Doctuh Mistuh and Penfold Theatre's Nevermore

In Jonathan Christenson's musical, Edgar Allan Poe's life is imagined as a spooky, entrancing dance of the spirits

"...Payne Award-winning production from 2016 (here co-produced by McKelvey's Doctuh Mistuh Productions and Penfold Theatre Company), Poe and his..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Doctuh Mistuh's Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical

This send-up of the 1978 blue movie serves up the cheese and camp for a load of giddy fun

"...point during the kitschy, raunchy good time that is Doctuh Mistuh Productions' staging of Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical,..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

2017 Payne Theatre Award Nominees

E.A. Poe musical Nevermore leads the way with 11 noms

"...theatre group announced the nominees for the 2016-17 season, Doctuh Mistuh Productions' staging of Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Rocky Horror Show

Doctuh Mistuh's visit to the Frankenstein place is delightfully inclusive for die-hard fans and virgins alike

"...no fear – Rocky Horror virgins, I mean – Doctuh Mistuh Productions' staging of the campy sci-fi send-up holds..."

July 3, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Heathers, the Musical

Doctuh Mistuh's staging of the Eighties cult film is ridiculous in the best possible way

"...sensation and, in 2014, an off-Broadway musical. The acclaimed Doctuh Mistuh Productions has turned another famed film into a..."

July 3, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...After poring over the hundreds of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions mounted locally between May 1,..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

2017 Payne Theatre Award Winners

Lotta love for Nevermore, Drowning Girls, Agent Andromeda

"...Iden Payne Awards seemed to love a number of productions from the 2016-17 season, but as became clear at..."

Oct. 25, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Critics Table Tops at 25

The nominees for the 2016-17 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...A lot of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions were mounted around town between..."

May 22, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Pleasure of the Paynes 2015

Big wins for Am I White?, Heathers at the 2015 theatre awards

"...the first being in the world premiere of Whirligig Productions' Deus Ex Machina. In that show, Zeus (embodied there,..."

Oct. 28, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Silence! The Musical

The musical send-up of 'The Silence of the Lambs' delivers two hours of nearly nonstop laughter

"...Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd., 512/474-7886 www.doctuhmistuh.org Through July 13 Running time: 2 hr...."

July 4, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Smith

Robert Faires’ Top 10 Treasures in Theatre of 2018

It was a year in which theatre making the political personal left the deepest impressions

"...HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS SHOW (En Route Productions) CB Goodman's show was a high-wire act, balancing a..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mr. Show Busy

Michael McKelvey's just a guy who cain't say no (to musicals)

"...St. Edward's University, Austin Playhouse, Austin Shakespeare, Zilker Theatre Productions, TexARTS, Penfold Theatre Company, his own Doctuh Mistuh Productions,..."

July 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Only the Fourth Wall Is Forever

After 10 years, Salvage Vanguard Theater is moving on

"...The main stage was where Michael McKelvey's Doctuh Mistuh Productions presented the urban and urbane romance of..."

June 24, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pleasure of the Paynes 2014

The 'Fix' was in at the 40th theatre awards ceremony

"...from Zach Theatre, received three awards apiece, as did Doctuh Mistuh Productions' Silence! The Musical and The Hidden Room..."

Nov. 4, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Top 10 Reasons I Stayed in Love With Theatre in 2013

Austin thespians played for keeps, with boundless commitment and imagination, in the year's most memorable theatre

"...'REEFER MADNESS' (Doctuh Mistuh Productions)..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Reefer Madness

With this wild musical spoof, Doctuh Mistuh delivers a bigger buzz than its Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

"...Reefer MadnessSpider House Ballroom, 2906 Fruth, 800/838-3006 www.doctuhmistuh.org Through June 30 Running time: 1 hr., 45 min...."

June 28, 2013 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Top 10 Theatrical Wonders of 2012

History plays with contemporary urgency and giddy surprises made the year memorable in theatre

"...8) 'BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON' (Doctuh Mistuh Productions) Screw the history books. This gloriously messy..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Payne Theatre Award winners, new companies at home at the Long Center, and an arts administrator gets more classical work

"...to Normal, Trouble Puppet Theater Company's Riddley Walker, and Doctuh Mistuh Productions' Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson were the big..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Arts Column

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

This irreverent electrified musical bio of our seventh president will rock your socks off

"...Or, rather, that's what he does onstage in the Doctuh Mistuh Productions staging of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. This..."

June 22, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

All Over Creation: Continuing Education

Turns out theatre is a great place for getting schooled

"...Kenny Rogers hair and Andy Rooney eyebrows is, in Doctuh Mistuh Productions' staging of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, suddenly..."

June 15, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Critics Speak … and Speak … and Speak

Clybourne Park, Manchurian Candidate big winners

"...the final honors were bestowed on the outstanding theatre productions...."

June 6, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Top 10 Reasons (+3) I Stayed in Love With Theatre in 2014

Valentines to theatre and comedic craft played a large part in making 2014 a memorable year in theatre

"...6) CHICAGO (Half & Half Productions) An intoxicating rendition of Kander & Ebb's Jazz Age..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Awards 2013

Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees

"...Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Doctuh Mistuh Productions..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Company'

Laura Powell has waited 20 years for Sondheim's landmark musical to return

"...Powell, the award-winning star of the Zilker summer musical productions of Annie Get Your Gun and Once Upon a..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Spaced Out

Salvage Vanguard, Tapestry Dance lose their home spaces

"...Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company, Glass Half Full Theatre, Doctuh Mistuh Productions, Breaking String Theatre, and Lucky Chaos Theater..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires