Generic Ensemble Company's The Future of Ismael
This stage adaptation of Siri Gurudev's novel creates a striking sci-fi society but never finds its beating heart
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Trey Gutierrez, Nov. 21, 2019
Capital T Theatre's It Is Magic
This captivating staging of Mickle Maher's comedy debates theatre's enchantments where Macbeth meets "The Three Little Pigs"
Robert Faires, Nov. 14, 2019
UT Department of Theatre & Dance's Spring Awakening
This staging of the hit musical blends the old and new, petticoats and punk, with a power and seductiveness that enraptures
Laura Jones, Nov. 14, 2019
Seven Drinks: (on the Absurdity of Being Human) and Instructions for Their Service by Ty Harvey
Longtime Austin bartender serves up some serious rituals of imbibing
Wayne Alan Brenner, Nov. 14, 2019
Heartland Theatre Collective's The Vineyard
The reasons to see this staging of Nicole Oglesby's new drama are the thorny questions it leaves you to answer
Trey Gutierrez, Nov. 7, 2019
The Survivors/Los Sobrevivientes at Texas State University
Katie Bender's drama takes us inside the Alamo for the rare treatment of that story as something intimate, with feeling more than action
Robert Faires, Nov. 7, 2019
"Demons & Devils" at Recspec Gallery
Because we could all use a little more aesthetic exorcising, couldn't we?
Wayne Alan Brenner, Nov. 7, 2019
TILT Performance Group's Pandora: Life Outside the Box
This world premiere of Allen Robertson's musical releases kindness and joy into the world
Robert Faires, Oct. 31, 2019
"Lone Star Wild" at Davis Gallery
In this Tex-centric group show, so many creatures great and small, perfectly captured on every wall
Wayne Alan Brenner, Oct. 31, 2019
The River at Night
In Kevin Huizenga's graphic novel, one man's speeding mind breaks time
Wayne Alan Brenner, Oct. 24, 2019
The Hard Tomorrow
Eleanor Davis' graphic novel centers on a woman who's trying
Wayne Alan Brenner, Oct. 24, 2019
Tapestry Dance Company's Austintatious (Too)
This revival of a 2002 production paid tribute to the spirit of the city but also showed how the troupe embodies its best qualities
Robert Faires, Oct. 24, 2019
The Highs and Lows of Houston Life in Lot: Stories
Bryan Washington depicts residents with warmth and discernment as they live, fight, work, and love in a city that can be both a home and a challenge
Rosalind Faires, Oct. 24, 2019
New Janis Joplin Biography Favors Love Over Sensationalism
Author Holly George-Warren shows the love in Janis: Her Life and Music
Tim Stegall, Oct. 24, 2019
Penfold Theatre's Ghost Quartet
Among the threads of this darkling tapestry are spirits of malice and mayhem and longing and love
Wayne Alan Brenner, Oct. 24, 2019
Zach Theatre's Dracula
Strong performances and Broadway-level design fill this entertaining version of the Bram Stoker vampire tale
Trey Gutierrez, Oct. 24, 2019
Mostly Dead Things
A taxidermist’s family grieves and grows in Kristen Arnett’s debut
Rosalind Faires, Oct. 23, 2019
How We Fight for Our Lives
Saeed Jones' memoir resonates most when it digs the deepest
Laura Jones, Oct. 22, 2019
A Cosmology of Monsters
Shaun Hamill pens an achingly aware homage to horrors past
Roberto Ontiveros, Oct. 21, 2019
Thinkery & Verse's Dionysus in America
This contemporary spin on The Bacchae shows how little the unjust treatment of women has changed in 2,500 years
Laura Jones, Oct. 17, 2019
TexARTS’ Little Shop of Horrors
This production of the horror comedy musical makes watching inept humans get devoured by an alien plant just a damn good time
Laura Jones, Oct. 17, 2019
“Will Klemm: Box of Light” at Wally Workman Gallery
The artist illuminates our world’s defining shadows with an oil-based glow
Wayne Alan Brenner, Oct. 17, 2019
Jesus Christ Superstar
New touring production electrifies with freshness and urgency
Robert Faires, Oct. 15, 2019
UT Theatre & Dance's 12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs)
In a work more poetry than story, playwright Caridad Svich has drowned Ophelia resurface, freed from Hamlet's shadow
Elizabeth Cobbe, Oct. 10, 2019
The Hidden Room Theatre's The Duchess of Malfi
In staging John Webster's revenge tragedy, the company strikes a delightful balance between historical authenticity and genuine emotion
Trey Gutierrez, Oct. 10, 2019
"Colin McIntyre: Systema Praeternaturae" at Dimension Gallery
The artist's sinuous, flowing forms of nickel-plated steel are part of a reminder that in the midst of life, we are in death, etc.
Wayne Alan Brenner, Oct. 10, 2019
"David Culpepper: That's Not Going Anywhere" at Co-Lab Projects
The show is welcome to hang around, but this artist is going places
Wayne Alan Brenner, Oct. 3, 2019
Eastside's Past and Present Revealed in John Mulvany's Latest Exhibit
"Secure the Perimeter" at grayDUCK Gallery asks, “What if the outside force is an inside job?”
Barbara Purcell, Oct. 3, 2019
Alchemy Theatre's The Waverly Gallery
This production of Kenneth Lonergan's drama presents the human weight of disease and makes its pain tangible
Trey Gutierrez, Oct. 3, 2019
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
In her eighth novel, Ann Patchett shows that what makes a family cannot be measured by the grandness of a house
