100 Proof Comedy: Shot down stand-up
Four of Austin's funniest comics have created a new showcase in which the hook is the comics doing what the audience does, i.e., taking a belt, knocking one back, hitting the sauce
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Robert Faires, Aug. 25, 2006
Out of Bounds
Aug. 25, 2006
Mission: Improvable
Austin's improv community gathers intelligence
Wayne Alan Brenner, Aug. 25, 2006
Web Extra: B-Boy Bluez / Hot Dogs at the Eiffel Tower
In his 'B-Boy Bluez,' playing on a double bill with Maggie Gallant's 'Hot Dogs at the Eiffel Tower,' Zell Miller III creates whole worlds on stage and performs his heart out for whatever audience he gets
Hannah Kenah, Aug. 25, 2006
Paramount and State Theatres: Archives to UT
Some 3,000 items – from playbills and posters to contracts and correspondence – from the Paramount and State theatres are being donated to the UT Fine Arts Library
Robert Faires, Aug. 25, 2006
OoBer Alles
A guide to the troupes of the 2006 Out of Bounds Improv Festival (aka OoB V)
Wayne Alan Brenner, Aug. 25, 2006
I Am My Own Wife
Zachary Scott Theatre Center's staging of I Am My Own Wife draws us intimately to its protagonist, German transvestite Charlotte van Mahlsdorf, and caught in this mystery man-woman's spell
Robert Faires, Aug. 25, 2006
Culture Flash!
A Blanton curator goes south, a solo show master goes back to Houston, an area quilter and portraitist go national, and the Long Center and KMFA go to the bank
Robert Faires, Aug. 25, 2006
Sodomy and Pedicures
Monologues about single women in New York may be overdone, but Jessica Hedrick redeems the genre with Sodomy and Pedicures, the story of a sex-starved communist's daughter that's self-aware, smart, fresh, and far from cliché
Patricia Hadad, Aug. 25, 2006
American Repertory Ensemble: Flight risk
American Repertory Ensemble had no trouble getting to Scotland for its recent weeklong gig at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival but had a devil of a time getting back home
Robert Faires, Aug. 25, 2006
'Making It Together'
"Making It Together," the second part of the summer UT art grad shows at the CRL, gives quick answers to questions surrounding the idea of collaboration in art
Salvador Castillo, Aug. 25, 2006
Texas Arts Exchange: CultureCon 2006
The Texas Commission on the Arts' latest biennial conference draws together artists and arts professionals to discuss ways to integrate the arts more fully into the lives of our communities
Robert Faires, Aug. 18, 2006
Red Cans
Rubber Repertory's 'Red Cans' is an experiment in new realms, one that puts you in another world, and so long as you bring your curiosity, you'll be surprised how engaging this world is
Hannah Kenah, Aug. 18, 2006
The Biscuit Brothers: Live From Symphony Barn
Allen Robertson and Jerome Schoolar, better known as the Biscuit Brothers, have carved a vigorous musical stage show out of their Emmy-nominated PBS program
Patti Hadad, Aug. 18, 2006
'All Dressed in White'
Each of the seven video / multimedia works in Women & Their Work's "All Dressed in White" grapples with what the institution of marriage means or should mean in the life of a contemporary woman
Robert Faires, Aug. 18, 2006
Cartoon Heritage
Food faces, renegade puppets, rainbow purses, and nicotine washes – it's all part of the art of Matthew Rodriguez
Rachel Koper, Aug. 18, 2006
Summer of Solo Shows: The Second Wave
In Austin theatre, solo shows sometimes come in waves, as in the second half of August, which has four one-person theatrical vehicles opening the same weekend
Robert Faires, Aug. 18, 2006
Culture Flash!
Police believe they have the killer of Esther's juggler Warren Ryder Schwartz, Jenny Hart puts 'Space Ghost's Brak in stitches, more stage hits are back by popular demand, and construction starts on Ballet Austin's new dance center
Robert Faires, Aug. 18, 2006
Psycho Beach Party
Prairie Oyster Productions' staging of 'Psycho Beach Party' is trashy, but it's meant to be: a campy, albeit loving, send-up of all things beach, all things Sixties, and all things Hitchcockian
Barry Pineo, Aug. 11, 2006
'Beast-Footed Feathered Serpents'
In 'Beast-Footed Feathered Serpents,' artist Jules Buck Jones and writer Caitlin Haskell playfully call into question the facts we use as human beings to make sense of the world.
Nikki Moore, Aug. 11, 2006
'Seven Year Itch': REALMdanceproject's lucky number
Folks don't often make a big deal out of a seventh anniversary, but with all the changes in REALMdanceproject this year, the troupe thought it a good idea, hence its new show, 'Seven Year Itch'
Barry Pineo, Aug. 11, 2006
'Below the Surface: A Different Order'
In both halves of the Marjorie Moore and Jeffrey Dell joint show, "Below the Surface: A Different Order," a sense of loss is communicated, sometimes in terms of artistic technique, sometimes in terms of life
Amanda Douberley, Aug. 11, 2006
State Theatre: Shows canceled over flood, repairs
In addition to ruining the State Theatre stage, basement, and much valuable equipment, the June flood of the arts venue has washed away most of the State's 2006-2007 season
Robert Faires, Aug. 11, 2006
As Naked as You Wanna Be
Celesta Danger & Tamara Hoover reveal all
Kate X Messer, Aug. 11, 2006
General Jackson
Artist and historian Jack Jackson remembered by those who knew him well
Margaret Moser, Aug. 11, 2006
American Fiesta
The revival of Steven Tomlinson's American Fiesta arrives with such hype, one might think it would have difficulty living up to it; but with this uplifting, transcendent show, one would be wrong
Barry Pineo, Aug. 11, 2006
Radio :30
A dj's emotional collapse shows how advertising works
Patti Hadad, Aug. 4, 2006
Slam as It Ever Was
The nationals come to town amid the polarizing medium's 20th anniversary
Shawn Badgley, Aug. 4, 2006
The Play About the Baby
In the Coda Theater Project production of 'The Play About the Baby,' the actors deliver Edward Albee's brilliant and dreamlike play cleanly and clearly
Barry Pineo, Aug. 4, 2006
The National Poetry Slam
Aug. 9-12 in Austin
