The weather may be hot outside, but there’s cool offerings inside Conroe’s two downtown theaters this summer.
The historic Crighton Theatre and nearby Owen Theatre have shows planned throughout the summer.
Here’s what to know about what’s going on at downtown Conroe’s theaters this summer.
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The Billy Joel Experience
The “Piano Man — The Billy Joel Experience” is coming to the Crighton Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The show promises to entertain crowds with a tribute to performer Billy Joel. Starring pianist and vocalist Tim Georgeff, as the “Piano Man,” Georgeff and his band focus on details to authentically recreate Joel’s music and live-stage performances, in both sound and vision.
Tickets are $60 and can be purchased on the Crighton Theatre website. The theater is at 234 N. Main St.
“Butterflies Are Free”
The Players Theatre Company will close out its 2023-24 season with the four-person American comedy-drama “Butterflies Are Free.” The show opens at the Owen Theatre at 225 Metcalf St. in downtown Conroe June 21 and continues weekends through July 7.
Set in the 1970s, Don Baker, a blind young man, moves into his own apartment against the wishes of his overprotective mother. Jill Tanner, the freethinking young woman next door, takes a liking to him and his meticulously kept apartment. As they begin a closer relationship, Don’s mother, Mrs. Baker, enters to “help” her son navigate his new life.
Shawn Havranek directs. The cast includes Carlos A. Soto as Don, Christina Taylor Wood as Jill, Peg Sampson as Mrs. Baker and David Chapin as Ralph.
Tickets are $25 at owentheatre.com or by calling the box office at 936-539-4090.
“Beauty and the Beast”
Stage Right of Texas, resident theater troupe of the Crighton Theatre in downtown Conroe, presents “Beauty and the Beast” July 5-21.
Based on the hit 1991 Disney animated feature and dating back to a late 18th-century classic French fairy tale, “Beauty and the Beast” tells the story of Belle, a beautiful and intelligent young woman who feels out of place in her provincial French village and tells of her relationship with the Beast who has imprisoned her father.
Sara Preisler directs and Melisa Argüello is “Belle.” Tickets are $20 to $30 and can be purchased on the Crighton Theatre website.
“Rocky Horror Show” fundraiser
From July 13-21, The Players host “The Rocky Horror Show 2024 Fundraiser” at the Owen Theatre. In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter played here by Colton Land. They are quickly swept up in the scientist’s latest experiment, and the night’s misadventures cause Brad and Janet to question everything.
Tickets are $30 on the Owen Theatre website.
“Joseph & The Technicolor Dreamcoat”
The students of the annual Jim Bingham Summer Youth Camp held each July at the Crighton Theatre will present “Joseph & The Technicolor Dreamcoat” Aug. 1-4.
The camp for young actors is named for Jim Bingham the 30-year executive director of the Crighton Theatre. He died in July 2022 at age 71.
The show is based on the story of Joseph from the Book of Genesis in the Bible. Tickets are $8 to $15 and may be purchased on the Owen Theatre website.
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“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”
Christian Youth Theater presents “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” Aug. 9-18 at the Crighton Theatre.
In the play, an eccentric inventor, Caractacus Potts sets about restoring an old race car from a scrap heap with the help of his children, Jeremy and Jemima. They soon discover the car has magical properties, including the ability to float and take flight.
Ashlie Driver directs and Stephen Driver plays Caractacus Potts. Tickets go on sale at midnight June 29. Tickets are $25 to $28 and may be purchased on the Christian Youth Theater website.
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