As we mentioned yesterday, Yellow Tape Construction Co is throwing a kick-ass party at Art Amici on Saturday night. Not only does the Austinist-sponsored afterparty feature Peel, The Early Tapes, and Cari P from Belaire and Fancy Feast, but you can come early and check out performances by The Frank Mills, Big Poppa E, Breanna Stogner and more! Performances start at 9pm, with a ticket price of $20 (price includes 2 drinks), but now... more ›

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A couple of shows with big phatty hype open this week. So ph-ph-phatty, that we’re bringing back the word phat (with a p.h. homeslice!) just to emphasize how phatty it really is. PHAT. PH. AT. Ok. Our Austinist Pick of the Week is a toss-up. Red Cans is the show the press just can’t get enough of. Josh Meyer and Matt Hislope, the delightful duo behind Rubber Repertory – the company producing the project... more ›

Spy vs Spy, Bush vs Iraq France Gays Sensible People, mano y mano – and now, Actor vs Actor. Let’s admit it, people: the theatre is fueled by a thinly veiled passion for destroying your competition – rising to the top amidst the rubble of your fallen comrades. From the queeny designer, filled with vitriolic disdain for the company across town that “stole my fabulous chiffon idea for the most amazing nu wave adaptation of The Music Man that this world would have ever seen, honey” – to the high school student in Hurst, TX that poisoned her rival thespian’s Mountain Dew to secure the lead in the school play – these are people that win at all costs. more ›

It's been awhile since we've harkened back to the 1980's. Valley girls. Psychedelia...80's style. Neon. Punky Brewster. Shudder. But Yellow Tape Construction Company has pulled the best, loudest, most obnoxious parts of our formative years into one busy, energetic romp with I Love My Dead Gay Son: The Musical!. If you haven't been paying attention, the show is YTC's take on the dark comedy Heathers, with added music, lots of retro references, and an... more ›

This Friday, September 30th, Yellow Tape Construction Company - who combine dance, theatre, music and performance art - will be celebrating the opening of their newest endeavor, Come Home. Written by Amanda Butterfield and Jonathon Morgan, Yellow Tape describes Come Home as "...an indie-folk, road-trip musical beneath the overwhelming expanse of an American sky." We're not sure what that means, but after the recent success of Hobbled (which starred a few Lonestar Rollergirls), we're... more ›