Houston Theater District
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The Houston Theater District, a 17-block area in the heart of Downtown Houston, Texas, United States, is home to Houston's nine professional performing arts organizations, the 130,000-square-foot (12,000 m2) Bayou Place entertainment complex, restaurants, movies, plazas, and parks. More than two million people visit the Houston Theater District annually.
Rankings and recognition
The district, with 19,341 seats for live performances and 1,580 movie seats and is one of only five American cities with permanent professional resident companies in all of the major performing arts disciplines: the
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
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Venues
- Alley Theatre
- Hubbard Stage
- Neuhaus Stage
- Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
- Sarofim Hall
- Zilkha Hall
- Jones Hall
- Bayou Place
- Wortham Theater Center
- Brown Theater
- Cullen Theater
Attractions
One of the several attractions in the district is the
History
Early venues in the district were the Sam Houston Coliseum and the Houston Music Hall.
Parks
Jones Plaza is in the district; it will be renamed Lynn Wyatt Square For The Performing Arts after Lynn Wyatt, in 2019, gave $10 million for a renovation.[4]
Transportation
The district is served by
References
- ^ "Houston Arts and Museums". City of Houston eGovernment Center. Retrieved February 7, 2007.
- ^ "About Houston Theater District Archived December 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine", Houston Theater District. Retrieved on December 16, 2006.
- ^ "Performing and Cultural Arts". Houston Downtown Organization. Retrieved November 4, 2007.
- ^ Ortiz, Alvaro "Al"; Elizabeth Trovall (October 7, 2019). "Houston Philanthropist Lynn Wyatt Gifts $10 Million To Renovate Jones Plaza". Houston Public Media. Retrieved October 11, 2019.