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Elissa Russell
1-30 of 33 entries
Forever Plaid
Austin Theatre Project's staging of the popular musical hits all the right notes
Arts, Aug. 27, 2015
Into the Woods
Summer Stock Austin's talented teens tease out the enchantment in Sondheim's magical musical
Arts, Aug. 6, 2015
Sophisticated Ladies
Zach Theatre's revival of this Ellington revue is just like Sir Duke's music: elegant and wildly entertaining
Arts, July 30, 2015
Ring of Fire
A talented cast and band evoke the Man in Black in TexARTS' Johnny Cash musical,
Ring of Fire
Arts, July 23, 2015
Hairspray
The musical delights again, thanks to Zilker Theatre Productions' stellar cast and quality staging
Arts, July 16, 2015
The Rocky Horror Show
Doctuh Mistuh's visit to the Frankenstein place is delightfully inclusive for die-hard fans and virgins alike
Arts, July 2, 2015
Heathers, the Musical
Doctuh Mistuh's staging of the Eighties cult film is ridiculous in the best possible way
Arts, July 2, 2015
Chicago
A cast of familiar faces conjures Kander and Ebb's Jazz Age classic in an entertaining way
Arts, June 25, 2015
Mothers and Sons
Zach Theatre's exquisite staging of Terrence McNally's drama speaks to families of all kinds
Arts, June 11, 2015
The New Electric Ballroom
At the Vortex, the siblings of Enda Walsh's play can't move past a night from 50 years ago
Arts, June 4, 2015
Monty Python's Spamalot
The cast has talent, but the Georgetown Palace version of this Python musical suffers from a lack of smooth execution
Arts, May 14, 2015
Cenicienta
Zach Theatre's
Cenicienta
wondrously conjures the enchantment of Cinderella's tale and a child's imagination
Arts, May 14, 2015
The Graduate
It isn't exactly like the movie, but City Theatre's stage adaptation is well-acted and provocative
Arts, April 30, 2015
The Robber Bridegroom
With its fairy-tale trappings and bluegrass score,
The Robber Bridegroom
is the chicken and waffles of musicals
Arts, April 23, 2015
The Great God Pan
Memory may not be trustworthy in
The Great God Pan
, but Street Corner Arts' production is memorable
Arts, April 16, 2015
Jacob's Ladder
The hero of this Theatre en Bloc premiere wrestles with ethical issues while working for FDR
Arts, April 9, 2015
The Last Five Years
Penfold Theatre's remount of the chamber musical tracks a failed romance with intimacy and polish
Arts, April 2, 2015
Hands Up Hoodies Down
Zell Miller III mounted a stirring, provocative blend of slam poetry, dance, improv, and rap
Arts, March 18, 2015
Pythia Dust
The Vortex's star-spanning musical
Pythia Dust
is out of this world, though it really doesn't go anywhere
Arts, March 5, 2015
The Invention of Love
Ambitious script, gifted cast take us inside a brilliant mind in Austin Shakespeare's
The Invention of Love
Arts, Feb. 26, 2015
Misalliance
This G.B. Shaw comedy is typically dense with dialogue, but the student actors at St. Edward's manage to keep tensions high
Arts, Feb. 19, 2015
Peter and the Starcatcher
Zach Theatre's
Peter and the Starcatcher
brings storytelling magic to the tale of how Peter Pan came to be
Arts, Feb. 12, 2015
Changelings
The Vortex's staging of Reina Hardy's magical new play
Changelings
casts a uniquely compelling spell
Arts, Jan. 22, 2015
Mauritius
Theresa Rebeck's play about stamps has surprsingly high stakes, but they aren't always realized in Different Stages' production
Arts, Jan. 22, 2015
This Wonderful Life
In Zach Theatre's production, Martin Burke singlehandedly restores George Bailey's faith in humanity
Arts, Dec. 23, 2014
A Christmas Carol
Zach Theatre's musical mash-up of Christmases Past and Present puts bumps in Scrooge's journey
Arts, Dec. 18, 2014
A Miracle on 34th Street Classic Radiocast
Penfold Theatre's well-executed show is old-fashioned in both the entertainment it re-creates and its sense of community
Arts, Dec. 18, 2014
Cyrano de Bergerac
Rostand's homely hero earns a handsome production from Austin Shakespeare
Arts, Nov. 26, 2014
Hamlet
The melancholy Dane gets fierce in this most professional staging by Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Arts, Nov. 20, 2014
Fool for Love
The relationship of the doomed duo in
Fool for Love
gets explosive in Capital T's production
Arts, Nov. 13, 2014
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