Book Review

"Between its title and proximate April Fools' Day release, the casual observer might assume Gerald Nachman's Seriously Funny is some sort of joke book," writes Ken Lieck. "However, its subtitle and subject offer the advanced student of dry humor the opportunity to quip that no, it is the anti-joke book!"

"...by Yahweh to punish the vaudevillians for having false burlesque revues before him. Each proffered something new, unique, and..."

April 18, 2003 Books Feature by Ken Lieck

After a Fashion

"...Teese is kind of amazing, taking very seriously the burlesque routines from the days of yore. Dita understands this..."

March 21, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

(Re)learning Japanese

One was a hardworking Renaissance man, a student of literature. The other was a hard-living military veteran, a cameraman-in-training who stumbled into acting after his grizzled mug and gruff mien won a talent search. Together, Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune created some of the Japanese cinema's most enduring treasures.

"...-- its setting is urban, following the detective through burlesque houses, scrap-lumber squats, and hot-sheet hotels, baked in the..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Records Review

"...enlisting Lindsey Buckingham for backup vocals on the comically burlesque "The Man Who Loves Women" is a stroke of..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Music Review by Christopher Gray

A Monster Bash

Austin Studios will host a free outdoor screening this Saturday evening of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, which, despite its singular title, also manages to cram in both Dracula and the Wolfman.

"...their films that doesn't carry the reek of stale burlesque yuks. Director Charles Barton keeps the action moving, and..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Where They're Coming From

Connecting the Dots of Texas Writers Month 2002

"...were just their primary roles) -- certainly brought the burlesque...."

June 7, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Articulations

Memorializing The Public Domain Theatre Company, 1993-2001

"...the Erik Ehn play chokecherry) is premiering Margraff's The Burlesque Flogging as part of a three-playwright program with new..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Page Two

The Chron's about to turn 20! Louis Black illuminates the recent changes in our Politics staff.

"...remarks about Eric Mitchell was just a sad political burlesque. We expected more from all involved; only Mike delivered...."

Aug. 31, 2001 Column by Louis Black

A Thang Between Two Wise Guys

Leon and Andy Stayed Up All Night to Make You Laugh

"...Leon and Andy will perform "POON: A Night of Burlesque Comedy," with special stripping accompaniment, Thursday, July 19, 9pm,..."

July 13, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Summer Reading

"...English who grins and chuckles his way through their burlesque performances. During their turbulent lifetime we meet such characters..."

June 1, 2001 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Articulations

Requiem for the founder of the St. Edward's University theatre program and co-founder of Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage, Edward Magnum

"...the 10 blocks of Broadway." They secured an old burlesque house -- the Hippodrome Theatre at Ninth and New..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Real Estate and Perfect Mates

The Year in Austin Culture

"...bordellolike rooming house, there is always the cabaret: sharp-witted, burlesque, and so, so naughty. Stunning...."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

The Territory Schedule

"...min., 1999) Two unlikely characters swap identities in this burlesque comedy...."

Oct. 20, 2000 Screens Feature

Tru Artistry

With Jay Presson Allen's Tru, performer Jaston Williams takes a vacation from the little town of Tuna, Texas, with which he is so closely identified, to portray celebrated writer Truman Capote, and in the process reminds us what an actor of range and skill he is.

"...lot of fun, but it was pulling from your burlesque tricks. And Tuna is Tuna. We live and breathe..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Music Feature

"...style creator. You might not like their brand of burlesque bluegrass, but you have to confess they're good at..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...of White Trash, the New Las Vegan, the ultimate burlesque extension of the Fat Elvis. He's dropped the irony..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Two Generations, One Art

Like twins who have grown up apart and are finally reunited, writer-performer Terry Galloway and the Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals are creative soulmates who have at last discovered their kinship through their collaboration on Galloway's dark comedy In the House of the Moles.

"...with multiple characters, what she calls a tragedy in burlesque or even a "neo-Jacobean vaudeville revenge comedy musical." It..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Rocky Horror Show: Spaced Out on Sensation

Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin

"...rouged within an inch of its life, it's a burlesque of femininity. He's like a Wagnerian hermaphrodite, Siegfried and..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Oil's Well That Ends Well

"...Chocolate Lizards is a homestyle burlesque that evokes a keen sense of time and place...."

May 7, 1999 Books Feature

Exhibitionism

Waiting for Godot: Man's Sad Lot Made Funny

"...shifts from one genre to another. Is it a burlesque? The debauchery in which these fairy tale heroes engage..."

April 16, 1999 Arts Review

A World in Which All Worlds Fit

"...and Glenn Miller. The Continental evolved into a saxophone-and-feather-boa burlesque club in the Sixties; rumor has it both Candy..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Exhibitionism

"...The one actor who consistently maintains that near-burlesque physicality to his character is Michael Ringler, tremendous as..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Review

Shoeless Harry Anderson photograph by Minh FESTIVAL HAPPENINGS

"...You've got Thompson, the queen, who just added this burlesque flamboyance to everything he said; Gottlieb, who was quick..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Screens Feature

Record Reviews

"...covers familiar terrain, careening from dense ballads to dark burlesque -- innocent and malevolent at half turns -- and..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Review

Scanlines

Invasion USA

"...the process of escaping the geek, the fleshy blonde burlesque queen finds time to swim nekkid in a muddy..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...astronauts held captive by shapely guards who looked like burlesque dancers, Zsa Zsa Gabor as a scientist.... An unintended..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Exhibitionism

"...again in his depictions of the sizzling Moulin Rouge burlesque scene. Through the slides, Frey illuminated many of the..."

March 7, 1997 Arts Review

Live Shots

"...Fishbone to right the day. There's nothing like a burlesque, blaxploitation sideshow stage act complete with a soulish, funky,..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Music Feature

Fear and Loathing at the Jourgensen Compound

"...Green, Jourgensen was downstairs, blaring the Rolling Stone's country burlesque "Far Away Eyes," smashing crockery, and hurling potato chips..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Music Feature

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