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March 18, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires
The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals Shines Anew at the Alamo Drafthouse
Steve Young reveals the hidden world of uncanny corporate razzmatazz
"...the 1980s, corporate America commissioned tremendous numbers of lavish Broadway-style shows about sales and service for industry conventions that..."
July 29, 2016 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Dames, Turtles, and More
The dog days of summer meet the heat of Austin film news
"...The Austin Film Society will host the Texas premiere of Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s Sin City:..."
Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten
Roller Derby Alert
NWARD gear stolen in San Antonio
"...Derby had all their skate gear stolen while visiting Texas, and they're wishing on some Lone Star help to..."
June 26, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker
Applause! Applause!
The full list of winners for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art
June 11, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Patty Griffin
Texas platters
"...of the song, an elderly couple duet on the Broadway standard "Impossible Dream," the man's voice abruptly leaving the..."
April 23, 2004 Music Review by Melanie Haupt
But You Can Win Her Yet
TexARTS revives a classic musical and a big musical theatre dream
"...it taught by nine New York professionals, including current Broadway performers, Tony nominees, and a leading dancer with the..."
June 23, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Let Him Entertain You
Why producer Charles Duggan is staging the biggest holiday spectacular Austin's ever seen
"...Or that maybe you thought went away with the Broadway extravaganzas of Flo Ziegfeld and Billy Rose 60 years..."
Dec. 25, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Brass Ring Lessons
How TexARTS' first two go-rounds in staging classic musicals are helping to make its new Carousel ride a winner
"...by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II for the Broadway stage in 1945 – and with it comes a..."
June 22, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Homecoming Queen
Many actors leave Austin seeking a career on the stage and are never heard from by the folks in their old hometown. But Austin native Starla Benford has come home as the star of a national tour. She talks about starting out at Harvard, making her mark as a professional, and nine months on the road with The Vagina Monologues.
"...on the celebrity radar deep in the heart of Texas. It's only once in a blue moon that a..."
June 8, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The House That PAC Built
"...Looking at the University of Texas' Performing Arts Center (PAC), that sprawling complex of theatres..."
Oct. 2, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene
"...stage musicals provide. The theatre scene is bustling with Broadway-brand beltin' and steppin', with revivals of the classics of..."
Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
'A Chorus Line'
Long Center launches its new musical series with a singular sensation
"...for 2013-14. A Chorus Line, that singular sensation about Broadway's anonymous hoofers and what they did for love, opens..."
July 19, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Try To Remember
How two kids from UT changed the course of the American musical
"...revues), they were still students at the University of Texas and had not even begun working as a team...."
Oct. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Austin Musical Theatre Hits the Heights
That's Show Biz!
"...works of the American musical theatre -- the "traditional Broadway musical" is the term he used -- and it..."
Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Feature
Art:
"...ARLINGTON MUSEUM OF ART features TEXAS REALism... with a twist, a show of representational paintings..."
Dec. 22, 1995 Arts Feature
Movers & Shakers
A guide to Austin dance
"...and accessibility go back to Kathy Dunn Hamrick's East Texas roots. That balance is key to KDHDC's success, as..."
Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz
SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup
So much ado!
"...overlooked any). In the Headliners category, Tim McCanlies (Dancer, Texas Pop. 81) will debut When Angels Sing, scripted by..."
Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Miracle Man
When an actor's bio claims 14,000 performances to his credit, you rather expect the fellow to have some good stories. And Eddie Bracken doesn't disappoint. In anticipation of his appearance at a screening of Preston Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Bracken talks about Sturges, Betty Hutton, Hollywood, and hitchhiking.
"...few choice yarns gathered from his 70 years on Broadway, in Hollywood, and beyond, and he appears ever eager..."
Feb. 18, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires
Review: Hello, Dolly!
One of the last great Golden Age musicals revived with panache
"...Dolly! is one of the last great musicals from Broadway’s “golden age,” which ran roughly from the mid-1940s (beginning..."
Jan. 22, 2020 Arts Post by Paul Beutel
Billy Friedkin Kills It
Extended Q&A with the man behind 'The Exorcist,' 'French Connection'
"...William Friedkin: Yeah, Texas/Oklahoma border. He wrote a play that I directed at..."
Aug. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten
TexArts
Co-founder Todd Dellinger takes a new job, so two new directors take over for him
"...arts administrator; Lewis as a dancer and choreographer in Broadway musicals – founded the company themselves, and in the..."
Aug. 13, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Gotta Dance!
Kevin Archambault came late to dance, but his love of it and commitment to it have brought the young dancer and choreographer a long way in a short time.
"...and I'm famous and I'm rich and I'm on Broadway and my name's in lights." But as I've grown..."
Nov. 17, 2000 Arts Feature by Lindsey Schwartz
Terrence McNally Knows About Lasting Impact
About to open a new play at Zach Theatre, the Tony Award-winning playwright talks about what endures
"...Compassion! received a Distinguished Lifetime Service Award at the Broadway League's Spring Road Conference. The following week, he celebrated..."
June 7, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Chicago
The current touring version of this Kander & Ebb musical doesn't deliver much in the way of spectacle
"...Chicago is the longest-running American musical in Broadway history. That fact is right on the cover of..."
Nov. 29, 2013 Arts Review by Dan Solomon
A Stage of Their Own
TexARTS has yet to find its audience in Austin, but outside it is another story
"...process for On Common Ground, a new musical by Broadway-bound composer David Austin (Writing Arthur), with the aim of..."
Sept. 26, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Cabbie Knows
In Portland, Taxi Drivers Are Tuned Into the Food Scene
"...me in front of the Benson Hotel (309 SW Broadway, 503/228-2000), a charming turn-of-the-century hotel recommended by Chronicle co-workers...."
May 8, 1998 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
Taking the World Stage
How more theatre made Here is getting Out There and what that means
"...country for two years and is now negotiating an off-Broadway run...."
Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull
Eight Dining Destinations on the Lubbock Food Trail
The Hub City of the High Plains becomes a culinary destination
"...A perennial favorite on Texas Monthly’s list of top barbecue joints since it open..."
Jan. 19, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
The Road to Urinetown
Composer Mark Hollmann on the show's creation and success
"...to workshop a new musical, Hooray for Iceboy, at Texas State University. (Curiously, Hollmann has been back in Central..."
Aug. 30, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires
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