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This documentary is a far cry from the dry polemics one might expect from a survey of Ralph Nader's career as a consumer activist and political candidate.

The company builds a uniquely entertaining evening around Shaw's fiery tango of wits between a young Napoleon and a Mysterious Lady

There's much more to Ms. Channing than Dolly and Lorelei

Should you attend the UT Department of Theatre and Dance production of Heartbreak House, you'll have to work to keep up with the student cast, which blasts through the wordy script, but your labors will be rewarded by some fine design work and acting, and G.B. Shaw's timely critique of the leisure classes awakening to a world at war.

A production that makes Shaw's century-old ideas feel current – and very human

Different Stages has fun with Shaw's dissection of the institution of marriage

The curious saga of 20 portraits of British literary greats that UT paid Feliks Topolski to paint, then didn't show for decades

Shaw's comedy may still be politically charged, but Different Stages' production shows it's also satisfying entertainment

Different Stages' 'Arms and the Man' is an honest attempt at entertainment with a political edge, but it swallows or ignores the complex interpretation that this script deserves

Charming sex-positive teen comedy is good old shameless fun

The Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "Make It New" explores how modernism changed everything.

After a $14 million facelift, UT's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center is letting the light in, literally, through new windows across the front of the structure, and philosophically, through a new mission to give the public more opportunities to see and enjoy its astonishing accumulation of cultural treasures.

The Oswald Gallery's retrospective exhibit of Yousuf Karsh's black and white portraiture is a small sample of Karsh's career, perhaps, considering the span of years in which he worked, but it's a representative one, and perfectly displayed in the snug front gallery.

Austin is clearly experiencing a bout of literary event mania.

Director Norman Blumensaadt's rendering of The Devil's Disciple for Different Stages may be uneven in the quality of the performances, but the actors deliver Shaw's text clearly, and there's more than a little something to be said for that.

Director Scott Thompson doesn't want the audience for Austin Musical Theatre's production of My Fair Lady to get too comfy, and here's why.

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

Shaw does go on, but Austin Shakespeare delivers a strong show with tight acting

The State Theater Company's scintillating revival of Mrs. Warren's Profession moves George Bernard Shaw's characters beyond the politics for which they serve as mouthpieces and fills them with the breaths and gestures and expressions of people who live.

Sharp-tongued classic musical still needs to fix its modern ending

Seven of the best movies about edumacation

This G.B. Shaw comedy is typically dense with dialogue, but the student actors at St. Edward's manage to keep tensions high

This musical version of G.B. Shaw’s ‘Candida’ is exactly the right size for Austin, cozy with room for plenty of nuance

Austin's media-friendly Robert Ersek is the king of pop cosmetic surgery

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle All the Plays

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