Rose Center Theater To Present One Night ROSE TRIBUTE CONCERT
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 10, 2025
The Rose Center Theater will present Rose Tribute Concert, a one night gathering that will bring returning performers and special guests back to the stage in celebration of two decades of music, storytelling, and community impact.
12 New Year’s Eve Cocktails to Ring in 2026
by Nicole Rosky - Dec 10, 2025
This New Year’s Eve, don't just pop the champagne. With a brand-new year on the horizon, it’s the perfect moment to pull out your shaker and dazzle your guests with cocktails that taste like a fresh beginning.
Video: Watch a Preview of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at McCarter
by Michael Major - Dec 10, 2025
McCarter Theatre is inviting audiences to celebrate the holiday season with the return of A Christmas Carol, filled with music, magic, and the timeless spirit of generosity. Watch the video now!
Interview: Theatre Life with Rachel Portman
by Elliot Lanes - Dec 10, 2025
Today’s subject Academy and Emmy Award winning composer Rachel Portman has a career that includes scoring for over100 films, television and a stage musical of Little House on the Prairie. This week her foray into opera can be seen and heard in the Terrace Theater At Kennedy Center as Washington National Opera (WNO) presents The Little Prince as their annual family opera offering. The show runs for only five performances between December 12th and 14th. WNO first performed it 2014. It premiered at Houston Grand Opera in 2003.
Review: PARADE at Ground Floor Theatre
by Joni Lorraine - Dec 10, 2025
While Austin stages overflow in December with CHRISTMAS CAROLS (three!), TUNA CHRISTMASES (two!), and all manner of holiday theatre cheer, a brilliant star shines at Ground Floor Theatre: Alfred Uhry’s PARADE. First produced in 2015 during GFT’s inaugural season, this remount stands as a striking full-circle moment in the company’s decade-long evolution into Austin’s leading inclusive theatre.
Review: THE BIG FAT CHRISTMAS SHOW at El Portal Theatre
by Amanda Callas - Dec 10, 2025
Standout moments include “Lonely Jew” by a brilliant Rena Strober, which made the entire evening for me. This hilarious and wildly irreverent ode to the holiday season includes Strober belting “Oy Vey Maria” and pulling missing Hanukkah candles out of her lady bits to add to her menorah. I could happily watch this on loop through the rest of December.