Paradox Players' The Mountaintop

In this powerful production of Katori Hall's drama, MLK wrestles with his life's meaning – and maybe an angel

Arts, Feb. 27, 2020

Mary Moody Northen Theatre's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

This moving, transformative show gives its autistic hero a deep and engaging humanity

Arts, Feb. 20, 2020

Southwest Theatre Productions' Trade With Klan

In Donald E. Baker's new drama, the utter plainness of an Indiana small town makes its devotion to the KKK all the more shocking

Arts, Jan. 30, 2020

A Christmas Carol

Dave Steakley's musical version abounds in great voices, but it may drown out Dickens with songs

Arts, Dec. 19, 2019

Review: Dear Evan Hansen

This touring version will have you breaking out the tissues

Arts, Dec. 12, 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

Arts, Nov. 14, 2019

LGBTQIA+ at TBF: My Story Is More Than the Struggle

Mitchell Jackson and Jaquira Diaz get under the skin of memoir

Arts, Oct. 28, 2019

LGBTQIA+ at TBF: They’re Playing My Song

Andrea Lawlor and Karen Tongson on music's doorway to self-discovery

Arts, Oct. 28, 2019

Book Review: How We Fight for Our Lives

Saeed Jones' memoir resonates most when it digs the deepest

Arts, Oct. 22, 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

Arts, 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

Arts, Oct. 17, 2019

Crime Month: In the Dark Podcast

Why did a boy's murder go unsolved for 27 years? Just listen.

Arts, July 11, 2019

Fishbowl at ColdTowne Theater

In Stephanie Thoreson's one-woman show, a gallery of awkward characters show us that it's okay to be pathetic if you laugh about it later

Arts, July 11, 2019

Crime Month: Gypsy on Netflix

In this series, Naomi Watts puts the "psycho" in psychotherapy

Screens, July 9, 2019

Crime Month: Encyclopedia Brown

Can you solve our fondness for Idaville's favorite sleuth?

Arts, July 3, 2019

Georgetown Palace Theatre's Evita

In this engaging production, the saga of Eva Perón is told with immediacy and power

Arts, June 27, 2019

An Evening With Chlane at ColdTowne Theater

In a light, enjoyable sketch show, comic couple Chloe and Lane Ingram show the cost to intimacy with just one person over others

Arts, June 20, 2019

Hideout Theatre's Dystopian Teen Future

In this take on Hunger Games and Divergent-style tales, the improvisers struggle to find a plot or laughs

Arts, June 13, 2019

City Theatre's Parallel Lives: The Kathy and Mo Show

Two great performances drive this production, but the feminist comedy feels stuck in the Eighties

Arts, June 6, 2019

Iron Wolf Ranch and Distillery Offers Bold Flavors Just Outside Austin City Limits

Drinks for the discerning palate and Hill Country views to soothe the soul

Food, May 16, 2019

Austin Playhouse's Summer and Bird

This world premiere production gives audiences of all ages the chance to travel to a mythical land of wonders

Arts, May 9, 2019

Austin Opera's La Bohème

The beauty of the music and stagecraft in this production teaches us something about love and art

Arts, May 2, 2019

Glass Half Full Theatre's Once There Were Six Seasons

Using innovative puppetry, Glass Half Full Theatre dukes it out with climate change in an invigorating way

Arts, April 25, 2019

Austin Playhouse's Copenhagen

In the conversations of this Michael Frayn drama, we learn that history is broken, just like us

Arts, April 18, 2019

Performa / Dance's Confections

This evening of works, performed outdoors at the Umlauf, mixed art, beauty, and nature in ways that enraptured

Arts, April 18, 2019

The People's Gallery at City Hall Shows Women With Disabilities in a New Light

The Bold Beauty Project of Texas exhibits portraits of courageous women from across the state

Arts, Feb. 21, 2019

Filigree Theatre's When We Were Young and Unafraid

Sarah Treem's drama revisits a time not that long ago when American women were controlled

Arts, Feb. 14, 2019