FILM

Discovery Green and Gexa Energy present  the Gexa Energy Broadway at the Hobby Center Film Series.  Join us for outdoor film screenings at  the Anheuser-Busch Stage and Fondren Performance Space.  Free films presented in the shadow of Houston’s dramatic skyline. Get the best seat in the house, thanks to Gexa Energy!

The Gexa Energy Broadway at the Hobby Center 2010-2011 Season is sure to dazzle audiences! And wouldn’t it be fun to see the Broadway smash hits on the stage and the big screen? This Winter, thousands of guests are sure to head to the park with blankets and pillows to spend an evening on our lawn watching the film versions of the hit musicals! Houstonians and visitors to the city alike can experience the magic of the movies under the Texas stars and Houston skyline.

Friday, March 18, 7:30 p.m. The Cat in the Hat. See Mike Myers in this film (2003, 82 min. PG) that sets the purrr-fect stage for America’s favorite family Broadway musical, the one, the only, the original, CATS at the Hobby Center April 12-17, 2011.

Following up on the success of 2000's How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Imagine Entertainment presents The Cat in the Hat, their second live-action adaptation of a classic Dr. Seuss book. Starring Mike Myers, the film follows the adventures of Conrad (Spencer Breslin) and Sally Walden (Dakota Fanning), a young brother and sister who find themselves visited by the titular mischievous cat (Meyers) and his entourage when their mother (Kelly Preston) leaves them home alone.

Also starring Alec Baldwin and the voice of Sean Hayes, The Cat in the Hat is the directorial debut of Oscar-nominated art director Bo Welch. - Matthew Tobey, Rovi