Street Corner Arts' Pocatello

Rich performances highlight the pain, hope, and heart in this staging of Samuel D. Hunter's family drama

"...The set design by Chris Conard and Zac Thomas transforms Hyde Park Theatre into..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

MilkMilkLemonade

The revival of this gender-play comedy still tastes freshly squeezed

"...Emory, a gay 11-year-old choreographer of ribbon dances, and Chris Hejl, who plays his rough-and-tumble bully, Elliot, to a..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Making New Friends an Old-Fashioned Way – Through Letter Writing

A collaboration between Austin Bat Cave, Foundation Communities, and Letterpress PLAY encourages pen pals to bridge generational divides

"...For Chris Humphrey, an older Austin artist who corresponded with an..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Clara Ence Morse

MilkMilkLemonade

A gay elementary school love story with palpable resonance for everyone

"...talent contest. His Nanna, in a spooky performance by Chris Humphrey, wants him, as she says, to stop acting..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

One Flea Spare

Gobotrick Theatre Company's One Flea Spare is a worthwhile production of a play that's smart and crafted with a rare dexterity and elegance

"...interludes of original music composed for the piece by Chris Humphrey (who also plays Mrs. Snelgrave) create a haunting..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

Review: Archive Theater's A Sherlock Holmes Christmas

Should you welcome this Holmes for the holidays with seasonal cheer?

"...The facts are these: About four o'clock on Christmas morning, Peterson was returning from some small jollification and..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Austin Scottish Rite Theater's Wit

In this production, people are there for one another and no one has to face the end alone

"...as naturally as water. Then there is Vivian's mentor (Chris Humphrey, soft and gentle as a breeze), who pays..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Changelings

The Vortex's staging of Reina Hardy's magical new play, Changelings, casts a uniquely compelling spell

"...elegantly intricate. The lovely aesthetics are rounded out by Chris Humphrey's original music, which seamlessly scores the piece...."

Jan. 23, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Zeus in Therapy

Tutto Theatre's stage adaptation of Douglass Stott Parker's poetry is less a play than a cool presentation of poems

"...Some characters are especially engaging, of course, including Hera (Chris Humphrey), referred to as Zeus' "wifster" (wife + sister),..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Schooling of Bento Bonchev

When you thought the love story well had run dry, up springs this irresistible new one

"...of academia for Professor Tirce, and Garry Peters and Chris Humphrey bring out their inner Jimmy and Tammy Faye..."

March 16, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Come Home

Yellow Tape Construction Company's self-styled indie folk musical 'Come Home' plays out like a quaint indie film with Midwestern melancholia and harmony

"...theatre. They crashed at the Redhouse Art Space – Chris Humphrey and Ben Johnston's living room, to be exact..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

The Elementals: Earth

Vortex Repertory Company's ritualistic celebration of earth may make you want to dig your toes into the dirt

"...cappella harmonies, reminiscent of Sweet Honey in the Rock. Chris Humphrey even provides an anthem to which the audience..."

March 29, 2013 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Review: Austin Playhouse's Indecent

Passionate tribute to a landmark lesbian kiss is a warning from history

"...Jr. on clarinet, Nathan Daniel Ford on violin, and Chris Humphrey on accordion, and in the execution of Adam..."

April 24, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Kidnapped by Craigslist

How much you enjoy this theatrical collection of Craigslist posts may depend on how you feel about carnivals and confessions

"...and his six fellow performers (Lynn Burnor, Brock England, Chris Humphrey, Pierce Purselley, Bryan Schneider, and co-creator Gutierrez) take..."

July 25, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin Playwrights

Four Austin playwrights are getting the opportunity to develop and showcase new work in the Big Apple

"...show, Wade. This year, he'll be accompanied by director Chris Humphrey, four puppeteers, and a host of appliances that..."

June 2, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All the Way to State

A high school play contest might not sound like a big deal, but it is to the 18,000 students in 1,200 schools across Texas who participate in the state's UIL one-act play every year -- and here's a look at why.

"...may be empty, but that does not keep Matt Humphrey from staring at it. The Bowie High School senior..."

May 12, 2000 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Political Realist

An Interview With Ben Barnes

"...Republican-turned independent candidate for governor, instead of Democratic nominee Chris Bell.) A consummate insider who knows how to spin..."

July 7, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

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"...learned that although Sophia was tenacious in holding Jim Humphrey Sr. to his financial obligations towards his son (a..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column

Further Reflections

SXSW Film Festival

"...Samuel-Moses Jones, Jordan Flaherty; Exec Prod: Charles Rosen; DP: Chris Shaw; Ed: Francisco Macias, Stephen Winter; with Suzanne Gregg..."

March 21, 1997 Screens Feature

The Absinthe-minded Professors of Violet Crown Spirits

Three Austinites are producing the first Texas-made absinthe

"...alone. "I was done with college as well," says Chris McLaughlin, Mancuso's partner-in-distilling, who he's known since they attended..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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Our readers talk back.

"...When Christopher Gray compiled his list of Music Magazines Better Than..."

May 2, 2003 Column

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...(1942, 102min/b&w, 35mm) Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt,..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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Our readers talk back.

"...Mark L. Humphrey..."

May 9, 2003 Column

Lady in the Lake (1947)

This may not be the best Chandler adaptation, but it's a shoo-in for the weirdest, and not just because it's the only flick ever shot in Marlowe-vision.

"...to play Raymond Chandler's archetypal hard-boiled detective, Philip Marlowe: Humphrey Bogart, Dick Powell, Robert Mitchum, Elliott Gould, James Caan,..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Review by Sam Hurwitt

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Sucking Us Dry

"...37]. I appreciate the honesty in which Tommy, Charlie, Chris, and Doyle gave it up for us. It is..."

May 21, 1999 Column

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CSC: It's a Good Thing

"...changes, and we fully support the CSC proposal. Sincerely, Chris Riley, President Downtown Neighborhood Association Co-signed by: Becky Taylor,..."

April 2, 1999 Column

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They Got Nothing on Lacresha

"...George Humphrey Breakin' the Law..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Column