The Blue Theater

"...make theatre and art and show films," says bespectacled Blue Theater owner Ron Berry. "I had been talking with..."

July 20, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Long Fringe at the Blue Theater

Jan. 9, 2004 Arts Feature

Free Night of Theater 2006: The list

Take your pick of 21 performances being offered at no charge with Free Night of Theater 2006

"...Blue Lapis Light: Requiem Revisited, by Sally Jacques and Blue..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Arts Feature

Free Night of Theater: The List

These Central Texas theatre companies are offering free tickets as part of the national Free Night of Theater campaign

"...Baker Theatre: The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie; Baker Theater, 216 S. Main, Lockhart, 474-TIXS..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Arts Feature

Break-In at the Blue

Thieves broke into the Blue Theater last week and made off with more than $6,000 worth of technical equipment

"...Thieves broke into the Blue Theater last week and made off with more than..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Salvage Vanguard Theater

After 13 years of presenting theatre in other peoples' space, Salvage Vanguard Theater has acquired its own home

"...peoples' theatres. But now, the folks at Salvage Vanguard Theater are going to be doing it – that is,..."

May 5, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Blue Christmas Prom

With the Blue Christmas Prom, the good folks at Refraction Arts Project are giving you a chance to give a really nice "in-your-face" to high school and the torture of school dances.

"...good folks at Refraction Arts Project are hosting the Blue Christmas Prom at (you guessed it) the Blue Theater,..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Happy Birthday, Blue Starlite Drive-In

Blue Starlite Drive-In celebrates anniversary

"...the heat and are (mostly) conceived at drive-in movie theaters! So congratulations are in order for Austin's Blue Starlite..."

Aug. 30, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Blue Starlite Drive-In to Light Up Downtown

New Third Street rooftop location to feature films, opera

"...have to pick a seat for social distancing. The Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In, the Downtown Austin Alliance Foundation..."

Aug. 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

More Blue To View

East Side Drive-In trailer park expands to include actual drive-in, the Blue Starlite

"...local author, entrepreneur, and owner of East Cesar Chavez's Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In Theater, has announced plans to..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Blah, Blah, Blah

In the 14 sketches that make up Blah, Blah, Blah, playwright Lowell Bartholomee skewers Hollywood with situations and dialogue that are clever and perceptive, but the actors seem to be working to put it across, straining even, when it really doesn't need the hard sell.

"...The atmospheric conditions at the Blue Theater on the evening I attended were trying. It..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Review: Archive Theater's A Sherlock Holmes Christmas

Should you welcome this Holmes for the holidays with seasonal cheer?

"...So begins The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, one of 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Talk Radio Turns Blue

Leading with Al Franken, Air America lands in Austin

"...6:30am Monday, people started lining up outside the State Theater. Ranging from college students to seniors, they sat quietly,..."

March 25, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

An Evening With Chlane at ColdTowne Theater

In a light, enjoyable sketch show, comic couple Chloe and Lane Ingram show the cost to intimacy with just one person over others

"...An Evening With Chlane, now in production at ColdTowne Theater, you might ask yourself: What is a Chlane? Chlane..."

June 21, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

Free Night of Theater 2006: Encore run, still no charge

After a smash debut in 2005, the Free Night of Theater goes nationwide, with 300 performances across the country – including 21 in Austin – being offered at no charge

"...nonprofit supporter of live theatre, the Austin Circle of Theaters. "We're a part of the Association of Performing Arts..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Nils Lofgren Gets Blue With Lou (Reed)

Songcraft: “Fictional characters with non-fictional emotion”

"...Austin Chronicle: Your new album, Blue With Lou, debuts five unreleased songs of the 13..."

May 23, 2019 Music Post by Michael Toland

Kind of Blue

Jeff Lofton blows tribute to Miles Davis

"...his Fifties Miles Davis Tribute to the Scottish Rite Theater for two shows Saturday night. To jazz purists, that..."

Sept. 26, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Gay Place: Big Blue Body

GIAC's Nina Diaz is her own dang thang

"...of course. Thu.-Sat., through Feb. 14, 8pm. Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd., 512/474-7886. $20. www.salvagevanguard.org...."

Jan. 30, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

TribFest Recap: Red and Blue Teams Find Common Ground Before the 88th

Six points of agreement as the new Legislature coalesces

"...Eddie Lucio, Jr., D-Brownsville, called Operation Lone Star “political theater.” “We need the governor to come down, talk to..."

Sept. 25, 2022 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Long Fringe @ Blue Theatre

"...Edmond by David Mamet (Mainline Theater Project) A man set morally adrift leaves an unfulfilling..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Arts Feature

Becoming Birds

'The Philomel Project' allows myth to take wing at the Blue Theater

"...transformed to birds runs Nov. 4-20, Thursday-Sunday, at the Blue Theater, 916 Springdale. For more information, call 927-1118 or..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Dance Fever

With Hot September Flurries, a corps of Austin choreographers burn up the Blue all month long

"...is sort of what is going on at the Blue Theater with Hot September Flurries. A collective of eight..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Film on the Fringe

The Blue Theater's new experimental film and video series Blue Screen looks to redefine the parameters of 'independent' cinema.

"...Harris' surreal triptych opens the new Blue Screen video and film series at the Blue Theater..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

They're History

The Blue Genie boys -- those whimsical artists responsible for the armadillo-festooned entrance to Threadgill's World Headquarters, the guitar gal atop Fran's Hamburgers, and other mini-landmarks around Austin -- have been fun for the people who see them and fun for the people who made them. Making giant panels for the new Texas State History Museum, though, was a bit more than just that.

"...the molds derived from them were produced by Austin's Blue Genie Art Industries...."

April 27, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fuse Box by Day

Schedule

"...Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd. Friday, April 25 8pm..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

FronteraFest Schedule

"...Long Fringe at the Blue Theater..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Arts Feature

You Made Me Love You

What is this thing called crush? Specifically, what makes us swoon over people we've never met? The creative minds at the Blue Theater have gathered over two dozen actors, musicians, artists, writers, and puppeteers to create art, wall-writing, and short performance pieces to address that very question in Celebrity Crush.

"...for your post-V-Day recovery, the creative minds at the Blue Theater have gathered artists from around Austin and the..."

March 1, 2002 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Fuse Box: The final jolt

Refraction Arts' newly expanded Fuse Box Festival is almost out of juice, but before it goes, it still has some electrifying new dance, theatre, video, and site-specific performance to deliver

"...and male identity. April 26-28, Thursday-Saturday, 8pm, at the Blue Theater, 916 Springdale...."

April 27, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fuse Box: Now with more electricity

The newly expanded Fuse Box Festival continues to shower sparks across Austin, with the second week packing in even more new dance, theatre, screenings, bands, and art

"...a surreal odyssey involving ancient wine, a samurai, a bluesman, Walt Whitman, and a monster. April 19-21, Thursday-Saturday, 8pm,..."

April 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Alien Nation

Experimental filmmaker Craig Baldwin is down on corporatization and up with aliens, presenting a compilation of his work at the Blue Theater's Blue Screen series.

"...Baldwin is bringing to the Blue Theater's Blue Screen series on April 22 a program..."

April 19, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy

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