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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Based on the MGM Motion Picture
Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman
Adapted for the Stage by Jeremy Sams
Licensed Script Adapted by Ray Roderick
Caractacus Potts and his children, Jeremy and Jemima embark on the ride of a lifetime with their out-of-this-world car, the one – the only – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! Based on the beloved film, this “Truly Scrumptious” musical is a high-flying, fun-filled adventure for the entire family.
Recommended for Kindergarten and older.
What audiences are saying:
“I am a full on LOVER of the original ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.’ I was ready to sing ALL the songs (My car is even nicknamed Toot Sweet)! I was also ready to be potentially disappointed if the play didn’t live up to the movie I love so much. But the production was phenomenal!!!! The actors and actresses were so extraordinarily talented, the set was beautiful – it was truly a wonderful experience!” -Carynn H.
LOCATION
MATCH
3400 Main St.
Houston, TX 77002
Directions
PERFORMANCES AND TICKETS
Weekend Performances:
Ticket Prices: $20 – $30
June 11 – July 31, 2022
SATURDAYS: June 11, 18, & 25 and July 9, 23, & 30, 2022 at 10:30am & 1:30pm
SUNDAYS: July 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2022 at 12:30pm & 3:30pm
Summer Camp/Homeschool Matinees:
Tickets: $7.00 each
June 13 – Friday, July 15, 2022
Mondays – Fridays: 9:30am & 11:30am
Sunday, July 10 at 3:30pm
Relaxed / Sensory-Friendly Performance
Saturday, July 25 at 10:30am
Audio-described Performance
Saturday, June 25 at 1:30pm
ASL Performance
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Running Time: 1 hour and 30minutes including a 20 minute intermission.
Please note: no outside food/snacks are allowed at the theater. You may purchase concessions at the show at PUBLIC performances.
Recommended for Kindergarten and older.
Children under the age of 3 (including sleeping babies) are not allowed in the theater.
2022 – 2023 Theater for Youth Season
Subscriptions for our 2022-2023
Theater for Youth Season are now closed!
Create a 3 Production Package, 4 Production Package, or the whole season with a 5 Production Package, and save on single ticket prices AND receive great benefits, including:
- Free, unlimited TICKET EXCHANGES throughout the season.
- LOWEST TICKET PRICE with no ticketing fees.
- Access to the BEST SEATS before single tickets go on sale to the public.
- PRIORITY ACCESS for our Holiday Subscription add-ons.
- Discounted tickets for additional purchases to the Theater for Youth and the MainStage (in Rice Village).
Register Now for Spring Break Camp!
We have classes and camps all year long
at Main Street Theater!
Registration is now OPEN for:
Spring Break Camp
Summer Camp
Click here for all the details!
All Classes & Camps held at MST – Rice Village, 2540 Times Blvd.
Register Now for Spring Break Camp!
We have classes and camps all year long
at Main Street Theater!
Registration is now OPEN for:
Spring Break Camp!
Click here for all the details!
All Classes & Camps held at MST – Rice Village, 2540 Times Blvd.
Looking for Summer Camp info? Click here.
Miss Nelson Is Missing
Miss Nelson Is Missing
Book, Music & Lyrics by JOAN CUSHING
Based on the book “Miss Nelson is Missing” and
“Miss Nelson is Back” by HARRY ALLARD
Illustrated by JAMES MARSHALL
“The kids in Room 207 were misbehaving again. Spitballs stuck to the ceiling. Paper planes whizzing through the air. They were the worst-behaved class in the whole school.” But when Miss Nelson disappears and the mean-looking substitute Miss Viola Swamp takes her place, the children are so desperate they hire a detective to find Miss Nelson in this wacky whodunit hit!
Recommended for Kindergarten and older.
LOCATION
MATCH
3400 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002
Directions
PERFORMANCES AND TICKETS
Weekend & Holiday Performances:
Ticket Prices: $18 – $28
Sundays, March 5 & 12, 2023 at 12:30pm and 3:30pm
Saturdays, March 25 & April 1, 2023 at 10:30am and 1:30pm
Friday, April 7 at 1:30pm
Open to the Public
School Matinees:
School Group Tickets: $8.00 each (discount for Title I schools)
Mondays – Fridays:
March 1 – April 6, 2023
Performances are at 9:30am, 11am & 12:30pm
(No 12:30pm on March 1 & no performances March 13 – 18)
April 1 at 10:30am
Sensory-Friendly/Relaxed Performance
March 12 at 12:30pm
Audio Described Performance
Advance Reservations Required (7 days minimum). Click here to reserve.
April 1 at 1:30pm
ASL Performance
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Running Time: 1 hour and 20 minutes, including a 20 minute intermission.
Please note: no outside food/snacks are allowed at the theater. You may purchase concessions at the show.
Recommended for Kindergarten and older.
Children under the age of 3 (including sleeping babies) are not allowed in the theater.
2021-2022 Subscriptions
The Oldest Boy
The Oldest Boy
Regional Premiere
By Sarah Ruhl
An American mother and a Tibetan father have a three-year-old son believed to be the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama, a spiritual master. When a Tibetan lama and a monk come to their home unexpectedly, asking to take their child away for a life of spiritual training in India, the parents must make a life-altering choice that will test their strength, their marriage, and their hearts. The Oldest Boy is a richly emotional journey filled with music, dance, puppetry, ritual, and laughter — it’s Sarah Ruhl at her imaginative best.
“Gently emotional and touchingly intelligent, Main Street Theater’s production of The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies is a gripping, thought-provoking play.” Read the entire Houston Press Review
“This is easily one of Main Street Theater’s strongest offerings this year, and it is a show that is well-thought through and exquisitely paced…THE OLDEST BOY is about as perfect as you can manage to get in live theater, and it offers a lot to consider…Main Street Theater seems designed specifically for this kind of meditation, and THE OLDEST BOY is representative of the company at its utmost best.” Read the entire BroadwayWorld Houston review
“I just had a marvelous evening with The Oldest Boy and his deeply affecting parents….My appreciation runs deep. I have studied and lived with Tibetans, especially Tibetan scholars and meditation masters, on and off for nearly 50 years. The conversation between traditional Tibetan and contemporary American perspectives is part of my life and central to The Oldest Boy….The Oldest Boy is a moving and entertaining reflection on, among other things, the expansiveness of human possibility. It’s quite a marvel for both mind and heart. Don’t miss it!” Read the entire reflection by Dr. Anne C. Klein, founder of Dawn Mountain Tibetan Buddhist Temple, Community Center and Research Institute.
LOCATION
Main Street Theater – Rice Village
2540 Times Blvd.
Directions
PERFORMANCES AND TICKETS
Apr 2 – 23, 2023
Previews: Mar 26, 30, 31, 2023
(No performances April 1 or 9)
Thursdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 3:00pm
Tickets: $35 – $59
Sunday, Mar 26, 2023 at 3pm
Open “in-sync” Captioned Performance
HELPFUL INFO
Seating Charts
Parking/Dining
Learn more about available discounts here.
Running Time: 2 Hours including a 15 minute intermission
Please note: no outside food/snacks are allowed at the theater. You may purchase concessions at the show.
Children under the age of 9 are not allowed in the theater.
Monday, March 6 at 6:45pm: Join us for a free, first read-thru of The Oldest Boy at our Rice Village location, 2540 Times Blvd. You get to be a fly on the wall for the very first rehearsal, hearing the cast read the play aloud for the first time together. Connect with the production from it’s very beginning and then see the arc of the process when you come back to see the full show. To RSVP, please click here.
Sunday, April 2: Join us Sunday, April 2 following the matinee for a discussion with Tibetan Buddhism expert Alejandro Chaoul, PhD, Huffington Foundation Endowed Director of The Jung Center’s Mind Body Spirit Institute, Adjunct Faculty, UT Medical School and MD Anderson Cancer Center; Fellow of the Mind & Life Institute. following the matinee for a discussion with Tibetan Buddhism expert Alejandro Chaoul, PhD, Huffington Foundation Endowed Director of The Jung Center’s Mind Body Spirit Institute, Adjunct Faculty, UT Medical School and MD Anderson Cancer Center; Fellow of the Mind & Life Institute. Even if you are seeing the play on another day, you are welcome to join us. Just plan to arrive at the theater about 5:00pm.
Thursday, April 20 at 6:45pm: Join us for a pre-show Happy Hour with special guest host Judy Peach! Special thanks to our media sponsor OutSmart Magazine and our production partner Michael’s Outpost.
Free Beer Fridays, sponsored by Saint Arnold’s! Have a beer on us after the show!
Production Partners
Jim Salners
Efraín Corzo and Andrew Bowen
Season Sponsor
The Best of Everything
The Best of Everything
Regional Premiere
Adapted by Julie Kramer
Based on the book by Rona Jaffe
Imagine “Madmen” meets “Sex and the City!” The Best of Everything is the new adaptation of Rona Jaffe’s 1958 bestseller about ambitious secretaries in the big city. These girls want thrilling careers and grand adventures—and husbands and children too, in due time. Today we call that “having it all.” These gals call it “the best of everything.” And wisely enough, they’re not sure it’s possible.
“It’s Stage Door in a Mad Men world, with a jigger of Peyton Place, and Kramer treats its soapiness like a bubble bath whose froth conceals some pretty dirty water.” —Time Out NY “This clever adaptation of Rona Jaffe’s novel is an absolute treat… The Best of Everything nimbly lives up to its title.” —TheaterMania.
LOCATION
Main Street Theater – Rice Village
2540 Times Blvd.
Directions
PERFORMANCES
May 20 – Jun 18, 2023
Previews: May 14, 18, 19, 2023
Thursdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 3:00pm
Tickets: $35 – $59
Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 3pm
Open “in-sync” Captioned Performance
HELPFUL INFO
Seating Charts
Parking/Dining
Learn more about available discounts here.
Running Time: 2 hours including one 15 minute intermission.
Please note: no outside food/snacks are allowed at the theater. You may purchase concessions at the show.
Children under the age of 9 are not allowed in the theater.
James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach
Based on the book by Roald Dahl
Dramatized by Richard R. George
After his parents’ tragic death by rhinoceros, James is sent to live with his horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. The contents of a magic bag transform an old peach tree into a portal to an amazing adventure with a host of fantastical creatures on a giant peach!
Recommended for 1st Grade and older.
For over 43 years, Main Street Theater has had a reputation for bringing thoughtful, entertaining, and fun adaptations of children’s books to life. Recently a social media post was made about our usage of cross-gender casting. This is a technique we have used for years (which has produced great humor!) to allow us to produce works with smaller casts. In addition, there was a question of the use of pronouns for the insects. True to Dahl’s book, the Glowworm explains that it is not a male but rather a female because male Glowworms do not light up.
We hope that you will reach out to our box office or school booking line if you need clarification on content. We are always happy to help!
Public Box Office: 713-524-6706
School Bookings Office: 713-524-9196
Parents can order mementos of your visit in advance and have them ready when you come to the theater. Orders may be placed by clicking the image to the left or scanning the QR code.
LOCATION
MATCH
3400 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002
Directions
PERFORMANCES AND TICKETS
Weekend & Holiday Performances:
Ticket Prices: $18 – $28
Sundays, April 23 & 30, 2023 at 12:30pm & 3:30pm
Saturdays, May 6 & 13, 2023 at 10:30am & 1:30pm
School Matinees:
School Group Tickets: $8.00 each (discounts for Title I schools)
Mondays – Fridays
April 19 – May 19, 2023
Performances are at 9:30am, 11am & 12:30pm
(No 12:30pm on April 19)
April 30 at 12:30pm
Sensory-Friendly/Relaxed Performance
April 30 at 3:30pm
Audio Described
Advance Reservations Required (7 days minimum). Click here to reserve.
May 6 at 1:30pm
ASL Performance
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Seating Charts
Parking/Dining
Learn more about available discounts here.
Running Time: 1 hour and 20 minutes including a 20 minute intermission.
Please note: no outside food/snacks are allowed at the theater. You may purchase concessions at the show.
Recommended for 1st Grade and older
Children under the age of 3 (including sleeping babies) are not allowed in the theater.