Arts Reviews
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“One / Sixth” at de stijl | Podium for Art
This group show of work by six black graduates of UT’s M.F.A. art program shouldn’t have to exist, but thankfully it does
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“Ann Johnson: Converse: Real Talk” at Women & Their Work
The artist has created a valuable space in which gallery-goers can sit and discuss racism in America
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The Hotel Vanya, or A Metaphysical-Paradigm at the End of Everythingness
For a getaway steeped in Chekhovian longing and ennui, The Hotel Vanya is the only place to stay
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Penfold Theatre Company’s Clybourne Park
This company has vibrant success with Bruce Norris’ racial drama that shows how far we haven’t come in 60 years
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American Berserk Theatre’s Subject to Control
This Austin theatre company’s debut is a heady, funny treat, smuggling heavy ideas in a light package
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Capital T Theatre’s Trevor
An aging chimp in show business provides the focus for this engrossing vehicle for a cast of great performers
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Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company’s More or Less
This dance, performed to Steve Reich’s Drumming in its entirety, had rhythms moving the dancers and moving through them
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Paper Chairs’ Poor Herman
Elizabeth Doss’ new play shows the literary lion Melville to be just like one of us
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City Theatre’s Arden of Faversham
This Shakespearean-style “true crime” drama is not without compelling elements, but a lack of polish weighs on this staging
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“De la Complicidad con la Agresión” at Flatbed Gallery
Miguel A. Aragón’s images of drug cartel victims show the difficulty of addressing violence in today’s society
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Austin Shakespeare’s Macbeth
This military-themed staging of the tragedy gets lost in a haze of design and technical issues