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Review: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder
Tony-winning musical serves pure stage magic & killer hilarity
Shanon Weaver
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ColdTowne’s Missed Connections ATX
The show improvised from actual Craigslist ads is as hilarious as it is oddly cathartic to the singles in the crowd
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Hyde Park Theatre’s Wakey, Wakey
This production of Will Eno’s solo show puts us at ease with our mortality through a captivating talk from a dying man
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Austin Shakespeare’s The Seagull
This new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s beloved classic takes wing well enough but doesn’t quite soar
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ColdTowne Theater’s Deja Noir
Double Indemnity provides the structure for an improvised and hilarious riff on those dark crime films out of the past
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Southwest Theatre Productions’ If I Forget
While the play is a compelling kitchen-sink drama, this staging doesn’t quite reach the promise of the material
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Golden’s Speak No More
This fully immersive, silent improvised drama is mysterious, creative, and a most worthwhile theatrical experience
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Austin Playhouse’s The Immigrant
The company delivers a powerful and timely account of foreigners making a new home in the U.S.
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Shanon Weaver’s Top 10 Theatrical Performances of 2017 (the Second Half)
The year was well-served by actors who could channel spookiness, rebellion, despair, and dance fever
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City Theatre’s Christmas Belles
The company’s staging of this comedy about the Christmas program at a small-town Texas church isn’t the Southern-fried campfest it could be
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Zach Theatre’s A Christmas Carol
This slick and polished musical adaptation of the Dickens classic serves up holiday cheer in abundance
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Street Corner Arts’ Pocatello
Rich performances highlight the pain, hope, and heart in this staging of Samuel D. Hunter’s family drama