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Esther's Follies: The Laughs, the Gossip, and the Story Behind Texas' Most Celebrated Comedy Troupe
In his history of Esther's Follies, author Jesse Sublett follows the flow of four decades of frivolity
"...To give you an idea of just how long Esther's Follies has been peddling its singular blend of satire,..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Esther's Alumna Joins 'SNL' Cast
Former Follies performer Noël Wells debuts in season premiere tonight
"...new regulars in the cast, was a performer with Esther's Follies from 2006 to 2009, and she's the first..."

Sept. 28, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Free Show: Esther's Follies Pays Tribute to Lyova Rosanoff
And you're invited to help them celebrate!
"...players in the earliest incarnations of Downtown company bastion Esther’s Follies, responsible for some of the show's classics, including..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Esther's All-Stars
"...Yankee Stadium is "the house that Ruth built," then Esther's Pool must be "the funhouse that Shannon and Michael..."

July 30, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Esther's Follies Returns to Lighten Austin's Post-Pandemic Load
Guess what long-running comedy troupe is vaccinated, back onstage, and ready to make the city laugh again
"...– and, in the bustling Downtown of Austin, the Esther's Follies comedy troupe is preparing to return to their..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Why Did Esther's Follies' Ray Anderson Go to L.A.?
To get a career-defining award from the Magic Castle, of course
"...Actually, it’s because the longtime Esther’s Follies phenom has so often done such things as,..."

May 1, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Esther's Follies
Esther's alumnus Derek Reid returns from L.A. to show us how funny Obama can be
"...What it was, was Esther's Follies, and after a scant year, Reid found himself..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Esther's Follies: Forever Young
Even after 23 years, Austin's favorite musical comedy group, Esther's Follies, is still lively, still spirited, and the perpetual briskness and animation, the audaciousness and cheeky style, rub off on you, so that every visit is rejuvenating.
"...That's politics by the Pool -- Esther's Pool, of course, where Jerome Schoolar's vice-president is so..."

May 26, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Esther's Follies
Laughmeister Kerry Awn retires from the Follies – and is twice as busy as before
"...up his three-decade standing gig as a regular with Esther's Follies. Yes, the man who left thousands dizzy with..."

March 18, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Esther’s Follies to Hold Auditions for New Performers
Local comedy powerhouse seeks fresh talent
"...Esther's Follies on Sixth Street, Austin's premiere comedy and magic..."

June 15, 2022 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Esther's Follies Meets Scooby-Doo in The Haunting of the Tavern
In this new murder mystery comedy, chasing Emily the ghost leads to some real high jinkies!
"...fool us because that's their business. They're members of Esther's Follies, moonlighting as Daphne, Fred, Velma, Shaggy, and Scoob..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Esther Pearl Watson
The artist's new UFO-centric paintings are rooted in the saucers her dad used to build
"...Esther Pearl Watson is in Comanche, Texas, where she's been..."

June 12, 2009 Arts Feature by Audra Schroeder

Esther's Follies: ROT Rally Raconteurs
Kerry Awn hosts a stand-up showcase for everyone high on the hogs
"...and out-of-state laffmeisters that joint usually is), but at Esther's Follies...."

June 10, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Esther's Gene Pool
"...During its 20-year history, Esther's Follies has had four homes: the original Pool, 515..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Arts Feature

Cindy Wood at Esther's Follies
April 3, 2014. 8 photos.
"...Esther's Follies cast as Austin's finest: (l-r) Shannon Sedwick, Keith..."

April 3, 2014 Photo Gallery

My Golden Days
Teenage first love – as only the French can depict it
"...in Desplechin’s cinematic universe, which recycles names like Paul, Esther, Ivan, the surname Vuillard; also, industrial Roubaix, where Desplechin..."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Follies Faithfuls
Esther's Most Loyal Laughers
"...The Follies always make them laugh. They are the Esther's regulars, the hardcore fans of Austin's musical comedy revue,..."

July 14, 1995 Arts Feature

Bats Left, Sings Right
With help from Esther's Follies, Austin Lyric Opera turns Strauss' Viennese waltz into a Texas two-step
"...and (im)proper that our own masters of mockery at Esther's Follies get to poke opera in the eye with..."

May 30, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In My Skin
Disturbing French drama about a woman who cuts her own skin as a prelude to gnawing on her flesh.
"...here, and a terrifically disturbing one at that. As Esther, a distracted thirtysomething woman slowly edging up the corporate..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pool Partiers
Taking Stock of the Esther's Follies Families
"...Austin of the last 20 years without talking about Esther's Follies. This homegrown comedy troupe is part of the..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

To Gillian On Her Thirty-Seventh Birthday
"...(Danes) from her summer vacation with her mother's sister Esther (Baker) and husband Paul (Altman), who return to the..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Legerdemain Man Ray Anderson
The fact that magicians around the world revere the magic man of Esther’s Follies is no illusion
"...Anderson, Austin's much-loved magician, illusionist, and longtime MVP of Esther's Follies? Could be both, actually, but in these pages,..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

One Night With the King
Despite a title that makes it sound like a tell-all about a one-night-stand with Elvis Presley, this movie is actually about the Jewish heroine, Queen Esther.
"...this movie is actually about the Jewish heroine, Queen Esther (Dupont), who saves her people from extermination through her..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Memoriam: George Wilkerson
Remembering Esther's Follies' first sketch-writing superstar
"...If you had the good fortune to be at Esther's Follies in its early years – and that's asking..."

June 17, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

'This Is Where I Belong'
How smarts and gumption took Noël Wells from Esther's to 'SNL'
"...on Sixth Street, where she performed with comedy institution Esther's Follies, so prior to her return for Moontower –..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

LipSchtick Traces
When Cindy Wood scores the big laughs at Esther's Follies, she's channeling comedy's funniest femmes
"...wig, to grant her a grandmotherly aspect for this Esther's Follies sketch. And as excitement builds among the characters,..."

April 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Orphan
A married couple adopts a child who turns their lives into a horror show in this atmospheric, above-average but overlong addition to the "cuddly hellspawn" genre.
"...the look that kills and kills again, in spades. Esther (Fuhrman), a patently diabolical 9-year-old Russian orphan is adopted..."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Annabelle: Creation
The scary doll from The Conjuring is back (again)
"...into a series of unique grunts) and his wife Esther (Otto) lost their daughter to a horrific car accident...."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

One Ounce Opera's There's Beauty in the Beast
The new operetta by Esther's Follies veterans Michael Nesline and Steve Saugey played Frankenstein for laughs but also found its heart
"...comedy careers go back to the early years of Esther's Follies, scarcely let a minute go by without tossing..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Comedy: The Laugh Button Live
This show was the year's Holy Grail of comedy
"...2015, the dedicated minority who stuffed their way into Esther’s Follies on Monday night for The Laugh Button Live..."

March 18, 2015 SXSW Post by Russ Espinoza

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