Welcome, welcome, the return of This Week in Theatre, our weekly attempt to point you, dear reader, in the direction of some of Austin's best and brightest theatre offerings. Pickings are a touch slim this week, probably due to the spring holiday, but here are a few things that caught our eye. First, the Bard-lovin' thesps at Austin Shakespeare Fest have ganged up with none other than Richard Garriott to bring you an Easter... more ›

::SATURDAY:: [film] Bush's Brain, dusk @ Jo's Coffee - sponsored by MoveOn.org [film?] Casting Call for "How to Eat Fried Worms," 10am-4pm @ Holliday Inn Town Lake [art] "Fever" Opening Party, 12-5pm @ Creative Research Laboratory ::ALL WEEKEND:: [theater] "Annie Get Your Gun," 8-ish @ Zilker Hillside Theater... more ›

Starting tonight, Zilker Theatre Productions is putting on Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun at the Zilker Hillside Theater. This is the 47th production in their annual Zilker Summer Musical series, which happens to be the longest running outdoor production of its type in the country. And from the looks of it, they go all out with this FREE production - intricate set designs, elaborate Western costumes, a huge cast and well-choreographed musical numbers. They'll be performing Thursday-Sundays at 8pm until August 13. On rainy days, performances will still go on if the rain stops by 6pm. more ›

FRIDAY [food] The Oasis? Burned down. But now re-opened! (Partially!) [culture] Ballet Under the Stars, 8:30pm @ Zilker Hillside Theater - Free [food] Doughnut Day, all day @ Krispy Kreme (go get a free doughnut) [music] The Deathray Davies, 8pm @ Emo's SATURDAY [film] "Freaks and Geeks" Marathon, 12pm @ Alamo Drafthouse Downtown - $30 [parade] Austin Pride Parade, 8pm on Congress Avenue [culture] Ballet Under the Stars, 8:30pm @ Zilker Hillside Theater -... more ›