A new exhibition of vintage movie backdrops in Florida lets cinephiles clamber on Mount Rushmore with Cary Grant and gaze out at ancient Rome with Charlton Heston — all in a single afternoon.
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Angélique Kidjo Punches Until Crosseyed & Painless
On an evening closing out one Texas Performing Arts season – welcome to the 40 club, yo! – while also announcing the next, Executive & Artistic Director Bob Bursey connected the age of the Heads’ fourth album to the building itself.
Broadway in Austin raises the curtain on blockbuster 2022-23 season
Broadway in Austin has just raised the curtain on its 2022-2023 season, featuring eight hit shows.
'Art of the Hollywood Backdrop' Paints a Mood in Boca
The current show, titled the "Art of the Hollywood Backdrop," is a comprehensive overview of the special niche talent of a group of artists in the Hollywood movie industry, never before given their due.
The best Austin experiences to give as gifts
Why fly to Manhattan for a musical, when the musical can come to you?
'Chicago,' 'Hairspray,' 'Pretty Woman' and more coming to Broadway in Austin
Texas Performing Arts on Tuesday announced its Broadway in Austin lineup for 2022-23, and you'll want to grab a magic carpet, your tap-dancing lawyer and a teasing comb.
See the rise of a disco superstar in "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical"
Actor Brittny Smith, a fellow Texan who plays Donna Summer at the height of her career, joined Trevor Scott to chat about this high-energy show and what it's like stepping into the shoes of a disco diva.
Sound in Sculpture’s Eighth Annual performance moves audience with music and physical art
For this year’s Sound in Sculpture, the Butler School of Music, UT Landmarks and Texas Performing Arts came together to present their eighth annual immersive showcase on April 21.
Forgotten Hollywood backdrops become star attraction
Decades of cinematic heritage saved from the scrapheap take centre stage in new show
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.