Kick Butt Comedy - Open Mic Night - 8pm
Every Wednesday 7:00PM @ Kick Butt Coffee (North Austin)
The Kick Butt Comedy Open Mic Wednesdays - 8 p.m. Free with One (1) Drink Purchase Comedians show up no later than 7:30 p.m. to put your name in "the kick butt coffee sorting mug…more»
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Thu. 12/06 | 7:00PM - Sun. 12/23 @ City Theatre Co (North Austin)
They are not alive! And a great comedy for the holidays turning Shakespeare’s Hamlet on its ear. A Tony award winner for Best Play. Tickets: $15-20/General Admission, $12/Students …more»
The Santaland Diaries
Fri. 11/23 | 7:00PM - Sun. 01/06 @ ZACH Scott Theatre (South Austin)
Our little Macy’s elf knows a thing or two about faking the Yuletide spirit. But you won’t be faking a good time when your sides split during David Sedaris’ wickedly funny Th…more»
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Crumpet, a Macy’s elf, is so out to kill your holiday spirt. See, he’s not exactly thrilled that he has to take a gig in Santaland, herding the hordes of screaming kids through their photo op with Santa.read more at austin360.com
The Rock n Soul Musical
Thu. 11/22 | 7:00PM - Sun. 12/30 @ ZACH Scott Theatre (South Austin)
Rockin’ Christmas Party turns fourteen this year reigning as one of the longest-running Austin traditions of all time. Bigger, brighter and merrier than ever our award-winning cast sure …more»
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Some people might not associate the holiday season with women sporting beehives, but Zachary Scott Theatre Center is ready to prove them wrong. “Rockin’ Christmas Party” is full of foot-tapping tunes for the holidays.read more at austin360.com
Parallelogramophonograph: Improvised French Farce
Thu. 12/06 | 8:00PM - Thu. 12/27 @ ColdTowne Theater (East Side)
Parallelogramophonograph presents the latest in their catalogue of innovative improvisational show formats: French Farce. PGraph will improvise a hilarious one-act play in the grand tradition…more»
Comedy Open Mike
Thu. 07/12 | 10:00PM - Thu. 12/27 @ Velveeta Room (Downtown)
The Notorious Open MicThursdays, 10 p.m.Show up at the club or call 469-9116 to sign up by 9:00 p.m.30-50 pro and new comics get 3 min each to make you laught.
Improv 101 Class at Merlin Works Institute for Improvisation
Every Wednesday 6:00PM @ Salvage Vanguard Theater (Campus)
Improv 101 Class at the Merlin Works Institute for Improvisation For complete beginners and experienced actors, this workshop teaches the fundamentals of improvisation. The class's intera…more»
Virginia
Mon. 12/03 | 8:00PM - Tue. 12/18 @ Hyde Park Theatre (Campus)
Virginia is a story for the whole family, told in two time periods, about two men who find the Christmas spirit through the honest question of 8 year old Virginia O'Hanlon of the Upper Wes…more»
WHITE CHRISTMAS
Sun. 12/09 | 7:00PM - Wed. 12/12 @ The Paramount Theatre (Downtown)
Sunday, December 9 @ 7 pmTuesday, December 11 @ 7 pmWednesday, December 12 @ 7:30 pmThe Paramount Theatre Bing Crosby, Danny Kane, Rosemary Clooney.…more»
The 45th Annual Production of The Nutcracker
Sat. 12/01 | 7:00PM - Sun. 12/23 @ The Paramount Theatre (Downtown)
In the month of December, Ballet Austin presents a holiday favorite, The Nutcracker in the Paramount Theatre for the first time ever!Tickets: To Be Announced …more»
Rick Pyndus
Fri. 12/01 | 7:00PM - Mon. 12/31 @ Art on 5th (Downtown)
A talented artist, Rick Pyndus's art will be in an ongoing exhibit.Tickets: Free Admission Email for Mor…more»
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
Every Wednesday 8:00PM @ Hyde Park Theatre (Campus)
Weird City Theatre Companyto produce a live stage adaptation ofNight of the Living DeadAUSTIN—Weird City Theatre Company to produce a live stage adaptation ofNIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, ad…more»
Plaid Tidings
Fri. 11/30 | 7:00PM - Sun. 12/30 @ ZACH Scott Theatre (South Austin)
The four-part harmony, guy group holiday musical returns! Thanks to a heavenly phone call from Rosemary Clooney, Sparky, Smudge, Jinx and Frankie are returning to earth in the delightful Forev…more»
The Santaland Diaries
Fri. 11/23 | 7:00PM - Sun. 01/06 @ ZACH Scott Theatre (South Austin)
Our little Macy’s elf knows a thing or two about faking the Yuletide spirit. But you won’t be faking a good time when your sides split during David Sedaris’ wickedly funny Th…more»
A Christmas Carol
Fri. 11/23 | 7:00PM - Sun. 12/23 @ George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center
Dickens' classic gets the full Broadway treatment in this adaptation of A Christmas Carol. This is the version that leaves New Yorkers and tourists alike gasping in wonder and merriment ev…more»
The Rock n Soul Musical
Fri. 11/23 | 7:00PM - Sun. 12/30 @ ZACH Scott Theatre (South Austin)
Rockin’ Christmas Party turns fourteen this year reigning as one of the longest-running Austin traditions of all time. Bigger, brighter and merrier than ever our award-winning cast sure …more»
A Christmas Cactus
Thu. 11/29 | 7:00PM - Sat. 12/15 @ Gaslight Theater
Christmas Eve is tough for private investigator Cactus O'Riley, a white hot redhead with the holiday blues. She is trying to lure her secretary Fred away from his protective mother, dodgin…more»
Barefoot in the Park
Fri. 11/30 | 7:00PM - Sat. 12/15 @ play! Theatre
After a six day honeymoon a spanking new lawyer, and his young bride, who is as pretty addled as they come, move into the new, high rent apartment that she has chosen for them. Can love conque…more»
Holiday Dreams
Fri. 11/30 | 7:30PM - Sat. 12/15 @ Bastrop Senior Center (East Side)
A holiday special performance by John Daniels, Jr. and Engela Edwards.Tickets: To Be Announced Buy Tickets …more»
Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol
Thu. 12/06 | 7:00PM - Sun. 12/23 @ Unity church of the hills (South Austin)
'Marley was dead, to begin with…'—and what happens to Ebenezer Scrooge's mean, sour, pruny old business partner after that? Chained and shackled, Marley is condemned t…more»
A Monster Carol
Wed. 12/05 | 7:00PM - Thu. 12/13 @ Texas State Capitol (Downtown)
At Vincent’s House of Wax, home of the scary monsters, a ghostly visitor comes calling on Christmas Eve. Now, Vincent’s is no usual museum of wax figures for when the doors are loc…more»
Esther's Follies
Mon. 01/01 | 7:00PM - Mon. 12/31 @ Esther's Follies (East Sixth)
Esther's Follies is Texas' premiere magic and comedy troupe. For more than a quarter century, the folks at Esther's Pool have kept Austin rolling with laughter. Part magic show, pa…more»
Original Paintings: Ron Clark
Tue. 01/02 | 7:00PM - Mon. 12/31 @ Gallery Soco
Ron Clark was born in a small, agrarian community just north of the Oklahoma-Texas border in the fertile Red River Valley. One summer morning during his childhood, he wandered into an artist&#…more»
Though Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are technically executed at the end of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard (“The Golden Compass,” “Shakespeare In Love,” “Arcadia”) resurrects the duo in his award-winning 1966 pastiche “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead,” running at the City Theatre Company through Dec. 23.read more at austin360.com