The Houston Ballet brings back The Nutcracker to the Wortham Center this year after the covid hiatus.
The ballet's marketing people tells us, "Bring the family back to the theater to share the joy of Clara’s magical journey to the Kingdom of Sweets this holiday season! Stanton Welch’s 
The Nutcracker is a grand spectacle of opulence and one of the most splendid versions of this holiday classic ever staged. With hundreds of roles and a myriad of exquisite details that will leave you discovering something new in every performance, Welch’s The Nutcracker is a positively joyous treat for ballet lovers of all ages. Rejoice in the return of this time-honored tradition!"
The Nutcracker we all know has become a holiday favorite and was created in 1892 as a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Op. 71). The libretto is adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King".
Singer-songwriter Brian McKnight for years has been turning out chart-topping and being 
nominated for numerous music awards. This weekend McKnight and Sebastian Mikael will be in Southwest Houston at The Arena Theatre.
This weekend its Bob Schneider and The Moonlight Orchestra with a kick off to the holidays.
Concert goers will hear their favorite holiday standards and will also be able to dance in their seats to Schneider''s popular song book.
One thing Schneider has excelled at in his career is bringing audiences back. Though he has received little national press or major label support, he has managed to become one of the biggest acts in Austin, if not in Texas.
The Grand Ol’ Christmas Show is a live, one-of-a-kind musical variety show bringing all-time 
favorite Christmas classics and original sketch comedy antics to theaters across Texas. This weekend the troup of players will be in Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center.
Deon Cole is a comedian, writer, and actor and can currently be seen as Charlie on ABC’s "Black-ish" and Freeform’s "Grownish". For his work on "Black-ish", Cole won Outstanding 
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the 51st NAACP Image Awards, last year and again at the 52nd NAACP Image Awards for 2021.
This Thanksgiving weekend its Dean Cole in northwest Houston and The Improv.
When The Band of Heathens decided to dub their sixth studio album of original material Stranger (its first since 2017’s Duende), the veteran band, formed in Austin, TX nearly 15 years ago, had no idea how prophetic that title would turn out to be.
This weekend the group is in northwest Houston at 
Although the name references the famed existential Albert Camus novel and Robert Heinlein’s sci-fi classic Stranger in a Strange Land, it also touches on the “strangers” who make up the band’s loyal fan base, who supported the band during this period with all touring canceled.
As co-founder Ed Jurdi acknowledges, it is certainly an unusual time to release a new album. “The strangest,” he says. “Maybe no time stranger. Since we started, there have been sweeping, revolutionary changes in the music business, but, in this global pandemic, we’re just a microcosm.”
