Arts Reviews 2,562 results
The vehicle crashes in this solo exhibition, artfully drawn in graphite, manage to contain both peace and a madness
Reviewed by Sam Anderson-Ramos, Aug. 11, 2016
Great singing and dancing make Dave Steakley's staging soar, but a spoonful of calm would help the spectacle go down
Reviewed by Elizabeth Cobbe, Aug. 4, 2016
The company's young artists infuse the musical incarnation of those spooky, ooky Addamses with fresh blood by the buckets
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Aug. 4, 2016
Escape rooms bring the solitary diversions to life
Reviewed by Marc Majcher, Jul. 28, 2016
This Austin company weaves three classic tales by Zora Neale Hurston into a spirited service full of sass and grit
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Jul. 28, 2016
The lovable ogre and company spring to life on the Hillside stage with loads of laughs and professional polish
Reviewed by Shanon Weaver, Jul. 28, 2016
The words that best describe the manipulated vintage photos in this exhibit are blithe, triumphant, and hilarious
Reviewed by Sam Anderson-Ramos, Jul. 28, 2016
Amy Gentry's page-turning thriller is set apart by its realistic and empathetic portrayal of abuse victims and their families
Reviewed by Jessi Cape, Jul. 21, 2016
Annie Baker's drama movingly shows us that the drama in a movie theatre isn't only on the screen
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Jul. 21, 2016
Playwright Eva Suter's reworking of Othello in a world without men depicts love in many forms with power and beauty
Reviewed by Shanon Weaver, Jul. 21, 2016
John Robert Craft's objects and prints, combined with the viewer's eye, creates a chamber of reverberating visions
Reviewed by Sam Anderson-Ramos, Jul. 21, 2016
At the end of a tragic week, the Marian Anderson String Quartet reached for grace and tendered it to us
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Jul. 14, 2016
This solo show's elegant, enigmatic watercolors evoke life across the universe from salt crystals to algae to galaxies
Reviewed by Sam Anderson-Ramos, Jul. 14, 2016
This exhibit is about being Mexican-American, but it will make things happen for you whatever your ethnicity
Reviewed by Sam Anderson-Ramos, Jul. 14, 2016
This improvised spoof of a play in production conjured an old-school realistic drama with spot-on symbolism and overinflated egos
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Jul. 7, 2016
The pleasure of this production of Ibsen's drama comes in the complex exchanges among the deeply committed actors
Reviewed by Elizabeth Cobbe, Jul. 7, 2016
Each of the artworks in this group show finds some place where the fantastic makes contact with the everyday
Reviewed by Sam Anderson-Ramos, Jul. 7, 2016
A funny and surreal solo show by Jonathan Tolins
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Jun. 30, 2016
This troupe's improvised scenes based on personal sex stories prove ColdTowne is still a fun place to catch local comedy's up-and-comers
Reviewed by Ashley Moreno, Jun. 30, 2016
In this group show, each piece leads two lives: one as an artwork, one as a device for sharing information
Reviewed by Sam Anderson-Ramos, Jun. 30, 2016
How the strange visions in this solo show relate to one another is difficult to say, but they're all both ancient and immediate
Reviewed by Sam Anderson-Ramos, Jun. 23, 2016
The dozen works in this solo show are impressive in their variety, though many seem more like sketches than completed works
Reviewed by Sam Anderson-Ramos, Jun. 23, 2016
Wonderful musical numbers, strong voices highlight Austin Playhouse's A Little Night Music
Reviewed by Shanon Weaver, Jun. 23, 2016
Summer reading recommendations that will take you out of this world
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Jun. 16, 2016
Mike Brooks
Reviewed by Rosalind Faires, Jun. 16, 2016
David D. Levine
Reviewed by Adrienne Martini, Jun. 16, 2016
Iain Pears
Reviewed by Rosalind Faires, Jun. 16, 2016
Sofia Samatar
Reviewed by Jessi Cape, Jun. 16, 2016
In every respect, this production of Richard Bean's updated farce artfully crafts an environment of laughter
Reviewed by Shanon Weaver, Jun. 16, 2016
In taking characters beyond improv to a scripted format, this ColdTowne project delivers an exaggerated imitation of life
Reviewed by Wayne Alan Brenner, Jun. 16, 2016
The haunting array of sculptural mutants displayed at Art on 5th are at once foreign and familiar, frightening and comical
Reviewed by H.C. Arnold, Jun. 16, 2016
Ancient myth meets modern surveillance memorably in this devised work at the Vortex
Reviewed by Shanon Weaver, Jun. 9, 2016
This collaboration between dancer Julie Nathanielsz and poet Margit Galanter employed fabric to explore human shape and contact
Reviewed by Jonelle Seitz, Jun. 9, 2016
This group show of work by six black graduates of UT's M.F.A. art program shouldn't have to exist, but thankfully it does
Reviewed by Sam Anderson-Ramos, Jun. 9, 2016
For a getaway steeped in Chekhovian longing and ennui, The Hotel Vanya is the only place to stay
Reviewed by Robert Faires, Jun. 2, 2016
This company has vibrant success with Bruce Norris' racial drama that shows how far we haven't come in 60 years
Reviewed by Shanon Weaver, Jun. 2, 2016
The artist has created a valuable space in which gallery-goers can sit and discuss racism in America
Reviewed by H.C. Arnold, Jun. 2, 2016
American Berserk Theatre's debut is a heady, funny treat, smuggling heavy ideas in a light package
Reviewed by Shanon Weaver, May. 26, 2016
An aging chimp in show business provides the focus for this engrossing vehicle for Capital T Theatre
Reviewed by Elizabeth Cobbe, May. 26, 2016
Kathy Dunn Hamrick's dance, performed to Steve Reich's Drumming in its entirety, had rhythms moving the dancers and moving through them
Reviewed by Jonelle Seitz, May. 26, 2016