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Robert Faires is Arts Editor for The Austin Chronicle, where he's been covering the local arts scene for more than 25 years. In 2011, American Theatre Magazine named him to a list of 12 of the nation's most influential theatre critics. He's also been active in local theatre since 1980, having worked on more than 60 theatrical productions across the city as an actor, director, and writer.
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A New Cuppa Tea in Tripoli
Actress Bernadette Nason takes tales of a year in Libya and brews a potent memoir
Arts Feature, Aug. 17, 2017
Gale Theatre Company's TWENTYEIGHT
In this Afrofuturist drama by Tyler English-Beckwith, blacks labor to reach a safe space in space
Arts Review, Aug. 10, 2017
UT: Major Arts Commissions Announced
Landmarks will get new mural, CoFA a Spanish-language opera
Arts Daily, Aug. 4, 2017 4:00 PM
In Memoriam: Sam Shepard
The late writer-actor left lots of himself in Central Texas
Arts Daily, Aug. 3, 2017 1:08 PM
Six New Novels of Note by Austin Authors of Fantastic Literature
Previewing releases by Elizabeth Moon, Robert Jackson Bennett, Stina Leicht, Marshall Ryan Maresca, Lee Thomas, and C. Robert Cargill
Arts Feature, Aug. 3, 2017
Summer Stock Austin's A Shoe Story
Allen Robertson and Damon Brown's new musical reinvents "The Elves and the Shoemaker" as a timely tale of refugees but in a clever, playful way
Arts Review, Aug. 3, 2017
Hideout Theatre's The Kindness of Strangers
This improvised salute to Tennessee Williams conjures his South's deeply rooted traditions and misfits with style
Arts Review, Jul. 27, 2017
Throwing a Few Back With Shit-faced Shakespeare
When it's time to perform Shit-faced Shakespeare, here's how an actor prepares
Arts Feature, Jul. 20, 2017
Counting the Cocktails Onstage
The tally on tippling in some classic American dramas shows characters drinking to excess
Arts Feature, Jul. 20, 2017
Michener Center Director Named
Author Bret Anthony Johnston to head UT center for writers
Arts Daily, Jul. 12, 2017 11:30 AM
Chargaux at the 2017 Austin Chamber Music Festival
This dynamic Brooklyn-based string duo proves that the Austin Chamber Music Festival has many more colors than its name suggests
Arts Feature, Jul. 6, 2017
Wide Awake and Brilliant
Eyes open on the Hideout Theatre's 48-Hour Improv Marathon
Arts Daily, Jul. 4, 2017 10:00 AM
Strike Up the Band!
If it's patriotic tuneage you want for your Fourth, here it is
Arts Daily, Jul. 1, 2017 9:00 AM
The Secret History of the Off Center
Looking back at the former home of the Rude Mechs and why it mattered
Arts Feature, Jun. 29, 2017
City Offers Arts Venue Aid ASAP
Cultural Arts Division's Art Space Assistance Program will award $200,000 in grants to creatives in need this summer
Arts Feature, Jun. 29, 2017
Rude Mechs on the Move
Having left the Off Center, the theatre company is now planning to #crushAustin in all 10 council districts and opening new studios Downtown
Arts Feature, Jun. 29, 2017
Getting Help for Art Venues ASAP
June 29 meeting tells artists how to tap $200K in space aid
Arts Daily, Jun. 27, 2017 4:25 PM
Celebrating Shondee Superstar
Cap City Comedy hosts a benefit for Lashonda Lester's family
Arts Daily, Jun. 27, 2017 3:06 PM
Rude Studios Open for Rentals
The Rude Mechs hatch new rehearsal space on Lady Bird Lake
Arts Daily, Jun. 23, 2017 11:00 AM
Zach Theatre's Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
A fierce portrait of Billie Holiday painted in blood and pain
Arts Review, Jun. 22, 2017
Improvising All Night Long! Twice!
The Hideout's annual improv marathon extends to 48 hours
Arts Daily, Jun. 21, 2017 2:00 PM
"A Celebration of Writing, and Reading"
Louis Black's notes on the first Chronicle Short Story Contest
Arts Daily, Jun. 14, 2017 5:00 PM
The 25th Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest
The lowdown on the 2017 submissions, judges, 10 finalists, and the prize-winning stories
Arts Feature, Jun. 8, 2017
Paul Beutel Retires
Arts leader who ran Paramount, Long Center wraps 42-year career
Arts Daily, Jun. 7, 2017 4:15 PM
Texas Book Festival 2017: The First Dozen
Lisa Ko, Claire Messud lead off first look at fest lineup
Arts Daily, Jun. 7, 2017 12:50 PM
The Critics Speak … and Speak … and Speak
Clybourne Park, Manchurian Candidate big winners
Arts Daily, Jun. 6, 2017 11:15 AM
Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2017
Flatbed Press founders Katherine Brimberry and Mark L. Smith, choreographer Kate Warren and theatre / spoken word artist Zell Miller III join the ranks of cultural heroes
Arts Feature, Jun. 1, 2017
Mastrogeorge Theatre's Good People
This production of David Lindsay-Abaire's play gives us a close look at the folks inside Southie – and why some never leave
Arts Review, Jun. 1, 2017
James Magnuson Leaves the Michener Center
James Magnuson reflects on his 23 years as director of the Michener Center for Writers
Arts Feature, May. 25, 2017
Critics Table Tops at 25
The nominees for the 2016-17 Austin Critics Table Awards
Arts Daily, May. 22, 2017 10:05 AM
Getting to Oz Through Austin Arts
Area arts events make a Yellow Brick Road to The Wizard of Oz in Zilker Park
Arts Feature, May. 18, 2017
Austin Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors
Austin Shakespeare's new take on Shakespeare's farce takes some time figuring out its own identity
Arts Review, May. 11, 2017
Out of Ink 2017: Object Lessons
This year’s crop of new 10-minute plays captures the apprehension in the air but with creativity and craft
Arts Review, May. 4, 2017
In Memoriam: Jason Tremblay
Playwright to be remembered at the Paramount on Sunday
Arts Daily, Apr. 28, 2017 7:45 AM
Earth Day: Parks Through Prints
See America's natural wonders via the Fifty-Nine Parks Series
Arts Daily, Apr. 19, 2017 1:50 PM
Jarrott Productions’ The Herd
In this staging of Rory Kinnear’s domestic drama, a birthday celebration reveals the stress fractures of caring for a disabled child
Arts Review, Apr. 13, 2017
The World Is Watching J. Quinton Johnson
The UT alumnus left Austin to be in "the room where it happens": in Hamilton on Broadway
Arts Feature, Apr. 6, 2017
Fusebox Festival 2017
This year's model of the annual hybrid arts showcase features revolutionaries, robots, and dam dancing, oh my!
Arts Feature, Apr. 6, 2017
A Guide to Austin Stand-Up
Who makes the jokes, where you can see them, and who keeps the scene running in a city where laughing matters
Arts Feature, Mar. 30, 2017
A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Comics
The stand-up people behind the city’s comedy scene
