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

The Many Lives of Candide

"...director. Alas, the quality of the talent didn't stop Broadway critic Walter Kerr from dubbing the original Broadway production..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art:

"..."campouts" for kids, held overnight in the museum. 3801 Broadway, San Antonio. 210/820-2126. Dance: ALMA Y DUENDE: THE SOUL..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Arts Feature

Mean Girls

This isn't your mother's Mean Girls. Because it's really bad.

"...bonus that this is an adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical revamp, there’s a hollow emptiness to this rendition..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Color Purple

Musical of Alice Walker's classic novel raised by stacked cast

"...Academy Award-nominated film from Steven Spielberg, and a 2005 Broadway musical smash with a Tony-winning revival in 2016. Now,..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Review: Austin Playhouse’s Big Fish

This charming fish tale is small in scale but huge in heart

"...overextravagance – the sheer bigness – that defined the Broadway production, which premiered to poor reviews in 2013 and..."

June 13, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Review: Godspell

St. Ed’s turns stale water into drinkable wine

"...in the Gospel of Matthew. The show, which opened off-Broadway in 1971, playfully transforms the parables of Jesus Christ..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Zach Theatre & Deaf Austin Theatre’s Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella

An innovative approach to a marvelous play

"...But when the primetime musical was revisited for a Broadway run in 2013 – retitled Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella..."

Feb. 5, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Review: Alchemy Theatre’s Mack & Mabel

Intimate staging bests Broadway’s Hollywood tragedy

"...comes early and often in Mack & Mabel, on Broadway in 1974 and currently being staged by East Austin’s..."

May 26, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

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

Divine Decadence, Darling

AFS presents the dark musicals of Bob Fosse

"...Already an acclaimed Broadway director and choreographer, Fosse transitioned to film with his..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...career in New York City, mostly in musicals on Broadway (Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Cats, Carousel, Sweet Smell of Success),..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Keeping Score

With a bumper crop of musicals onstage in August, musical directors give some notes on what they do

"...Harnick-Joseph Stein classic marks the 50th anniversary of its Broadway bow this year, and the Austin Jewish Repertory Theater..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Sondheim: Side by Side – by Side

Austin gets a triple scoop from the musical master: 'Company,' 'Merrily We Roll Along,' and 'Assassins'

"...Nineties (Assassins). (Four, if you consider that Assassins debuted off-Broadway in 1990 but didn't appear on the Great White..."

April 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Russell M. Dembin

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

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...Broadway Idiot Director: Doug Hamilton Punk Rock meets Broadway -..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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

Long Center/Texas Performing Arts

Austin's biggest concert halls team up to present touring Broadway musicals

"...the new facility compete for all those big touring Broadway musicals that the University of Texas Performing Arts Center..."

March 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Stephen Sondheim

Three musical directing pros appraise the artistry of this master of the musical

"...Sunday in the Park With George was the first Broadway musical I ever saw. It was on a senior..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar gets all Ginger-y for the season

"...accessories... Saturday, Dec. 20, 6-11pm, Oilcan Harry's partners with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the Austin Broadway Series, and the..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Learning Curve

Lessons from the Long Center's first six months

"...we were going to start the blasted thing." The Broadway Conundrum..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

Jazzin' Up Catfish Row

After 70 years, Zach creates a Porgy and Bess for Austin

"...The star-studded audience at the show's Broadway premiere in 1935 was full of names we still..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Graham Reynolds

Hairspray: 'The Beat' goes on

Austin gets its first blast of Hairspray via a new national tour, and director Matt Lenz explains what makes this musical such a crowd-pleaser

"...considering that he's served as associate director for the Broadway, Vegas, and Toronto productions of the musical based on..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

American Fiesta: Doing the dishes one more time

Interest from New York producers is prompting a second encore run for Steven Tomlinson's award-winning one-man show 'American Fiesta'

"...play find a life beyond Austin. "And when a Broadway producer you admire wants to see the show," says..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rent

Despite the grating, workmanlike direction of Chris Columbus, this boisterous film is a vivacious, wiseacre musical and an inarguable morality lesson: Love is all you need.

"...and Tracie Thoms. Playwright Jonathan Larson’s Rent opened on Broadway just shy of 10 years ago and was an..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rising Stock

With Summerstock Austin, a gang of young performers serious about theatre get a chance to develop their craft in the old-school environment of a stock company

"...motion, and exuberance that brings a crowd at a Broadway show to its feet, cheering...."

Aug. 5, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Carol You Don't Know

There's much more to Ms. Channing than Dolly and Lorelei

"...high school, and I was hellbent to get on Broadway, and I had no idea that the happiness I..."

July 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Line Dancing

Austin's Michael Arthur has made an improbable career out of drawing theatre and dance companies in rehearsal

"...improbably, a professional career. He has drawn for the Broadway productions of Follies, 45 Seconds From Broadway, and the..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Elaborate Life

His love of theatre has led 'Aida' director Matt Lenz on an amazing journey

"...some commercials. The last acting I did was the Off-Broadway run of Vampire Lesbians of Sodom. A year and..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

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