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Ground Floor Theatre's There and Back
This new play by Raul Garza lets us spend a lifetime with an immigrant and all the decisions she makes
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Aug. 16, 2018
ZM3 Live Productions' Echo of a Refugee ... Me?
Zell Miller III's latest was a state of the city address that called out Austin for gentrification and policies harmful to its black citizens
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Aug. 16, 2018
Summer Stock Austin's Rob1n
This new musical brings Sherwood Forest's noble outlaw to our time with a message of togetherness
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Aug. 9, 2018
Paper Chairs' The Audience
Elizabeth Doss' adaptation of García Lorca's unfinished play is less a drama than a dream, unbound by logic, reason, or convention
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Aug. 9, 2018
Austin Classical Guitar's dream
The quality of the music in this concert was exceptional, but what made it special was the quality of the listening
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Aug. 9, 2018
Zilker Theatre Productions' All Shook Up
Take Elvis at his silliest, mix in Twelfth Night, stir playfully, and you have the latest Zilker Summer Musical
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Aug. 2, 2018
National Geographic: Symphony for Our World
The breathtaking natural history footage combined with live symphonic performance sent a noble message: Save the Earth
Reviewed by Robi Polgar, Aug. 2, 2018
"Xavier Schipani: Chasing Desire" at Lora Reynolds Gallery
The artist probes the history and crisis of masculinity by placing beefy men in salacious tangles, exposed and unashamed
Reviewed by Melany Jean, Aug. 2, 2018
Recommended True Crime Podcasts
Fill your auditory canals with nefarious activities
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Jul. 26, 2018
Hyde Park Theatre's The Antipodes
A ton of tales enliven this play by Annie Baker, but what do they tell us about the state of storytelling?
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Jul. 26, 2018
Into the Black Nowhere by Meg Gardiner
In the sequel to UNSUB, Gardiner pits Caitlin Hendrix against a killer based on Ted Bundy and shows again what a great storyteller she is
Reviewed by Jessi Cape, Jul. 26, 2018
Hunting the Golden State Killer in I'll Be Gone in the Dark
How Michelle McNamara tracked a killer before her untimely death
Reviewed by Jonelle Seitz, Jul. 19, 2018
Albert Race Sample Relives Texas Prison Life in Racehoss
Surviving 17 years on a prison farm
Reviewed by Elizabeth Banicki, Jul. 19, 2018
Forklift Danceworks' Dove Springs Swims
The company's latest community production showed why Dove Springs' pool matters to that neighborhood and to all of us as well
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Jul. 19, 2018
"Margaux Crump: The Lure" at Women & Their Work
Juxtaposing natural and synthetic materials through the metaphor of the hunt, the artist blurs lines between lust and danger, the repellent and the seductive
Reviewed by Melany Jean, Jul. 19, 2018
The Undertaker's Daughter by Sara Blaedel
Denmark's Sara Blaedel brings the mystery Stateside with a Danish woman who must deal with both a funeral home she's inherited in Wisconsin and a local murder
Reviewed by Elizabeth Cobbe, Jul. 19, 2018
"Jonathan Muzacz: Stained Slabs" at the Butridge
With his solo show, the artist revs up the gallery by bringing in the street in eye-catching style
Reviewed by Melany Jean, Jul. 12, 2018
"...of Warp and Weft" at Davis Gallery
Using wood and cheesecloth, Caprice Pierucci and Charles Heppner's mutation of form and fiber is beautiful even as it is foreboding
Reviewed by Melany Jean, Jul. 12, 2018
Steven Saylor's The Throne of Caesar
Caesar's murder gets a fresh coat of paint in this mystery of ancient Rome
Reviewed by Rosalind Faires, Jul. 12, 2018
Zach Theatre's Heisenberg
In Simon Stephens' play, we observe the unlikely pairing of two people as an experiment in risk and change
Reviewed by Shanon Weaver, Jul. 5, 2018
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
A double murder in an East Texas town draws a black Texas Ranger deep into the shadows of the Piney Woods and the tangled race relations there
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Jul. 5, 2018
"We'll Just Rock for Ourselves: Selections From the Lisa Davis Archives"
The photos capture the kineticism of Austin's lesbian music scene in the Nineties and the magnitude of the photographer's legacy
Reviewed by Beth Sullivan, Jul. 5, 2018
Shrewd Productions' The Afterparty
We’re invited to hobnob with history’s great minds up on the astral plane
Reviewed by Elizabeth Cobbe, Jun. 28, 2018
Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre's Locked-In
A dance inspired by our rigid connection to our cell phones was more spontaneous and personal than its title implied
Jun. 28, 2018
“Regional Fictions” at MASS Gallery
This thought-provoking show takes on the educational system's traditional narratives by juxtaposing the familiar with images that challenge it
Reviewed by Melany Jean, Jun. 28, 2018
Booth's Richard III by the Hidden Room Theatre
Beth Burns and company unearths a fascinating theatrical time capsule with this version of Shakespeare's tragedy
Reviewed by Shanon Weaver, Jun. 21, 2018
Gold n' George's For a Limited Time Only
In this lighthearted show, Natalie George, Heloise Gold, and their collaborators reacted to current events by exploring, inventing, playing
Reviewed by Jonelle Seitz, Jun. 21, 2018
"Matthew Steinke: Deliriums" at Northern-Southern Gallery
Mental health disorders seldom look or sound this delightful
Reviewed by Wayne Alan Brenner, Jun. 21, 2018
Zach Theatre's Sunday in the Park With George
Zach relalizes the Sondheim musical with near flawless execution but has little in the way of emotional reward
Reviewed by Elizabeth Cobbe, Jun. 14, 2018
Heartland Theatre Collective’s Little Bird
The vulnerability of small things is at the heart of Nicole Oglesby’s drama of girls and ghosts in East Texas bayou country
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Jun. 14, 2018
Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company’s Company
In this short works program, the troupe explored the solace and thrills in the company you keep
Reviewed by Jonelle Seitz, Jun. 14, 2018
The Ransom Center's "Vaudeville!"
This exhibition reveals how the history of that entertainment form is really the history of the U.S.
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Jun. 7, 2018
La Fenice's Cthulhu Beach Party
This commedia spoof mashes up surfside love and Lovecraft for an incredibly fun romp
Reviewed by Shanon Weaver, Jun. 7, 2018
Performa / Dance's Artist and Muse
Performa / Dance's program of four pensive and sensitive works explored physical and emotional distress and pain in great depth
Reviewed by Jonelle Seitz, Jun. 7, 2018
“Michael Anthony García: Continental Divide” at St. Edward’s
Layered photographs and images of empty garments across Austin allude to spaces of equality and disruption
Reviewed by Melany Jean, Jun. 7, 2018
Glass Half Full Theatre's Polly Mermaid: Apocalypse WOW!
This playful eco-fable by Caroline Reck and Indigo Rael creates a surprising plastic paradise under the sea
Reviewed by Robert Faires, May. 31, 2018
"Ex Libris" at Recspec Gallery
This collection of new and vintage bookplates papers up a visual library of odd beauty
Reviewed by Wayne Alan Brenner, May. 31, 2018
"Krista Steinke: Good Luck With the Sun" at W&TW
These spectacular images of the sun and sky captured with homemade pinhole cameras reveal more about us than celestial objects
Reviewed by Melany Jean, May. 31, 2018
Capital T Theatre's Small Mouth Sounds
This hilarious and moving production reveals near deafening truths with barely a sound
Reviewed by T. Lynn Mikeska, May. 24, 2018
Generic Ensemble Company's Carmen
This devised work shares the name of Bizet's opera, but it has its own story to tell, one that's modern, irreverent and funny
