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One of the main functions of theatre is to make an audience think.

The City Theatre Company will continue its 2014 summer theatre season with Edmond Rostand's enduring masterwork Cyrano de Bergerac.

Breaking String's We Play Chekhov includes two of Chekhov's masterful short stories adapted for the stage, presented as a double-bill in what will be the perfect summer night out for any theater-goer.

'Jungalbook' by Edward Mast opens July 25th at Sam Bass Community Theatre.

Penfold Theatre Company presents Murder on the Rails, a murder mystery aboard the Austin Steam Train Sunday, August 10th.

Central Texas' most well-known children's theatre company, Pollyanna Theatre in Strategic Alliance with the Long Center, presents PETER AND THE PIPER by Holly Hepp Galvan July 12-20 at the Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, 701 West Riverside, Austin, TX 78704.

From 'Rhapsody in Blue' to 'Porgy and Bess' to 'An American in Paris' to a treasure trove of great American songs, George Gershwin is widely thought of as one of our nation's greatest composers.

Last Act Theatre Company presents 'Lender is the Night: An Utterly Unrecognizable Adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo: A Western Melodrama.

The City Theatre Company will continue its 2014 summer theatre season with Edmond Rostand's enduring masterwork Cyrano de Bergerac.

Surf's up as Psycho Beach Party hangs ten this summer! Playwright, actor, director, drag queen legend, Charles Busch mashes up Gidget beach party surfer films, Hitchcock suspense thrillers, and a little Mommie Dearest into an outrageously campy, gender-bending comedy.

We are at a crossroads in the Land of Oz.

Industry Night is coming! It's an old-school variety show featuring the Austin Arts & Entertainment Industry.

While riding along the freeway, drivers are often faced with the oxymoron of a car wreck on the side of the road.

Injustice in the workplace is a common thread in U.

There's no doubt that George Gershwin has made a lasting impact on musical theatre.

Last Act Theatre Company presents 'Lender is the Night: An Utterly Unrecognizable Adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo: A Western Melodrama.

We are at a crossroads in the Land of Oz.

BOB: A LIFE IN FIVE ACTS Half and Half Productions presents this new comedy by Peter Sinn 'Boom' Nachtrieb, in which nine actors play more than 30 characters in relaying 'the hilarious and poignant story of one man's dream.

Doing Shaw isn't for the timid, especially for modern audiences which have become expectant of a happy ending.

The TexARTS Summer Musical Theatre Academy presents Grease, based on the electrifyin' Broadway and Hollywood smash-hit.

Austin Shakespeare teen company Young Shakespeare will perform The Tempest at Richard Garriott de Cayeux' replica of an Elizabethan theater, The Curtain Theater, on the shores of Lake Austin, June 19 - 22 (Thurs-Sun at 8 pm) and June 25 - 28 (Wed-Sat at 8 pm).

Penfold Theatre Company presents Romeo & Juliet June 5-28 free-of-charge at the Round Rock Amphitheater.

JOHN XII By Mark-Brian Sonna, shows this Friday, and Saturday night at 8 PM.

The TexARTS Summer Musical Theatre Academy presents GREASE, based on the electrifyin' Broadway and Hollywood smash-hit from today, June 27 through the 30th, 2014.