Austin’s Funniest People Recap 2017

The Year In Review, just as it says on the tin. You know, the tin.

"...And, since this is Austin, Texas … and this Spider House gig is hosted..."

Dec. 26, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Podcasts

So local you don't have to leave your house

"...Chris Cubas is undoubtedly one of Austin's busiest comics, with national TV appearances and gigs all..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar

At Wit’s End: Bob Byington on His Dry New Comedy, Lousy Carter

“My career puzzles people, including myself”

"...Byingtonian wit with a mediation on the limits of tragicomedy itself. After all, no medicine, not even laughter, can..."

March 27, 2024 Screens Post by Shawn Badgley

The Past, Present, and FuturX of Latinx Performance in Austin

The current surge of Latinx theatre and dance in Austin speaks to both tradition and pioneering new directions

"...Ground Floor Theatre's premiere of There and Back by Austin playwright Raul Garza; (Un)Documents, a new work by local..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Arts Feature by Roxanne Schroeder-Arce

Find the Elephant in a Virtual Table Read for a New Austin Film

Chinwe Okorie uses childhood embarrassment for her latest short

"...for the first time ever. Now's your chance, as Austin filmmaker Chinwe Okorie will be hosting a virtual table..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

April in Austin (Part 2)

Austin is still buzzing with events for this Spring.

"...signature music festival, of course! Located just outside of Austin, join us for four straight days of finger pickin'—done..."

April 10, 2013 Events Post by Alayna Alvarez

Review: Austin Rainbow Theatre’s Sordid Lives

Company’s inaugural production resurrects Del Shores’ queer Texas classic with gusto

"...1996, Del Shores mounted a production of his "black comedy about white trash" in Hollywood, Calif. Two months later,..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott

Five Best of Austin Originals

Winners from our first BOA issue, 33 years ago, that are still kicking today

"...September 28, 1990: The very first Austin Chronicle Best of Austin issue. Time has swallowed so..."

June 16, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Fresh Takes on Gilbert & Sullivan

The company's series of unconventional spins on the comic operas actually do the duo a service

"...Gilbert & Sullivan Austin, that's who. The very group that for 45 years..."

July 2, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin's Artspace Crisis and Microvenues

Are home art galleries and mini-performance venues the answer to the space crunch?

"...art shows and artists on Shady Lane in East Austin. As a result of its landlord not renewing the..."

June 22, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Theatre: Free for All (At Least for a Night)

A national audience development campaign that's offering a free night of theatre on Oct. 20 has cast Austin in a starring role for its national premiere

"...letting them see some for free, and it's cast Austin in a starring role in the national premiere. On..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Programs That Let Austin Youth Speak Out A Stage of Their Own

"...interviewed for this story who are involved in various Austin youth theatre programs. They know that what they are..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Arts Feature by Danielle McClelland

Off the Cuff and in Your City

A roundup of Austin improv schools

"...Consider improvisation, comedic and otherwise. What it takes to make something..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Making Offers No One Can Refuse

The Five Families of Austin improv go Out of Bounds with the 13th annual comedy festival

"...Ladies and gentlemen, these are the Five Families of Austin improv...."

Aug. 29, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Parallelogramophonograph Goes Virtual

Local improv troupe storms the internet with live yes-and comic relief

"...How the hell can a live, improvised comedy show be done virtually — with each of..."

March 17, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mission: Improvable

Austin's improv community gathers intelligence

"...The city is still faintly reeling. Next week, it's improvisers: talented people from all over the country, dropping into..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

How Parallelogramophonograph survived Scotland and became a better improv troupe

"...adventure and that you wouldn't feel much like doing improv that night or ever again...."

Dec. 30, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

OoBer Alles

A guide to the troupes in the 2007 Out of Bounds Improv Festival

"...Micetro: The eternal, ever-changing, cream of all the different improv crops, Micetro convenes a coliseum of competitors who battle..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

ImproviNation

Can I get a suggestion for an Austin festival in which troupes from across the country gather to create instant comedy?

"...Improv fever...."

Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Is Anybody Laughing?

In the midst of economic hard times and a wave of terrorist attacks, the comedy business wonders what's funny.

"...laughter. See, this was the week that scores of improv troupes from all over the country, along with a..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Summer of Laugh

This Year, Austin Comics Got Really Hot

"...paper to work with. For many years, your average Austin comedian's summer was like the go-nowhere kid's: just three..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

How Sweetlamb It Is

The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival's founder returns to power

"...Yes, he's the producer of the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival that's turning Austin into a citywide nightclub of..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Be Prepared

The secret to improv's split-second successes is in years of training

"...a script. But they didn't. When members of the Austin improv troupe Girls Girls Girls took the stage of..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bad Dog's Good Deeds

Contrary to its name, the new Bad Dog Comedy Theater isn't a mean spoiler on Austin's comedy scene. It's about bringing things together, like improv / sketch comedy and stand-up, two veins of comedy that are almost always separate.

"...Before the Bad Dog Comedy Theater opened its doors to the public, Marc Pruter,..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature

Improviser Shannon Stott Brings Some Lord of the Rings to Out of Bounds

The Gandalf of improv is all over the comedy festival

"...that Shannon Stott and I were having centered on improv, a subject about which she is beyond enthused –..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

De-Spurring the Moment

The making of the 2007 Out of Bounds Improv Festival

"...The thing about improvisation, comedy or otherwise, is that it's done on the..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Home for Heroes (and Others)

Transforming the storefront at 617 Congress into The Hideout, a multilevel arts venue, has been a learning process for proprietors Shana Merlin and Sean Hill. But after $250,000 of investment, the developer's dance of securing permits, and many hours of hard labor, they have created one of Austin's most user-friendly theatre spaces.

"...priestess of The Hideout, are also principals in the Austin-based improv comedy troupe We Could Be Heroes. Their transformation..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Phil West

Shannon Stott Cracks Jokes and Breaks Barriers

Austin’s funniest short-form improviser wants more diverse improv

"...in early August, Stott was dubbed the funniest short-form improviser in Austin...."

Aug. 29, 2017 Arts Post by Katarina Brown

ColdTowne

In just months, New Orleans improv troupe ColdTowne has become deeply involved in Austin's comedy scene, and now it's close to getting its own venue

"...than a year since the members of New Orleans improv troupe ColdTowne made our town their town (after escaping..."

June 2, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Everybody Must Get 'Stoned'

Improv Guru Keith Johnstone brings his Maestro to the Long Center

"...Keith Johnstone is coming to Austin to direct a night of Maestro improvisation...."

Jan. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

« 1    ‹ BACK    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10     NEXT ›    15 »