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September might just be the best and busiest month for theater and performing arts lovers in Houston. Local theater companies begin their 25-26 seasons and presenters bring in some of the biggest shows of the year.
Across the city, stages rock on with killer musicals, thrilling drama, and cutting comedy. We’ve got plays and musicals with some blockbuster cinematic history, shows with Tony Award-winning credentials, and dramas to inspire. And if that’s not enough, the Houston Ballet struts its stuff with the classics — classic rock that is.
American Psycho from Houston Broadway Theatre (September 2-September 14)
As one of Houston’s newest theater companies, HBT won attention for their anything but ordinary Next to Normal production last year. For their second show, they’re staging this killer musical based on the best-selling novel by Bret Easton Ellis and the now iconic 2000 film. The novel, film, and musical chronicle the fashion-perfect life of Patrick Bateman, a slick New York investment banker turned serial killer at night. Or is he?
This musical version of the twisty story first debuted in London in 2013 with music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Duncan Sheik and book by noted television and film writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. The show made its move to Broadway a few years later. Now, the creative team are working with HBT and director Joe Calarco on a revised script and score for a new vision of the thriller musical.