The Messengers

This spook story is a surprisingly mediocre Hollywood debut for Hong Kong’s Pang brothers.

"...Pang Chun and Danny Pang. Starring: Dylan McDermott, Kristen Stewart, Penelope Ann Miller, John Corbett, William B. Davis and..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Buttons and Bows Show: Hilah's Dollhouse

The strength of The Buttons and Bows Show is Buttons and Bows, beautiful souls whose innocence is charming and heartbreaking

"...Between Mark Stewart's beautifully crafted songs, Elizabeth Doss' appropriate direction, Chase..."

July 13, 2007 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

A Year's Cheers

The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Zach Theatre David Mark Cohen New Play Award..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Performances of 2004 That I Ruminate Over After the Dust Has Settled

Heather Barfield lists her favorite stage performances of 2004

"...1) Mark Stewart in The Comedy of Errors (Tongue and Groove..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Heather Barfield Cole

Murder Ballad Murder Mystery

You'll be hard-pressed to find a riskier production in Austin this year than this strange string of ballads and mysteries

"...her rendition of "You Got What You Deserved," and Mark Stewart, accompanying himself on guitar, fascinates in the second..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Unpacking Emperor Jones’ Esoteric, Career-Launching Label Catalog

The late Craig Stewart released early works by the Mountain Goats and more

"...From 1995 until 2007, the late Craig Stewart ran the Austin-based record label Emperor Jones. Initially an..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Music Feature by Joe Gross

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...reasonably well. The mere sight of Fisher in his trademark tux and two besequined babes had a cheese factor..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

The Huntsman: Winter's War

Modernized fairy tale is a wan follow-up

"...figures in here in name only – actress Kristen Stewart wasn’t invited back to the party, I guess –..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ordinary Peephole: The Songs of Dick Price

This expertly curated celebration of Austin's premier composer of camp ought not to be missed

"...anyone but Dick. Though the ensemble – Adriene Mishler, Mark Stewart, Jay Byrd, and Hislope, accompanied by Lyova Rosanoff..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

'Seven Wonders of the World (Plus One)'

A surreal musical recording of the 1940s yields a charming stage spectacle today

"...the World before turning his attention to various American landmarks. But Seven Wonders director David Yeakle embraces the constraints..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Hillcountry Underbelly

You can feel Elizabeth Doss' new play rising from deep in her past and this land

"...the weight of these siblings' sorrowful ballads. Composed by Mark Stewart, the songs bear the simple, languid melodies of..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Zilker Theatre Prod.David Mark Cohen New Play AwardThe Assumption, Rebecca Beegle, Ron Berry,..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Seven Wonders of the World (Plus One)

The Tongue and Groove Theatre gang have some serious fun with the disconnect between dreaming and waking life in their world premiere production of Seven Wonders of the World (Plus One), a 1940s-era suite of songs linked by spoken text, follows a dreamer across time and space to various landmarks of both the ancient world and the modern U.S.

"...follows a dreamer across time and space to various landmarks of both the ancient world and the modern U.S...."

March 22, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Roadhouse Rags

Gary Stewart's early stuff comes to light

"...Mark Linn and Nashville’s Delmore Recordings have done it again...."

Nov. 10, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Albert Brooks again sallies forth where others fear to tread, although his comic results are more mildly amusing than riotously funny.

"...in the Muslim World peters out around the halfway mark, you can’t help but wonder if Brooks has bitten..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Theatre Critics Table 2000-2001 Nominations

The Austin Theatre Critics Table have announced the nominations for their ninth annual awards for achievement in the arts.

"...David Mark Cohen New Play AwardBricks and Lyrics, Abhijat Joshi..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature

Mast

Elizabeth Doss' new play is about lost souls not sure when to give up and go home

"...design aspect is perhaps the sound, with music by Mark Stewart. Throughout, the show is backed by a mournful..."

July 31, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

King of Hearts

Tongue and Groove's stage adaptation of the anti-war cult film looks lovely but breezes by too quickly

"...the quaint French village, a celebratory shower of red marking the coronation of a Scottish soldier by the inmates..."

June 5, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

'Murder Ballad Murder Mystery'

Paper Chairs resurrects its hit musical as portable, hit-and-run bar entertainment

"...Mystery, the backwoods musical by Elizabeth Doss (book) and Mark Stewart (score) that scored critical raves and multiple awards..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Seven Wonders of the World (Plus One)'

Tongue and Groove Theatre revives an odd little show that's truly dreamy

"...Friday, and new illumination by Jason Amato – but Mark Stewart will reprise his performance as George. Care to..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2008 B. Iden Payne Awards

A strong sense of community at possibly the funniest Payne Awards ceremony ever

"...Production of a Play for Youth and honored for Mark Stewart's performance, Arthur Adair's set design, Justin Sherburn's score..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Red Balloon

Tongue and Groove Theatre's new show leaves you feeling like something dark and heavy has been lifted up and carried far, far away

"...charming, and heartwarming. The boy, played by Artistic Director Mark Stewart, is a dreamer and a loner, and on..."

July 18, 2008 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

'Bomb Shelter: or the Modern Pinocchio'

A refreshingly different after-the-bomb fable that gets at our impulse to create through a playful acting-out of 'Frankenstein'

"...new play by Tongue and Groove Theatre Artistic Director Mark Stewart may be unlikely – really, no one salted..."

June 27, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Another Round of Praise

Nominations for the 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...You Are Pretty, St. Idiot Collective David Mark Cohen New Play Award..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tooth and Nail: Plus Tooth 2!

Tongue and Groove Theatre dishes up vaudevillian punk in two odd and hilarious shorts

"...rock into its traditional formula to make vaudevillian punk. Mark Stewart and brothers Craig Matthew Staggs and Chase Staggs..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Thrush: A Play With Songs

Caridad Svich's 'Thrush' takes place in a war-ravaged world, but the writer's ill-conceived structure and Salvage Vanguard Theater's slow and sentimental production makes that world surprisingly dull

"...cruelty. Jude Hickey comes closest to seeming desperate; and Mark Stewart runs the best scene in the show as..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

An Arabian Midsummer Night's Dream

An Arabian Midsummer Night's Dream doesn't do justice to Shakespeare's comedy, but the goodwill, visual splendor, and flashes of magic in Tongue and Groove Theatre's show can transport you halfway 'round the world

"...up creating an inadvertently abrasive character. Veterans such as Mark Stewart and Elizabeth Doss, skilled at playing classical verse..."

July 28, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Not Clown

You're not likely to enter a world as uniquely weird and vibrant as that of Physical Plant Theater's 'Not Clown' any time soon

"...Performers Robert Deike, Lee Eddy, Josh Meyer, Robert Pierson, Mark Stewart, and Rommel Sulit are a troupe of clowns..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Le Petomane: Anatomy of a Fartiste

It might be hard to imagine that a story about a man who breaks wind for fame and fortune could be called "sweet," but Tongue and Groove Theatre's original musical Le Petomane: Anatomy of a Fartiste, about the extraordinary French vaudevillian Joseph Pujol, combines good humor, fun song, bawdy dance, and just enough ribaldry to make for an engaging theatrical show.

"...to wear, and scenes feel like they'll never end. Mark Stewart's monologue, for example, in which he attempts to..."

June 22, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Pinocchio Commedia: I'm Your Puppet ... Still

The familiar misadventures of the wooden puppet who wants to be real get a high-spirited comic treatment in JohnnySimons' Pinocchio Commedia, and Tongue and Groove Theatre's spirited and playful production make the hundred-year-old tale delightfully fresh.

"...acting is for the most part rich. As Pinocchio, Mark Stewart engages in the character's trademark self-centeredness and alienates..."

April 14, 2000 Arts Review by Skipper Chong Warson

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