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The Mutt-Cracker (Sweet!)
The irrepressible Darren Peterson and Circus Chickendog return to the Vortex with their family-friendly circus extravaganza, featuring all manner of delightful antics with a crew of talented rescue dogs and a talking scarlet macaw. Written and directed by Melissa Vogt, with Tyler Mabry’s live original score including bits of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite.Dec. 18-23: Sat.-Sun., Wed.-Thu., 4:30 & 6:30pm. Dec. 28-Jan. 2: Tue., 4:30pm; Wed.-Thu., 4:30 & 6:30pm; Fri., 4:30pm; Sat., 6:30pm; Sun., 4:30pm. $15-35.
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A Miracle on 34th Street: Classic Radiocast
With an original script by Penfold Theatre Company’s Nathan Jerkins, this holiday classic brings the humor and heartwarming holiday feels to Round Rock (Dec. 9-18) and Austin (Dec. 19), performed in that iconic live-radio-show format by local actors and a foley sound artist. We're telling you about these Round Rock gigs, even, because, well – look at this cast: Lowell Bartholomee, Eva McQuade, Mical Trejo, Marina DeYoe-Pedraza, and Robert Faires. And it's directed by Rosalind Faires. We say: If professionally staged Christmas cheer is your cuppa tea, this will totally slake your theatre thirst.Through Dec. 18. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm. $16-21. -
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Bah, Humbug!
The award-winning improvisers at the Hideout Theatre construct an enchanting, hilarious, and completely improvised play set in Victorian England – as if seen through the eyes of master writer and storyteller Charles Dickens – and using suggestions from the audience to create an entirely new Dickensian narrative with every show. And, yes, there's an afternoon show on Boxing Day!Fri.-Sat., 8pm, Dec. 17-18; Sun., Dec. 26, 5pm. $7-15. -
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Jaston Williams: Blood & Holly
Jaston Williams remembers his childhood Christmas celebrations as being an odd mix of Babes in Toyland with occasional detours through Franco’s Spain. Meet the two elderly Texan sisters minus all their eyebrows, the members of the Hugger family whose Christmas list includes everything from rubber knives for the kids to new teeth for Grandma, and spend Christmas Eve in a local bar in the company of a delightfully merry gentleman. The talented co-creator of the Greater Tuna plays will have you in holiday stitches with this show about Christmas west of Pecos.Dec. 17-18. Fri., 7pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm
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A Cool Yule
The TexARTS holiday tradition returns for its ninth year, bringing back that swingin’ cabaret to warm your heart with the songs of Andy Williams, Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Sugarland, Michael Bublé, Peggy Lee, and more, featuring stars from the TexARTS Professional Series.Dec. 16-19. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $46-56. -
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Gilbert & Sullivan: Back on the Boards - Wish You Were Here!
Austin's Gilbert & Sullivan Society presents these familiar numbers in traditional staging to celebrate the holiday months of 2021, streaming free of charge via the GSA website throughout December, featuring celebrated local performers in duets and solos on the Worley-Barton stage, as directed by Jan Jones and Holton Johnson.Through Dec. 30. Free. -
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Hamilton
This, in case you somehow didn't know (and please accept our congratulations on finally waking up from that years-long coma, yo, it's good to have you back), is the touring production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop musical about America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Brought to town by the good people of Broadway in Austin, it's a phenomenon that's worthy of its endless hype, and they say tickets are possibly still available.Through Dec. 19. Tue.-Fri., 8pm; Sat. 2 & 8pm; Sun., 1 & 7pm. $49-299. -
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La Pastorela
Teatro Vivo’s La Pastorela is a celebration of the Austin BIPOC community that keeps all the lessons and humor of the traditional Pastorela (with the familiar shepherds, angels, and devils), but sets in the present time in this city. Directed by Carl Gonzales, with musical direction by Eric Flores.Through Dec. 19. Thu.-Sat., 7pm; Sun., 2pm. Donations accepted. -
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Strange, But Perfect
In Carlo Lorenzo Garcia's new play, the year 2020 was a never-ending river of bad news in which marketing assistant Charlie from NYC decided to quarantine at his grandma's house in rural America. But, WTF, someone else was already there: a townie who's been acting as Charlie's grandma's caretaker? Weirdness, hilarity, and complex humanity ensue. Directed by A. Skola Summers for Street Corner Arts, featuring Natalie D. Garcia and the playwright himself.Through Jan. 29. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $25. -
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The 12 Dates of Christmas
Austin Playhouse presents Gina Hoben's heartwarming one-woman play that "offers a hilarious and modern alternative to the old standards of the holiday season," as a spurned fiancée re-enters the dating world, where romance isn’t – as you, citizen, may be way too aware – all it’s cracked up to be. Starring Lara Toner Haddock, directed by Cyndi Williams.Wed., Dec. 15, 7:30pm; Sat., Dec. 18, 7:30pm; Mon., Dec. 20, 7:30pm. Streaming on demand: Dec. 20-26. $20 (in-person), $12 (streamed live). -
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Unexpected Joy
Here's the regional premiere of Bill Russell and Janet Hood's musical about three generations of female singers, long-held family tensions, and a week together where change is in the air. Directed by Lisa Scheps for Ground Floor Theatre, with in-person performances and streaming options, this is a shows that "weaves folk-rock, pop, and blues in bringing together a family that hasn’t experienced true joy in decades." Starring Michelle Alexander, Caroline Mullins, Amber Quick, and Cathie Sheridan.Through Dec. 19. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $25.
