Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s Running Bear

Hyde Park’s new original play perfectly showcases writer Raul Garza

"...her Anglo husband struggling with the gentrification of their Austin neighborhood...."

June 20, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

New Theatre Work Puts Attendees on the Trail of Notorious Art Thieves

Hit the streets and get to the bottom of this Art Heist

"...Austin’s Paramount Theatre just became the scene of one of..."

Oct. 15, 2020 Arts Post by Gerrard Hanly

Glass Half Full Theatre's Once There Were Six Seasons

Using innovative puppetry, Glass Half Full Theatre dukes it out with climate change in an invigorating way

"...Six Seasons, the latest production by Glass Half Full Theatre. Under the picture, I wrote: "I'm reviewing an interactive..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

Permanent Record Theatre's Dry Land

With this production, this company makes a bold debut and a fierce statement about life for teenage girls

"...of echoes harbors some truly dark undercurrents. Permanent Record Theatre sets you adrift in these savage waters sans lifeboat..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

The Austin Film Society Unveils Its New Home for Cinema

Two-screen theatre will showcase the best of new and classic arthouse cinema

"...It's final touches time at the new Austin Film Society Cinema: fine-tuning the projectors, training staff on..."

May 26, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A More Collaborative Attitude Would Be Good for the Theatre Community

"...disagree with the notion that "There are too many theatre companies producing mediocre work, thereby scaring off potential long-term..."

Feb. 25, 2009 Postmarks

Review: City Theatre's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

A perfect measure of schadenfreude on the rocks, with an angst chaser

"...These days, productions at the City Theatre feel like a litmus test for one's ability to..."

April 18, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Faster Than Sound: Gary Keller Now Owns West Austin's One World Theatre

Austin music benefactor adds One World to real estate portfolio, alongside Saxon Pub

"...a year of rumors regarding changes at One World Theatre, a new landowner has emerged. Gary Keller, co-founder of..."

April 1, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Zach Theatre Lands Terrence McNally World Premiere

Tony-winning playwright revises Fire and Air into new drama

"...Zach Theatre was happy enough to be presenting the second-ever staging..."

March 5, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Happy Hundredth Birthday, Paramount Theatre!

Austin's original vaudeville stage announces Lyle Lovett and more

"...Harry Houdini told the assembled supporters of the Paramount Theatre, a great pleasure to be back on its stage..."

Jan. 28, 2015 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s Chronicles of an Indigenous Offspring

This is not a love letter, it’s a wake-up call

"...man’s reflections on racial injustice in the segregated 1970s Austin of his youth, with the intention of providing commentary..."

May 23, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Paramount Theatre and the Little Gay Shop Host Big Gay Nights Out

Two ATX institutions bring queer pre-show fun to Just for Laughs

"...time for Moontower Just for Laughs comedy festival, Paramount Theatre and The Little Gay Shop present their collaborative effort..."

March 31, 2023 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...extended reality experts VRrOOm to create a virtual downtown Austin in the SXSW Online XR world...."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards Goes Digital

The Long Center’s annual celebration of excellence in high school musical theatre moves center stage to center screen

"...The Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Award show is like a..."

May 29, 2020 Arts Feature by Nataleah Small

Gateway Theatre Project's Ghosts

This site-specific staging immerses its small audiences in Ibsen's bleak, tragic world via an Austin home

"...With its maiden-voyage production, Ghosts, the recently established Gateway Theatre Project brings Henrik Ibsen's heavy domestic drama to the..."

March 6, 2020 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Groundswell Theatre Company's Bear Eats Bear

This site-specific audio work puts the audience in a postapocalyptic world to show how central art is to the human experience

"...of the traditional performance spaces from a city, and theatre companies wind up making some crazy stuff...."

Nov. 3, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Austin Film Society Hiring Theatre Manager

No details on location of new two-screen cinema

"...Richard Linklater let the cat out of the bag: Austin Film Society will be opening a two-screen cinema this..."

March 25, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Never Mind the Polar Kind, Austin Has Its Own Vortex

And that irrepressible powerhouse of theatre is about to turn 25

"...A quarter of a century of presenting more ritual-based theatre, more cyber-operas, more transgressive takes on stage classics, more..."

Jan. 9, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Conspire Theatre

Out of prison, women find a new stage for telling their stories

"...Conspire Theatre's next performance is kind of a jailbreak. Hard to..."

July 12, 2013 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Not Everybody Is In This Weekend's Austin Sketch Fest

But that doesn't mean we've forgotten The New Movement

"...And as much as local comedy attention is focused..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Arts on Real: Secrets to building a successful theatre

Naughty Austin Artistic Director Blake Yelavich spills all about the creation of his theatre, Arts on Real, in his cover-story interview in the trade publication DramaBiz

"...thousands of dollars on TV game shows, kept his theatre company Naughty Austin going strong for a full decade,..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Theatre Review: The Baron’s Men Presents Romeo and Juliet

The Curtain Theatre’s BYOB outdoor production is a magical night out

"...a small-scale Globe replica overlooks the shore of Lake Austin. This is the rustic Curtain Theatre, which has no..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

ZACH Theatre Announces Schedule Changes to Its 2021-22 Season

Rocky Horror makes ZACH debut, Cat in the Hat delayed

"...Amid recent surges in Central Texas COVID-19 cases, ZACH Theatre has announced extensive changes to their 2021-22 season...."

Jan. 18, 2022 Arts Post by Sage Dunlap

Zach Theatre Cancels Christmas Carol Performances

Show plans to return Dec. 29

"...With the Omicron surge in full effect, theatres around the nation have been canceling performances. Sadly, add..."

Dec. 23, 2021 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Capital T Theatre's Year of the Rooster

Behind the black comedy of Eric Dufault's cockfighting play is a stunning indictment of hypermasculinity

"...Capital T Theatre Artistic Director Mark Pickell is, pardon my ineloquence, one..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

For 12 Years, There's Been a Gap in One of Austin's Most Famous Murals

Will an image from an iconic Austin movie complete the picture?

"...a celebration of the building's history as one of Austin's oldest cinemas. In that mural there's a series of..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fallout Theatre Hosts Hardass Trivia Tournament of Champions

Comedy competition of cultural arcana comes to Twitch

"...So, yes, the Fallout Theatre’s been shuttered for all these pandemic months, and that’s..."

Nov. 2, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Area Cancellations and Other COVID-19 Updates

Gov. Abbott declares statewide public health disaster

"...that another wave of event cancellations in and around Austin have been confirmed...."

March 13, 2020 News Post by James Renovitch

Now Streaming in Austin: Coming Undone With Minnow Mountain

Resurrecting Rotoscoping for the Amazon Prime mindbender

"...and paper and effort to be worth the time. Austin animation studio Minnow Mountain keeps proving “them” wrong by..."

Nov. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Hottest Winter Date Ideas

Seasonally appropriate suggestions for your next night out

"...Ah, winter in Austin. Beanies are broken out, Bevo goes into hibernation, and..."

Dec. 3, 2018 Events Post by Shalavé Cawley

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