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COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN Plays City Theatre, 10/25-11/18
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2012
COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN will open at Austin's City Theatre next month.
BWW REVIEWS: ROCK OF AGES is a Rowdy, Face-Melting Romp
by Jeff Davis - September 28, 2012
If you're feeling nostalgic for some classic 80s rock and your Van Halen albums just aren't cutting it, then throw on your favorite concert tee, put your lighter in your pocket, and get your butt to The Long Center. To borrow from Brett Michaels and Poison, ROCK OF AGES ain't nothin' but a good time.
Bernadette Peters Headlines ZACH's Topfer Theatre Opening Gala Tonight, 9/27
by BWW News Desk - September 27, 2012
Bernadette Peters, one of the greatest living Broadway superstars, will headline the first opening gala, Once Upon a Dream, at ZACH's new Topfer Theatre tonight, Sept. 27. The illustrious actress, winner of two Tony Awards, three Drama Desk Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, is known for iconic stage roles in Gypsy, Song and Dance, and Annie Get Your Gun among many others. Her performance at ZACH's gala will include a 30-piece orchestra of Austin musicians.
CAPITAL CITY MEN'S CHORUS is Ready to Be Heard
by Jeff Davis - September 26, 2012
The week prior to an opening performance is almost always stressful and hectic. There's a reason why it's called Hell Week. But for the Capital City Men's Chorus, which is currently prepping for their Gala Fall Fundraiser Benefit Concert, Hell Week seems to be a breezy walk in the park.
BWW Reviews: ROCK OF AGES Rocks into Austin, Texas
by Kathy Strain - September 26, 2012
Austin, Texas rocked last night. It really rocked; at least at the Long Center where ROCK OF AGES was playing its first show of the week. ROCK OF AGES is currently touring around the country performing in front of incredible audiences and making them stand up and dance.
University of Texas at Austin Presents THE CATARACT, 10/19-28
by Kelsey Denette - September 26, 2012
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance presents the regional premiere of Lisa D'Amour's The Cataract, October 19 - 28 at the B. Iden Payne Theatre. Set in Minneapolis in 1883, this poetic drama explores one week in the lives of Cyrus and Lottie Finch, a stalwart couple who take in two vagabond lovers from the South. The unlikely pairs' intersection unearths their deep-seated desires - ones that they fight to keep buried.
BWW Reviews: I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE at Georgetown Palace is Perfection
by Jeff Davis - September 25, 2012
The show may be called I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, but this production, now playing the Georgetown Palace Theatre, should be known as YOU'LL LOVE IT, IT'S PERFECT, DON'T CHANGE.
Pollyanna Children's Theatre Presents PLAYGROUND SUPERHERO, 10/10-17
by Kelsey Denette - September 21, 2012
Central Texas' most well-known children's theatre company, Pollyanna Theatre in Strategic Alliance with the Long Center, presents Andrew Perry's Playground Superhero, October 10-14, 16th & 17th at the Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, 701 West Riverside, Austin, TX 78704.
ZACH's RAGTIME Opens 10/17 at the Topfer Theatre
by Kelsey Denette - September 21, 2012
ZACH welcomes a new era with the opening of the Topfer Theatre, and no production is better suited to showcase the deep and inspired talents of ZACH's full company and new performance space than the uplifting Tony Award-winning musical RAGTIME. More than 50 of Austin's finest actors, supported by a glorious orchestra, tell the story of how we forged a nation that all people could call home. Bold anthems, Harlem ragtime, and delicate waltzes lift our aspirations for all that we can and will be. RAGTIME will set a new standard for musicals in Austin, so intimate and immediate, that discerning patrons will rejoice at the power of the experience.
Subud International Cultural Association Hosts POEMS FOR PEACE Today, 9/21
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2012
Austin-based Subud International Cultural Association (SICA) invites everyone - poetry groups, poetry teachers, poetry lovers, singers, dancers, artists, actors, pipers, players and friends - to share in a special lunchtime performance/poetry reading POEMS FOR PEACE in honor of Peace Day, today, September 21, 2012 at Noon at the Rollins Studio Theatre (701 West Riverside Drive).
THE HALLELUJAH GIRLS Opens Sam Bass Community Theatre's 2012-13 Season, 9/21
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2012
Sam Bass Community Theatre has announced its 2012-13 season. Full details below!
Bass Concert Hall Welcomes THE PLANETS: AN HD ODYSSEY, 10/21
by Kelsey Denette - September 20, 2012
Experience a powerful performance of composer Gustav Holst's The Planets paired with a high-definition film from NASA's latest exploration of the solar system. On a giant screen over the stage you'll see the latest stunning images from the Mars Rovers and past probe missions Magellan, Voyager, and Galileo, as the UT Wind Ensemble and Women of the UT Chamber Singers and Concert Chorale perform Holst's glorious musical score.
Hyde Park Theatre Presents MIDDLETOWN, Now thru 10/20
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2012
Hyde Park Theatre presents Middletown by Will Eno, directed by Ken Webster, tonight, September 20 - October 20, 2012.
Laurie Anderson Performs DIRTDAY! at Texas Performing Arts, 9/20-21
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2012
As the country prepares for the 2012 presidential election, Texas Performing Arts welcomes one of America's premiere artists, Laurie Anderson, performing her intimate but volatile piece, Dirtday! Anderson looks at politics, theories of evolution, families, history, and animals in this riotous and soulful collection of songs and stories. As Anderson says, "Politicians are essentially story tellers. They describe the world as it is and also as they think it should be. As a fellow story teller, it seems like a really good time to think about how words can literally create the world."
ZACH Theatre Opens New Topfer Theatre
by Nicole Rosky - September 18, 2012
ZACH Theatre, known as the city's "leading professional theatre" (New York Times) and "liveliest and most polished professional theatre" (Austin American-Statesman) opens its new state-of-the-art Topfer Theatre this month, joining the realm of the nation's most widely recognized regional theatres.
Subud International Cultural Association Hosts POEMS FOR PEACE, 9/21
by Nicole Rosky - September 17, 2012
Austin-based Subud International Cultural Association (SICA) invites everyone - poetry groups, poetry teachers, poetry lovers, singers, dancers, artists, actors, pipers, players and friends - to share in a special lunchtime performance/poetry reading POEMS FOR PEACE in honor of Peace Day, Friday, September 21, 2012 at Noon at the Rollins Studio Theatre (701 West Riverside Drive).
UT Austin to Present THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS As Scheduled
by Kelsey Denette - September 14, 2012
University of Texas campus activities will resume at 5pm today and Mike Daisey's performance of The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs will go on as previously scheduled this evening at 8pm at McCullough Theatre.
Austin Theatre Project Wraps Inaugural Season with BABY, 10/12-28
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2012
Austin Theatre Project presents this musical theatre gem as the final show of its 2012 Inaugural Season with a cast of Austin theatre veterans.
THE HALLELUJAH GIRLS, BUGSY MALONE and More Set for 2012-13 Season
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2012
Sam Bass Community Theatre has announced its 2012-13 season. Full details below!
Music Doing Good To Present Benefit Concert for The Christi Center, 10/6
by Patrick Nugent - September 13, 2012
Music Doing Good presents a benefit concert at Moonlight and Memories on October 6, 2012, 6:30 pm, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Christi Center, which provides free, ongoing grief support for people adjusting to a new life after the death of a loved one.
Music Doing Good Presents Benefit Concert, MOONLIGHT AND MEMORIES, for The Christi Center, 10/6
by Sierra Fox - September 13, 2012
Music Doing Good presents a benefit concert, Moonlight and Memories, on October 6, 2012 at 6:30 pm, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Christi Center, which provides free, ongoing grief support for people adjusting to a new life after the death of a loved one.
BWW Reviews: Blue Lapis Light's HEAVEN-EARTH-ONE is Heaven on Earth
by Jeff Davis - September 12, 2012
With HEAVEN-EARTH-ONE, Blue Lapis Light gives Austin a tailor-made show that is unique, remarkable, intimate, mesmerizing, and literally breathtaking. This is an event that must not be missed from a company that deserves to be known as a staple of the Austin arts scene.
Sam Bass Community Theatre Presents THE HALLELUJAH GIRLS, Opening 9/21
by Kelsey Denette - September 10, 2012
The feisty females of Eden Falls, Georgia, decide to shake up their lives. The action in this rollicking Southern comedy takes place in SPA-DEE-DAH!, the abandoned church-turned-day-spa where this group of friends gathers every Friday afternoon. After the loss of a dear friend, the women realize time is precious, and if they're going to change their lives and achieve their dreams, they have to get on it now! By the time these women rally together to overcome their obstacles and launch their new, improved lives, you've got 'a side-splitting, joyful comedy that will make you laugh out loud and shout 'Hallelujah!'
BWW Interviews: ROCK OF AGES' Dominique Scott Never Stopped Believing in His Dreams
by Kathy Strain - September 07, 2012
Dominique Scott was born and raised in South Florida where his passion for music began. Currently playing Drew in the enormously popular Rock of Ages and touring around the United States, Dominique took a few minutes to answer some questions for Broadway World.
ZACH Theatre Presents World Premiere of MARIACHI GIRL, 10/5 - 11/4
by Patrick Nugent - September 07, 2012
ZACH, Austin's Theatre and Texas' longest running theatre, in its first youth production of the season, presents the world premiere of MARIACHI GIRL, written by Roxanne Shroeder-Arce, Music and Lyrics by Hector Martinez Moralez, and Directed by Brant Pope.

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