Day Trips

"...as his acting abilities, Eitze has turned the non-profit theater company into a success that includes children's programs and..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Feeding the Soul With Immersive Theatre at Boggy Creek Farm

Co-creator Jade Fusco talks about Fables From the Farm

"...their local food economy, and farmland through playful ritual theater and dinners.” Originating during the 2020s with Fusco and..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

What Chronicle Music Writers Are Reading This Summer

Recent musical reads on Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, and more

"...O'Connor she's rarely been extended, even pulling back the curtain on her own traumas to inform her authorship. Hauling..."

June 30, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Friday

A Margo Price keynote, Koffee's evolution, & Obongjayar's rising star

"...audiences got to know the latter. Price lifted the curtain on the process for her October memoir Maybe We'll..."

March 18, 2023 SXSW Post by Abby Johnston

aGLIFF Gets in the Ring With New Wrestling Documentary

Queer film fest announces first six films

"...Levey's documentary is one of those first through the curtain. Wrestling has often been seen as homoerotic, but the..."

July 23, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Queer Comic Clara Blackstone Is Creating Good Pollution

New Fallout Theater comedy show elevates weird comedy for trash people

"...more mysterious acts only to be revealed when the curtain rises. When it comes to defining good trash, Blackstone..."

July 22, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Daniel Johnston's Death Begins Its Reverberations Around the Globe

“He’s legendary, but he was first a legend in his own mind, then he became a real legend.”

"...covered his songs at ACL Live at the Moody Theater for the second annual Hi, How Are You Day,..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Songwriting Genius Daniel Johnston Dead at 58

Eccentric singer-songwriter reportedly died of heart attack

"...covering his songs at ACL Live at the Moody Theater for the second annual Hi, How Are You Day,..."

Sept. 11, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Wiz

The whole ROYGBIV takes center stage in Austin Community College's brightly colored and dazzlingly designed Oz musical

"...Austin Community College Mainstage Theater, 1212 Rio Grande, 512/223-3245 www.austincc.edu/drama Through March 1 Running..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Gypsy

Though slow going, Southwestern University's staging delivered old-fashioned splendor and passion

"...Alma Thomas Theater at Southwestern University, Georgetown March 28..."

April 4, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Playback

SXSW begins giving up her secrets.

"...at 7:30am, the Festival's Music arm pulled back the curtain on ACL Live at the Moody Theater, about which..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Acting Tipsy

Local thespians reveal how they tackle the challenge of playing drunk onstage

"...an even Longer Day's Journey Into Night. So the curtain rises, and people drink. And drink. And drink...."

July 5, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Protos Place

AMODA's first fest marks a new start

"...Protos began on Thursday night in the Rollins Theater at the Long Center, and featured programming until Sunday..."

May 29, 2013 Screens Post by Nate Jackson

Blood on the Austin Stage, Paint on the Texas Walls

And, go ahead, paint a little on Brenner while you're at it

"...Word on the Web is that this version of..."

Nov. 8, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

How Parallelogramophonograph survived Scotland and became a better improv troupe

"...five years – three and a half at ColdTowne Theater, the rest at the Hideout Theatre – that's built..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Well

Despite the author's absence, Different Stages delivers a fine production

"...honored in 2004 with inclusion in the Best Plays Theater Yearbook amid the esteemed company of Anna in the..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

All Over Creation: Under the Influence

So what does being named one of the nation's most influential critics really mean?

"...a show down; the run is fixed before the curtain goes up. Still, some argue, a review can influence..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Cherchez la Femme restores Your Style Avatar's faith in local fashion shows

"...bridal bouquet, which I returned to her during the curtain call. But what really got me worked up was..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

By Any Means Necessary

Suzan-Lori Parks works it – and helps you work it, too

"...she's been holding sessions/performances of it at the Public Theater there since mid-October. While she was in town to..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Annie

This year's Zilker Summer Musical doesn't yet reach the bar set by past shows

"...overflow crowd that I encountered upon arriving close to curtain time on the second night of the 52nd annual..."

July 23, 2010 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

A Talent for Deception

When Joey Hood is onstage, you want to buy whatever he's selling

"...and co-star Ken Webster, in the midst of his curtain speech to that night's house, outlining the forthcoming productions..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Worthy Stories

Third place, the 13th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...Or, The theater will close on Monday. Megan strips the marquee with..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Books Feature by Katie Williams

Edmundo

Edmundo is writer-performer Jennifer Haley's imaginative, scurrilous, charming creation, part dusty, crude, but enjoyable vaudevillian, part raconteur of an era long past, and his story may be a bit dark, but Haley unfolds it with so much theatrical flair that it is impossible not to have something of a good laugh at the vagaries of Edmundo's chaotic existence.

"...The Blue Theater, through Nov. 9..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

How I Learned to Drive: This Caged Bird Sings

Local Arts Reviews

"...There are several things that the State Theater Company's production of Paula Vogel's How I Learned to..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Evil New Yorkers and Bit-Whoredom

They're horrible! They're evil, mean, and terrible! They're New Yorkers! They're the Fabulous and Ridiculous Theatre, and they're giving laid-back Austin a shot of scrappy, sophisticated, lowbrow, smart-ass theatre.

"...put together an educational outreach program called "Experimental Artistic Theater Meets Education," which abbreviates, of course, to "EAT ME."..."

April 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

The Cry Pitch Carrolls: Winter Wonderland

RobertFaires examines Salvage Vanguard Theater's production of The Cry Pitch Carrolls

"...widow of a Bible smuggler captured behind the Iron Curtain, seeks refuge with Edith, the prickliest of the widows...."

Dec. 10, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Venus: A Vessel for Others Under the Big Top

Local Arts Reviews

"...For Suzan-Lori Parks' play Venus, Salvage Vanguard Theater has put the sometimes reprehensibly sleazy world of the..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Articulations

New Drama in Austin: The History Lesson

"...archives at UT and find students in the storied Curtain Club producing original material for the stage back in..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Beat the Clock

Rediscovering the Danger in Theatre Under the Gun

"...This may be why I love Salvage Vanguard Theater. Before this goes further, let me mention that I..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

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