Like Beer and Chili

Combustible Collaborators Joseph Skibell and David Yeakle

"...spring to mind when describing the relationship between director David Yeakle and playwright/author Joseph Skibell. These are two creative..."

March 13, 1998 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Return to Clod-Cuckold-Land

Director David Yeakle revisits 'The Three Cuckolds,' the commedia classic that got his Tongue in Groove

"...say that he was pleased to hear that director David Yeakle was mounting his adaptation of The Three Cuckolds..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Working Worked Out

Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, KAIROS! Co.

"...7-30 at a location to be announced. Vicky Boone, David Hancock..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ah, Laughter's Sweet Release!

"...nonetheless dear to the heart of company artistic director David Yeakle: commedia dell'arte. The script by Leon Katz begins..."

April 9, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...this fast-paced organization. Current Rebellion: blood pudding. Past Actions: David's Redhaired Death, Clayangels, Aria Inertia, Deviant Craft, Why We..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

An Arabian Midsummer Night's Dream

Tongue and Groove Theatre and Ararat Restaurant launch a new outdoor theatre space with some belly-dancing, scimitar-wielding Shakespeare:'An Arabian Midsummer Night's Dream'

"...show is directed by Tongue and Groove artistic director David Yeakle, who, after 11 years of renting playing space,..."

July 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

King of Hearts

Tongue and Groove's stage adaptation of the anti-war cult film looks lovely but breezes by too quickly

"...Tongue and Groove Artistic Director David Yeakle has always had a way with fables, and..."

June 5, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Le Petomane: Anatomy of a Fartiste

It might be hard to imagine that a story about a man who breaks wind for fame and fortune could be called "sweet," but Tongue and Groove Theatre's original musical Le Petomane: Anatomy of a Fartiste, about the extraordinary French vaudevillian Joseph Pujol, combines good humor, fun song, bawdy dance, and just enough ribaldry to make for an engaging theatrical show.

"...original musical about Joseph Pujol, written and directed by David Yeakle, combines good humor, fun song, bawdy dance, and..."

June 22, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2003-2004

The full list of nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Smith Cantara (theatre), Randy Harriman (music), Sondra Lomax (dance), David Mead (music), and Jeanne Claire van Ryzin (arts); and..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Seven Wonders of the World (Plus One)'

A surreal musical recording of the 1940s yields a charming stage spectacle today

"...attention to various American landmarks. But Seven Wonders director David Yeakle embraces the constraints of the album to put..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

An Arabian Midsummer Night's Dream

An Arabian Midsummer Night's Dream doesn't do justice to Shakespeare's comedy, but the goodwill, visual splendor, and flashes of magic in Tongue and Groove Theatre's show can transport you halfway 'round the world

"...Tongue and Groove artistic director David Yeakle and his sizable company work overtime at seasoning..."

July 28, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Head, Hands, and Toe Show: Where's the Rest of Me?

With The Heads, Hands, and Toe Show, Tongue and Groove Theatre literally takes out the middle, man, using low-tech effects to create a series of movement pieces where only the arms, feet, and heads of the performers are visible, and the overall effect is simple fun.

"...and grand. From musical trio to nontorsoed company, director David Yeakle has his ensemble comfortably confident and ready to..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Eggheads

Eggheads pays fond tribute to the cinematic screwball comedies of the 1930s, and though the specific style of those comedies was old decades before the actors in Tongue and Groove Theatre's production were born, they breezed through it, cracking wise and slinging slang, as nimbly as Busby Berkeley chorines tapping down 42nd Street.

"...What follows in this script, adapted by David Yeakle from an unproduced screenplay by Blessing on the..."

June 27, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Pinocchio Commedia: I'm Your Puppet ... Still

The familiar misadventures of the wooden puppet who wants to be real get a high-spirited comic treatment in JohnnySimons' Pinocchio Commedia, and Tongue and Groove Theatre's spirited and playful production make the hundred-year-old tale delightfully fresh.

"...characters familiar from this improvisational comic theatre form. Director David Yeakle has his company of "enterprising and energetic players"..."

April 14, 2000 Arts Review by Skipper Chong Warson

Tornado in Slo Mo

Tornado in Slo Mo, the autobiographical album by Darcie Deaville, contains songs drawn from Deaville's tumultuous past that ring with a saving not-gonna-take-it-anymore grace, but her one-woman show at Hyde Park Theatre based on the same material falls way short of compelling.

"..."Listen long enough," writes poet David Jewell, "and everybody is interesting and a little destroyed."..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Eggheads'

Novelist Joseph Skibell reflects on his adventures in the screen trade that produced this screwball comedy

"...T&G hit, the equally loopy Eggheads, which Artistic Director David Yeakle has dusted off for a new run. Joseph..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gricelda Silva, Equal Parts Pragmatism and Whimsy

For five years, the actress has been among the busiest and best on Austin's stages

"...the guidance of Tongue & Groove Theatre Artistic Director David Yeakle. "He made everything so fun and inspiring," she..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

'Seven Wonders of the World (Plus One)'

Tongue and Groove Theatre revives an odd little show that's truly dreamy

"...temple to skyscraper, classical drama to screwball romance." Director David Yeakle had a ball with it, however, playing up..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Three Cuckolds

At the Blue Theatre, you can see an outstanding example of commedia dell-arte in Tongue and Groove Theatre's awesomely entertaining production of 'The Three Cuckolds'

"...adapted by Bill Irwin and further adapted by director David Yeakle – no slaves to historic or modern convention..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Do Kill the Messenger

Guest performers bring cameo cutups to Tongue and Groove Theatre's production of The Comedy of Errors

"...Now, director David Yeakle is trying something similar with Tongue and Groove..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Seven Wonders of the World (Plus One)

The Tongue and Groove Theatre gang have some serious fun with the disconnect between dreaming and waking life in their world premiere production of Seven Wonders of the World (Plus One), a 1940s-era suite of songs linked by spoken text, follows a dreamer across time and space to various landmarks of both the ancient world and the modern U.S.

"...None of this bothers director David Yeakle. He accepts the work's oddities as such stuff..."

March 22, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Cyrano de Bergerac

The Vortex Summer Youth Theatre production of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac plays up the comic elements of the story, mostly to good effect, without ever losing touch with its romantic theatricality and verve.

"...who better to direct such a theatrical outing than David Yeakle? He might go a bit far with the..."

July 20, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Back Bog Beast Bait

While its Sixties-era script gives Sam Shepard's early, kooky drama Back Bog Beast Bait a hallucinogenic clunkiness, the look and feel of the Tongue and Groove Theatre production is impressively atmospheric and its company of performers have a terrific time.

"...from their would-be graves. Tongue and Groove's artistic director, David Yeakle, has imported this particular relic seemingly wholesale, but..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Give 'Em a Hand

The nominees for the 2009 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Barnes (arts), Clare Croft (dance), Erin Keever (visual arts), David Mead (music), Joey Seiler (theatre), and Jeanne Claire van..."

May 15, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Payne Pleasures 2004

Latest ACoT theatre-award nominations favor two Austin musicals

"...David Yeakle, The Comedy of Errors..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Theatre Critics Table Nominations 1997

"...Anna Hanks, Austin American-Statesman; John Bustin, West Austin News; David Mark Cohen, Texas Triangle; Jerry Conn, Westlake Picayune; and..."

May 9, 1997 Arts Feature

Long Fringe @ the Off Center

"...FronteraFest 2000 event, call 479-PLAY (7529).The Blue RoomWritten by: David Hare..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature

The Wiz

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

"...Smalls' music, David Yeakle's direction, and Sadé M. Jones' choreography push the..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

The Incredible Shrinking Man

This shadow-theatre staging of the sci-fi classic is, indeed, incredible

"...effects don't work, well, you forgive it because Director David Yeakle, Musical Director Justin Sherburn, and their incredibly shrinking..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Red Balloon

This revival of the 2008 hit is utterly original and transcendently human

"...brilliant piece of theatre. While I don't think director David Yeakle and his team, which includes an energetic, animated,..."

May 28, 2010 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

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