Shakespeare-ouette

Ballet Austin's Stephen Mills has a deft touch at getting the Bard to the barre.

"...of A Midsummer Night's Dream. After the success of Cinderella, his first-ever full-length ballet in 1998, Mills needed a..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...at 9 years old as the Demon King in Cinderella...."

June 20, 2003 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Dig Deeper

Now what kind of mother would take her kids to see a movie about juvenile delinquents serving time in a hard-labor prison camp? A smart one, if she's read Holes, Louis Sachar's wacky, wickedly funny children's book that makes the leap to the big screen this Friday.

"...else would you explain the satisfaction readers feel when Cinderella triumphs over her evil stepsisters or the thrill they..."

April 18, 2003 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

Articulations

Austin Musical Theatre survives, the Center for American Music is born at UT, and the Texas Fine Arts Association is renamed Arthouse.

"...Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls and Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella. According to Thompson, the $100,000 that was raised --..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

The threat to Austin Musical Theatre and the passing of Austin storyteller and artist Helen Handley

"...its current season with productions of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella and Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls. As of press..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

My Fair Lady

Austin Musical Theatre's production of My Fair Lady serves up the tale of a Cockney flower girl's transformation at the hands of an egotistical phonetics professor with a lavish look and a playful spirit, creating a delightful dance of elegance and frivolity.

"...tiara glittering and skin radiant under Kevin Greene's lights, Cinderella after the wave of her godmother's wand. And when..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Into the Woods

Although several performers are excellent, the orchestra is good, and the Austin summer-night atmosphere is as laid-back and fun-loving as ever, Zilker Theatre Productions' staging of Into the Woods is fraught with problems, from technical glitches to set-design issues to actors' difficulties handling the musical demands of the show.

"...and Dustin Gooch (two truly charming Princes), Jill Blackwood (Cinderella), charismatic diva Coty Ross (the Witch), and the golden-voiced..."

July 26, 2002 Arts Review by M.B. Rice

Cyberella

A 6-year-old critic pronounces kidsActing's latest production of Cyberella to be "the best show ever," but even her jaded reviewer has to admit that its update on "Cinderella" boasts a playful script, top-notch production values, and a young cast and the cast that really delivers song after song.

"...is right: This show -- an updated take on Cinderella for the modem set -- boasts a playful script,..."

July 12, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Final Round Preview

"...at least somewhat seriously. Senegal, of course, became the Cinderella story of the tournament when they knocked off France..."

June 21, 2002 Books Feature by Nick Barbaro

Who Killed Stacey Stites?

A re-examination of a Bastrop murder case leaves many unanswered questions.

"...the case was simple: The DNA was the crime's "Cinderella's slipper." The genetic profile of the evidence could match..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

After a Fashion

Phew! We're glad that's over. SXSW is gone and things are beginning to get back to normal. Your Style Avatar has some parting thoughts about Courtney Love and looks (fashion) forward to some upcoming events.

"...only person on the planet that thought the pink Cinderella gown that she wore when she won the Oscar..."

April 5, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

You'd think we'd be all star-f***ed out after SXSW, but here it is, Oscar-time and we are just beside ourselves with the bold type and the dropped names! What? No silly. We said "fawned."

"...as usual. Marcia Gay Harden looked hideous in her Cinderella-fantasy ball gown and appeared to have had some sort..."

March 29, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

How Playfest's Bernadette Nason Got Hooked on Theatre

As Playfest begins its 10th season this week, the Chronicle turned to actor-storyteller Bernadette Nason, one of the longtime regular contributors to the festival, to see what part theatre played in her childhood and how it influenced her current work.

"...very camp shows made of classics like Aladdin and Cinderella. The male lead (the principal boy) is always a..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

When the Dog Bites

Richard Rodgers knew well the dog's bite, the bee's sting, plagued as he was by inner demons, personal trials, and psychic pain. Yet he was able somehow to produce from this dark world music of sweetness and light.

"...all: Me and Juliet, Pipe Dream, the television musical Cinderella, Flower Drum Song...."

Nov. 30, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Richard Rodgers: These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things

Three artists from Austin Musical Theatre's production of The Sound of Music share some of their personal observations about Richard Rodgers and his musical legacy.

Nov. 30, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

theevolutionofwoman

In her new play theevolutionofwoman, author S. Lucia Del Vecchio offers exactly what this male reviewer seeks in the theatre: a peek into forbidden mirrors, possible answers to tough questions, and food fights.

"...comes to romantic expectations: "It's those fuckers who invented Cinderella," says Audrey, "They should be taken out and shot."..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Most Valuable Players

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

"...MMNT, 2001; Linda, Death of a Salesman, MMNT, 2000; Cinderella, Millennium Bug, Frontera, 1999; Kate, Dancing at Lughnasa, MMNT,..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Feature

Coach's Corner

Odds and Ends: NFL referees have an over-inflated view of their own importance; the U.S. Open proved that in tennis, as elsewhere, youth will be served; and if people think Coach ignores UT football, well, there are good reasons for that.

"...a cruel and pitiless place. For every story of Cinderella, the late-career miracle of Andre Agassi, or the wonder..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

There's Something About Shelley

"...Antone's. Midnight Pumpkin just might make Shelley King a Cinderella...."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Catfight

With improv comedy all over Austin and even on the tube, it's tougher than ever for improv newcomers to create laughs out of audience suggestions and comedic inspiration. But with a corps of female performers who are appealing and talented and share a sense of direction, the new troupe Catfight has the potential to fly, even here, even now.

"...a mean Beat poet, spewing moody blank verse about Cinderella in between occasional spasms of interpretive dance. Casey Jacoby..."

June 15, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Summer Reading

"...Seabiscuit, signed on to ride him. In an improbable Cinderella story, the three men would collectively produce the finest..."

June 1, 2001 Books Feature by Anna Hanks

Ünloco Healing (Maverick)

"...middle ground known as mainstream. Remember Soak, another local Cinderella signing from a few years back (someone at Interscope..."

April 13, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Tift Merritt, Austin Music Hall, Friday, March 16

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...audience where she recalled standing. "Tonight I feel like Cinderella," she said. Lucky or not, Merritt proved that she..."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Jean Stapleton: On Theatre

"...at American Conservatory Theatre) to musicals (Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella at New York City Opera) to modern drama (Harold..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Too Much Caffeine Woman

Watching Jean Caffeine's eyes light up.

"...never been married. It doesn't look promising. I'm not Cinderella waiting for the slipper, and like a lot of..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Everything Is Possible ... Again

Seemingly unadaptable, Greil Marcus' 1989 opus Lipstick Traces proved to be the foundation for the Rude Mechanicals' strongest theatre work to date. As they revive their hit adaptation, the Rude Mechs reflect on its creation, its success, working as a collective, and being told by Marcus, "You staged the book I wanted to write."

"..."There's always a tendency to want to do a Cinderella story with this, but for us," Richardson says, "we..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Book Reviews

Writes of Spring

"...(contrary to conventional wisdom, Beauty and the Beast, not Cinderella, is the most L.A. of fairytales) and the downward..."

April 14, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

SXSW Profiles

Playing Tonight

"...producer, arranger, and composer for everyone from R.E.M. and Cinderella to Paul McCartney and the Butthole Surfers. His debut..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Articulations

The announcement of Ballet Austin's new artistic director; the release of facility specifications for the Long Center.

"...Ballet. Mills' next work is the revival of his Cinderella, set for April 28-30. For info, call 476-2163...."

Feb. 25, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Dance Fever

Sundance 2000: The year of "dot-comming," short films, female athletes, and the feverish race for the next big thing.

"...any tips, buzz, or leads on what this year's "Cinderella" movie might be. Last year's was a whopper: The..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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