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The Realistic Joneses at Hyde Park Theatre
With Will Eno's comic drama, HPT brings a funny kind of fear to the 'burbs
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Mar. 17, 2016
"Johnston Foster, Irena Jurek, and Jared Theis: Body Talk"
This show's three artists display creative, complex alternatives to the meat sacks we all share
Reviewed by Wayne Alan Brenner, Mar. 17, 2016
Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s
Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history Satanic Panic revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria
Reviewed by Marc Savlov, Mar. 10, 2016
Marie Antoinette
Capital T Theatre's production asks just how accountable the French queen was for all her actions
Reviewed by Elizabeth Cobbe, Mar. 10, 2016
At the Statue of Venus/Three Decembers
The Butler Opera Center's pairing of these Jake Heggie chamber operas opened up small concerns to an enduring sense of love
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Mar. 10, 2016
"Jan Heaton: The Market"
The artist's visits to farmers' markets have yielded vivid watercolor images that capture the essence of plants
Reviewed by Wayne Alan Brenner, Mar. 10, 2016
1,000 Forest Gorillas in Kansas
Heloise Gold and Natalie George's dance-theatre work posed the question: What if we took the time to count?
Reviewed by Jonelle Seitz, Mar. 3, 2016
"Carlos Donjuan & Marilyn Jolly: Akin"
In this two-person exhibition at grayDUCK Gallery, some of these things are not like any others
Reviewed by Wayne Alan Brenner, Mar. 3, 2016
Austin Shakespeare's Medea
This production of the Greek tragedy asks the audience to consider the whole story before passing judgment
Reviewed by Shanon Weaver, Mar. 3, 2016
Pleasantville
Investigating the latest "persons of interest" in Texas' literary crime scene
Reviewed by Molly Odintz, Feb. 25, 2016
The Do-Right
Lisa Sandlin
Reviewed by Rosalind Faires, Feb. 25, 2016
Stillwater: A Jack McBride Mystery
Melissa Lenhardt
Reviewed by Jessi Cape, Feb. 25, 2016
Sunset City
Melissa Ginsburg
Reviewed by Molly Odintz, Feb. 25, 2016
Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing
The script for this baseball play is a bit wobbly, but Austin Playhouse fields a strong production for the win
Reviewed by Shanon Weaver, Feb. 25, 2016
"Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia" at the Contemporary Austin
The solo exhibition celebrates Devo but also the artist's sound-machine sculptures and high- and low-tech illustrations
Reviewed by Wayne Alan Brenner, Feb. 25, 2016
The Government Inspector at Mary Moody Northen Theatre
The St. Edward's University Theatre Department delivers Gogol's Russian satire with gigagags at top speed
Reviewed by Shanon Weaver, Feb. 18, 2016
Ballet Austin's Director's Choice
In four ballets, three ways of collective being and one irrelevant romance
Reviewed by Jonelle Seitz, Feb. 18, 2016
"Seth Orion Schwaiger: Complex I" at Pump Project
This vast, ambitious solo show transforms the gallery space into a maze and a temple to art past and future
Reviewed by Madeline Irvine, Feb. 18, 2016
The Rude Mechs' Fixing Timon of Athens
The theatre collective's latest repair job on a broken Shakespeare play is wildly accessible, welcoming, and enthralling
Reviewed by Shanon Weaver, Feb. 11, 2016
Zach Theatre's Tribes
Nina Raine's award-winning drama explores the different forms of language and how we understand each other
Reviewed by Elizabeth Cobbe, Feb. 11, 2016
Shit-faced Shakespeare
Highbrow meets lowbrow for an irreverent happy hour take on A Midsummer Night's Dream
Reviewed by Stephanie Carll, Feb. 4, 2016
"Melissa Brown: Future Past" at Big Medium
Layered images and layered narrative add something extra to PrintAustin
Reviewed by Seth Orion Schwaiger, Feb. 4, 2016
Viceroys' Topdog / Underdog
This black-owned artist collective makes a passion-fueled, powerful debut with Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer-winning drama
Reviewed by Shanon Weaver, Feb. 4, 2016
Salvage Vanguard Theater's Denim Doves
Adrienne Dawes' play takes the idea of postapocalyptic sister wives in an original, amusing direction
Reviewed by Elizabeth Cobbe, Jan. 28, 2016
Southwest Theatre Productions' Exit 27
At its heart, Aleks Merilo's play about boys exiled from their cultlike church is about mind control
Reviewed by Shanon Weaver, Jan. 28, 2016
"Cali Thornhill DeWitt: This Magic Moment" at Farewell Books
Nineties youth rebellion meets millennial "meh" and resigned participation in this solo show
Reviewed by Seth Orion Schwaiger, Jan. 28, 2016
Austin Playhouse's Disgraced
Ayad Akhtar's drama delivers a raw, powerful conversation about race without the usual distractions
Reviewed by Shanon Weaver, Jan. 21, 2016
Shay Ishii Dance Company's Dancestry ... Vivid
Audiences gained much from this program's re-creations of historic dances by Isadora Duncan, Loïe Fuller, and Lucia Dlugoszewski
Reviewed by Jonelle Seitz, Jan. 21, 2016
The Radiant Road
Author Katherine Catmull elegantly summons a fairy-tale timelessness for this YA story of teen anxieties, fairies, and creativity
Reviewed by Rosalind Faires, Jan. 21, 2016
Austin Symphony Orchestra With Jennifer Frautschi, Violin
The ASO's latest musical tour of Russia took a literary turn
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Jan. 14, 2016
Charles Atlas / William Basinski
The artists' live layering of video and music immersed audiences in images of suffering and transformation
Reviewed by Madeline Irvine, Jan. 14, 2016
La Follia's Start the New Year With Bach!
The baroque ensemble's first concert of 2016 delivers life lessons along with the beautiful music
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Jan. 7, 2016
"Alyssa Taylor Wendt: Compartments of Desire"
Personal strength, theatrical animism, and sexual dynamics dominate this exhibition
Reviewed by Seth Orion Schwaiger, Jan. 7, 2016
Jessi Cape's Top Reads of 2015
Circling the Sun tops a list of novels featuring uncommon women
Reviewed by Jessi Cape, Dec. 31, 2015
Jay Trachtenberg's Top Reads of 2015
A Brief History of Seven Killings leads a list of works exploring crime and politics abroad and at home
Reviewed by Jay Trachtenberg, Dec. 31, 2015
Joe O'Connell's Top Reads of 2015
Paradise Sky and The Best I Recall head a list of stellar Lone Star books
Reviewed by Joe O'Connell, Dec. 31, 2015
Jesse Sublett's Top Reads of 2015
The Theater of War leads a list that reminds us how ancient lessons about war continue to ring true today
Reviewed by Jesse Sublett, Dec. 31, 2015
"Shakespeare in Print and Performance" at the Ransom Center
This exhibition celebrates the Bard with rare artifacts from the Ransom Center's holdings
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Dec. 31, 2015
"Robert Jackson Harrington and Hector Hernandez: Impossible to Tell" at grayDUCK Gallery
Plastic hues and triumphant assemblages convey the belligerent optimism of American-style consumerism
Reviewed by Seth Orion Schwaiger, Dec. 31, 2015
Holmes for the Holidays
Spend the yuletide at 221-B Baker Street, where the library is stocked with new books about Sherlock
