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Butcher Holler Here We Come
This stylized look at West Virginia miners trapped underground is more of a powerful sensory experience than a narrative drama
Elizabeth Cobbe
Elizabeth Cobbe is a journalist, dramaturg, and playwright. By day, she writes python and javascript, and by night she writes reviews, arts coverage, and plays. She moved to Austin in 2005.
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The Phantom of the Opera at Bass Concert Hall
This new touring production makes a grandly restaged, compelling tale of thin source material, with a chandelier drop that still thrills
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Different Stages’ Mrs. Mannerly
Jeffrey Hatcher’s nostalgic comedy gently leads the audience back to small-town Ohio in the Sixties
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Hyde Park Theatre’s John
In playwright Annie Baker’s fun twist on haunted house tales, you learn what it is to be watched
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Theatre en Bloc’s Neva
Asking what difference art makes in the face of revolution, Jenny Lavery and company deliver an engrossing production
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Austin Playhouse’s Death of a Salesman
Marc Pouhé creates a powerful and sympathetic portrait of Willy Loman in a production starring African-American actors
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Zach Theatre’s The Great Society
Robert Schenkkan’s smart script and remarkable ensemble work make this a powerful look at LBJ’s White House years
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Austin Playhouse’s Bloomsday
Steven Dietz’s rumination on a great love lost lacks some of the vivid passion it needs in this staging
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Dead Man’s Cell Phone
En Route Productions makes Sarah Ruhl’s lighthearted meditation on love and death both hilarious and touching
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Street Corner Arts’ Constellations
The company moves through Nick Payne’s play in ways that make its multiple variations quick and fresh
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Different Stages’ Fahrenheit 451
This theatrical adaptation of the Ray Bradbury story ends up being timely and may make you step outside your bubble
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Salvage Vanguard Theater’s With Great Difficulty Alice Sits
Hannah Kenah’s new play presents an unsettling battle of wills between a mother and daughter before birth