Theatre enthusiasts who have been yearning for in-person performances will have another reason to be excited as Texas Performing Arts (TPA) at The University of Texas at Austin prepares to open its newlyrenovated Bass Concert Hall this May.
TPA has been considering dramatic renovations to Bass Concert Hall for many years, but the theater — the largest performing arts venue in Austin — struggled to find adequate time for largescale improvements.
Since Bass Concert Hall opened 40 years ago this spring, smaller-scale renovation projects improved the concert hall incrementally since 2009, when a project expanded the outer lobby. Then, in 2013, the seats in the orchestra level were replaced. In 2019, TPA welcomed 285,809 attendees through its doors, so the challenge for broader-scaled renovations was not so much how, but when?
