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Boca Raton Museum of Art to open 'Art of the Hollywood Backdrop' exhibit
22 canvasses from iconic films, including "The Sound of Music," "North by Northwest" and "Singin' in the Rain" will be featured
‘The Plastic Bag Store’ Is a Shrine to Weird, Anti-Consumerist Austin
It takes an artist to remind us that there are other, more radical ways to think about what we eat and how we acquire it.
A new grocery store is open in Austin. But don't eat the produce.
There’s a new grocery store in town, but you can’t buy anything there. And you probably wouldn’t want to. Everything’s plastic.
Here are the top 5 things to do in Austin this weekend
Texas Performing Arts presents The Plastic Bag Store and Disney's The Lion King.
What you'll see at the outlandish 'Plastic Bag Store,' an immersive art space in Austin
"The Plastic Bag Store" is the most delightfully outlandish art that you will see in Austin this year. Or most any year.
How The Plastic Bag Store hopes to make Austinites think twice about plastic and packaging
At grocery and retail stores, it's a main staple for getting your items home. Now one artist has taken plastic bags and created an art installation inviting us to contemplate the lasting legacy of toss-away packaging.
'The Lion King' is coming to Austin; meet the Tony-winning choreographer, Garth Fagan
We caught up with Garth Fagan, who choreographed "The Lion King" when it was first on Broadway. He won a Tony Award for best choreography for the show in 1998. That same choreography is used in the touring production coming to Austin.
Disney's The Lion King roars into Bass Concert Hall!
Disney's The Lion King is headed to Bass Concert Hall for Broadway in Austin, and the future king himself, Darian Sanders who plays Simba, is here to tell us more about the show.
Brooklyn artist fashions plastic waste into immersive Austin theater experience
The popular immersive show by puppet artist Robin Frohardt is opening Saturday, April 2 in Austin, a city chosen for its receptiveness to the weird.
Experience The Plastic Bag Store at Blue Genie Art Bazaar This April
Artist Robin Frohart explains the immersive event that combines puppetry and art to critique the effects of single-use plastics.
Plastic bags, a pop-up nightclub and sound art: 2020 Fusebox Festival lineup goes wild
Yet the immersive event everyone is waiting for comes April 13 with Robin Frohardt's "The Plastic Bag Store," presented in a fresh collaboration between Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox.
Touring Broadway: Tootsie Brings Important Underlying Message to Austin Stage
“Walk a thousand miles in a woman’s shoes and you’ll still not fully know.” That’s the message and wording that a modernized version of Tootsie currently delivers to Austin’s Bass Concert Hall.
Tony award-winning "Tootsie" rolls into Bass Concert Hall
Today Jared David Michael Grant, who plays Jeff Slater in the show, joins us to talk about "Tootsie!"
'I was crying laughing': Meet the University of Texas grad in the ensemble of 'Tootsie'
Have you heard of the musical "Tootsie?" If you haven't that's OK! It's new.
Payton Reilly talks about 'Tootsie' at Bass Concert Hall
The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical takes center stage next week and one of those on stage will be Payton Reilly who plays Sandy Lester. She has details on the show and her role.
In its first visit to Texas, the legendary Wooster Group interprets Black work songs and toasts
While in Austin, the troupe will present "The B-Side, 'Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons,' A Record Album Interpretation," along with a workshop version (for one public performance only) of its follow-up show, "Untitled Toast."
Bill Frisell and The Great Flood
Guitarist Frisell discusses his live collaboration with filmmaker Bill Morrison, coming to UT’s Performing Arts Center Friday, January 21
From decaying films and forgotten footage, Bill Morrison creates elegies to loss and memory
Austin Film Society, UT Visual Art Center and Texas Performing Arts collaborate to present an array of Morrison's art.
Disney Princess: The Concert Comes to Bass Concert Hall!
Disney Princess – The Concert coming to Bass Concert Hall on Sunday, February 6! Join Texas Performing Arts as Broadway’s Belle, Jasmine, Anastasia and Nala honor all the Disney Princesses in an unforgettable evening of story, animation, and song! Sing along to your favorite Disney Princess songs, and share their exclusive, hilarious and heartfelt behind-the-scenes stories.