FronteraFest Short Fringe, Week Two

A high-speed train of spoken word, crackling improv, and raw poetry

"...Heavyweights from the Austin Poetry Slam scene Christopher Lee and Christopher Michael consumed..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Arts Review by Clayton Maxwell

Red Light Winter

The script's faults and poor production choices hinder Displaced Theatre's debut

"...The production by Displaced Theatre Company (its first in Austin, directed by Sydney Andrews) tries, but if your blueprint..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Getting Married

Different Stages has fun with Shaw's dissection of the institution of marriage

"...own sweet time getting there. Modern audiences, especially in Austin, where many shows are considered long at 90 minutes,..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Three Sisters

A revival that is surprising and funny and offers the rich joy of Chekhov done well

"...money and his cruel wife, are excellently played by Austin D. Alexander and Lauren Hayes. Hayes is particularly enjoyable..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

The Living

Three painters show work that will have you thinking about what it means to be alive

"...and constrained chaos of the modern city. New York, Austin, and ... is that San Francisco? The metropolitan densities,..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

3 New Artists

The name of the show doesn't have to be creative, because what's on the walls is

"...Kirkland is an Austin artist whose work has a spontaneous feel, like he's..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

The Casket of Passing Fancy

One man’s experience is only a hint of what Rubber Rep’s offering newest entails

"...tongues, listened to a history of the whores in Austin, and masturbated onto a map of the United States..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Glengarry Glen Ross

Watching Mamet's salesmen self-destruct may help you understand what happened to your IRA

"...benchmark of sorts. In a town the size of Austin, it could be hard for a young company to..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Caroline, or Change

Zach Theatre's fine staging should be required viewing at this historic moment

"...of a regional theatre, bringing important contemporary works to Austin, staging them in accomplished and entertaining productions, and providing..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

The Politics of War

This show of political art by Robert Levers and Chris Reno is as timely as it gets

"...Reno is currently working in Iowa after living in Austin. Here, he displays some fine hatching textures in portraits..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

Mothers of Invention

Onetime Austinite Laura Poe delivers a tasty satire about genetically engineered food

"...piece of versatile acting as you'll see anywhere in Austin – or the rest of the country, for that..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Radio Silence: a word opera

Zell Miller III's hip-hop opera is fascinating when it isn't flying by so quickly

"...year's David Mark Cohen New Play Award from the Austin Critics Table): a compendium of poetry and poetic prose..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Taming of the Shrew

City Theatre honors Shrew's fun, wild, lusty world while putting Kate and Petruchio in a burger joint

"...starting the second half of the show with an Austin Powers-esque urination sequence and forced malapropisms, such as turning..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Passion at Play

Though at times exciting, this program lacked American Repertory Ensemble's usual spark of artistic fusion

"...The Austin classical scene has embraced ARE like the popular new..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Kidnapped by Craigslist

How much you enjoy this theatrical collection of Craigslist posts may depend on how you feel about carnivals and confessions

"...Big Apple last summer prompted them to create an Austin incarnation in partnership with Shrewd Productions. The posts for..."

July 25, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

What I Want Right Now

Tom White's new drama about wish-fulfillment and a couple facing their final time together suffers from a lack of clarity

"...premiere production of What I Want Right Now, by Austin playwright Tom White, follows a couple who are facing..."

July 11, 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'

"...Gallery Theater, Austin Community College Rio Grande campus, through July 5..."

June 27, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

This Beauty Queen is harsh but effective, gritty as a sandpaper shamrock

June 20, 2008 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Austin Playhouse's production of this early Sondheim musical features some strong work, but it also feels dated and safe

"...Now, let's be clear: Austin Playhouse attracts one sort of demographic – an older,..."

June 13, 2008 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Love Sonatas

Much has been invested in mounting Manuel Zarate's five-play cycle, all to answer the basic question: What is love?

"...Bard is likely to get such a run in Austin anytime soon...."

May 30, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Atelier 2008: Selections from the Department of Art & Art History Faculty at the University of Texas at Austin

The exhibit has moments of direct correlation that would not have been achieved without guest curator James Elaine

"...Art History Faculty at the University of Texas at Austin'..."

May 30, 2008 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

Ali Fitzgerald: Swan School; The Matriculation

"...Since the Austin Museum of Art "20 to Watch" show, Fitzgerald has..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Review by Rachel Cook

'Folded, Torn, Cut, Woven, and Pulled'

Five artists let the paper do the talking in this intimate show at the Blanton Museum of Art

"...of Texas senior lecturer in studio art Sarah Canright starts things off with paper on paper. Canright weaves equally..."

May 2, 2008 Arts Review by Salvador Castillo

Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil

The ProArts/ACC co-production plays out like a Robert Johnson number: strong, sweet, natural, and full of longing

"...a guitar string, slackens and tightens over time. The ProArts Collective/Austin Community College Drama Department co-production opens in Georgia's..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Susannah

The Butler Opera Center production achieves real magic, most notably a triumphant performance in the title role

"...a signature time for the tragic opera heroine in Austin, with Zach Theatre's Bess and Austin Lyric Opera's Carmen...."

April 25, 2008 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Carmen

Austin Lyric Opera’s debut in the Long Center serves Bizet’s classic in a clear, uncluttered way that satisfies

"...a moment that Buckley and the musicians of the Austin Lyric Opera orchestra – and no doubt all the..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Key Changes

Austin Script Works' 10th festival of 10-minute plays by member writers is, as always, a mixed bag but fun

"...Austin Script Works has long promoted the cause of playwrights,..."

April 11, 2008 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Lonesome West

Hyde Park's return to Martin McDonagh territory is as wickedly delicious as the potato alcohol his play's bickering brothers gulp down

"...him one of the most celebrated theatre artists in Austin...."

March 21, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Stones in His Pockets

With David Stahl and Michael Stuart playing everyone in County Kerry, this Irish comedy is a delight from beginning to end

"...The Austin Playhouse production runs like a well-oiled machine, and while..."

March 7, 2008 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Brahms: The String Sextets

Though it took some time to get there, the ensemble Viola by Choice proved how essential the viola is in chamber music

"...certainly a strong case for the viola. Here in Austin to make the argument is violist Aurélien Pétillot, the..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

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