Chappell Roan Says ACL Performance Is Her Last of the Year, and More Surprises From Weekend Two

The heat lingered at sets from Vince Staples, Dua Lipa, Jeezy, and more

"...she smiled. “The shade will find you.” – Amber Williams Santigold Doesn’t Need to Take a Bow..."

Oct. 14, 2024 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Turkey Day Drama, a Red Hot Patriot, and Scares for the Season in Our Recommended Events

I scream, you scream, we all scream for the weekend!

"...Bush’s nicknames Dubya and Shrub.) Lara Toner Haddock directs Cyndi Williams as Ivins, and there’ll be a special Founder’s..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...in the tumultuous music industry. Featuring Swamp Dogg, Alonzo Williams, Moogstar, Tom Kenny, Guitar Shorty, Mike Judge, Dr. Jeri..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...distinct nasal-pitched croon between the wildly kinetic energy of Cyndi Lauper and the vulnerable shiver of Stevie Nicks, capable..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

This Is Who We Are #5: Salvage Vanguard Theater's Death of a Cat

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...expressed through childish fury. Only the stern visage of Cyndi Williams' Mother can stop them; her lips so tight..."

May 8, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Playhouse's The Book of Will

Playwright Lauren Gunderson shows how the Bard’s works came to be collected in a story of devotion and loss

"...Will's complexity. As the steadfast Rebecca Heminges, Playhouse staple Cyndi Williams provides a powerful presence that guides Huck Huckaby's..."

June 21, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Hyde Park Theatre's A Doll's House, Part 2

Like its source material, this sequel from another mother entertains and inspires on its own terms

"...Anne Marie is a sight gag that the dexterous Cyndi Williams embraces. But the actor also taps the emotional..."

March 8, 2019 Arts Review by Bob Abelman

Austin Playhouse’s The Immigrant

The company delivers a powerful and timely account of foreigners making a new home in the U.S.

"...an actor to keep your eye on in 2018. Cyndi Williams' portrayal of Ima Perry is just fantastic; one..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Don Swaynos on New Short Film "Don't Ever Change"

Austin filmmaker serves up gore and giggles

"...Ever Change" is a blood-splattered family reunion between mother (Cyndi Williams) and daughter (Heather Kafka), interrupted by an unusual..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Playhouse’s Bloomsday

Steven Dietz’s rumination on a great love lost lacks some of the vivid passion it needs in this staging

"...selves. As older adults, Robert (Huck Huckaby) and Cait (Cyndi Williams) speak to Robbie and Caithleen in a halfhearted..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Silent Sky at Austin Playhouse

This luminous staging of Lauren Gunderson's play brings wonder to the universe and makes it at once vast and intimate

"...of Claire Grasso's Margaret, the motherly pride beaming from Cyndi Williams' Williamina, the stillness that comes over Samuel Knowlton's..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Exploring the "Other"

Ben Wolfe on the risks of going native in The Explorers Club

"...was talking to [Austin Playhouse company and staff member] Cyndi Williams, and she had very complimentary things to say...."

April 20, 2016 Arts Post by Shanon Weaver

Gay Place

Being queer gets easier with time

"...Farris! Jenny Larson! Renna Larson! Khattie Q! Erik Secrest! Cyndi Williams! Thu.-Sat., 8pm, Through Feb. 13. Salvage Vanguard Theater,..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

The X Files' Mitch Pileggi at Zach Theatre

What conspiracy brought X-Files star Mitch Pileggi back to Austin, Zach, and Walter Skinner all at the same time?

"...days. He made it back once, to star opposite Cyndi Williams in Zach's staging of Terrence McNally's Frankie and..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gay Place

Some weeks are for the birds, others for the bears

"...Farris! Jenny Larson! Renna Larson! Khattie Q! Erik Secrest! Cyndi Williams! Through Feb. 13. Thu.-Sat., 8pm, Salvage Vanguard Theater,..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Salvage Vanguard Theater's Denim Doves

Adrienne Dawes' play takes the idea of postapocalyptic sister wives in an original, amusing direction

"...interesting. More and more, it appears that First Wife (Cyndi Williams) is running more of the show than most..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Gay Place

2016 promises to be exciting. No one said anything about it being smooth.

"...Farris! Jenny Larson! Renna Larson! Khattie Q! Erik Secrest! Cyndi Williams! Jan. 21-Feb. 13. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. Salvage Vanguard Theater,..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Summer's Easy Readin'

Writers on their go-to books for when their gray cells need a vacay, too

"...and the Denim Doves, co-written by Adrienne Dawes and Cyndi Williams, will premiere at Salvage Vanguard Theater in 2016...."

June 12, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Good Eye: Tales From the Aging Box

Two actresses opine on when the only opportunity left is to play a mother. (Or a grandmother.)

"...Cyndi Williams (Room, Temple Grandin, Zero Charisma), however, sees a..."

March 13, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Am I White?

One man's twisted sense of racial identity unravels in Adrienne Dawes' brisk and tense new drama

"...we can feel for – notably his wearied mom (Cyndi Williams) and the self-described "Mexiblack" corrections officer (Florinda Bryant,..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Hey – Are You White?

And what, if anything, do you intend to do about it?

"...That cast? Cyndi Williams. Michael Joplin. Florinda Bryant. And Katie Van Winkle...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Foreigner

Austin Playhouse does right by this popular American comedy, mining all the laughs and also making its point

"...is played to the hilt of backwoods hilarity by Cyndi Williams, with Lowell Bartholomee equaling her over-the-top performance as..."

June 6, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Roaring

Cyndi Williams' study of a subterranean retirement community during a catastrophe has promise but isn't always clear

"...play, you'll likely hear its echoes in local playwright Cyndi Williams' Roaring, receiving its world premiere from Austin Playhouse...."

April 25, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Computer Chess

Andrew Bujalski’s Austin-made film is a boldly original, black-and-white portrait of computer culture in the early Eighties.

"...Peary, Gordon Kindlmann, James Curry, Jim Lewis, Chris Doubek, Cyndi Williams, Tishuan Scott, Bob Sabiston and Kevin Bewersdorf...."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Cast About

When Austin thespians go out to drink, here's where they go

"...And then there’s always Cyndi Williams and Ann Hulsman’s Christmas get-together at the Driskill...."

July 3, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Stages of Inebriation

To drink or not to drink – for local thespians, no question

"...Cyndi Williams: Can’t think of drinking and the theatre without..."

July 3, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Play Along With Busy Actor Bingo

Mark a tile once you've seen the actor in at least two films

"...Cyndi Williams (Computer Chess, Zero Charisma)..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Fourplay

These four stories of unabashed sexual intimacy are often funny, sometimes poignant, always unconventional and playfully erotic.

"...Atticus Rowe, Jose Villarreal, Paul Soileau, Gary Chason and Cyndi Williams...."

Feb. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...Sam Eidson, Garrett Graham, Brock England, Anne Gee Byrd, Cyndi Williams, Brian Losoya, Vincent Prendergast, Katie Folger, John Gholson,..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

FronteraFest 2013

Performance jamboree's 20th brings back old faves and welcomes new stars

"...Jan. 17: Cyndi Williams, playwright/performer – "Songs That Remind Me of My..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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