The Naked Play

The Power of Play Readings

"...Hey, there are four this week alone. They're called play readings. If you've only considered the play reading as..."

May 5, 1995 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Long Play Lounge East Evolves Into New Music Venue, the Coral Snake

Former Stay Gold space closing April 30 for rebranding

"...caption posted last week, East Cesar Chavez bar Long Play Lounge East announced its impending closure on April 30...."

April 26, 2023 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

Staging Mr. Burns, a post-electric play With Zero Waste

A UT student production of Anne Washburn’s play shows how to make theatre the sustainable way

"...on a global scale in Anne Washburn's award-winning three-act play, Mr. Burns, a post-electric play. The story takes place..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Arts Feature by M. Brianna Stallings

Mr. Burns, a post-electric play

Anne Washburn's inventive play shows how, after the apocalypse, we still cling to Springfield

"...form or another. Anne Washburn's Mr. Burns, a post-electric play takes us through civilization's end and rebirth with the..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Power Play

In Robert Schenkkan's new play, LBJ roars back to life to make civil rights history

"...Angus Bowmer Theatre, where All the Way, a new play about LBJ's first year in the White House, is..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

"...Bates, Daryl Hannah and Tom Waits. The ponderous At Play in the Fields of the Lord commits the cardinal..."

Jan. 24, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Austin School of Film Goes Online ... and Global With Play at Home

ASoF finds play in its pandemic programs

"...slate of free and low-cost workshops for adults called Play at Home. They offer a low-pressure learning environment for..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Screens Feature by Selome Hailu

Child's Play

Everyone's favorite homicidal doll is back

"...of course, Chucky. The pint-sized villain of the Child's Play series has had enough box office momentum to sustain..."

June 28, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Come Out and Play

Isolated adults must fight off feral children in this effective, if familiar, horror import.

"...made from the novel in 1976, Come Out and Play takes another swing at the material. I’m not familiar..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Play it to the Bone

"...and White Men Can't Jump to his credit -- Play It to the Bone sinks to the level of..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Second Long Play Lounge Location Takes Place of Stay Gold

Stay Gold owner considering reopening at a new space in the future

"...Last month, a neon sign reading Long Play Lounge went up along Cesar Chavez where once beamed..."

Feb. 1, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

This Japanese mind-twister from Shion Sono screams with madness and mayhem.

"...fun – method to Sono’s madness. Why Don’t You Play in Hell?, picked up by Drafthouse Films for distribution,..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Drafthouse Asks Us, 'Why Don't You Play in Hell'

Madcap yakuza flick to play Fantastic Fest, open in 2014

"...Drafthouse Films has added Sion Sono's Why Don't You Play in Hell to its slate...."

Sept. 2, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Queen To Play

In this French drama, a placid, working-class woman discovers passions she never knew she possessed when she learns to play chess.

"...engaged in a game of chess that exudes a playfulness both strategic and sexual. Something gains a foothold in..."

July 8, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

ACL Interview: Play Date

Bouncing Souls singer and his wife play Austin Kiddie Limits

"...last weekend and was surprised to learn he was playing the Kiddie stage with wife Shanti Wintergate as Play..."

Oct. 9, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Long Fringe Review: 'The Alien Baby Play'

Goofy, quirky entertainment as we wait for baby to be born.

"...The Alien Baby Play is a weird little play, but it’s a good..."

Jan. 26, 2012 Arts Post by Elizabeth Cobbe

Shepard Fairey’s Artwork, Gifted to His Pal John Doe, Now Adorns the Long Play Lounge

LP themed bar christens the new decor with a party and raffle Saturday

"...Hope poster – to his neighborhood bar, the Long Play Lounge...."

Nov. 18, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Play 'Star Wars: The Old Republic' for Free

Massive online game goes free-to-play this fall

"...for months, BioWare officially announced their locally developed massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, will offer..."

July 31, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

In Play: 'NCAA Football 2004' and 'Madden NFL Football 2004'

"...College football is known for its wide-open and exciting play, and NCAA 2004 mirrors it. The graphics are beautiful..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

DVDanger: Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things

Star Alan Ormsby on the counterculture zombie classic

"...in 1972, when Alan Ormsby starred in Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, it was all fresh meat. Ormsby..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

All the Way With LBJ's Play

Bill Rauch talks staging 'All the Way' and 'The Great Society'

"...the Way for OSF's American Revolutions cycle of history plays, it only made sense to return for the opening..."

Oct. 9, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Curse of the Play

"...most recent developments in the saga of this cursed play...."

Oct. 13, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Playwright’s Final Play Might Have Died With Him, but a Community Joined Together to Ensure Its Survival

Saving Jason Tremblay’s Gretel! The Musical

"...that he lived it. Two years ago, the Austin playwright had begun work on a new project for Theatre..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Getting Political With The Tree Play and Robin Hood: An Elegy

Two new Austin plays tackle timely subjects

"...isn't always Into the Woods. Sometimes it's The Tree Play – that is, a locally generated drama geared more..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Play About the Baby

Though the baby in Edward Albee's 'The Play About the Baby' may or may not exist, the play is funny and, in its evocation of a traumatic dream state, terribly, horribly frightening

"...Edward Albee is this country's greatest living playwright, and not simply because his works have won three..."

July 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Play On!

In the backstage comedy Anton in Show Business, playwright Jane Martin wittily paints the contemporary stage as a madhouse overrun by loons and lunatics so preoccupied with money, image, and themselves that they can hardly be bothered to create art. And the State Theater Company's production takes us inside the insanity with an air of playfulness that keeps the audience primed for a good time.

"...hit at the 24th Humana Festival of New American Plays and a finalist for the 2000 American Theatre Critics/Steinberg..."

March 30, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Games People Play

Casual gaming's rise opens the doors for players and developers

"...the pace of the jam, the creations are generally short-play arcade-style experiences. One can imagine putting quarters in before..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Review: The Play That Goes Wrong

Physics and farce join forces to surprisingly hilarious effect in this Georgetown production

"...The Play That Goes Wrong, written by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields,..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

The Austin One-Minute Play Festival Is Back!

ScriptWorks presents another round of locally penned 60-second dramas – 70 staged back-to-back

"...wings 4,000 times. Oprah Winfrey makes $523. An entire play is performed. Or so it will go at the..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Arts Feature by Stephanie Carll

Warning: Do Not Play

South Korean horror is really about the terror of filmmaking failure

"...Warning: Do Not Play, the latest from South Korean horror director Kim Jin-won,..."

June 12, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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