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Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey

August TV Drive is ongoing! Visionary Leader Andrea Bryant $25k matching challenge

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“The Sweet Potato Queens” World Première Production At TUTS Underground

Posted on March 21, 2016 · A conversation with creators Melissa Manchester, Sharon Vaughn and Rupert Holmes.

Tags Jill Conner Browne Melissa Manchester musical theatre Rupert Holmes Sharon Vaughn Sweet Potato Queens TUTS Underground world premiere

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Posted on March 16, 2022 · With numbers down, local arts organizations are opening their doors to wider audiences and lifting mask and testing requirements for audience members.

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Award Winning Song Writer Sharon Vaughn Reinvents Her Sound

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Posted on May 7, 2021 · After decades of writing music for some of the biggest names in country music, then Euro-pop, Vaughn wrote a musical COVID.

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Thursday’s Houston Matters: Back-To-School Plans At Fort Bend ISD, And Parenting In A Pandemic (July 30, 2020)

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Posted on July 30, 2020 · On Thursday's show: Fort Bend ISD Superintendent Charles Dupre, the unique challenges of online education, parenting in a pandemic, and adapting musical theater for the web.

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Full Show: Migrant Detention Upsurge, And Answers To Your Questions About Sleep (June, 6, 2019)

Posted on June 6, 2019 · On Thursday's Houston Matters: What's behind an increase in migrants detained at the border, answers to your questions about sleep, and the daunting task of re-staging Jerome Robbins' Broadway.

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