If you're a theater fan, mark your calendars: There's plenty to do when it comes to stage performances in Houston this week, from a classic Neil Simon play to a murder mystery. Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions. From the event description: When: Saturday, Jan. 18, 8 p.m. Click here for more details, and to get your tickets From the event description: When: Saturday, Jan. 18, 8 p.m. Click here for more details, and to get your tickets From the event description: When: Saturday, Jan. 18, 8:30 p.m. Click here for more details, and to get your tickets This story was created automatically using local event data, then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.
'California Suite'
A four-part comedy confection as only Neil Simon can write it! Four couples arrive in turn from London, Philadelphia, Chicago and New York and separately inhabit a Beverly Hills hotel suite, bringing along their problems, anxieties, and comical marital dilemmas. Neil Simon at his most humane, compassionate best.
Where: Theatre Southwest, 8944 Clarkcrest
Price: $10 'The Last Five Years'
Before it became a feature film starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan, "The Last Five Years" began as a stage musical that was hailed as one of the 10 Best Shows of 2001 by Time magazine. Get ready for some inventive and heartrending songs, not to mention a brilliant approach to story structure, at Houston’s Art Factory.
Where: Art Factory, 1125 Providence St.
Price: $12.50 'Murder at the Book Club'
A meeting of the Queen Anne Mystery Book Club takes a dark twist and strange messages put the group on edge. Tensions rise, accusations mount and a murder investigation begins.
Where: Theatre Suburbia, 4106 Way Out West Drive
Price: $9
Houston boasts a hot lineup of theater events this week
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