'69 Love Scenes'

Each of the 69 Love Songs on the 1999 CD gets a scene in this theatrical venture

"...Comedy Club. We tracked that Lendo to the Dougherty Arts Center, where she was riding herd on a small..."

May 21, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The House

The House, director J. Ed Araiza's third collaboration with the student artists at St. Edward's University, is unapologetically about them, which makes for the show's strengths and its weaknesses

"...and experiences of the young performers who populate the stage in this Mary Moody Northen Theatre production. It's an..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Word and Thought

Word and Thought, a new comedy by Southwestern University grad Joshua Lellis, tracks a biographical drama about Alexander the Great on its disaster-ridden lurch toward opening night, and its premiere from Cameo Productions and the Austiner Ensemble proves that a theatrical catastrophe is still good for a laugh.

"...aneurysm-inducing assortment of screaming matches, hissy fits, alcoholic binges, backstage seductions, and don't-you-know-who-I-am diva rants...."

Aug. 15, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Will Rogers Follies

More than the life of Will Rogers, The Will Rogers Follies is about production values, singing, dancing -- entertainment with a capital "E" -- but with its poorly executed set, distracting costumes, problematic lighting and sound, the 43rd annual Zilker Summer Musical production is unable to deliver.

"...recall ever seeing so much puke green on a stage. The lighting often leaves actors inexplicably in the dark,..."

July 20, 2001 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Othello: Less Than Regal

In this week's section of Austin Chronicle arts reviews, Robert Faires reviews Austin Musical Theatre's The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and Rude Mechanicals' Lipstick Traces, Sarah Hepola reviews the Zachary Scott Theatre Center's Shakespeare's R & J and Marshall Ryan Maresca's Slow Night at McLaughlin's, and Robi Polgar reviews Austin Shakespeare Festival's Othello and Physical Plant Theater's Fatigue.

"...slabs that arc gracefully around the rear of the stage, providing a geometrical focal point at center stage for..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Henry V

The player and the text take center stage in this one-man adaptation of Shakespeare's history

"...to see (and who is, full disclosure, the Chronicle Arts Editor). But this isn't a cinematic, fanfare-ish sort of..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Bell, Book, and Candle

The comic skill of the actors in OnStage Theatre Company's revival of Bell, Book, and Candle makes magic

"...Dougherty Arts Center, through Sept. 12..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Head, Hands, and Toe Show: Where's the Rest of Me?

With The Heads, Hands, and Toe Show, Tongue and Groove Theatre literally takes out the middle, man, using low-tech effects to create a series of movement pieces where only the arms, feet, and heads of the performers are visible, and the overall effect is simple fun.

"...Hands, and Toe Show: Where's the Rest of Me?Dougherty Arts Center, through Aug. 23..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

The Bremen Town Musicians

Although it harbors minor inconsistencies, Allen Robertson's The Bremen Town Musicians, set in Depression-era America and scored with gospel and bluegrass music, is a fine play for family viewing. It has enough talking, singing animals to satisfy any kid and music that is highly enjoyable in and of itself.

"...Dougherty Arts Center, through June 22..."

June 20, 2003 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

True West

Boys will be boys -- especially if they're brothers and they're written by Sam Shepard. And this offering of True West from 4th &1 does a damned fine job of showing us what that means.

"...True West: It's a Guy ThingDougherty Arts Center,..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

City Water Tunnel #3

If the Department of Environmental Protection hired someone to explain New York's City Water Tunnel #3, the largest non-defense public works project in the Western Hemisphere, that someone couldn't do a better job than performer Marty Pottenger, who delivers the truth of the project, as plain and raw as the earth that's being tunneled, as bright and ragged as the people tunneling.

"...City Water Tunnel #3: Groundbreaking PerformanceThe Off Center,..."

March 8, 2002 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Fantasticks

Although Austin Playhouse's revival of The Fantasticks is burdened with more than a few trips and stumbles, the show has evident charms, and here familiarity breeds not contempt but something warmer.

"...attending a serious art event in some highfalutin performing arts center. What's wrong with that?..."

June 29, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

The Sorcerer

The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Austin's new revival of the G&S operetta The Sorcerer proves a genial spoof of class prejudice, at least as staged by G'Ann Boyd. Her uncluttered approach allows the work's understated satire to shine through the performers' presence and delivery of the songs.

"...Helm Fine Arts Center,..."

June 15, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Six Women With Brain Death

Buzz Productions' version of the cult hit Six Women With Brain Death gives it the old college try, but even a striking performance by Jo Beth Henderson can't overcome the flat mockery of trash culture that we've seen too many times before.

"...Dougherty Arts Center,..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Goldie (a fish story)

Goldie (a fish story), an original musical from the kidsActing troupe that pokes extremely corny fun at the Hollywood mythos in an undersea milieu, is a happy spectacle of acting and directing and singing and costuming.

"...Reagan High Performing Arts Center,..."

July 14, 2000 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Day They Shot John Lennon: Profound Self-Absorption

In the Actors Theatre of Austin production of James McLure's The Day They Shot John Lennon, reviewer Ada Calhoun finds the work of a fine cast undone by profoundly self-absorbed characters and inconsistent direction.

"...Dougherty Arts Center,..."

March 24, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Van Cliburn, Lynn Harrell and the UT Symphony Orchestra: Autobiography Played Out at the Piano

Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin

"...But later that year, in Moscow, it captured the hearts of its audience. Since then, it's been an inspirational..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Generic Ensemble Company's The Future of Ismael

This stage adaptation of Siri Gurudev's novel creates a striking sci-fi society but never finds its beating heart

"...For The Future of Ismael, a stage adaptation of the 2017 novel, by Colombian-born writer Siri..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

The Sopranos

New Texas Music Works closed the 2002 New Texas Festival with some tremendously talented ladies -- sopranos from the Conspirare Choir -- singing a variety of material, but for all its warmth, the concert lacked the sustained intensity and interest that is the hallmark of the choir's best work.

"...in Austin, these nine vocalists each took a turn center stage to say a little about herself, give effusive..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Most Valuable Players

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

"...2001; Jean, Apeman of Manhattan, Remembrance Through the Performing Arts, 2001; various, Anton in Show Business, State, 2001; Irene,..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Feature

The Intergalactic Nemesis: 'Not the mind-whammy again!'

In the Wee Hours, Heloise Gold's new dance-theatre collaboration with Mike Arnold and Tim Mateer, explores the nooks and crannies of our dreaming / waking double life in visually stunning, playful, and engaging vignettes.

"...on its weird, retro event The Intergalactic Nemesis, a staged radio serial set in 1933 and dense with tough-guy..."

June 2, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...to become more active fixtures in the process. Meanwhile, Arts Center Stage, the group overseeing Palmer's renovation, has selected..."

May 14, 1999 News Feature

"Tom Sachs: Nuggets"

Tom Sachs' new pop-culture sculptures take center stage at Lora Reynolds Gallery

"...Austin has been the epicenter of all things Tom Sachs since his "Boombox Retrospective"..."

March 27, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

Naked City

Headlines

"...and disasters. A memorial service at Houston's Johnson Space Center on Tuesday for the seven astronauts lost with Columbia..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

CSC: Take Two

Political Push Ups

"...to serve as program managers on the Austin Convention Center Expansion Project, and a contract for over $5.7 million..."

March 12, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Adler's First "State of the City"

Mayor Steve Adler calls for "inclusion, innovation, improvisation"

"...Inaugurating the new Austin ISD Performing Arts Center in the Mueller neighborhood, the Mayor of 100..."

April 13, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Molly Sweeney

Different Stages' production of Molly Sweeney is a restrained and elegant parable through which we come to see the beauty in not seeing

"...Karen Sneed, who directed this Different Stages production, knows how richness, color, and nuance can bloom..."

July 9, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Dark Goddess 2004

Director Bonnie Cullum makes a point of pulling you out of the modern world for Dark Goddess 2004 so you might be more receptive to its mythic message of the power of transformation

"...North African serpent goddess Medusa). Each in turn takes center stage in the ceremony, relating her story or proclaiming..."

March 12, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Naked City

Shane Phelps resigns from the AG's office to run as a Republican candidate for Travis County District Attorney; Community leaders ask Dell Computer to reconsider moving into the Drinking Water Protection Zone

"...Bentzin, Dell's public online marketing director and chairman of Arts Center Stage, will co-chair the group ......"

May 19, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Corner to Corner

In his final "Corner to Corner" column, Mike Clark-Madison declares victory and gets out, noting that neighborhood issues are now taken seriously in mainstream city politics.

"...has a neighborhood scene, just like its music scene, arts scene, and enviro scene, and the scene is hot,..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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