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A natural and believable cast makes Puccini's enduring romance captivating yet again

This Hamlet seen through the eyes of Ophelia – rather, five Ophelias – is astounding

Zachary Scott Theatre's Almost Holy Picture might work better with a thousand different words

Martin McDonagh's A Skull in Connemara teeters between the absurd and the just plain silly

Two artists study and celebrate Bastrop

A bureaucratic heaven, as envisioned by a couple of charming clowns, is sweet

John Steinbeck's tale of the Great Depression is delivered with beauty and power

Rob Nash plays 29 characters over four years of high school and makes it look so easy

The Austin Statesman's first photographer shot news, but 70 years on, he made history

Michael Mitchell's paired one-acts depict characters with a lot bottled up inside

These busy abstracts create visual fields that are active, festive, and seductive

Three painters show work that will have you thinking about what it means to be alive

Everybody wins in Shannon McCormick's highly enjoyable one-man show about football

A creative adaptation that offers the pleasure of seeing good puppeteers at work

This museum room of a future race is an interior space addressing the outside world

Austin Shakespeare's staging is strong but at times is lost in its own sound and fury

At the opening of this Austin Playhouse show, some actors hadn't done the work

This show of political art by Robert Levers and Chris Reno is as timely as it gets

Ariel Dance Theatre's latest creates something original, moving, and truly beautiful

City Theatre's production is so enjoyable that you'll be inclined to overlook its flaws

Monika Bustamante's updated Greek myth comes in a top-notch production that rages about like a rough sea

Taking the Tuna crew to Sin City was a huge gamble, but we end up bigger winners than losers

Smith uses the analog TV production standard to probe what's uniform and what's excluded in society as well as TV

The Zachary Scott Theatre Center's peppy staging of Disney's High School Musical proves the live version can beat out what's in the box

In 'New American Talent: The 22nd Exhibition,' we may be witnessing a return to structure

If you go see the Vestige Group production of Cindy Lou Johnson's Brilliant Traces, go for the performances

Lingo's mosaic of dance and music was accessible, unpretentious, and full of life – much like its creators

The Zachary Scott Theatre Center production of 'Omnium Gatherum' starts as captivating, then rounds a hairpin turn to become compelling

For being in such an offbeat space, 'Construction Site' is one heck of a show. Large, ambitious sculptures and site-specific installations make it worthwhile to seek out this temporary venue, located on the ground floor of AMLI Downtown.

Arts critic Jeanne Claire van Ryzin terminated after 17 years