Most Valuable Players

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

"...Martin Burke..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Feature

Rockin' Scriptmas!

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle All the Plays

"...editor at a great metropolitan newsweekly. The editor, a balding, bespectacled boomer we shall call R., sits at his..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Apprentice

Fctionalized account of Donald Trump’s rise (Sebastian Stan) under the tutelage of lawyer Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong)

"...Directed by: Ali Abbasi. Starring: Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova and Martin Donovan...."

Oct. 11, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Age of Aquarius

With a new production of the "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" Hair, director Dave Steakley caps 10 years of making the Zachary Scott Theatre Center rock -- and so much more.

"...The members of "the Tribe" wander into the playing space, moving slowly, dreamily, as if through..."

July 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...Experimental drama. Now, there's a term to conjure dread in the heart of a poor theatregoer. It suggests self-proclaimed..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

TV Eye

The Emmy Award nominations announced last week show that it's business as usual in TV land

"...The Emmy Award nominations were announced last week. There were a few surprises..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Articulations

Critix Pix

"...The Austin Theatre Critics' Table is at it again. The gang..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

ArtPace Honors Austinites

"...Used to be visual artists in this city could only sigh longingly when ArtPace, the..."

April 3, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Dramatic Turn

Actress Meredith McCall is about much more than musicals

"...She stares into the spotlight with more brass than The Music Man's..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What It Is to Be Human

Actor Martin Burke, now in the midst of his fifth sell-out run as David Sedaris' Little Elf in The Santaland Diaries, talks about that show's success and his career as an actor.

"...down and talk for an hour or two with Martin Burke. This accomplished actor is as funny one-on-one as..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

1998-99 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

The year's best work on Austin stages.

"...On Monday, September 13, the Austin Circle of Theatres gave out its 25th Annual B...."

Sept. 17, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Will Anybody Ever Love Neal Medlyn?

For vulnerable performer Neal Medlyn, Dork = Cool.

"..."I know who I am and I am willing to declare myself to the world. I am a..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Letters at 3AM: Dead and Alive on the Fourth of July

A eulogy spoken over the coffin of our empire

"...Tom Sawyer is dead. Huck Finn is not. The "can do" all-Americans that Tom Sawyer..."

July 2, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Jazzin' Up Catfish Row

After 70 years, Zach creates a Porgy and Bess for Austin

"...Porgy and Bess is often considered America's first significant addition to the opera canon, the masterpiece..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Graham Reynolds

House Arrest

Both Anna Deavere Smith's script for 'House Arrest' and Zachary Scott Theatre Center's production of it fall short as meaningful political theatre

"...Running Time: 2 hrs, 25 min..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

O Pioneers!

The eight members of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2004 led the way to culture

"...scene doesn't just appear. It has to be willed into being by people who live in the place, people..."

June 4, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

About AIDS

"...Needed: Stories From the Streets The painful parts of history, like the adventurous parts or the..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column by Sandy Bartlett

Fantastic Fest Review: The Apprentice

Controversy-sparking Trump biopic follows the birth of a monster

"...There's something easy about a story of seduction by evil. It's..."

Sept. 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

After a Fashion

How does Stephen M. M. repeatedly get such hot dates? By being the Avatar's Avatar, that's how. See what local gigs he appeared at this week …

"...staff were almost overwhelmed by the amount of sales. Since they have such a to-die-for collection of brooches, I..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Karen Kuykendall Tribute: More bouquets for the missing diva

Zach Theatre hosts a memorial tribute to the beloved performer, patron, and local legend

"...her knew there weren't nearly enough. Karen was the kind of performer, the kind of supporter, the kind of..."

May 2, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sundance Announces Shorts Program

Texans get the nod

"...yesterday, and a handful of Texans made the cut, including Park City regulars the Zellner Bros...."

Dec. 8, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Master Builder

The impeccable craft and enduring genius of Arthur Miller, as explained by Tony Kushner

"..."Arthur Miller's was a great voice, one of the principal voices, raised in opposition, calling for resistance, offering critical..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Payne Pleasures 1998

"...It's awards time again... On Monday, the Austin Circle of Theatres announced its..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Review: 1%

Australian biker drama outruns Sons of Anarchy comparisons

"...It's hard to make a biker movie without knowing there's a defining story in your rearview mirror. First..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film News

Villa Muse down but not out (not just yet, at least), plus new (and old) developments for Veronica Mars' Rob Thomas

"...this week, as a self-described "grassroots" effort has arisen in the film community to get the Austin City Council..."

March 21, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Short Cuts

Say hello to two Patric(k)s, and goodbye to some recently departed film greats.

"...the Chronicle we used to have a great poster hanging in the office for Sergio Leone's Duck, You Sucker!..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Zachary Scott Theatre Center: A stage for a diva

The new theatre being built by the Zachary Scott Theatre Center already has a name: the Karen Kuykendall Stage, in honor of the Austin native and award-winning performer

"...The new theatre being built by the Zachary Scott Theatre Center is still..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Love's Fire: Flaming Hearts of Youth

Inspired by the sonnets of Shakespeare, the seven plays in Love's Fire are the confession of a love affair with language, and this Mary Moody Northen Theatre production passionately voices that confession with the help of a vigorous young cast of St. Edward's University students.

"...Love's Fire: Flaming Hearts of Youth..."

April 14, 2000 Arts Review by Skipper Chong Warson

Articulations

Payne Pleasures 1999

"...The Austin Circle of Theatres has just announced its nominations for..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

1999 Critics' Table Winners

"...On Monday, June 14, the Austin Theatre Critics' Table presented its seventh annual awards for..."

June 18, 1999 Arts Feature

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