THE LONG CENTER

Austins award-winning actor Marc Pouhé portrays Tom, who remembers his journey as a young poet who tangles with his lively Southern mother played by the ...

One of Shakespeares most popular plays, Bollywood Twelfth Night will feature dances by Prakash Mohandas and songs by Austin singer/songwriter Nagavalli. Manali Sunkara will play ...

Austins acclaimed dance company Tapestry returns to the stage with the premiere of The Precious Present In Love & Light, at Long Centers Rollins Theatre. ...

Austin Shakespeare will bring together one of Shakespeares most romantic of comedies with music from some of Austins talented songwriters in As You Like It, ...

Pollyanna Theatre Company will bring the powerful and empowering true story of some of the states most iconic women entrepreneurs to life starting Nov. 8 ...

Six creative actors will bring to life scenes from the heros epic adventures in Austin Shakespeares new production of Homers The Odyssey at the Long ...

Winner of eight 2012 Tony Awards® including BEST MUSICAL, ONCE is a truly original Broadway experience. Featuring an impressive ensemble of actor/musicians who play their ...

Audiences loved Billy Stritch and Jim Caruso when they brought their Sinatra Century show to the Rollins earlier this year. So, we’re bringing them back ...

The Long Center presents ANNIE, November 25-26, 2016 in Dell Hall. Leapin’ Lizards! The world’s best-loved musical returns in time-honored form. Directed by original lyricist ...

The triforce has been completed with the highly-anticipated, global concert tour of “The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses – Master Quest.” Audiences can ...

The most elite young composers Texas has to offer come together for one night to premiere their compositions for all of Austin to hear. These ...

Peter Bay and the Austin Symphony will feature music with a spring theme in May. All the music is composed by titans of orchestral music: ...

Stephen Mills brings this treasured fairy tale to life with a delicious score from Alexander Glazunov compiled especially for this ballet. The enduring rags-to-princess story ...

Austin Opera culminates its 2015-16 Season with one of Gioachino Rossini’s perennial favorite, The Barber of Seville, foundational support provided by the Georgia B. Lucas ...

Austin Symphony’s Season features eight classical concerts, four pops concerts, a holiday favorite; Handel’s Messiah, the family fun Halloween Children’s Concert, the Texas Young Composers ...

Chances are, you’ve heard his work on countless movie soundtracks, including Before Midnight, Bernie and Scanner Darkly. The quirky, Austin-based composer is one of Stephen ...

Vocalosity is the all-new live concert event that celebrates the wonder of the human voice from the creative mind of a cappella guru Deke Sharon ...

The Long Center presents Riverdance: 20th Anniversary Tour, February 16-18 in Dell Hall. “Riverdance is the No. 1 dance show of the world.” – SHENZHEN ...

SARAH THE DINOSAUR by Andrew Perry and Kathleen Fletcher. Perfect for Pollyanna’s summer production, this play will be enjoyed by children as young as four ...

Million Dollar Quartet is the Tony Award-wining Broadway musical, inspired by the electrifying true story of the famed recording session that brought together rock ‘n’ ...

The triforce has been completed with the highly-anticipated, global concert tour of “The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses – Master Quest.” Audiences can ...

In CHUGGINGTON Live! The Great Rescue Adventure, the trainees have started their Advanced Training, and are now eager to impress their mentors by mastering new ...

With the live music of the Souls of Our Feet Jazz Trio (highlighting “Austin’s best drum me” Masumi Jones) Friends in Time hosts the best ...

Perhaps best-known for his landmark singles ”Chances Are,” “It’s Not For Me To Say,” and “Misty”, Mathis was one of the very first musical artists ...

Tapestry Dance Company hosts the best in tap choreography showcasing independent artists and ensembles of rhythm tap dance. This showcase event is one of the ...

Grammy Award-winning, fiddle player Jason Roberts brings his signature style to his latest musical adventure, the Jason Roberts Band. Having spent his childhood among legends ...

While he may be best known for his decades-long tenure behind the Tonight Show desk, Jay Leno cut his teeth as one of the most ...

Between 1935 and 1936, German composer Carl Orff composed music, also called Carmina Burana, for 24 of the poems. The single song “O Fortuna” (the ...

They took Broadway by storm in one of the biggest hits of all-time! Now, THE MIDTOWN MEN are bringing their magic to audiences everywhere, singing ...

THE BIG BOLT by Holly Hepp-Galvan. This Pollyanna production will be written and designed specifically to appeal to the developmental and educational needs of very ...

From Saturday Night Live, to the top of the music charts, and now Dell Hall: the Long Center is thrilled to announce that The Blues ...

Global music sensation Celtic Woman brings its 10th Anniversary Celebration to The Long Center on May 13 and 14. This enchanting musical experience features Celtic ...

Join us Mother’s Day weekend for the exquisite and iconic classic… Swan Lake. It’s the timeless tale of love and loss on everyone’s “ballet bucket ...

And you thought she was out spoken on the Little House on the Prairie? Vanity Fair declared her “TV history’s #1 one bitch” and now ...

Join us for this incredible production featuring powerful vocals, the captivating virtuoso of Mozart, and a unique set where seduction, entertainment and danger collide. Don ...

Following the highly successful Esprit! at the Paramount Theatre where Director Paul Buetel hailed this production as “the best show we’ve had this season!”, this ...

Some would classify Lila as a Mexican artist, but there is no real way to categorize her music except to say that it is a ...

One of the most admired couple of classical music in the United-States! For more than 35 years, the sincere and communicative joy they display in ...

The Austin Symphony Orchestra and the Long Center for the Performing Arts will produce the 5th Annual Sarah & Ernest Butler Texas Young Composers Concert. ...

Internationally-acclaimed Artistic Director/Choreographer Stephen Mills gives you Ballet Austin at its finest through this collection of three gorgeous dance works, featuring contemporary choreography, classical scores ...

Celebrate the Easter Season with Sister as she answers the time worn questions of the season like “Why isn’t Easter the same day every year ...

Jimmy Kimmel Live is hitting the road! Destination? The Long Center’s Dell Hall! The week-long trip coincides with the 29th annual South by Southwest® (SXSW®) ...

This concert will feature some of the great Russian composers to ever put notes to paper performed by your Austin Symphony and the lovely and ...

Four years after releasing his Grammy Award-winning “God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise,” Ray LaMontagne is set to drop his fifth studio album, “Supernova,” ...

Tori Amos is set to release her brand new studio album, Unrepentant Geraldines, May 13th in the U.S. on Mercury Classics/Universal Music Classics. Unrepentant Geraldines ...

Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell announced upcoming spring and summer tour dates today. The Grammy Award-winning collaborators will bring their ...

Peter is a boy who follows his own drummer and enjoys doing his own thing. Peter is definitely not one of those guys who follows ...

One of the most acclaimed comedians of his generation, Izzard’s unique, tangential, absurd, and surreal comic narratives are lauded for their creativity and wit, earning ...

“50 Shades! is a very good laugh and is impossible to resist!” – The Chicago Tribune 50 SHADES! THE MUSICAL, the hilarious parody of the ...

In May of 2013 Pollyanna audiences fell in love with Addy Plus and Minus Takeaway, two very unlikely friends. Well, Addy still loves to put ...

The Austin Symphony Orchestra will conclude its 2013-2014 Classical Series with famed pianist Gabriela Montero performing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D ...

Let yourself get swept away into a sublime world of kings, queens, fairy godmothers and storybook creatures. The timeless tale of The Sleeping Beauty comes ...

Ameripolitan: A new genre of original music, with prominent roots influence that consist solely of Honky Tonk, Hillbilly, Rockabilly, Western Swing and Outlaw Music. This ...

Mischievous charlatans, misguided affections and “magic” potions intoxicate and entice in this delightful story of a simple peasant who has fallen in love with the ...

The Texas Young Composers will present the world premiere of new orchestral works composed by Texas students age 18 and under and performed by your ...

Jillian takes the stage in this intimate and uniquely personal live experience that provides you with the tools and motivation to harness your potential, kick-start ...

The Austin Symphony Orchestra is excited about performing with one of the greatest living violinist of our time, Gil Shaham. Mr. Shaham will perform Korngold’s ...

Interactive and always exciting, Ballet Austin’s search for the country’s most talented choreographers returns as the 5th Biennial New American Talent/Dance competition culls a national ...

Now, the hauntingly beautiful music of modern master Philip Glass inspires the third work in Stephen Mills’ composer-centered series. This new production promises a full ...

Whether first-timer or seasoned fan, you’re in for a fabulous treat with the 51st annual production of Austin’s holiday tradition. This year, Artistic Director Stephen ...

Get ready for the magic, mischief and mind-boggling mayhem of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Artistic Director Stephen Mills reanimates Shakespeare’s famously funny tale into an ...

For those of you who don’t know or need a refresher, the Merlin Works Improv Mixer is a low-pressure jam where you can meet, mingle, ...

very fairytale you fell in love with always began with “Once upon a time”, and so does this one. Om Shanti is a tale that ...

A long-time Austin resident, Parker was an improvisational jazz trombonist, a renowned translator of ancient comedy, and a professor of classics and creativity at The ...

The perfect way to catch the holiday spirit! An international cast of more than 30 artists costumed as holiday ornaments come to life and perform ...

Who’s laughing now? This famously tragic play-within-a-play tells the heartbreaking story of betrayal and jealousy in an Italian commedia dell’arte troupe. Theater and reality collide ...