AUSTIN THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 175

WHITE CHRISTMAS, now playing at Zach's Topfer Theatre, is the best of the best.

Three years ago, when opening their inaugural season with Samuel Beckett's Endgame, Palindrome Theatre promised it would expire in December 2012.

BILLY ELLIOT's visiting Austin, Texas this week.

The past two seasons, productions from the National Theatre of Scotland (Black Watch and Long Gone Lonesome) have played to sold-out audiences.

When a show is as acclaimed as BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL, the worldwide megahit that won 10 Tony Awards, audience expectations are high to say the least.

Austin's Palindrome Theatre certainly has a short but interesting history.

FronteraFest, now celebrating its 20th year as one of the largest fringe performance events in the Southwest kicks-off its 'Short Fringe' from January 15 - February 16 and 'Long Fringe' performances from January 21 - February 3, 2013.

Back in September, I sang the praises of Austin's Capital City Men's Chorus, saying "This group is polished, professional, hungry to be heard, and just as good as their counterparts in other cities such as Los Angeles and New York.

It's a Christmas Miracle! With MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, the Georgetown Palace Theatre has breathed new life into a loveable but flawed and forgotten musical and in the process has given Austin a sparkling, family-friendly Holiday treat.

Swing in that holiday spirit with the Capital City Men's Chorus, as they present their annual Holiday Concert: The Yule of Cool - A Concert of Holiday Jazz! The men of the CCMC will keep you from having a "Blue Christmas", by singing some of your holiday favorites, with a slightly jazzy twist! You w

Swing in that holiday spirit with the Capital City Men's Chorus, as they present their annual Holiday Concert: The Yule of Cool - A Concert of Holiday Jazz! The men of the CCMC will keep you from having a "Blue Christmas", by singing some of your holiday favorites, with a slightly jazzy twist! You w

Austin Lyric Opera (ALO) has announced that it has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) "Art Works" grant for $15,000 for its 2012-13 Season production of Gounod's Faust.

Get out of the cold and into one hot night in a Hidden Room somewhere inside 311 W.

BILLY ELLOIT has been playing around the U.

ZACH - Austin's Theatre and Texas' longest running theatre, in the first-ever season in its new Topfer Theatre, presents the Austin premiere of WHITE CHRISTMAS, based on the Paramount Pictures film written for the screen by Norman Krasna, Norman Panama, and Melvin Frank.

Family.

The Hidden Room is proud to present Paul Menzer's (Brats of Clarence) stylish and crackling noire mystery INVISIBLE INC.

The stage version of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, presented for the 2nd year in a row by The Penfold Theatre Company, is in many ways more enjoyable than the original film.

When you see a show titled Vodka, F***ing and Television, it's inevitable that one question will come to mind.

TexARTS is pleased to announce a new cabaret series beginning in December 2012.

Spend New Year's Eve at ZACH Theatre with the original members of The Family Stone-soul legends from Woodstock and Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame inductees-as they perform some of their funkiest hits of all time.

The sillies are crazy little creatures that live inside of us and need to be shaken out! DJ Lance Rock and everyone's favorite cast of colorful characters are calling all fans in AUSTIN to get ready to jump, shake, and shimmy them out at the new live tour Yo Gabba Gabba! LIVE!: Get the Sillies Out!.

The City Theatre Company has announced a special holiday theatre celebration with Joe DiPietro's hilarious family comedy Over the River and Through the Woods at the City Theatre tonight, November 29 - December 23.

Breaking String Theater Co.

When you walk into the Whisenhunt Stage to see their current production of The Santaland Diaries and are greeted with fractured Christmas songs such as "Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire," "It's the Most Fattening Time of the Year," and "Yellow Snow, Yellow Snow, Yellow Snow," you know you're in fo