True to the Blues: Eastside Kings Festival Returns

"It's not three chords, it's the heart and soul of a nation!" – Birdlegg

"...community – the festival's purpose echoes the work he's done though Dialtone Records: preserving the culture and providing opportunities..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

This Is Who We Are #1: Rude Mechs' Big Love

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

"...and with others is presently in lockdown, and we don't know when it will return, if ever. Local artists..."

May 4, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

In Memoriam: Ken Johnson

Remembering the versatile theatre artist, who died March 2

"...Methodist Student Center on the Drag (most involving Karen Kuykendall), then decamped to Mississippi, where theatre directors were being..."

March 8, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

MPP: Ready to Roll on Pot in Texas

The Marijuana Policy Project is rolling out a Texas legalization campaign

"...efforts March 1, with the hiring of lobbyist Randal Kuykendall (of Congress Avenue Consulting, and a veteran lobbyist for..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Wheels of a Dream

With the long-awaited Topfer Theatre, Zach races full-throttle into the future

"...Yes, that's a car on the Karen Kuykendall Stage inside Zach Theatre's new Topfer Theatre: a full-size..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: When the Truth Hurts

After suffering through a friend's lousy show, is honesty the best policy?

"...The subject always puts me in mind of Karen Kuykendall, Austin theatre's late and still lamented diva, who perfected..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Our Ecological Blinders

"...to be inexorably inevitable. Liberals, conservatives, and others who don't at least occasionally recontemplate issues of growth-mania, specifically whether..."

Nov. 1, 2011 Postmarks

'Wild, Rabid Letter' From Mike Levy

"...of (here you may insert your favorite number – don't be shy!!) scarier politicians every two years for the..."

June 8, 2011 Postmarks

Ain't Misbehavin'

Two hours of sublime singing and dynamic dancing at the service of Fats Waller's music

"...star, I can tell you this for certain: You don't need to know a thing about anything to know..."

April 8, 2011 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

A Diva's Best Friend

Stuart Moulton knows what becomes a legend most. Just ask Carol or Charo or Eartha or Elaine ...

"...The city has had visits from Tony Award winners Donna McKechnie, Faith Prince, and Debbie Gravitte; Grammy winner (and..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Entranced

Remembering one who fascinated us all: Karen Kuykendall, 1937-2007

"...When Karen Kuykendall entered a room, you knew it. She made sure..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2007 B. Iden Payne Awards: Prize night

Running down the winners at this year's awards from the Austin Circle of Theaters

"...style on Sunday, Oct. 21, with the ever-divine Karen Kuykendall accepting ACoT's Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Contribution to..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...patrons Sarah and Ernest Butler took the lead, first donating $2.5 million toward the project, then giving $1 million..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

365 Days/365 Plays: Over the river, but in the River of Spirit

The local launch of the 365 Days/365 Plays project saw hundreds of people, including playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, crowd onto the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge for a dramatic spectacular

"...Marc Pouhé, Scott Schroeder, Les McGehee, Rebecca Schoolar, Quincy Kuykendall, and Barbara Chisholm (this writer's wife). (This writer performed..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Parade

'Parade' is an ambitious musical for a university theatre department, but the entire company presenting it at St. Edward's is impressively in tune with Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown's retelling of the Leo Frank case

"...You don't have to know the facts of the Mary Phagan..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Don Toner, The Mystery of Edwin Drood..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Stephen remembers the bawdy Shelley Winters and goes to an all-girl affair!

"...did, and the character of Belle Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure is one of many that rendered Shelley immortal...."

Jan. 20, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Caroling, Mother Ginger, and teenage wildings? You know it's 'the season.'

"...among others, this year's Mother Gingers have included Karen Kuykendall, Marcia Ball, and Mayor Will Wynn. You could call..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Nominations for the 2004-2005 B. Iden Payne Awards

A complete list of all Payne Award nominees.

"...Don Toner, The Mystery of Edwin Drood..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature

May I Have the Envelope, Please?

The 2004-2005 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...David Gallagher, Honk!Supporting Actress, Musical (tie)Karen Kuykendall, Cabaret (Zach)..."

June 10, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Payne Pleasures 2004

Latest ACoT theatre-award nominations favor two Austin musicals

"...Karen Kuykendall, Cabaret [Zachary Scott Theatre Center]..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

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

"...Yasmin Kittles, Don't Drown/Of Superheroes and Seductions..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

"...Yasmin Kittles, Don't Drown/Of Superheroes and Seductions..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Romeo and Juliet

The trick in staging Romeo and Juliet has ever been keeping the suspense in the second half that the first half never really needs, and the Austin Shakespeare Festival almost manages it

"...also weaves her presence throughout the story, and Karen Kuykendall is excellent at that character's sharp-tongued, take-no-prisoners attitude, as..."

April 30, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Kiss Me, Kate

Cole Porter's 'Kiss Me Kate' is revived by the Austin Playhouse in such an atmosphere of fun (and ever-so-slightly wicked humor) that the production is rather endearing

"...revival by the Austin Playhouse under the direction of Don Toner. Porter wrote the songs, the story was co-penned..."

March 19, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Articulations

Austin helps the Lysistrata Project become the Little Peace Project That Could, the Long Center says "no thanks, after all" to the $25 million in Waller Creek tunnel bond money, and Austin Shakespeare Festival launches a new reading series.

"...event, and Julie Christie, Alfre Woodard, Christine Lahti, Mary McDonnell, and the Doors' John Densmore in one in Los..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Smokey Joe's Cafe

Dave Steakley's version of Smokey Joe's Cafe at the Zachary Scott Theatre Center sets ablaze dozens of familiar hits from the musical catalog of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller by shifting the setting to a Playboy Club circa 1962 and rekindling the flames of desire that burn in the team's songs.

"...and his crisp combo and crooned smoothly by Quincy Kuykendall, an air of sophistication prevails...."

Dec. 13, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Blues in the Night

Austin Playhouse's production of the musical Blues in the Night pinpoints feelings of love and loss among three women all hurt in love, with singers Jacqui Cross, Janis Stinson, and Melanie Wilkinson blending their three strong voices into a mighty harmony and reclaiming blues music for their sex.

"...The ideas man, director, and set designer Don Toner incorporates the audience into this dramatic revue of..."

March 29, 2002 Arts Review by Rob Curran

A Class Act

Called by no less than The New York Times "the suavest of all male cabaret performers," Steve Ross is the personification of refined, romantic, elegant, and effervescent cabaret, and that makes him an ideal guest artist for the debut season of Austin Cabaret Theatre.

"...the present, achieving international renown through his appearances at London's Pizza on the Park, at the Hong Kong Arts..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Is Knowledge Power?

A profile of precarious global intelligence firm Stratfor

"...Stratfor president and CEO Don Kuykendall called the moves "a reallocation of dollars that..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

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