The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...in two areas: Austin Playhouse's Disgraced; Austin Shake­speare's Medea; Butler Opera Center's At the Statue of Venus/Three Decembers; Kathy..."

May 27, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Year of the Booster

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...in two areas: Austin Playhouse’s Disgraced, Austin Shake­speare’s Medea, Butler Opera Center’s At the Statue of Venus/Three Decembers, Kathy..."

May 25, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Queenie Pie

A slice of UT's Duke Ellington opera “Queenie Pie”

"...Don’t let the word "opera" scare you. This is a musical. And don’t let..."

April 21, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Sweeney Todd

Stephen Sondheim's tale of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street gets a playful, minimalist revival at UT

"...first impression of Sweeney Todd in Stephen Sondheim's 1979 musical-or-perhaps-opera (the jury's still out, believe it or not), and..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Five Nights With Monsters

ATX Halloween week: Witches, werewolves, and haints, oh my!

"...You know, opera isn't just consumptive courtesans and cigarette-rolling floozies. The world..."

Oct. 22, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Sondheim: Side by Side – by Side

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

"...other than Sweeney Todd from the University of Texas' Butler Opera Center in February, a show of his hasn't..."

April 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Russell M. Dembin

Daniel Catán

Renowned opera composer dies while in residence at the Butler School of Music

"...been a noteworthy residency at the University of Texas' Butler School of Music ended sadly on Saturday, April 9,..."

April 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...new theatre and one renovated theatre, a new cultural center, and a new three-venue performing arts center – almost..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Change of Aria Code

Leaving "Lyric" behind, Austin Opera launches a new era

"...A Masked Ball have you wondering just what Austin Opera is and what happened to that other company with..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Robert Faires' Top 10 Classical Music / Dance Treasures of 2016

The richest work in dance and classical music this year ran the gamut from a dance in a backyard pool to an opera about Cold War brainwashing

"...1) THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (Austin Opera) The gamble of mounting a new opera based on..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Archive of the Patriarch

Ransom Center acquires Gabriel García Márquez papers

"...In one fell swoop, the Harry Ransom Center has given a major boost to its holdings by..."

Nov. 25, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

Culture Class

The 2009-2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...to Common Things, Conspirare Symphonic Choir with Austin Symphony Opera..."

June 11, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Michelle Schumann and Graham Reynolds' Joyful Noise

For their new Austin Chamber Music Center collaboration, the pianist and composer crank up the reverb but good

"...fortunate enough to have seen the Austin Chamber Music Center artistic director play at one of the organization's concerts..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Barbara Smith Conrad

A week of celebration for the great mezzo where her career was launched against all odds

"...her way to Austin from the tiny crossroads of Center Point, deep in the East Texas Piney Woods. Her..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Last Shall Be First

New Year's Eve becomes a cultural extravaganza with First Night Austin

"...are free). Free parking is available at One Texas Center, 505 Barton Springs Rd.; Townlake Center, 721 Barton Springs..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Treasures of 2010

Music and movement in 2010 made the mundane sacred and the serious silly

"...2) 'L'ÉTOILE (THE STAR)' (AUSTIN LYRIC OPERA) How often does opera look and play like a..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fuse Box by Day

Schedule

"...Arthouse at the Jones Center, 700 Congress..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Making It Happen

The 2007 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...renowned string quartets. Go to the Zachary Scott Theatre Center, and you'll see Connelly taking a very active role..."

June 1, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Reports on The "Three 'J's" of Austin culture And Lily Tomlin At UT.

"...the city's leading cultural organizations: Christian for Austin Lyric Opera, Sibley for the Austin Symphony Orchestra, and Smith for..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Lost Pines Found

How a handful of neighbors helped rebuild Bastrop County – one home at a time

"...Brilliant orange spheres exploded to the east. Janice Butler could not go home. The most destructive wildfire in..."

Nov. 29, 2013 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...12th largest – to repeat gigs at the Kennedy Center and tours to NYC, Slovenia, Italy, and Israel: bracing..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Monumental Shift

Major personnel changes across the Austin arts scene signal the start of a new era

"...departure from major companies or institutions, including Austin Lyric Opera, Austin Shakespeare Festival, and Salvage Vanguard Theater. An equal..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Future Is Here

In 2007, that distant tomorrow when Austin's arts dreams would be realized finally arrived

"...the day when the city gets its own performing-arts center, the day when a Downtown museum gets built, the..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Connectors

The 2013 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...impact, attendance, and construction projects such as the Long Center and Mexican American Cultural Center, giving legitimacy to the..."

May 31, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Seeds of Inspiration

The 2012 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...their $2 million gift to help build the Long Center; their $1 million Endowment for Artistic Excellence to Austin..."

June 1, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Outside the Bachs

Classical sounds new when Austin artists do the composing

"...chamber pieces for instruments of all kinds, art songs, operas, cantatas, scores for dance and theatre works, soundtracks for..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...blocks of downtown to a software company. The Convention Center opens, becomes home to SXSW, then grows. Capital Metro..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Dance/USA Convenes in Austin

The national arts organization brings honors for the Butlers and big questions about the form's future

"...its Champion Award on local philanthropists Sarah and Ernest Butler, whose Butler Family Fund has been a key supporter..."

June 10, 2016 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Let Him Entertain You

Why producer Charles Duggan is staging the biggest holiday spectacular Austin's ever seen

"...but for his upcoming seasonal spectacular at the Long Center, he plans to make it snow inside Dell Hall...."

Dec. 25, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...the Robert Schenkkan political drama All the Way; Austin Opera's modern-day staging of Verdi's A Masked Ball; Salvage Vanguard..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

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