The iconic “Christmas Rappin’” Kurtis Blow is here to give us, yet again, an exciting contemporary twist on a seasonal classic, The Nutcracker.

Four centuries of Black American history are told in new Kronos Quartet performance.

This touring show is a new addition to the Austin holiday calendar. A dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky’s music, it was created by Jennifer Weber, a heralded hip-hop artist based in New York and Los Angeles.

Houston-born pianist Jason Moran is not only one of the most adventurous and forward-thinking minds in jazz but in all of music, yet he continually mines the past. His latest show is all about WWI-era pioneer James Reese Europe and his Harlem Hellcats, a huge band that introduced war-torn Europe to American jazz.

When you watch the minor celebrities sing, or approximate singing, while wearing giant animal mascot heads on Fox's "The Masked Singer," do you ever wish quietly, in the smallest part of your heart, "I hope I get to see this live in my own city one day"?

Ballet Hispánico, which will also perform as a full company at Mendez Middle School in South Austin, was recently designated one of "America's Cultural Treasures" by a national group of major funders led by the Ford Foundation. 

For their 40th season, Texas Performing Arts welcomes Ballet Hispánico.

Austin's "Big 5" performing arts troupes — as well as the city's "Big 3" performing arts presenters — have survived what appears to have been the worst of the long pandemic.

The Tony Awards returned last month after a year off, with Hadestown finally passing the best-musical torch to another adaptation of a classic, Moulin Rouge! The Musical.

Texas Performing Arts is opening their 40th season with the return of Ballet Hispánico, a cultural phenomenon and America's leading Latinx dance organization, this October.

The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program gave over $16 billion in grants to venues in the United States that closed for long periods of time during the pandemic.

When Texas Performing Arts Executive Director Bob Bursey caught wind of Hay choreographing in her home, he promptly offered her use of an otherwise empty McCullough Theatre.

Producer Jeffrey Seller and Broadway in Austin presented by Texas Performing Arts announced today that single tickets for HAMILTON at Bass Concert Hall will go on sale to the public Thursday, September 9 at 10:00 a.m. CT.

Ahead of the highly anticipated Austin return of Broadway smash Hamilton in December, Texas Performing Arts is releasing tickets — and giving theater fans a shot at presale ticket access.

Single tickets to see the hit Broadway musical "Hamilton" in Austin go on sale to the public on Sept. 9. After a delay caused by the pandemic, the musical will finally be in Austin from Dec. 7 to 19.

Write this down: Single tickets for "Hamilton" at Austin's Bass Concert Hall will go on sale at 10 a.m. Sept. 9. The groundbreaking muscial returns to town Dec. 7-19.

Producer Jeffrey Seller and Broadway in Austin presented by Texas Performing Arts announced today that single tickets for HAMILTON at Bass Concert Hall will go on sale to the public Thursday, September 9 at 10:00 a.m. CT.

Bob Bursey came on board as the new executive and artistic director of Texas Performing Arts in January of 2020, so he wasn’t on the job long before all of the organization’s stages were forced to go dark for the Covid-19 lockdowns.

Listen to a JuliARTS interview with TPA Executive Director Bob Bursey on Majic 95.5 FM.

This weekend you can see the first live theatre performance at the Bass Concert Hall since March of last year, where you can catch “Stomp” and see what all the noise is about.