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Voting is now open for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Austin Awards.

ROOTED IN MOTION, presented by Dance Repertory Theatre and Texas Theatre and Dance

Penfold Theatre Company has added four new staff members.

Manual Cinema is a Chicago-based collective that creates what can best be described as live movies onstage using shadow puppetry, hand-built miniature sets, silhouette performers, and original music all layered together in real time.

UT’s Cabaret is precise, captivating, and haunting.

Southwestern University’s Theatre Department will present Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus, directed by Jamie Rogers, running November 7–9 and 14–17, 2025, in the Jesse H.

Texas Theatre and Dance presents Cabaret, a bold and compelling musical about the dangers of complacency.

From October 17-26, Broke Thespian’s Theatre Company presented Christopher Yergel’s THE OUTSIDERS at the Maurice T.

Gaslight-Baker Theatre’s production of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is a wild, glittering, and gloriously unrestrained night of theatre that shouldn’t be missed.

Ground Floor Theatre has unveiled the titles for the 2026 season including two Austin premieres, a regional premiere and a world premiere.

Penfold Theatre Company has revealed the cast and creatives for the comedy, A Tuna Christmas written by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard.

Art Spark Texas will reimagine its traditional holiday market with the debut of the Beyond Art Market & Fair—a two-day indoor/outdoor showcase featuring artists with disabilities, live music, food, and community.

This is your last chance to submit for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Austin Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.

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The full cast and creative team has been revealed for the upcoming work in progress and world premiere of La Frutos de a Muerte, or the Breakdown Play at Glass Half Full Theatre.

Mary Moody Northen Theatre at St.

Zach Theater’s hottest holiday tradition will return for the eleventh year to The Topfer at Zach, with fresh songs, new cast members, returning favorites and more.

La POW Theatre will present the world premiere of Salty Bananas, a new play written and directed by award-winning Austin playwright A.

The Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical HADESTOWN will play Austin’s Bass Concert Hall February 20–22, 2026, as part of the Texas Performing Arts Broadway in Austin 2025–26 Season.

Earlier this week, I witnessed The Alchemy Theatre’s ‘Night Mother and I’m shaken.

Austin-based nonprofit Raasin in the Sun, founded by creative placemaker Raasin McIntosh, will officially launch its new community initiative ART for ALL this Saturday, October 18, with two special events at the Austin Central Library (710 W.

Continuing the 20th Anniversary Season, City Theatre Austin will present Other Desert Cities.

Texas Performing Arts is launching a citywide social media contest tied to the upcoming engagement of The Outsiders as part of its Broadway in Austin 2025–2026 Season.

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Time is running out to submit for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Austin Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.