Austin Shakespeare Festival: Raising the Curtain for ASF
The Austin Shakespeare Festival has been invited by gaming guru Richard Garriott to perform regularly at the Curtain, his scaled-down replica of the Globe Theatre
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Robert Faires, May 4, 2007
Water This Cottage Industry
Shopping at Handmade Austin Women's spring show is a good way to keep our cool local craft scene blooming
Rachel Koper, May 4, 2007
The Moth: Mmm-mmmh! Good story!
The Moth, an organization that's been dishing up old-fashioned storytelling like literary comfort food for a decade, makes its long-awaited debut in Austin
Robert Faires, April 27, 2007
Culture Flash!
Texas has its official artists for 2007 and 2008, the soon-to-open MACC has a program manager, and Zach has a Golden Girl drop in for a visit
Robert Faires, April 27, 2007
Anton in Show Business
Jane Martin's Anton in Show Business satirically skewers everything in modern theatre, and the Vestige Group's production will have your cheeks sore from laughing
Patti Hadad, April 27, 2007
Plump Jack
The cast of the UT opera theatre production of Plump Jack performs admirably, but the score and direction make the glorious rogue Falstaff just a drunken fat crook
Iris Brooks, April 27, 2007
East Austin Live: Strength in numbers
Robert Faires, April 27, 2007
Radical Inclusion: A Morality Tale
Halfway through the 365 days of 365 Days/365 Plays, Suzan-Lori Parks' dramatic project has everyone making theatre and in new ways
C. Denby Swanson, April 27, 2007
Fuse Box: The final jolt
Refraction Arts' newly expanded Fuse Box Festival is almost out of juice, but before it goes, it still has some electrifying new dance, theatre, video, and site-specific performance to deliver
Robert Faires, April 27, 2007
'The Geometry of Hope'
'The Geometry of Hope' at the Blanton Museum of Art provides a survey of abstract art in Latin America over the 20th century, segmented into chapters by cities and decades
Salvador Castillo, April 19, 2007
Austin Arts Hall of Fame: Class of 2007
The Austin Critics Table has named the sixth group of individuals to be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame
Robert Faires, April 19, 2007
The Music Is Pretty Much Incessant
P. Kellach Waddle, the River City's 'educated hillbilly,' composes himself a life
Wayne Alan Brenner, April 19, 2007
'floodlines': Hyde Park again awash in wonders
This Sunday, when Jaclyn Pryor's floodlines is presented again, the Hyde Park neighborhood will be abloom with mystery and have wonders wending their way down its streets
Robert Faires, April 19, 2007
Fuse Box: Now with more electricity
The newly expanded Fuse Box Festival continues to shower sparks across Austin, with the second week packing in even more new dance, theatre, screenings, bands, and art
Robert Faires, April 19, 2007
Harry Ransom Center: They f**king scored the f**king Mamet papers
UT's Ransom Center – which has long held to the motto, 'Always be closing' – has acquired the archives of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet
Robert Faires, April 19, 2007
Ah, Wilderness!
Ah, Wilderness!, Eugene O'Neill's only comedy, is given a lavish treatment at the Mary Moody Northen Theatre, resulting in a dream production full of bright, endearing charm
Iris Brooks, April 19, 2007
Kafka's Dick
Somewhere between Alan Bennett's strictly surface script and Lisa Scheps' direction, the Coda Project's production of Kafka's Dick falls flat
Hannah Kenah, April 19, 2007
UT Performing Arts Center: Wadsworth announces retirement
Pebbles Wadsworth, who has run the UT Performing Arts Center for 15 years now, will step down from her position as director of the UT PAC as of New Year's Day 2008
Robert Faires, April 13, 2007
Zachary Scott Theatre Center: A stage for a diva
The new theatre being built by the Zachary Scott Theatre Center already has a name: the Karen Kuykendall Stage, in honor of the Austin native and award-winning performer
Robert Faires, April 13, 2007
'The Barber of Seville': Oh, we meant to do it this way
With Bass Concert Hall no longer available, Austin Lyric Opera is working to stage The Barber of Seville in a hall with no orchestra pit, no proscenium, and no wing space
Barry Pineo, April 13, 2007
Take Me Out
Zachary Scott Theatre Center's production of the baseball drama Take Me Out is powerful evidence that theatre is also a team sport and we're all playing together
Robert Faires, April 13, 2007
The Iron Man
Longtime stage phenom Ken Webster has a record to rival that of a Baseball Hall of Famer
Robert Faires, April 13, 2007
Lettice and Lovage
Different Stages' Lettice and Lovage is a treat for Peter Shaffer's excruciatingly witty script and the easy rapport between the two lead actresses
Iris Brooks, April 13, 2007
Fuse Box: Supercharged
In its third year, Refraction Arts' Fuse Box Festival has evolved from the Little Festival That Could into the Amazing Colossal Fest
Robert Faires, April 13, 2007
2007 Texas Biennial, Bolm Studios
April 13, 2007
Austin Shakespeare Festival: Playing in a theatrical mecca
A dream comes true for the Austin Shakespeare Festival when it gets to perform the Bard's As You Like It in Richard Garriott's replica of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Barry Pineo, April 6, 2007
'Texas Biennial, Site 1808'
The 2007 Texas Biennial exhibition at Site 1808 boasts strong outdoor artwork, but the use of PODS didn't quite realize its potential
April 6, 2007
My Child, My Child, My Alien Child
My Child, My Child, My Alien Child reveals poet-performer Zell Miller III in Richard Pryor mode, spinning tales of fatherhood in richly comic, broadly accessible style
Robert Faires, April 6, 2007
News Works Festival Schedule
April 6, 2007
'Texas Biennial, Okay Mountain'
The 2007 Texas Biennial exhibition at Okay Mountain generates color and a communal spirit while raising questions about festivalism and appropriating sources
