The 'It' Program

Musical theatre struts back onstage at Texas State to rave reviews

"...On Aug. 11 of this year, the Department of Theatre and Dance at Texas State University-San..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Choice Is Yours

Rubber Repertory's Casket of Passing Fancy makes you 500 offers you can't reuse

"..."Most of the women were bleeding from their anuses after two days,..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

It's Always the Nice Ones

"...At first glance, the five members of Austin's Kiss Offs look like nice,..."

March 5, 1999 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Wednesday

The buzzy, the brave, the thrash-able twee-pop

"...Southwest’s first Music week since 2019 began to radiate the hype and hysteria it’s known for with Phoebe Bridgers..."

March 17, 2022 Music Post by Michael Toland

The San Marcos Music Scene Runs Deep

ACL Fest hip-hop headliners Brockhampton might just be the tip of the iceberg from our neighbors south on I-35

"...On a March evening in 2016, inside the Dahlia Woods Art Gallery in San Marcos, a mixtape..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Feature by Jeremy Steinberger

Off the Record

Japanese guitarist Michio Kurihara drops Sunset Notes at Mohawk, Trail of Dead severe ties with Interscope, and Lamberts cooks up new residencies

"...punk outfit Cringer in 1984, which, upon relocation to the Bay Area in the early Nineties, evolved into J..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

ACL Fest 2009: The U18 Report

Next Up blogger Livvy Bennett didn't just enjoy ACL Fest, she sang with Daniel Johnston

"...Looking at the lineup for ACL Fest this year, I couldn’t help..."

Oct. 7, 2009 Music Post by Livvy Bennett

Behold a Pale Horse: the White Horse Turns Ten with No Signs of an Apocalypse

A look back at the early days of the “black sheep” of Austin honky-tonks

"...record and Merle Haggard never sang a ballad about the challenges of finishing a masters degree...."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Post by Gary Lindsey

They Got the Beat

Living the pop life in Austin

"...a mere three-letter word, cause this much havoc? Could there be a more misunderstood and misapplied musical classification? Little..."

May 4, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Full Monte

"...Lubbock was an auspicious event for 14-year-old Monte Warden. The Lubbock Hilton was abuzz with the names of Tornado..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Natural

"...across a picnic table from Rob Bernard, guitarist for the Damnations TX and Prescott Curlywolf, conversing over a cold..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

A Night at the Opera

Opera for dummies: Name one male tenor

"...Fun Fun Fun Fest 2010 was a week away, the final music festival of Austin's yearly marathon, but Saturday..."

May 27, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Musicals Mocking Musicals

Hits like 'The Producers' and 'Bat Boy' have their singing, dancing cake and spoof it, too

"...more evidence that we're in some Golden Age of Musicals That Send Up Musicals, there it is. The adaptation..."

May 20, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2007-2008 B. Iden Payne Award Nominations

The full list of honorees for the Austin Circle of Theatres' annual theatre honors

"...Ashes, Ashes (UT Department of Theatre & Dance)..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature

2008 Payne Awards Nominations

The full list of honorees for the Austin Circle of Theatres' annual theatre honors

"...Ashes, Ashes (UT Department of Theatre & Dance)..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature

A Year's Cheers

The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...For the 18th year, an informal affiliation of local arts critics..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bat Boy: The Musical

Weekly World News' favorite cover boy is alive and well in Summer Stock Austin's energetic show

"...Bat Boy: The Musical..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

Summer Stock Austin: I'm Your Puppet

Trouble Puppet Theatre Company teams up with Summer Stock Austin to take Jack up the beanstalk in a whole new way

"...As Austin moves inexorably closer to becoming one of the premier entertainment centers in the country, it becomes easier..."

July 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with the normal array of talent and titles Now it's time..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stompy Jones

"...It was early Sunday evening, dusk, twilight racing the weekend into history. With the sliding glass doors wide..."

April 30, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Music and the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements of..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Complete Freedom

A profile of Bad Livers banjo player Danny Barnes

"...Looking back over the 20th century, the birth of American popular music is..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

10 Bands Under 25 That Make Me Feel Alive

A quintessential coming-of-age soundtrack to score the next spiral

"...it sound like to be young? It sounds like the epic expressions of these 10 acts, whose array of..."

June 10, 2022 Music Feature by Mars Salazar

Batboy: The Musical

As long as it has its mind squarely on fanged freaks, horror cliches, and musicals it can shamelessly riff off, 'Batboy: The Musical' is one bloody good time

"...Batboy: The Musical..."

July 1, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

In Defense of Paul McCartney

Milquetoast Balladeer or Songwriting Stud?

"..."After all, the Beatles were John's group. He was the band leader..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Music Feature

UK Calling

Damon Albarn leads SXSW 07's UK act armada. Again.

"...From the whitest cliffs of Dover – still the British Isles'..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Here Comes Sickness

Mudhoney guitarist Mark Arm comes clean

"...Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More,” a crude, Stooges-inspired anthem that practically sealed the fate of the grunge movement,..."

Sept. 4, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Playback: John Doe Moves to Austin

X's John Doe moves to Austin, Adam Nurre celebrates his late bandmates, and The Shopkeeper takes Congress House Studio to the movies

"..."I'm a man of the world," declares John Doe, singer/bassist of seminal Los Angeles..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Controlling Their Own Destiny

So many questions for the gaming industry, so many Austin game developers to answer them

"...As you read this, millions of copies of the newly released Microsoft game Halo 2 are flying off..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...Myra Breckinridge Video stores killed the revival houses. Video and the old movie channels on..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

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