Houston Theater District

Houston Theater District

The Houston Theater District, a 17-block area in the heart of Downtown Houston, USA, is home to Houston's nine performing arts organizations, the 130,000 square-foot Bayou Place entertainment complex, restaurants, movies, plazas and parks.

Rankings and recognition

The district, with 12,948 seats for live performances and 1,580 movie seats, ranks second in the United States for the number of theater seats in a concentrated downtown area and is one of only five cities with permanent professional resident companies in all of the major performing arts disciplines (the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Ballet, and The Alley Theatre). [cite web | title = Houston Arts and Museums | publisher = City of Houston eGovernment Center | url = http://www.houstontx.gov/abouthouston/artsandmuseums.html | accessdate = 2007-02-07] [" [http://www.houstontheaterdistrict.org/en/cms/?68 About Houston Theater District] ", "Houston Theater District". Retrieved on 2006-12-16.] [cite web | title = Performing and Cultural Arts | publisher = Houston Downtown Organization| url = http://www.houstondowntown.com/Home/Lifestyle/WhatToDo/PerformingandCulturalA/ | accessdate = 2007-11-04]

Houston is recognized as an important city for contemporary visual arts. The city is a prime stop for touring companies from Broadway; concerts and shows, from The Rolling Stones to Cirque du Soleil; and exhibitions for a variety of interests, ranging from the nation's largest quilting show to auto, boat and home shows.

The venues

Attractions

One of the several attractions in the district is the Bayou Place Entertainment Complex—a large multilevel building that is home to full service restaurants, bars, live music, billiards, multiple theatres and art house films. The Houston Verizon Wireless Theatre stages a variety of live concerts and the Angelika Theatre presents the latest in art, foreign and independent films.

History

Early venues in the district were the Sam Houston Coliseum and the Houston Music Hall.

Trivia

* More than two million people visit the Houston Theater District annually.
* The Houston Grand Opera is the only opera company in the U.S. to win a Grammy, a Tony, and an Emmy.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.houstontheaterdistrict.org Houston Theater District]
* [http://www.alleytheatre.org Alley Theatre]


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