This weekend, you’re in for a treat. Tonight through Saturday, the Paramount's Summer Film Series will be bringing us 1961's film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical West Side Story, based on Shakespere’s Romeo and Juliet. more ›

Austin is beyond fortunate to have a strong contingent of thespians dedicated to the Bard. under the guidance of Artistic Director Ann Ciccolella, Austin Shakespeare is presenting a musical revue that has nothing to do with midsummer night dreams or long winter naps. Instead, the group will raise their voices high and offer up tunes from favorite musicals including Peter Pan, Kiss Me Kate, She Loves Me, and The Light in the Piazza. Austin Shakespeare (formerly Austin Shakespeare Festival) is one group of Will-o-philes that really stretched MacBeth last September at the Long Center. Now, really going out on a limb, they’re spending the next several days totally busting free of their muse to offer up a little non-holiday cheer for those of us who don’t give a rat’s ass about shiny-nosed, misfit distant relatives of Bambi. more ›

It’s rare for a production to offer a full-fledged meditation on grief, race/class struggles, greed, the questionable influences of technology, and the crippling effects of fear on human dynamics. It’s rarer for a large cast to offer such stellar performances that it’s nigh impossible to choose a standout. And it’s even rarer for these achievements to include Motown-inspired original songs that give beat and rhythm to an unpredictable story and a wide range of emotions. more ›