Last week, Ron Berry, the easygoing powerhouse behind the Fusebox Festival, announced the lineup for the multi-disciplinary art festival that will entertain audiences this spring between April 21st and May 1st. With an estimated eighty percent of the lineup finalized, Berry described various headlining events that will be staged in theaters, galleries, and the streets of Austin. The ever ambitious duo of choreographer Allison Orr and composer Graham Reynolds are teaming up again to kick off the festival on the steps of the capitol, where two-hundred Texas two-steppers will perform accompanied by a live western swing orchestra. more ›

Ron Berry has been having a mighty fine time of things lately. Last year's Fuse Box Festival was critically and commercially successful. Refraction Arts' production of The Assumption was so popular, they resurrected it late last year to sold out houses. The company garnered a whopping 24 Critics Table Awards in '07. To top it all off, in its most ambitious year to date, Fuse Box '08 kicks off in less than two weeks. We recently chatted with Ron about Fuse Box to get the scoop on this year's fest. more ›