Dave's Decade

You'd be hard pressed to find a local director who has worked as hard for as long as Dave Steakley, and this list shows why.

"...22 musicals, 7 straight plays; 2 B. Iden Payne Awards for Outstanding Director of a Musical, 2 Austin Critics..."

July 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Peerless

All About Joe (York)

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Jan. 24, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

The scoop on the 2000-01 Austin Critics Table awards ceremony

"...The Night of 1,000 Awards..."

June 15, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...Rembert Block's Beauty Vultures and the Plague of Sleep. Austin playwrights and producers choose the Planet to mount original..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Articulations

Goodbyes and good news at the 2000 Austin Theatre Critics Table Awards.

"...Awards Party Roundup..."

June 2, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

American Fiesta: Doing the dishes one more time

Interest from New York producers is prompting a second encore run for Steven Tomlinson's award-winning one-man show 'American Fiesta'

"...who could help the play find a life beyond Austin. "And when a Broadway producer you admire wants to..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

American Fiesta

The revival of Steven Tomlinson's American Fiesta arrives with such hype, one might think it would have difficulty living up to it; but with this uplifting, transcendent show, one would be wrong

"...Winner of the American Theatre Critics Association's Osborn Award for Best New Play by an..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Most Valuable Players

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

"...Miss Mamie, Jelly's Last Jam, Zach, 2001; various, Mahalia!, Austin Playhouse, 2001; Eunice, A Streetcar Named Desire, Zach, 2001;..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Feature

Articulations

Comeback Kids

"...everyone still has a working liver after this week's Critics Table Awards; it's the number of local productions being..."

May 16, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Shiny, Happy Creatures

With their vibrant colors and organic shapes, Faith Gay's artworks seem delightfully, hypnotically alive

"...show, and it earned her the Best Solo Exhibition award from the Austin Critics Table this year. ("That was..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

This year's Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony turned into something of an endurance test, setting a new record for length at three and a half hours.

"...Critics Table: The Aftermath..."

June 6, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Owing to budget woes in the College of Fine Arts, the UT PAC Prop Shop is closed for business, and local choreographers and dance companies earn national awards and international gigs.

"...Strike one more resource in the ongoing battle by Austin performing arts groups to create maximum theatre on minimum..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Entrances & Exits

Comings and Goings on the Theatre Scene

"...by Adrienne Martini and Robert Faires Alice Wilson photograph..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Arts Feature

Most Valuable Players

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

"...Honors: Payne nomination, Abundance; Payne & Critics Table nominations, Spring Storm; Payne & Critics Table nominations,..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Feature

Most Valuable Players

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

"...Recent Roles: Bellomy, The Fantasticks, Austin Playhouse, 2001; Owen, Light Up the Sky, Austin Playhouse,..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Feature

Most Valuable Players

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

"...Honors: Critics Table John Bustin Award for "conspicuous versatility," 1999; Payne..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Feature

Most Valuable Players

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

"...Show Business, State, 2001; Irene, Light Up the Sky, Austin Playhouse, 2001; Lady Macbeth, A Macbeth, State, 2000; Mrs...."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Feature

Most Valuable Players

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

"...Recent Roles: Claudius, Hamlet, Austin Shakespeare Festival, 2001; Mr. Sowerberry/Dr. Grimwig, Oliver!, Austin Musical..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Feature

Mother Courage

Melba Martinez's legacy at Mary Moody Northen Theatre

"...work among the students – developments recognized with three Austin Critics Table awards for ensemble acting and eight recipients..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Speaking in Tongues

When Dan Dietz 'lets go,' he turns gibberish into art. And he proves it in the Salvage Vanguard Theater production of MacWellman's nonsense play Terminal Hip.

"...Case in point: his first major theatrical project in Austin, The Battle of San Jacinto, Ruth Margraff's 1997 "barroom..."

March 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Taking the World Stage

How more theatre made Here is getting Out There and what that means

"...Exhibit A: An Austin-born theatre piece wows audiences from Galway, Ireland, to Seattle,..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

'Paved Paradise Redux: The Art of Joni Mitchell'

John Kelly brings back his Joni Mitchell tribute before retiring it for good

"...such a profound impression on the writers of the Austin Critics Table that they honored Paved Paradise Redux: The..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In Memoriam

Bil Pfuderer, an actor, director, and designer in Austin theatre for 20 years and producer of the Zilker Summer Musical from 1980-1995, died in Canton, Ohio, on June 4

"...at Western Illinois and Monmouth College before moving to Austin in the mid-Seventies to teach theatre at St. Edward's..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In Memoriam: Boyd Vance

Boyd Vance, founder and director of Pro Arts Collective, acclaimed musical theatre performer, and leader in nurturing and promoting African-American arts for a quarter of a century, has died

"...and director of Pro Arts Collective and one of Austin's most acclaimed musical theatre performers, passed away Saturday, April..."

April 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hey, Jude

The talented Mr. Hickey deftly clambers up that old ladder (ladder, ladder, ladder) of success

"...distinctly disordered arrangement of teeth into visibility across the table, as he speaks of the directors he's worked with,..."

June 8, 2012 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Murdered Women of Juárez Find a Voice Onstage

Isaac Gomez’s one-woman show The Way She Spoke

"...Theatre & Dance at the University of Texas at Austin, but Rodriguez had never tackled a solo piece before...."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

'Seven Wonders of the World (Plus One)'

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

"...was itself rather dreamy: colorful, comical, illogical, endearing. The Austin Critics Table honored the show with that year's award..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Graduating, With Honors

Local awards are nice, but Austin artists are being recognized nationally all the time now

"...As I contemplate the Austin Critics Table Awards hitting the 20-year mark – a..."

June 1, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Knot a Secret

After 17 years, playwright Hank Schwemmer is finally getting seen

"...Considering how many original plays are produced in Austin every year and have been produced here every year..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Steinway to Hell'

Just the two leaders of the Golden Hornet Project and a pair of pianos

"...amount of work they've done in all corners of Austin's creative scene, Graham Reynolds and Peter Stopschinski probably need..."

July 9, 2010 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

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