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Friday, Feb 26, The City Theatre - Celebrating its 50th anniversary and called “a milestone in the American theatre,” this intensely affecting drama chronicles how a financial windfall touches the lives of an African-American family living in Chicago in the late 50s....click for more As the simple desire for a home of their own becomes the touchstone of heartbreak, sacrifice, trust and love, their story becomes a heroic struggle to hold a world together. With performances from McArthur Moore, Kristen Bennett, Gabriel Smith and directed by Lisa Jordan. Part of Black History Month. February 25 – March 21. Thursday – Saturday 8:00 p.m. and Sunday 5:30. p.m. The City Theatre 3823 Airport Blvd. Suite D. – east corner of Airport Blvd. and 38 ½ Street. 512-524-2870 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it $15 - $20. Front Row Reserved $25. Thursday all seats $10. Group and student discounts. www.citytheatreaustin.org

The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Austin announces auditions for its June 10-20 production of “The Yeomen of the Guard” by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.  Ralph MacPhail, Jr. and Jeffrey Jones-Ragona will be returning as artistic and musical directors, respectively.
 
Auditions are approximately ten minutes long, by appointment only. All roles are open for casting, including principals, comprimarios, and chorus.  A prepared, accompanied aria, completed audition form, résumé, and headshot are required. For complete details, visit www.gilbertsullivan.org .

AUSTIN, Texas—Fusebox Festival—presenting innovative artistic experiences since 2005—announces the highly anticipated festival line-up for April 21 – May 1, 2010.

 

Around forty artists/groups and over 450 individual artists will participate in the 7th Annual Fusebox Festival including Big Dance Theater, John Kelly, Luke Savisky, Greg Brooker, Theater Replacement, Rude Mechs, Daniel Barrow, Kristen Kosmas, Action Hero, Phil Soltanoff, Kaiji Moriyama, Frederick Gravel, Allison Orr, Graham Reynolds, Mike Smith, Wura Ogunji, Heloise Gold, Okay Mountain, and Rubber Rep, among others hailing from Japan to London to Austin.

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The World Premiere of Stopschinski & Reynolds’ Symphony VI Texas Premiere of Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead’s Popcorn Superhet Receiver: AUSTIN, Texas–The world premiere of Graham Reynolds and Peter Stopschinski’s Symphony VI will take place on February 6th at AustinVentures StudioTheater.  Inspired by the life and work of 19th century inventor and mathematician Charles Babbage, Reynolds’ composed The Difference Engine, a triple concerto for violin, cello, and piano with string orchestra.  A lecture on Babbage by L. B. Deyo at the monthly Dionysium brought the subject and piece into focus.  Featuring soloists Jonathan Dexter on cello, Leah Zeger on violin, and the composer at the piano, Reynolds developed the concerto on and off for two years, starting with an Austin Museum of Art commission for a piano suite responding to the art of Sol LeWitt (fifth movement), continuing with the score for the Rude Mechanicals Method Gun (fourth movement), and finally through the process of recording the album version, to be released in conjunction with the premier concert.