Questions? Please contact at crayten@mainstreettheater.com
All proceeds benefit Main Street Theater and each of our programs: our nationally-recognized MainStage productions, Theater for Youth productions based on children’s literature, and Classes and Camps for children.
An Evening of Stories and Songs from Main Street Musicals Over the Years
Directed by Paul Hope
Musical Direction by Steven Jones
Questions? Please contact at shannon@mainstreettheater.com
By Jahnna Beecham & Malcolm Hillgartner
Based on the book The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
Directed by Robin Robinson
They’re back… When anything goes wrong at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, a Herdman probably did it! So when the teacher assigns a project that forces the students to think of compliments for their classmates – including the Herdmans – we learn a valuable lesson of not judging a book – or a Herdman! – by their cover!
Recommended for 3rd Grade and older.
LOCATION
MATCH
3400 Main St.
Houston, TX 77002
Directions
PERFORMANCES AND TICKETS
Weekend Performances:
Ticket Prices: $24 – $34
Sundays, April 19 & 26, 2026 at 12:30pm & 3:30pm
Saturdays, April 11, May 2 & 9, 2026 at 10:30am & 1:30pm
School Matinees:
School Group Tickets: $9.00 each (discount for Title I schools)
Mondays – Fridays, April 9 – May 15, 2026
Performances are at 9:30am & 11:30am
April 11 at 10:30am
Relaxed / Sensory-Friendly Performance
April 11 at 10:30am
Audio-described Performance
May 2 at 10:30am
ASL Performance
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Seating Charts
Parking/Dining
Learn more about available discounts here.
Running Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes including one 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 3rd Grade and older.
Children under the age of 3 (including sleeping babies) are not allowed in the theater.
Production Sponsor
Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation
Production Angels
John Drewer & David Jaqua
Community Partner
Media Sponsor
Vienna in 1900 was the most vibrant city in Europe, humming with artistic and intellectual excitement and a genius for enjoying life. A tenth of the population were Jews. A generation earlier they had been granted full civil rights by the Emperor, Franz Josef. Consequently, hundreds of thousands had fled from the East and many found sanctuary in the crowded tenements of the old Jewish quarter, Leopoldstadt.
Stoppard’s epic yet intimate drama centers on Hermann Merz whose extended family convene at their fashionable apartment on Christmas Day in 1899. Yet by the time the play closes, Austria has passed through the convulsions of war, revolution, impoverishment, annexation by Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, which stole the lives of 65,000 Austrian Jews alone. Leopoldstadt is a human and heartbreaking drama that follows multiple generations of this family as they reckon with a past – and a heritage – they cannot escape and a future they cannot control.
“This is a momentous new play. Tom Stoppard has reached back into his own family history to craft a work that is both epic and intimate; that is profoundly personal, but which concerns us all.” – The Financial Times
Winner of the 2023 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Foreign Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Play, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play.
“A heart-rending epic.” —The New York Times
“Brilliant and gorgeous. A masterpiece.” —Deadline
“Breathtakingly brilliant.” —Chicago Tribune
“Ranks among Mr. Stoppard’s greatest works…an inexpressibly moving, majestic play.” —Wall Street Journal
LOCATION
Main Street Theater – Rice Village
2540 Times Blvd.
Houston, TX 77005
Directions
PERFORMANCES AND TICKETS
March 28 – April 26 May 3, 2026
Previews: March 22, 26, 27
No performance Sunday, April 5
Extended through May 3
Thursdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 3:00pm
Tickets: $45 – $64 (based on availability)
March 29 at 3:00pm
Open “in-sync” Captioned Performance
HELPFUL INFO
Seating Charts
Parking/Dining
Learn more about available discounts here.
Running Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes 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.
Monday, March 2 at 6:45pm: Join us for a free, first read-thru of Leopoldstadt 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. THIS EVENT IS FULL.
Sunday, April 12: Join us following the matinee for a discussion with Marilyn Hassid, President of the Jewish Creativity International, about presenting Jewish Arts and Culture in the present days. Ms. Hassid is also the former Assistant Executive Director at Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston.
Sunday, April 19: Join us following the matinee for a discussion with Amy Frake about the history and the impact of the first 50 years of the 20th Century on the Jewish people. Ms. Drake is the Senior Associate Director of Education at the Boniuk Center for the Future of Holocaust, Human Rights and Genocide Studies at Holocaust Museum Houston.
Everyone is welcome at these post-show discussions, regardless of when you are seeing the play. Just plan to arrive at the theater about 5:00pm. Free to all.
Pride Night: Apr. 16 at 6:15pm, join us for our pre-show Happy Hour & then the SingOUT Cabaret starting at 6:45pm! Special thanks to media sponsor OutSmart Magazine and event sponsor Riven Productions HTX!
Closing Weekend Party: Apr. 25 in the lobby after the show
Free Beer Fridays, sponsored by Saint Arnold Brewing Company! Have a beer on us after the show!
Conceived by Tamara Siler
Musical Direction by Steven Jones
Directed by Andrew Ruthven
Enjoy specialty cocktails at the show:
$5 Mocktail: Saint’s Kiss: Sprite, grenadine, and a maraschino cherry garnish
$10 Cocktail – Sinner’s Curse: Jim Beam Black, Coke, and an orange slice/black cherry garnish
Tamara is a veteran of over 90 theatrical productions in and around Houston. Her first professional role was at Main Street Theater as Viney in THE MIRACLE WORKER. Since then, MST audiences might remember her in the following: WORKING, PUTTING IT TOGETHER (The Wife), DOG ACT (Zetta Stone), CAROLINE, OR CHANGE (Caroline), SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL (Sour Kangaroo). Around Houston, highlight performances include – Stages Repertory Theatre: PANTO HANSEL AND GRETEL (Witch) XANADU (2014, 2017 – Melpomene), BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL (Ruthie/Ned). Ensemble Theatre: FRONT PORCH SOCIETY (World Premiere – Winnie), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (Asaka). TUTS: THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS (Jewel), CHESS (Ensemble), LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Ronnette). Music Box Theatre: AVENUE Q (Gary Coleman). Bayou City Concert Musicals: ON THE TOWN (Hildy). Country Playhouse/Queensbury Theatre: HAIRSPRAY (Motormouth Maybelle), DREAMGIRLS (Effie). The Little Room Downstairs: A NEW BRAIN (Lisa). New Heights Theatre: THE LIFE (Queen). Cabaret: Paul Hope Cabarets at Ovations, Stages Studio Series. Film: First Mourner in the award-winning short film BULLY: A Musical. Tamara has served on four theatrical boards, and is the current treasurer for Thunderclap Productions. Thanks to Becky and Andrew for this special opportunity!
LOCATION
Main Street Theater – Rice Village
2540 Times Blvd.
Houston, TX 77005
Directions
PERFORMANCES AND TICKETS
May 30 – June 13, 2026
Preview: May 29
No performance June 6
Thursdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm
Friday, June 5 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm
Sundays at 3:00pm
Preview Tickets: $15 – $25
Regular Performance Tickets: $40 – $50
HELPFUL INFO
Seating Charts
Parking/Dining
Learn more about available discounts here.
Running Time: 1 hour 20 minutes including intermission.
Please note: no outside food/snacks are allowed at the theater. You may purchase concessions at the show.
Children under the age of 15 are not allowed in the theater.
Pride Night: Friday, June 5
Two shows! 7:30pm and 9:30pm
Drink specials and light bites all night!
Special thanks to media sponsor OutSmart Magazine and event sponsor Riven Productions HTX!
Free Beer Fridays, May 29 and June 12, sponsored by Saint Arnold Brewing Company! Have a beer on us after the show!
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*Renewals only are being accepted at this time. New subscribers will be canceled and refunded.
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There are two sides to every story, and when the Big, Bad Wolf takes the stand in Piggsylvania’s Trial of the Century, he finally gets his say. But will he get a fair trial in a corrupt piggy court? Join us as we discover what really happened and who was to blame. A whodunit for all ages!
Recommended for Pre-Kindergarten and older.
LOCATION
MATCH
3400 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002
Directions
PERFORMANCES AND TICKETS
Weekend & Holiday Performances:
Ticket Prices: $24 – $34
SATURDAYS: June 13, 20, 27 and July 11, 2026 at 10:30am & 1:30pm
SUNDAYS: June 21 & July 12, 2026 at 12:30pm & 3:30pm
Open to the Public
At the MATCH for Schools:
School Group Tickets: $9.00 each (discounts for Title I schools)
Monday, June 15 – Friday, July 10, 2026 at 9:30am or 11:30am
(No performances June 19, 22 and July 3)
On Tour for Schools:
(separate pricing)
Jan. 14 – May 22, 2026
March 15 at 12:30pm
Sensory-Friendly/Relaxed Performance
March 15 at 12:30pm
Audio Described Performance
July 12 at 12:30pm
ASL interpreted Performance
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Running Time: 1 hour and 20 minutes, with one 20 minute intermission
Please note: no outside food/snacks are allowed at the theater. You may purchase concessions at the show.
Recommended for Pre-Kindergarten and older.
Children under the age of 3 (including sleeping babies) are not allowed in the theater.
And check out our BILINGUAL SESSION! (English/Spanish) – Session 3 at MATCH! AND our new FIRST COLONY location!
