Hobby Center For The Preforming Arts Reviews

The tickets received were not the ones selected. This is the second time that we had tickets switcher on us. There won't be a third. Staff trying to clarify what happened was lovely. Being at Hobby Center was a strange and stressful evening.....not welcome when tickets for two were almoat $400. Terrible evening.

Ps. The woman next to my husband spilled a glass of wine on his pants leg. Since when are drinks allowed into a tight seating area?!!

Saw Hamilton here, they handled the crowds perfectly, allowing pre-purchase of drinks for intermission so no long waits in line, also had many attendants directing traffic in the ladies restroom during intermission. Wonderful venue.

Comfortable theater and helpful staff, but not enough parking.

Nice venue but parking downtown takes some getting used to.

Very nice and clean place.. would definitely be a good place for Houston to have showtime at the appollo.

One of the true gems of south-east Texas. Two fine venues with superb service from tickets through the theaters. Some excellence and challenging performances.

Great performance hall with easy parking and now even a light rail stop. Hard to find a bad seat anywhere.

It was great. Its a wonderful place to see plays and musicals

Volunteer staff was pleasant. Tight security. Comfortable seats. Not sure if it is the design of the building's acoustics or the sound engineer for the Color Purple, but some dialogue was difficult to hear, (volume)

Island musical production was terrific. Facility has great overall design

I love this theater! The seats are lovely. They have plenty of bathrooms on the first floor (over 50 stalls approximately), the shows are wonderful. We are so lucky to get New York quality Broadway shows performed by our own local Houston talent. We have been season ticket holders for the last 10 years. Always a joy!

Wonderful place to bring the family or your other half for a beautiful evening

Usually good experiences here, but many delays due to technical difficulties led to very late show start of a mid week show.

Great
seats!!

Downtown Houston in the theater district, always a great venue. We almost always eat at Artista located right in the building...great food followed by great performances! Plus convenient parking as well as valet parking.

Beautiful theater and the staff are extremely helpful.

The Hobby center is a nice venue for the Broadway shows that run here. Both Tuts and Broadway across America use the large stage as their Houston home. They could use some restrooms on floors other than the lower level. There is an average but not spectacular restaurant on premises.

Great crowd control for the women's bathrooms: I was in and out in less than 5 minutes despite a long line.

Raise your hand if you miss the old Sam Houston Coliseum and Music Hall, which stood on this spot from the Great Depression until the late '90s. Yeah, that's what I thought. Very comfortable and modern, and thank you for occasionally donating tickets to veterans groups, so my husband & I can go without spending a few grand...gnome sayin'?

Tedeschi Trucks band sound was perfect, great venue for live music.

I've really enjoyed a couple of nice dates here. The plays are well casted, executed, and enjoyable. Parking in Houston is my least favorite, in general, but be prepared to spend 45 minutes - 1 hour in the parking upon leaving.

But the sylheti and plays are wonderful as always but the food is a huge rip off! Both quality and price was unacceptable

It was awesome we had a wonderful time and the after party the actors the crew we're very sweet and fantastic people. And everyone was so friendly and it was my mother-in-law's first time there. and it was her first time to meet a drag queen and to see like a show and singing. So thank you for such a wonderful time at the Hobby Center and the after party.

The Nut Cracker never fails every year....beautiful extravagant! No words:)

Love this facility and the worlderful shows they produce. Always absolutely blown away.

There's not a bad seat in the house! Very nice set up.

Great place and we're lucky to have it. Love the TUTS underground shows

was very loud. the design of the theatre doesnt require the actors to be amplified but all of them have a mic. the cooking on bottom floor floods the upper levels to a very undesirable degree.

Came to see The Color Purple Musical and it was amazing! Everything was wonderful, very pleasant experience.

Always a great time! Best place for dinner and a show for sure!

I loved the show. I only gave it 4 stars because the parking garage was 6 stories tall with only one entrance and one exit and two elevators. It took forever to leave. We stood in a long line to wait for the elevator. Then it took about 40 minutes to get out since we were on the top floor. We will never park the again. We will go across the street.

Love this place and really liked seeing Sleeping Beauty.

Great venue, nice restaurant on site, helpful and friendly staff, great place for a concert

A magical place that I dearly enjoy to attend whenever the opportunity presents. A lot of great nights here.

Phenomenal experience, definitely a place to see a show. It is very classy and the service is amazing. We saw Alladin and it was a wonderful show!

Great venue and small so very easy to walk around! Will return.

Great musicals this year! The seating is a bit small.

The staff here are lovely and my daughter had a wonderful time for her first time, and even went on stage. So much fun!

This is a fabulous venue. I've sat in various parts of the main area and always had a good view, even from very high up. They've added food and drink options recently, which were a good addition. And their systems for intermission bathroom breaks are almost surreal! As tons of people swarm the bathrooms the attendants are on hand to direct everyone through in an almost-constant stream. It was crazy.
Also, keep your eyes on the starry ceiling for long enough and you'll see a shooting star. I don't know why but I always love watching for it.

The venue is so beautiful and is such a wonderful place to see so many different performances. The staff was so friendly and helpful as well!

Have been a season ticket holder for ten years. Saw "Oklahoma" presented by Theater Under the Stars (TUTS). Have heard all the popular songs but never saw the performance. Really nice show. TUTS offers a wide variety of musicals with top notch talent from the Houston area as well as singers and dancers from the traveling shows. Garage, underground, and valet parking is available. They are still working on the underground tunnel from the parking to the Hobby Center so elevator is not available. You will need to climb two flights of stairs and cross the street to get to the Center.

The best in Broadway Theater production. You won't be disappointed. Have seen many plays here. Easy to get to and easy parking.

Saw 'The Wiz' amazing performances... The theater is beautiful and the theater district has so many things to do. MAMMA MIA IS A MUST SEE!!!!

Had the nose bleeds and still enjoyed it! Great theatre.

Never fails to amaze!! Always enjoy seeing Broadway under the stars

Wonderful show! TUTS does spectacular productions and Jerome Robbins Broadway was incredible. Everyone should see the masterpieces of dance and musical theatre moments that he created that are presented all in this one show. Brilliant. Run to see it.

We went to see the Wiz and enjoyed dinner before the show. Everything was excellent!!

With my husband's hearing loss, sometimes theater night is a little challenging, but everyone went above and beyond to ensure that we had a wonderful time and that we both enjoyed the show. I love that TUTS offers ASL interpretations for selected performances.

Great venue easy parking and very easy to get out and back on the highway after shows!

Never been disappointed with a show here, food is great and drinks are a little pricey but shows are worth every penny.

Nice plays, all of them are just very concentrated on singing

Nice shows, good parking nearby and even in the back you still have a good view of the stage.

Saw Wicked here and really enjoyed it. The seats were a bit uncomfortable and the seating isles were tight, but when the show is great you do your best to adjust.

Great venue, however, the security check point is intrusive .