 25, 2014 - January 25, 2014
The Tony Award-winning Forbidden Broadway is a hilarious night of sketch comedy that parodies musicals that have been hits on the Great White Way! In ... View Details
Mark Morris Dance Group
- Location: Wortham Theater Center
- Address: 500 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002
- January 31, 2014 - February 01, 2014
SPA welcomes the world-renowned Mark Morris Dance Group back to Houston with a program that will include A Wooden Tree, The Argument and Festival Danc... View Details
Peking Acrobats
- Location: Jones Hall
- Address: 615 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002
- February 07, 2014 - February 07, 2014
This troupe of China's most gifted performers, complemented by live musicians playing traditional Chinese instruments, returns to Houston for one nigh... View Details
SamulNori
- Location: Wortham Theater Center
- Address: 500 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002
- March 08, 2014 - March 08, 2014
SamulNori, a company of artists dedicated to showcasing traditional Korean arts, music and dance, was founded by Kim Duk-soo, the group's leader and m... View Details
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- Location: Jones Hall
- Address: 615 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002
- March 14, 2014 - March 15, 2014
Experience the power of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and see for yourself why this extraordinary company is hailed as America's cultural ambassa... View Details
Joffrey Ballet
- Location: Wortham Theater Center
- Address: 500 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002
- March 21, 2014 - March 21, 2014
The Joffrey Ballet, America's premier ballet company, returns to Houston for the first time since 2001. Now with a permanent residence in Chicago, nam... View Details
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
- Location: Jones Hall
- Address: 615 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002
- March 27, 2014 - March 27, 2014
Under the musical direction of Zubin Mehta, and led by Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda, the Orchestra will perform an impressive program t... View Details
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
- Location: Jones Hall
- Address: 615 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002
- April 05, 2014 - April 05, 2014
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, direct from Taiwan, will premiere in Houston this spring with the full-length work titled Songs of the Wanderers. A visually... View Details
Lise De La Salle
- Location: Wortham Theater Center
- Address: 500 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77002
- April 26, 2014 - April 26, 2014
The Washington Post gushed of Lise de la Salle's performance, "For much of the concert, the audience had to remember to breathe...the exhilaratio... View Details
It Gets Better
- Location: Jones Hall
- Address: 615 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002
- May 02, 2014 - May 02, 2014
IT GETS BETTER is a moving performance that utilizes the power of song and story to transform painful histories of bullying, harassment and discrimina... View Details
The Pedrito Martinez Group featuring Ariacne Trujillo
- Location: Miller Outdoor Theatre
- Address: 6000 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX 77030
- May 03, 2014 - May 03, 2014
The Pedrito Martinez Group has emerged as the tightest Afro-Cuban band in New York. The ensemble has its roots planted firmly in the rumba tradition, ... View Details
| Offer Title | Start Date | End Date | Offer Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15% Off Tickets! | 02/06/2013 | 06/08/2013 | Receive 15% off* on select performances when you purchase your tickets to events with Society for the Performing Arts (SPA) through June 2013! More... |
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