Different Stages @ Austin Playhouse
March 19th-April 10th, 2010

In funny, moving, engaging monologues, three sisters spin the tale of their family and an era. Their father, the eponymous carpetbagger, was a former Union soldier who used his post as county treasurer and tax collector to amass a Texas plantation of twenty thousand acres. Preserving that plantation through the vicissitudes of their lives becomes a central issue for his daughters. It’s all about family secrets, tribal memories, sibling rivalry, and how change stalks our lives.

ZACH Theatre
January 28th-March 28th, 2010

Just when you thought The Flaming Idiots days of jugglin’, jokin’, throwin’, swallowin’, leapin’ and conquerin’ Broadway were over, Austin brings them back! The Flaming Idiots are returning to ZACH’s stage for the sort of theatre circus hilarity that brought them to international acclaim and got them kicked out of Williamson County. Prepare to be amazed as you watch their signature spectacle come to the stage with a bound-for-Broadway reunion act that is far more outrageous than you ever thought theatre could be.

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The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards gala, produced under the auspices of the Austin Film Society and presented by AT&T, was co-founded in 2001 by Louis Black, Editor of The Austin Chronicle, and Evan Smith, Editor-In-Chief and CEO of the Texas Tribune. Every year, this red carpet event is held at Austin Studios, on the site of the city’s onetime municipal airport, and inducts or honors Texans who have made a significant contribution to film or filmmaking, as well as non-Texans who’ve made significant strides in the advancement of the Texas film industry.

Austin – From piano bars, to Broadway and touring as the lead in Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp’s “Movin’ Out,” and now with his own show at the Long Center, Matt Wilson lives up to his reputation of “piano man.” He brings “My Baby Grand,” his tribute to rock and roll piano players, to the Rollins Theatre at the Long Center on Friday, March 26, at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, March 28, at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are $25.00 in advance and $30.00 at the door.

On Saturday, March 27, at 8:00 p.m. Wilson participates in the Long Center’s Second Anniversary event including a performance with the Matt Wilson Band in the Rollins Theatre, one of many after parties. The event features Ray Benson and friends at a VIP dinner (6:00 p.m.) before a concert by Hall and Oates, followed by several after parties. Tickets start at $75.00.
 
“My Baby Grand” is Wilson’s tribute to the great piano players in rock and roll. From years in bar rooms to starring on Broadway, Matt recalls his renditions from piano greats such as Ray Charles, Billy Joel, Dr. John, Stevie Wonder, Ben Folds and Carol King. The show includes interactive video production complete with stage lighting, video screens and live camera work. Wilson’s band includes Greg Williams on sax, Matt Muehling on guitar, Steve Zirkel on vocals and bass, Laura Mordecai on vocal and percussion and Mike Kopp on drums.