Different Stages’ Yankee Tavern
This production of Steven Dietz’s play offers a deep dive into what we choose to believe and a stimulating evening of theatre
Elizabeth Cobbe
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Arts, April 5, 2018
Rude Mechs' Fixing Troilus and Cressida
The third show in the Fixing Shakespeare series makes his mess of a play about the Trojan War hilarious and even engrossing
Arts, March 14, 2018
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
This debut fantasy novel is appealing, in part because it draws on legends of the Arab world for its magic
Arts, March 1, 2018
Jarrott Productions’ The Father
The play presents dementia from the sufferer’s perspective, but it suffers from a shortage of emotions besides exasperation
Arts, Feb. 15, 2018
Austin Playhouse’s Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
In its rush to be fun, the show fails to tap all the potential of this rom-com sequel to Pride and Prejudice
Arts, Dec. 14, 2017
Austin Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespeare's rom-com gets a light staging with fine performances and lots of genuine laughs
Arts, Nov. 21, 2017
Texas Book Festival 2017:
Flights of Fantasy
Flights of Fantasy
Authors Pulley and Rivera on what's new in historical fantasy
Arts, Nov. 5, 2017
A Moonless, Starless Sky
This journalist’s accounts of ordinary people seeking to create good in Africa is challenging, frightening, and powerful
Arts, Nov. 2, 2017
Groundswell Theatre Company's Bear Eats Bear
This site-specific audio work puts the audience in a postapocalyptic world to show how central art is to the human experience
Arts, Nov. 2, 2017
Ballet Austin’s Not Afraid of the Dark
The glow-in-the-dark visions of this earnest, sweet ballet will excite and inspire the youngsters who see it
Arts, Oct. 26, 2017
Paper Chairs’ Catalina de Erauso
Elizabeth Doss’ latest plays with history in a way that serves its feminist hero, and it’s also a comedy that knows its stuff
Arts, Sept. 21, 2017
Vortex Repertory Company's Storm Still
Gabrielle Reisman's script refashions King Lear into the daughters' story, and the Vortex stages it with admirable heart
Arts, Sept. 14, 2017
UT Department of Theatre & Dance's Building the Wall
UT Department of Theatre & Dance rushes to get Robert Schenkkan's timely political drama onstage
Arts, Sept. 7, 2017
Ocean at the Vortex
In her solo show, Ebony Stewart makes a canvas out of herself and a beautiful gift we should embrace
Arts, Aug. 31, 2017
Monty Python's Spamalot
With Eric Idle's screen-to-stage musical spoof, Summer Stock Austin makes the Knights of the Round Table so very enjoy-able
Arts, Aug. 3, 2017
Zilker Theatre Productions’ The Wizard of Oz
The 59th Zilker Summer Musical embraces all the joy in the familiar tale, making for a family-friendly show
Arts, July 27, 2017
Penfold Theatre’s Around the World in 80 Days
This original, gender-bending theatrical take on Jules Verne's adventure tale is a grand story told with delightful imagination
Arts, June 22, 2017
Zach Theatre's In the Heights
This production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical brings us the life and pride of an immigrant neighborhood at an important time
Arts, June 15, 2017
Butcher Holler Here We Come
This stylized look at West Virginia miners trapped underground is more of a powerful sensory experience than a narrative drama
Arts, May 25, 2017
The Phantom of the Opera at Bass Concert Hall
This new touring production makes a grandly restaged, compelling tale of thin source material, with a chandelier drop that still thrills
Arts, April 27, 2017
Different Stages' Mrs. Mannerly
Jeffrey Hatcher's nostalgic comedy gently leads the audience back to small-town Ohio in the Sixties
Arts, April 6, 2017
Hyde Park Theatre's John
In playwright Annie Baker's fun twist on haunted house tales, you learn what it is to be watched
Arts, March 16, 2017
Theatre en Bloc's Neva
Asking what difference art makes in the face of revolution, Jenny Lavery and company deliver an engrossing production
Arts, March 2, 2017
Austin Playhouse's Death of a Salesman
Marc Pouhé creates a powerful and sympathetic portrait of Willy Loman in a production starring African-American actors
Arts, March 2, 2017
Zach Theatre's The Great Society
Robert Schenkkan's smart script and remarkable ensemble work make this a powerful look at LBJ's White House years
Arts, Feb. 2, 2017
Austin Playhouse’s Bloomsday
Steven Dietz's rumination on a great love lost lacks some of the vivid passion it needs in this staging
Arts, Jan. 19, 2017
Dead Man's Cell Phone
En Route Productions makes Sarah Ruhl's lighthearted meditation on love and death both hilarious and touching
Arts, Jan. 12, 2017
Street Corner Arts' Constellations
The company moves through Nick Payne's play in ways that make its multiple variations quick and fresh
Arts, Dec. 8, 2016
Different Stages’ Fahrenheit 451
This theatrical adaptation of the Ray Bradbury story ends up being timely and may make you step outside your bubble
Arts, Dec. 1, 2016
Salvage Vanguard Theater's With Great Difficulty Alice Sits
Hannah Kenah's new play presents an unsettling battle of wills between a mother and daughter before birth
