Austin 2009 4th of July events Austin 2009 4th of July events The 4th of July will be here before you know it, and here are some of the events scheduled around the Austin area celebrating Independence day...The largest 4th of July event in Austin is the H-E-B Austin Symphony July 4th Concert & Fireworks he Held at Auditorium Shores, The Long Center. The Austin Symphony will perform patriotic music, including the 1812 Overture, which will feature the shooting of cannons by the Texas National Guard Salute Batter Read more


Studio 2 Gallery Creature Feature Show Studio 2 Gallery Creature Feature Show This week at Studio 2 at 1700 South Lamar Tina Weitz kicked off her Creature Feature Show featuring Jill Alo. Between Jill and Tina they both collectively own around seven dogs and four cats. With this kind of inspiring scenery its easy to understand why Jill’s highly original style comes out so well in her animal paintings and drawings. This showing will also function as a drop off for donations going towards the Read more


Austin.com & Animal Rescue Austin.com & Animal Rescue Austin.com wants to help our best friends by introducing you to some of the friendly faces looking for help out there. Fred Mitchim has made some funny videos to help you find a friend. Austin.com has also attached a feature to this section that allows you to "shop" the current pets available by refreshing your page. So you can now fall in love with the one you are going to save. This section will be growing over the coming months and Austin.com will be presenting ev Read more


Free 4th of July Events Free 4th of July Events 4th of July celebrations are plentiful here in Austin, TX, but what about live music events? There are usually many different shows scheduled every weekend in the ATX. The focus here will be on a few  Austin shows that are free or inexpensive for those (most of us) budgeting for the holiday.  These events will leave you with some money left in your pocket at the end of the weekend, but still feeling like you were able to do all Read more

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Altar Boyz Still Serving Laughs at ZACH
Written by Lauren Meyers   

(l to r) Matthew, Luke, Mark, Juan, and Abraham
Photo: Kirk R. Tuck

Austin pleads for the Altar Boyz to stay.

From New Kids on the Block to the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, boy bands have kept a few things in common over the years: synchronized dancing, identical outfits, a perfectly harmonious sound (even if studio engineered). Altar Boyz is a dazzling show that draws on the boy band phenomenon and coaxes laughter out of even the most straight-laced person. Austin loved this show so much that ZACH Theatre extended its original curtain call on July 13 to August 10.


ZACH Theatre’s production follows the formula that made Altar Boyz the New York Outer Critic Circle’s Best Off-Broadway Musical in 2005. The show is a collaboration of serious dance moves and actual singing (no lip synching here) of five young men who were called upon by God to share their talents with the world in order to save themselves and the souls around them. Playwright Kevin Del Aguila and songwriters Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker succeed in making a little bit of fun of past boy bands, modern Christianity, closet homosexuals, and more in this comical, spoof-based musical. But the jokes are always in a laugh-with way; never a laugh-at.

Each member of the Austin cast brings their own snazz to this unstoppable show. At the center of the band is the leading heartthrob Matthew (played with verve by Dario Nolfi), flanked by the closet—even to himself—gay, Mark (Christopher Hartman), the obligatory wanna-be gangster Luke (Mark Christine), the Enrique Iglesias look-a-like Juan (Joshua Cruz), and the not-entirely-sure-why-he’s-here Jew, Abraham (James La Rosa).

Synchronizing for God
Photo: Kirk R. Tuck
The show opens by introducing us to the Soul Meter, the Boyz’ tally on the number of sinners with souls that need saving—a vow the missionary-minded teens have undertaken. After each song, they check the meter to see the number of souls that were saved, and each time the number drops. Among the score of comical tunes, like “Jesus Called Me on My Cell Phone,” the song drawing the deepest belly laughs is "Girl, You Make Me Want To Wait,” where Matthew grabs a girl from the audience to serenade her with a brutally honest, anti-seduction sex-you-up hymn.

Ever since the Austin run first opened, by the time the rollicking performance reaches its complete-with-twist ending, every seat in the theater is standing. No wonder Austin begged for more: Altar Boyz rocked the house!

Altar Boyz has been held over to August 10, showing Wed-Sun on ZACH’s Kleberg Stage. Tickets range from $24-$58 and are available online .

 

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