Articulations

A new CEO for ARTSCenter Stage; some bad luck for a pair of former Austin actors.

"...For Dan Sullivan, Sky Masterson in the 1997 Zilker Summer Musical..."

June 23, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene

"...fresh faces spontaneously bursting into buoyant song and breathtaking dance, gliding down staircases and up musical scales. The spectacle..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...to recognize the year's most exceptional work in theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art. The nominations for the..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

News Ticker: October 4

All the news that's fit to blog

"...is discussed, Rob Ford cracks up, and Michael Quinn Sullivan is nonplussed. Backlash is on the News Ticker...."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Annie Get Your Gun

Zilker Theatre Productions' staging of 'Annie Get Your Gun' is delightful enough to make you feel there are no show people like show people

"...and genuine affection for the art of theatre, well, danged if they ain't among the most entertaining diversions you..."

July 22, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Secret Garden

Despite its seemingly morose story, Zilker Theater Productions' The Secret Garden is most assuredly uplifting, even moving

"...the living are constantly remembering the dead in a dance between memory and loss. Corley Pillsbury handles the role..."

July 16, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

Rockin' Christmas Party

The cast of Zachary Scott Theatre Center's annual Rockin' Christmas Party delivers like crazy for over two hours, but this year's edition feels under-rehearsed and is uncomfortably loud.

"...seasonal favorites here, joined by singers Quincy Kuykendall and Dan Sullivan and dancers Kasey Erin Eggleston and Jennifer Young...."

Dec. 19, 2003 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Fantasticks

A sluggish pace hinders but doesn't spoil this classic Shakespeare-esque musical

"...from the University of Texas Department of Theatre & Dance. The musical, noted for achieving the status of longest-running..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Disney's Beauty and the Beast

The 50th Zilker Summer Musical not only brings the animated musical to charming life, it deepens our appreciation of home

"...by Mrs. Potts to her son, Chip. Here is Dan Sullivan leavening the Beast's anger and anguish over his..."

July 11, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

City arts funding revisions get a thumbs-up from council, theatre artists sing for cancer charities, and local playwrights meet and greet

"...Brian Jenson, Stuart Moulton, Michael McKelvey, Ann Richards-McKelvey, Cathie Sheridan, Dan Sullivan, accompanist Tom Mitchell, and yours truly, attempting..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Theatre critics have a place to sharpen their craft and learn about their profession, and Robert Faires reports on his stint as a teacher there.

"...seeking to share my knowledge with the fellows in attendance. The invitation to spend a few days teaching at..."

July 25, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Evita: Over the (Big) Top

Director Dave Steakley, in daring to formulate an answer to the question "What if Fellini had directed Evita?" has pulled off a brazen, vast-scaled circus of a production, a completely over-the-(big)-top sensation of a theatre experience.

"...fashions, in fact, steal many a scene, and the abundance of costume changes keeps things that much more lively...."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Exhibitionism

Seven Keys to Baldpate: Great Ensemble is the Key

"...requires performers who are triple-threats, equally comfortable with acting, dancing, and singing, something that Austin has in short supply...."

July 25, 1997 Arts Review

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...among them such luminaries as Jeffrey Eugenides, Jennifer Egan, Dan Rather, and Min Jin Lee...."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...to recognize the year's most exceptional work in theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art. The nominations for the..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Marc Maron, Nikki Glaser Headlining Inaugural Moontower Just for Laughs Festival

Amped-up comedy fest adds over 100 comics and podcasts

"...Nikki Glaser, Emmy nominee Nicole Byer, and Billions star Dan Soder...."

Jan. 19, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Theatre Critics Table 2000-2001 Nominations

The Austin Theatre Critics Table have announced the nominations for their ninth annual awards for achievement in the arts.

"...Smith Cantara (theatre), Mike Huebner (music), Dawn Davis Loring (dance), Sondra Lomax (dance), Moira Muldoon (theatre) and Robi Polgar..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature

Exhibitionism

Chronicle Art Reviews

"...professional musical theatre. I left the theatre trying to dance the mambo and singing "America." Audience members around me..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Arts Review

Lieutenant Governor Race is all LOLs

Dan Patrick apes Dewhurst with kittens

"...Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and his primary opponent Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, who has launched a Lolcats offensive...."

Aug. 16, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...and freelance writers Jamie Smith Cantara (theatre), Sondra Lomax (dance), David Mead (music), and Moira Muldoon (theatre), and Austin..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Little Shop of Horrors: A Good Time Out of Joint

Zachary Scott Theatre Center's Little Shop of Horrors is a terrific staging of an endearingly weird musical.

"...eyes or ears -- about the wild cameos of Dan Sullivan. He portrays Orin, the sadistic dentist (and several..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Critics Table Winners 2000-01

"...May 2000-April 2001, included expanded recognition for achievements in dance, classical music, and the visual arts along with the..."

June 15, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Adios to longtime arts service organization Artists' Legal and Accounting Assistance of Austin, and real-life election shenanigans give Zach's Evita a boost.

"...character of Austin, according to organization acting president Blair Dancy. "Although ALAA functioned well in Austin's old economy," she..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin Theatre Critics' Table Awards 1998

"...Actor, Musical Dan Sullivan, Guys and Dolls..."

June 5, 1998 Arts Feature

Austin Theatre Critics' Table Nominations 1998

"...Theatre The Brothers Karamazov, UT Department of Theatre & Dance Juno and the Paycock, Different Stages Comedy..."

May 15, 1998 Arts Feature

Exhibitionism

Assassins:a Kick-line of Killers

"...And it is quite a cast. Dan Sullivan, he of the lantern jaw and warm baritone,..."

March 6, 1998 Arts Review

Exhibitionism

Chronicle Art Reviews

"...J. Damian Gillen's Dogberry -- a spry bantam in dandy's threads -- is called "an ass," he couldn't look..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Arts Review

Articulations

Lawdy, What a Payne!

"...Director, Musical: Dana Younger, Water..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Ghostlight

A construction worker is drawn into a production of Romeo and Juliet

"...Directed by: Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson. Starring: Keith Kupferer, Katherine Mallen Kupferer,..."

June 21, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Round One at Round Rock

Is the noisy suburban school battle an omen of things to come?

"...urges me to make clear in my article that "Dan McFaull," the school-board candidate, isn't "Dan McFall" of Brushy..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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