The Seagull

In the Austin Playhouse production of The Seagull, actors Christa Kimlicko Jones and David Stahl create a splendid tension between their characters and between art and life, but most of the rest of the production rolls by languidly, as just another visit with a crew of Chekhov's discontented Russians.

"...among them. Watching them in this autumnal setting -- Don Toner has built a set with tall, elegant archways..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Mahalia!

In the Austin Playhouse production of Mahalia!, director Don Toner has staged a neat chamber piece with a trio of talented actor / singers, allowing the singing to be spectacular and the rest of the play to operate simply.

"...Director Don Toner has staged a neat chamber piece with his..."

April 6, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Articulations

A new name for the merged Paramount Theatre/State Theater Company and a new artistic director.

"...has been conducting a search for a successor to Don Toner, producing artistic director for Live Oak Theatre/the State..."

July 28, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

The Austin Museum of Art has a new chief curator.

"...scream out, 'The architect was here!' I mean, you don't want the architect's fingerprints all over the gallery space...."

Sept. 10, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

"...You don't see many of those merry conversational tussels nowadays. They've..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Arts Review

Articulations

The end of the Ann Ciccolella Era at the Austin Circle of Theatres.

"...at the State Theater Company, I erroneously reported that Don Toner had announced at a company meeting that Guy..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Taming of the Shrew: Indeed a Revel

Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin

"...Baptista; Ev Lunning Jr., as Petruchio's bawdy jester, Grumio, dons a Scottish accent for reasons unknown, but for pure..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Austin Theatres Harvest New Dramas Bumper Crop of Plays

"...dozen scripts, which they passed to Producing Artistic Director Don Toner and Harvest Festival Producer Mari Marchbanks. The four..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Arts Feature

Mr. Show Busy

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

"...And before I knew it, I was working with Don Toner a lot. He gave me my first real..."

July 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Peerless

All About Joe (York)

"...squeezing into hallways, nooks, corners, any cranny available. They don't want to miss this evening's special event: a solo..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art Transplant

The Move Toward a Cultural Center in Downtown

"...high school kids who for one reason or many don't fit into traditional schooling), with a liberal-arts, student-directed curriculum,..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

"We'll Always Have 807 Congress"

The Raging of the Elements, or Indoor Theatre in Austin -- Al Fresco

"...productions of Sherlock Holmes and Dracula, in which foggy London town emerged upon the stage. Then again, there were..."

June 25, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Exhibitionism

"...him play out the story of his literary creation, Don Quixote. While the darkened room in which Live Oak..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Arts Review

In Memoriam: Ken Johnson

Remembering the versatile theatre artist, who died March 2

"...couple of seasons (with Austin Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Don Toner just down the road in Jackson), then chose..."

March 8, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

C. Denby Swanson's The Norwegians

The Austin playwright's comedy about polite Minnesota hit men finally opens at home after hit runs in NYC and Ohio

"...including a half-dozen in Ohio alone ("Why Ohio? I don't know. I'm big in Ohio."). And all the while,..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

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"...at Mueller Town Center. Ever since Playhouse Artistic Director Don Toner began planning his company's move out of Penn..."

Jan. 7, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Horton Foote Prize

Honoring one writer by taking care of others

"...quiet power that strikes us at our core. We don't expect it, we never see it coming, then, bam...."

Jan. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Most Memorable Locally Produced Live Performance Offerings That I Chanced to See in 2008

Chronicle Arts writer Barry Pineo on the most memorable moments onstage in 2008

"...8) Garden District (Different Stages) I don't often see successful stagings of Tennessee Williams' plays, but..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Articulations

The Great State

"...to the city's theatrical treasures. Architect Sinclair Black has done a fine job of capitalizing on the building's roominess..."

June 18, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

A Delicate Balance: Darkness Falls

"...can regain themselves is alternately absorbing and alienating. Director Don Toner seems alert to the play's tensions and the..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Arts Review

Exhibitionism

Directors' Festival 1997: One-act Wonders

"...hewing chiefly to sober browns and blacks. And both Don Toner's lighting and direction eschew the extravagant for the..."

May 23, 1997 Arts Review

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...The Strangerer/Year of the Rooster Andrea Skola Summers, Skylight Don Toner, Disgraced..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Stats

"...Don Toner, producing artistic director..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Arts Feature

Born Yesterday

Austin Playhouse's tight revival of the 65-year-old political comedy never shows its age

"...Kanin's 65-year-old comedy, which, as staged by Artistic Director Don Toner with a crackerjack cast, never shows its age...."

May 25, 2012 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Last Five Years

The new year is prime time to discover this musical anatomy of one couple's relationship

"...some important people in my life, the generosity of Don Toner and Austin Playhouse, and support of my friends..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

2007-2008 B. Iden Payne Award Nominations

The full list of honorees for the Austin Circle of Theatres' annual theatre honors

"...Don Toner (Stones in His Pockets)..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature

2008 Payne Awards Nominations

The full list of honorees for the Austin Circle of Theatres' annual theatre honors

"...Don Toner (Stones in His Pockets)..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature

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

Austin's Cultural Makeover

Which arts facilities from the boom years were built, which weren't built, and why

"...about buildings, they mean old storefronts and warehouses – abandoned spaces that are cheap to get and can be..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Most Valuable Players

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

"...what helped make him a longtime favorite of director Don Toner -- who praises Parker as "a chameleon" and..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Feature

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