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Drama with a Gothic flair scored high in the nominations for the 2005 B. Iden Payne Awards, as announced by Austin Circle of Theatres on August 15

In the Austin Playhouse production of Mahalia!, director Don Toner has staged a neat chamber piece with a trio of talented actor / singers, allowing the singing to be spectacular and the rest of the play to operate simply.

Austin Playhouse's production of the musical Blues in the Night pinpoints feelings of love and loss among three women all hurt in love, with singers Jacqui Cross, Janis Stinson, and Melanie Wilkinson blending their three strong voices into a mighty harmony and reclaiming blues music for their sex.

Five performing arts groups that revive holiday-themed shows every December share the traditions they've developed within these seasonal traditions

The musical delights again, thanks to Zilker Theatre Productions' stellar cast and quality staging

The Zachary Scott Theatre Center production of Crowns sings a joyous hosanna to the African- American tradition of the church hat

Robert Faires gets a buzz from the Zachary Scott Theatre Center production of Rockin' Christmas Party.

The past 12 months saw some of Austin's

This musical production makes for an effervescent alternative to that other Dickens holiday show

With this play, Crystal Bird Caviel honors ancestors who were slaves and her colleague, the late Dr. Billy F. Harden

Zach Theatre's musical mashup of Christmases Past and Present puts bumps in Scrooge's journey

'Illumination Celebration' brings African-American theatre one step closer to the spotlight

After 18 years, Zach has remounted this mix of Greek tragedy and gospel, and miracles abound

After 17 years, Zach Theatre revives this spirited mix of soulful music and Greek tragedy

Courtney Sanchez and Matt Wilson bring the Christmas cheer in series debut

There ain't nothin' like a ho'-down, and Austin Playhouse's production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas draws the audience to her big friendly bosom

From the prologue through the rousing finale, ProArts Collective's new production of 'Black Nativity' saturates the Christmas story in rich emotion

City arts funding revisions get a thumbs-up from council, theatre artists sing for cancer charities, and local playwrights meet and greet

A complete list of all Payne Award nominees.

Rupert Holmes' adaptation of 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' has more to do with Victorian music hall entertainment than Dickensian literature – and is all the more engaging for it

The story of Austin Musical Theatre is itself a musical, complete with kids-with-a-dream beginnings, against-all-odds successes, and nail-chewing jams. Well, now comes the big-belting, high-kicking, pull-out-the-stops showstopper: a revue revisiting AMT's greatest song-and-dance numbers, Celebrate Austin Musical Theatre.

Zachary Scott Theatre Center's musical production of Jelly's Last Jam doesn't quite get at the soul of Jelly Roll Morton's complicated legacy.

A major change in direction for the Austin Circle of Theatres.

The State Theater Company's production of Nunsense is long on laughs if short on story, according to Chronicle writer Skipper Chong Warson.

A meeting on the Long Center; a profitable gala for Austin Musical Theatre; a new season for Salvage Vanguard Theater.

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