A Tuesday night fire damaged both the
East Austin, artist-operated performance space and Blue Genie
Arts Bazaar, making the scheduled fundraiser on August 1st more
urgent.
(Image courtesy BLUE Theatre)
Your first look at the Tony Award-winning
story of how four blue-collar kids became pop sensations
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, opening August 18th at Bass
Concert Hall.
(Photo by Joan Marcus)
Stephen Sondheim’s most popular and
successful musical closes the City Theatre’s 2009-10
season, as fairy tales take on a new life from August 19th
through Sepetember 17th.
(Image courtesy City Theatre)
Slated for February 28th and March 1st,
the annual gala dinner, awards ceremony, and receptions honor
the state’s legendary artists, entertainers and art
patrons.
(Image courtesy TCT)
Sustainable Theatre Project takes to task
the widely controversial decisions passed recently by the Texas
Board of Education with the new play by William Missouri Downs.
(Photo by Justin Browne)
From August 27th through September 12th,
the home of Rod and Candyce Russell in the South Lamar area
will become host an original environmental play about a family
of five.
(Photo by Will Hollis Snider)
Nine-time Grammy Award winners Ray Benson
and Asleep at the Wheel take to The Long Center stage when A Ride with Bob: The Bob Wills Musical returns on September 17th.
(Photo courtesy Asleep at the Wheel)
The 2010 - 2011 season includes the
return of Inspector Pratt in Seconday
Cause of Death, the holiday
offering Dashing Through the Snow, and the debut of The
Tempest Project.
(Image courtesy Broadway World)
Legendary American rock musician and
drummer Levon Helm plays a double bill with Ray LaMontagne and
the Pariah Dogs on Friday, November 12th, starting at 7 p.m.
(Photo courtesy PBS)
Prior to its Labor Day weekend shows at
The Long Center, the cult hit radio play offers a game for
Austinites to use Gowalla to “check-in” at nine
locations that mirror plotline of the script.
(Artwork by Tim Doyle)
Tickets go on sale August 13th at 10 a.m.
for the “Escape To Plastic Beach” tour of the
musical project created by Damon Albarn, of the rock band Blur,
and cartoonist Jamie Hewlett.
(Artwork by Jamie Hewlett)
The Austin-based band - which
incorporates elements of Cumbia, Latin percussions, and
traditional Mexican grooves into cutting-edge electronica -
performs August 7th.
(Photo courtesy Esquina Tango)
The comedian will donate 100% of the
proceeds from the sale of her books by the Austin Public
Libraries, and will sign the books after her upcoming One World
Theatre show.
(Photo: William Morris Agency)
The original glow-in-the-dark ballet
program for children, choreographed by Stephen Mills and staged
by Ballet Austin II, returns to the Paramount Theatre stage for
four shows.
(Photo courtesy Ballet Austin)
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