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Boeing-Boeing

Austin Playhouse succeeds in booking a funny flight to Madcap Farce City

Adam Roberts, Feb. 16, 2012

Next to Normal

Strong performances make this musical about mental illness worth seeing

Elizabeth Cobbe, Feb. 16, 2012

Joshua Saunders: Crip/Blood

Attaching gang names to mundane objects, the show seems to be one big punch line

Andy Campbell, Feb. 16, 2012

Diana Al-Hadid

The artist's VAC installation creates an afterimage for the afterworld

Andy Campbell, Feb. 9, 2012

Arcadia

A magnificent-looking and intelligent staging of Tom Stoppard's masterpiece

Jillian Owens, Feb. 9, 2012

Antarctica

Who knew Antarctica was really made of cheese?

Dan Solomon, Feb. 9, 2012

Moulin Rouge: The Ballet

Truth was stranger – and more interesting – than the fiction in this Canadian dance

Jonelle Seitz, Feb. 9, 2012

'Long' Haul

Delivering the goods on the 2012 FronteraFest Long Fringe

Robert Faires, Feb. 2, 2012

Wicked

An election-year return to Oz finds the hit musical packing an extra punch

Jillian Owens, Feb. 2, 2012

Lucia di Lammermoor

Lyubov Petrova powers this Lucia with vocal fireworks and nuanced acting

Adam Roberts, Feb. 2, 2012

Long Gone Lonesome

This tale of a Scotsman who loved and sang country music rang Texas true

Robert Faires, Jan. 26, 2012

Miró Quartet with Anton Nel

A concert which proved that eloquence survives in the age of the sound bite

Robert Faires, Jan. 26, 2012

Laurie Frick: Quantify Me

The artist as data, casting the metrics of her life in visual form

Wayne Alan Brenner, Jan. 26, 2012

Conversations While Dining Alone

The show's brief monologues work like pop songs, conveying universal feelings in condensed form

Robert Faires, Jan. 19, 2012

Austin Symphony Orchestra With Emanuel Ax

The music made by the ASO and its guest pianist too often sounded disconnected

Adam Roberts, Jan. 19, 2012

True Story

Three very different takes on portraiture provide three reasons to see this exhibit

Wayne Alan Brenner, Jan. 19, 2012

The Children's Hour

Design takes center stage in Different Stages' revival of Lillian Hellman's drama

Adam Roberts, Jan. 12, 2012

Return of the Herd of Harpsichords

This La Follia concert was to the harpsichord what a fine wine tasting is to vino

Robert Faires, Jan. 12, 2012

God of Carnage

This show offers a gleeful thrill like that long, first drop on a roller coaster

Robert Faires, Dec. 29, 2011

DeCola & Eusebi Studio

Something in the season just makes leaded panes of glass apropos

Wayne Alan Brenner, Dec. 29, 2011

A Christmas Carol: The Musical

Though touching, this homespun production was inconsistent

Jillian Owens, Dec. 22, 2011

Poste Restante

A cocktail of a performance about what it means to send a letter

Elizabeth Cobbe, Dec. 22, 2011

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

Penfold's staging is a charming complement to the holiday hustle and bustle

Jillian Owens, Dec. 15, 2011

Cuento Navideño: Bah Humbug in the Barrio

A Latina Scrooge has a change of heart in this sweet adaptation of A Christmas Carol

Robert Faires, Dec. 15, 2011

Of Mice & Music – A Jazz Nutcracker

Tapestry's syncopated take appeals even to those who have sworn off sugarplums

Jonelle Seitz, Dec. 15, 2011

Men of Tortuga

Rare is the theatre company whose debut is as deft and precise as Street Corner Arts' is

Adam Roberts, Dec. 15, 2011

Housebreaking

This drama of identity-switching may leave you feeling equally fascinated and repulsed

Jillian Owens, Dec. 15, 2011

Mapping Time

El Anatsui charts the geography of Africa from then to now

Robert Faires, Dec. 8, 2011

Burn This

An innovative use of space marks 7 Towers Theatre Company's debut

Adam Roberts, Dec. 8, 2011

FlashDance, but Flashier: 30 More Dances in 60 Minutes

These microdances had beginnings, middles, and ends, and also heart

Jonelle Seitz, Dec. 8, 2011

Holiday Group Show

Among the many reasons to see this show: Randall Reid's evocative sign collages

Wayne Alan Brenner, Dec. 8, 2011

The Lion in Winter

Even fading lights couldn't dim the glow of Austin Playhouse's lovely staging

Jillian Owens, Dec. 1, 2011

American Bear

In the subgenre of family reunion plays, this new entry struggles to compete

Adam Roberts, Dec. 1, 2011

Big Love

An ensemble of lovely, lovely actors makes this updated Greek drama great fun

Elizabeth Cobbe, Nov. 23, 2011

Well

Despite the author's absence, Different Stages delivers a fine production

Adam Roberts, Nov. 23, 2011

'Marc Burckhardt + Gustavo Torres'

Don't think for an instant that the work in this show is anything but art

Wayne Alan Brenner, Nov. 23, 2011

360 (round dance)

Steven Dietz's new adaptation of Schnitzler's Reigen is solid and intriguing

Elizabeth Cobbe, Nov. 17, 2011

West of East

This group show boasts striking art worth leaving the Eastside for Hyde Park

Wayne Alan Brenner, Nov. 17, 2011

A Lie of the Mind

While maybe not Sam Shepard's best, the play has worthwhile material to chew on

Adam Roberts, Nov. 17, 2011

The Magic Flute

ALO opens its 25th season with a magical revival of Mozart's opera

Adam Roberts, Nov. 10, 2011

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