These Are the Days

Extolling an Exciting New Era of Austin Theatre

"...Miller work -- Live Oak Theatre staging The Crucible, Austin Community College doing All My Sons -- but it's..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays

A concert that showed how far the Capital City Men's Chorus has come in 20 years

"...For its 20th anniversary celebration, the Capital City Men's Chorus rang in the holiday season by returning to the..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

A Chorus Line

The performers in Austin Musical Theatre’s revival of A Chorus Line dance and sing and act, well, like they have been doing this on Broadway stages all their careers. But poor tech and dated writing make this once-groundbreaking musical appear to be languishing in its former glory.

"...A Chorus Line: Former Glory..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

A Chorus Line

The Long Center presented a strong version of a great musical that's still worth seeing

"...A Chorus LineDell Hall at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Sara Smile Still

Behind Sara Hickman's sunny countenance lies real life. And still a smile.

"...Kris McKay, Hickman, 47, has sparkled blond as the Austin poster girl for sugar and spice and everything nice...."

May 7, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Turandot

Calaf's quest for the heart of the icy princess Turandot is the stuff of legend and, in Austin Lyric Opera production of Puccini's opera, was an opportunity to hear some exquisite music excellently performed.

"...heart is the stuff of legend and, in this Austin Lyric Opera production, was an opportunity to hear some..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Album Review: Parker Woodland’s There’s No Such Thing as Time

It’s the end of the world as we know it. Parker Woodland feels fine.

"...Austin trio Parker Woodland carries that tradition in their debut..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind

The Canadian musician's legacy re-enforced, not reconsidered

"...Tom “Lunatic Fringe” Cochrane about Gordon Lightfoot, joining a chorus of Canadian music pioneers (Ronnie Hawkins, Randy Bachman, Sarah..."

July 31, 2020 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Gay Place

Fa-la-la your holidays the Cap City Men's Chorus way

"...last year's holiday concert by the Capital City Men's Chorus is pretty sweet, so we thought we'd replay a..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Column by Kate X Messer

A Cathedral Christmas

The Texas Choral Consort's holiday concert was a tale of two choirs: one inspired, the other flat

"...backgrounds into the concert setting. On the spectrum of Austin's arts ecology, TCC fills that important space between the..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Gay Place

Our fave event of the year is here: Queerbomb!

"...be onstage Saturday night with the Capital City Men's Chorus. And of course, our friends from Crown Them Royal..."

June 2, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

In the world of queer lady party-throwing, two years feels like a victory

"...a good time to be a queer grrrl in Austin. GAYDAR..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Alexander Nevsky

To accompany the screening of Alexander Nevsky, Eisenstein's 1938 epic film about the 13th-century Russian hero and the army he led to defeat a German invasion, maestro Peter Bay led his own army -- some 200 musicians from the Austin Symphony and Conspirare choir -- that performed Prokofiev's epic score with grandeur and a stirring power.

"...combination of live orchestral performance and attendant film. In Austin this is nothing new: For years, Frank Speller literally..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Texas Platters

"...Best known as Eric Johnson's drum foil in Austin's legendary fusion band the Electromagnets, local skinbeater Billy Maddox..."

April 17, 1998 Music Review

Qmmunity: LGBTQIA Community Marches in Solidarity With Black Lives Matter

"...Austin Gay Men's Chorus: Our Favorite Things Our favorite group..."

June 12, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Six Documentaries Not to Miss at AGLIFF

From strong voices to strong representation, true stories being told at the LGBTQ+ film festival

"...Gay Chorus Deep South..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Live Music Worth Seeing This Weekend

Joey Bada$$, Clint Black, Oliver Rajamani, and more!

"...more of our recommended events (music and otherwise) at austinchronicle.com/events...."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Denny Laine Saves the World

British Invasion pioneer played it, sang it, saw it all

"...Austin Chronicle: You’re from Birmingham, which for some in the..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

God, Guns & Guitars: Willie’s Picnic

Midwest farmer’s daughters, dirt road anthems, and a whiskey river

"...shoulder-length hair in front of me set off a chorus of metal detectors at the entrance to the Circuit..."

July 5, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

Arcade Fire – Deep in the Heart of Texas

Bobble heads, confetti canons, and the official afterparty

"...As polarizing as Arcade Fire’s fifth album, last year’s..."

April 11, 2014 Music Post by Doug Freeman

A German Requiem

Texas Choral Consort's performance proved how strikingly different Brahms' Requiem is and how compassionate

"...back and forth between extremes. But Baldwin and his chorus were never at a loss to bring the might,..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Everything Went Black: Why Fantastic Fest is Motörhead…

…And vice versa.

"...or any other film/music festival -- is often more exhausting than the actual event itself. Don't get me wrong...."

Sept. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

AFS Texas Documentary Tour

Heather MacDonald's 'Been Rich All My Life

"...Silver Belles, five former Apollo Theater and Cotton Club chorus dancers of the Harlem Renaissance era who, well, just..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Il Trovatore

Austin Lyric Opera's 'Il Trovatore' featured voices in good form, from the leads to the chorus, but the relationships among the characters was clearly missing

"...Unfortunately, sometimes that doesn't happen. Opening night of the Austin Lyric Opera season this year meant overcoming Hurricane Katrina's..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Arts Review by Ann Ciccolella

Christmas Choraling

With Conspirare’s Christmas at the Carillon and Austin Civic Chorus’ Sing It Yourself ‘Messiah’, you’ll get a thrilling dose of that most potent Christmas commodity: song!

"...best voices. Then you might be tempted by Conspirare, Austin's premier professional choir, and its 10th annual Christmas at..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Sergei's Big Score

Austin Symphony conductor Peter Bay has tremendous regard for both Sergei Prokofiev's score and Sergei Eisenstein's images for the 1938 film Alexander Nevsky, and as he prepares for a live performance of the score as the film is being shown, he talks about this remarkable fusion of image and music and what's involved in performing it live.

"...Its combinations of vistas of the steppes with rousing choruses in praise of the motherland, of an epic battle..."

May 23, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

She Got Rhythm

In the world of rhythm tap, female dancers are a minority, and women who are masters of the form, as Acia Gray is, are merely a fraction of the whole. But with the debut of the Soul to Sole Festival, Gray hopes to give women who tap their due.

"...Yes, but when you work your way through that chorus line, you've covered a goodly portion of the leading..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Record Reviews

Prince Paul

"...hip-hop biz ("Leave Me Alone") and sucker MC's ("No Chorus," "Bitch Gets No Love") and proves himself refreshingly unafraid..."

May 14, 1999 Music Review

Stompy Jones

"...the coast -- is like that: enchanted. Imagine if Austin and Port Aransas were one and the same. Atlantis..."

April 30, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Exhibitionism

Annie: Light and More Light

"...know because light shines from every corner of this Austin Musical Theatre production. For their third AMT effort, company..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Review

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