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Ballet Austin’s Belle Redux: A Tale of Beauty & the Beast
In its striking concept and execution, Stephen Mills’ take on the fairy tale was his most fully realized story ballet since Hamlet
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“Sally Weber: Fractured”
These photographs, made with scanners and full of distortion, offer not a precious image of a leaf but a fresh way to perceive a leaf
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Amanda Eyre Ward’s Maternal Turn
In The Nearness of You, the Austin novelist writes about her most important topic yet: motherhood
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line upon line: first
In the percussion trio’s concert of new works, four pieces took very different forms, but all resolved in a comparable calm
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“Karen Kunc + Monika Meler: PrintAustin 2017”
At Gallery Shoal Creek, these artists’ prints interact well with one another – contrasting peace in nature and urban agitation
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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 Opera’s The Daughter of the Regiment
Just as the young woman of the title is deemed “charming,” so too is Donizetti’s work in this company’s staging
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“Jim Roche: Some Americans Feel Like This” at Bale Creek Allen Gallery
The show’s hand-stenciled, colorful re-creations of political signs are a timely vessel for America’s honesty
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“Orna Feinstein: Treetopia”
The bubbles and circles of Feinstein’s monoprints are sophisticated, beautiful, even fun, but they may leave you wanting more
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Vortex Repertory’s A Perfect Robot
Sarah Saltwick’s timely script elegantly explores the tension between idealized automatons and messy humans
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Austin Chamber Music Center’s My Life
This concert of works by Brahms, Smetana, and Fujiwara contrasted autobiographical stories told within music by young composers and mature ones
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Matt & Ben at the Institution Theater
Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers use Damon and Affleck to create a hilarious case study in how Hollywood murders friendship