The University of Texas Performing Arts Center

Check Out April At the UT Performing Arts Center!

UT Performing Arts Center Presents:
Fès Festival of World Sacred Music
Tuesday, April 6, 2004 @ 8 PM
Hogg Auditorium
(Hogg Auditorium is located on the west side of the UT campus, on 24th at Whitis, just one block off Guadalupe.)
Tickets: $20, $35, $42

Music is the language of the soul, and this festival takes you to a city in Morocco, where people gather annually to celebrate their diversity and share an uplifting experience through music. Like walking through a musical bazaar, you'll sample Jewish Sephardic music, American Gospel music, Algerian and Moroccan music and much more.

The Fes Festival of World Sacred Music was founded after the 1991 Gulf War to celebrate the power of music to promote peace and understanding. This intercultural dialogue of the spirit will conquer your heart. Fes Festival whisks you away to a cultural crossroads where people dance to the rhythms and the music of the sacred.

UT Opera Theatre Presents: The Old Majestic
by Robert Xavier Rodriguez
Fri, Apr 23 @ 8:00 PM
Sun, Apr 25 @ 7:00 PM
Fri, Apr 30 @ 8:00 PM
Sun, May 2 @ 7:00 PM
McCullough Theatre
(McCullough Theatre is located behind Bass Concert Hall on the east side of the University of Texas at Austin campus, at the corner of 23rd and Robert Dedman Drive.)
Tickets: $16

Set backstage at San Antonio's famous Majestic Theatre, this heartwarming opera introduces us to a troupe of vaudeville actors who lament the end of an era, and the dawn of the age of film. The Old Majestic bubbles over with charm and wit, and this presentation by the UT PAC and UT Opera Theatre will mark the first staged production
of the work.

San Antonio native, Robert Xavier Rodriguez's poignant libretto includes actual routines and quotes from vaudeville performers who must decide whether to move on with their lives or go down with the ship. The esteemed composer will be in Austin to attend the production.

UT Performing Arts Center Presents:
Itzhak Perlman, Violin
Sunday, April 25, 2004 @ 7 PM
Bass Concert Hall
(23rd and Robert Dedman Drive)
Tickets: $30, $40, $50, $55, $60

There are things that everyone should do in their lifetime. Experiencing a live performance by Itzhak Perlman is one of them. Undeniably the reigning virtuoso of the violin, Perlman enjoys a superstar status that is rarely afforded to a classical musician.

Beloved for his charm and humanity as well as his talent, he has come to be recognized by audiences all over the world, who respond not only to his flawless technique, but also to the irrepressible joy and passion that he communicates. Who could forget his collaboration with film score composer John Williams in Steven Spielberg's Oscar®-winningfilm Schindler's List, in which Perlman performed the violin solos? Don't miss this rare, incredible opportunity!

UT Performing Arts Center and Broadway in Austin Presents: The Full Monty
Wed. - Sun., April 28 to May 2, 2004
Bass Concert Hall
(23rd and Robert Dedman Drive)
Tickets: $20-$65

The Full Monty is Broadway's smash hit musical about six good buddies whose desperate plan to get their lives back together requires them to triumph over their fears, their nerves and their clothes. Nominated for ten Tony Awards® including Best Musical, The Full Monty features a new book by Tony Award ®, winner Terrence McNally, music and lyrics by pop composer David Yazhek and direction by Jack O'Brien. USA Today proclaims The Full Monty "one of the most entertaining and exhilarating productions you'll ever see." For additional info on this production, to request press tickets or for image, please contact the Broadway in Austin press rep: Cindy Evans, Levenson-Hill PR, (214) 932-6009; cindy.evans@landh.com.