After a Fashion

Has your style avatar Stephen found religion … or just joined a cult?

"...calling Madonna "Esther." Even if she asked me personally. "Madge," I'd tell her (I love calling her "Madge"), "when..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Different Stages' Gliders

Rita Anderson's domestic drama sets one family's frictions against the backdrop of the Apollo 11 mission

"...In this, Geraldine is her mother's daughter. Mother Madge is ever present in the play, at first about..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Review by Robert Faires

La Sylphide

Ballet Austin's first brush with Bournonville showed his style suiting the dancers

"...are pleasant, and the interventions of the old witch, Madge, seem inconsequential and silly. You're certain that there will..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Who Is Stella Burden, and Why Are They Saying Those Terrible Things About Her?

When the Rude Mechs do a show about acting, they find madness in the Method

"...Madge Darlington hit Papua New Guinea...."

March 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top Hat

"...the model is a dear friend of Hardwick's wife Madge. Believing that Travers is married to her friend, she..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Screens Review by Louis Black

New Housing Rules Benefit Project Transitions

Affordability Unlocked helps the AIDS services organization triple its housing stock

"...– quite literally – no place to live. As Madge Whistler, PT's financial and operations manager, explained, PT was..."

Nov. 29, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Rude Mechs' Fixing Timon of Athens

The theatre collective's latest repair job on a broken Shakespeare play is wildly accessible, welcoming, and enthralling

"...TLC. Kirk Lynn's script, under the skillful direction of Madge Darlington and co-director Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw, strips down the..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Collective Strength

The 2014 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...20th year together, with the five founders (Kirk Lynn, Madge Darlington, Sarah Richardson, Lana Lesley, and Shawn Sides) still..."

May 23, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Theatrical Sets of 2013, to a Cat

The year's scenic designs proved especially appealing to the feline theatregoer

"...5) 'FIXING KING JOHN' (Thomas Graves, Madge Darlington for Rude Mechanicals) Platforms rigged for actors and..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Fixing King John

This loose and gangly treatment of Shakespeare's history is both remarkably original and fiercely energetic

"...that was fun. Kirk Lynn's adaptation, with direction from Madge Darlington, is loose and gangly in its treatment of..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Stages of Inebriation

To drink or not to drink – for local thespians, no question

"...Madge Darlington: While working on Dionysus in 69, we often..."

July 3, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Year's Cheers

The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Madge Darlington/Shawn Sides, Dionysus in 69..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Bacchae' to the Future

How in (a Greek) god's name can the Rude Mechs re-create Dionysus in 69 in '09?

"...Madge Darlington, one of the collective's six co-producing artistic directors..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rude Mechs

Grrl Action is getting its very own space next to the Off Center: The Off Shoot

"...Shoot on track for a grand opening this summer. Madge Darlington, a Rude Mechs co-producing artistic director and co-managing..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Stephen goes to San Francisco, hunting for Trannyshack and rolling papers

"...her rapid-fire medley featuring rapid-fire costume changes to illustrate Madge's many incarnations. Truly a night of wonder, shock, and..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Sticky & Sweet, Oh Yeah... Bang a Mom...

Leave Madonna alone! Mwah!

"...Everybody's wetting their pants over Madge's latest snog. As with Brit's VMA thingy, the fur..."

May 9, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

She's Her Own Grandma

Carole Keeton Strayhorn – what a long strange trip it's been

"...One of two children born to Madge and Page Keeton, Strayhorn and her brother Richard, now..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Payback as Comeback

The Rude Mechs boost a resurgence with 'REVENGE!'

"...a huge and all-star bunch of people: Lowell Bartholomee, Madge Darlington, Robert S. Fisher, Thomas Graves, Heather Hannah, Lana..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Steve Moore

Brawl in the Family

It's Round 10 of the Rude Mechanicals' annual fundraiser, and the Black Eye Ball promises to pack enough punch to send a herd of Santa Gertrudis to Slumberland

"...Shawn Sides and Lana Lesley and Sarah Richardson and Madge Darlington to form the Rude Mechanicals. Thus came the..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Getting Kids Into the Act

Curtain up on GRRL Action and Vortex Summer Youth Theatre

"...Rude Mechs and the UT Department of English," says Madge Darlington, a Rude Mechs co-artistic director who has been..."

July 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Articulations

City Council adopts new guidelines for the Cultural Arts Funding Program, Michelle Schumann shoots off for a Canadian piano competition, and some 'palpable hits' to get your sweet William for Shakespeare's birthday

"...by local theatre folk such as Jon Watson and Madge Darlington for shows in Austin and for Shakespeare at..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Two Generations, One Art

Like twins who have grown up apart and are finally reunited, writer-performer Terry Galloway and the Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals are creative soulmates who have at last discovered their kinship through their collaboration on Galloway's dark comedy In the House of the Moles.

"...Shawn Sides, Sarah Richardson, Lana Lesley, Katie Glynn, and Madge Darlington -- all Rude Mechs deeply involved in the..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Working Vacations

Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, KAIROS! Co.

"...version of Hamlet on the Globe stage. According to Madge Darlington, program coordinator for Shakespeare at Winedale, "it was..."

July 9, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Madonna Remains a Prickly Pop Disruptor at Moody Center

First of two nights drives home Madge’s four-decade ubiquity

"...skipped altogether. Rather than singing “Like a Virgin” herself, Madge paired the studio recording with Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean”..."

April 15, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Mini Music Fests Abound in This Week's Crucial Concerts

Country, hip-hop, pop, and more shows worth the cover

"...returns to complete her previously postponed Celebration Tour. As Madge’s first live retrospective, the show pulls from all corners..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Dog Toys and Puppy Sports Lead Our Recommended Community Events

Bucking broncos, drag vampires, and more highlights

"...Why celebrate Valentine’s Day when you can celebrate Mother Madge? Presented by sexual health center ASHwell, queens Tatiana Cholula,..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Katherine McNevins

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...Outstanding Direction Madge Darlington, Judith, Hyde Park Theatre Carl Gonzales, Anna in..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Local Arts Events Using the Human Form as Inspiration

Fascinations of the flesh, from portrait to burlesque

"...features Taylor Flanagan as Judith and is directed by Madge Darlington. Through Sept. 3. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. Hyde Park Theatre,..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dining for One at the Rubber Repstaurant

Austin’s Rubber Repertory provided, I mean, anything you desired

"...MADGE DARLINGTON..."

Jan. 27, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...The Storm" / D: Nadia Lee Cohen Kaskade ft. Madge - "Tight" / D: Will Kindrick Miya Folick -..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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