2006 B. Iden Payne Awards: Payne, Payne, who got the Payne?
When the Austin Circle of Theaters handed out its B. Iden Payne Awards for 2005-2006, it was 'American Fiesta' that, well, bowled over the rest of the nominees
7051-7080 of 9,421 entries
Robert Faires, Nov. 3, 2006
First Night Austin: Just eight weeks until New Year's
For folks working on First Night Austin, eight weeks out is crunch time for the mammoth cultural extravaganza, especially since they want the second edition to be even better than the first
Robert Faires, Nov. 3, 2006
Keeping Pace, Culturally
Proposition 4 calls for an investment in cultural facilities for the city, and Austin, it's time
Robert Faires, Nov. 3, 2006
Ventriloquist Night: Public speaking for dummies
With a new wave of interest in ventriloquism, what better time for full-time Austin puppeteer Bob Abdou to launch a course in Ventriloquism 101?
Robert Faires, Oct. 27, 2006
The End of Words: An Evening With Eugène Ionesco
Coda Theater Project's staging of three one-acts by Eugène Ionesco suffers from its attempts to inject emotion and motivation into absurdist texts, but the plays themselves are still eminently entertaining
Barry Pineo, Oct. 27, 2006
'Joey Fauerso: Wide Open Wide'
Joey Fauerso's 'Wide Open Wide' is a stellar animation that sets hundreds of her paintings in motion, but the display of those paintings at Women & Their Work makes for a less than compelling installation
Amanda Douberley, Oct. 27, 2006
Thrush: A Play With Songs
Caridad Svich's 'Thrush' takes place in a war-ravaged world, but the writer's ill-conceived structure and Salvage Vanguard Theater's slow and sentimental production makes that world surprisingly dull
Hannah Kenah, Oct. 27, 2006
'The Fall of the House of Usher': When Debussy was a Poe boy
With UT's hosting of the Debussy International Congress comes a Halloween treat: an operatic adaptation based on Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher'
Barry Pineo, Oct. 27, 2006
ColdTowne Theater: Comedy moves uptown
You can count all the comedy venues in Austin on the fingers of one hand, so the opening of a new one, ColdTowne Theater, qualifies as a real occasion
Robert Faires, Oct. 27, 2006
Culture Flash!
Still time left to get some free theatre, laurels for historian Oscar Brockett and director Don Toner, and a new baby for the first couple of Salvage Vanguard Theater
Robert Faires, Oct. 20, 2006
Beyond the Blockbuster
With 'Luca Cambiaso, 1527-1585,' the Blanton bucks the trend toward superstar exhibitions and spotlights a lost Renaissance master
Nikki Moore, Oct. 20, 2006
Bass Concert Hall: Renovation elaboration
New information from the UT Performing Arts Center about the $14.7 million makeover of Bass Concert Hall and what the PAC will be doing during the 18 months that it's dark
Robert Faires, Oct. 20, 2006
Eeyore's Birthday: A statue where the party started
The Eastwoods Neighborhood Association is raising funds for a sculpture of Eeyore to commemorate the park's part in the launch of that Austin rite of spring, Eeyore's Birthday Party
Robert Faires, Oct. 20, 2006
Long Center: Halfway home, a peek at what's to come
Midway through Palmer Auditorium's transformation into the Long Center for the Performing Arts comes a new image of the center's crown jewel:2,300-seat Dell Hall
Robert Faires, Oct. 20, 2006
The Rocky Horror Show
The Zachary Scott Theatre Center revival of 'The Rocky Horror Show' provides Austin, and especially fans of all that is Rocky, with an experience worthy of the word classic
Barry Pineo, Oct. 20, 2006
Katrina: The Girl Who Wanted Her Name Back
The play 'Katrina: The Girl Who Wanted Her Name Back' seeks to honor the New Orleanians affected by Hurricane Katrina, but the level of intensity in the UT staging often makes it hard to connect to
Robert Faires, Oct. 20, 2006
'Daniel Bozhkov: Recent Works'
The pieces in 'Daniel Bozhkov: Recent Works' grab our eye with comic incongruities, but behind the visual joke is a story of how everything in our world is connected
Robert Faires, Oct. 13, 2006
Stillborn: a bedtime story
The title of Monika Bustamante's 'Stillborn' is no pun but a promise of what is to come: two hours of anger, rape, murder, and stillbirth that is upsetting, dark, and, unfortunately, not illuminating
Hannah Kenah, Oct. 13, 2006
We Are Normal, Cha Cha Chaaa
The dance 'We Are Normal, Cha Cha Chaaa' is such a whirl of motion, bursting with youthful exhilaration, that it suggests nothing so much as five girls hard at play on a long summer's day
Robert Faires, Oct. 13, 2006
Free Night of Theater 2006: The list
Take your pick of 21 performances being offered at no charge with Free Night of Theater 2006
Oct. 6, 2006
Parade
'Parade' is an ambitious musical for a university theatre department, but the entire company presenting it at St. Edward's is impressively in tune with Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown's retelling of the Leo Frank case
Robert Faires, Oct. 6, 2006
A Lot of Cojones and a Little Faith
The art of Micael Priest
Margaret Moser, Oct. 6, 2006
Bitten! A Zombie Rock Odyssey
As a play, 'Bitten! A Zombie Rock Odyssey' is impressively bad, but it's got one hell of a soundtrack
Hannah Kenah, Oct. 6, 2006
Tales Behind the Posters
Margaret Moser, Oct. 6, 2006
'Lu Ann Barrow's Soul-Journers: Friends, Family, and the Fabric of Daily Life'
In Lu Ann Barrow's brilliantly colored canvases, every pebble, blade of grass, dress, and wallpaper pattern is rendered in bold colors that excite rather than drown one another out
Nikki Moore, Oct. 6, 2006
Women on Fire: Six of one, Ivey's dozen of the other
Tony Award winner and Lone Star native Judith Ivey discusses the challenges of portraying a dozen characters in the one-woman monologue show 'Women on Fire'
Robert Faires, Oct. 6, 2006
Free Night of Theater 2006: Encore run, still no charge
After a smash debut in 2005, the Free Night of Theater goes nationwide, with 300 performances across the country – including 21 in Austin – being offered at no charge
Barry Pineo, Oct. 6, 2006
365 National Festival: A Suzan-Lori play a day ...
Starting Nov. 13, Austin will join nine other cities across the country in a national festival that will produce 365 plays by Suzan-Lori Parks in 365 days
Robert Faires, Sept. 29, 2006
Out of Commission
The curious saga of 20 portraits of British literary greats that UT paid Feliks Topolski to paint, then didn't show for decades
Robert Faires, Sept. 29, 2006
Arts Archives: UT makes play for Shepard, snaps up Newman, wins Woody
That treasure trove of cultural archives at UT has recently been expanded to include photographic portrait maker, playwright and actor Sam Shepard, and filmmaker Woody Allen
