Glass Half Full Theatre's Once There Were Six Seasons

Using innovative puppetry, Glass Half Full Theatre dukes it out with climate change in an invigorating way

"...Last Friday night, I stood outside under the full moon over the Dougherty Arts Center and Instagrammed a..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

Review: Glass Half Full’s Cenicienta

The bibbidi-bobbidi-boo in this bilingual Cinderella story lies in the storytelling

"...play Cenicienta, originally created by Austin's Caroline Reck of Glass Half Full Theatre in partnership with Rupert Reyes of..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Glass Half Full Theatre's Yamel Cucuy

Modern-day Mexican folktale rallies against things that go bump in the night

"...Glass Half Full Theatre has earned the reputation for creating..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Glass Half Full Theatre's Polly Mermaid: Apocalypse WOW!

This playful eco-fable by Caroline Reck and Indigo Rael creates a surprising plastic paradise under the sea

"...be appalling. But in the marine milieu conceived by Glass Half Full Theatre Artistic Director Caroline Reck and Indigo..."

June 1, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Glass Half Full Theatre's Don Quixote de La Redo

This imaginative spin on Cervantes tells of walls and the stories that inspire us to tear them down

"...Miguel de Cervantes himself narrates Glass Half Full Theatre's incredibly imaginative and well-executed production of..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

A Glass-Half-Full Kinda Gal

Happy-Go-Lucky

"...if you can bear someone this cheerful for a full two hours. In fact, she's so happy all the..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Screens Feature by Kevin Kelly

Election Coverage: A Glass Half-Full

Little f*cking drops of blue blood, sweat, and tears

Nov. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Film Review: Through the Plexi-Glass: Last Days at the San José

Liz Lambert's self-portrait of Austin's complex gentrification

"...how large Austin's population was when Liz Lambert paid half a million dollars to buy the ramshackle Hotel San..."

March 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tame Impala: Half Glass Full of Wine

Perth fivepiece fogs up a sold-out Stubb’s

"...a lava lamp live when the band launched into “Half Glass Full of Wine.” Home under the headphones with..."

Feb. 27, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"..."Good," he says, only half mollified...."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Full Gallop: Everything Is Beautiful

"...Never heard of Diana Vreeland? Why, dahling, of course..."

March 26, 1999 Arts Review

Wes Marshall's Top 10 Places for a Glass of Good Wine

"...home. Get there around 3pm on Sunday to enjoy half-price wines left over from the previous night's by-the-glass sales...."

Jan. 7, 2011 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

The Full Monte

"...of releasing Ely's "Honky Tonk Masquerade." The lobby was full of musicians and those who follow musicians, and talk..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

UT Football: Half Glass Full?

Horns in sight of a bowl; while Missouri raises other possibilities

"...under Strong, when scoring first, but 0-11 when flipped. Truthfully, Kansas looked like Texas usually has this season...."

Nov. 10, 2015 Sports Post by Kahron Spearman

Julie & Julia

Meryl Streep is irresistible as Julia Child as is Nora Ephron's direction, but Amy Adams' Julie Powell is a dud – a mousy, grouchy irritant.

"...blog, which then became a bestselling memoir, which became one-half of the source material for Ephron’s adaptation (Child’s memoir,..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Peter and the Wolf Go to Texas

Lionheart Youth Theatre's new adaptation unites the music of Mother Falcon with the puppets of Glass Half Full Theatre

"...mind two such mighty creative forces for Lionheart's launch: Glass Half Full Theatre and Mother Falcon. In the former,..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Once There Were Six Seasons

Glass Half Full Theatre employs puppets to show us a series of visions of the Earth transformed by climate change

"...Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd., 512/474-7886 www.glasshalffulltheatre.com Through June 7 Running time: 1 hr., 5 min...."

May 30, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Smith

The Orchid Flotilla

Glass Half Full Theatre reveals moving artistry in silence, smallness, and subtlety

"...20, Thu.–Sat., 8pm Running time: 1 hr., 5 min. www.glasshalffulltheatre.com..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Missionary Position: Session 2

The intrepid women explorers of Glass Half Full Theatre make a welcome return, bringing bountiful laughs

"...by Mr. Shakespeare in that play to which this Glass Half Full Theatre production does subscribe: "Brevity is the..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Hesher

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Hesher, the nihilistic antidote to a downbeat family in this drama that raises its middle finger toward nothing in particular.

"...is designed to be pure id – a snarling, half-dressed squatter bearing ominous tattoos on his torso. Inked across..."

May 13, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luv Doc: Mostly Happy

Not only is the glass half empty, it's got a hole in the bottom and it's leaking poison

"...Pete to tell us that not only is the glass half empty, it's got a hole in the bottom..."

June 22, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Gricelda Silva, Equal Parts Pragmatism and Whimsy

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

"...Austin Community College and rising to starring roles at Glass Half Full Theatre and Zach. Her versatile looks and..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

FupDuck

Glass Half Full Theatre's latest is sweeter and more uplifting than its PR suggests

"...FupDuckSalvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd. www.glasshalffulltheatre.com Through Aug. 25 Running time: 1 hr., 15 min...."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline Grand Opening

July 22, 2013. 20 photos.

"...Bar manager Bill Norris at the Glass Half Full..."

July 22, 2013 Photo Gallery

Beer Cocktails

Mixology for the hophead

"...ice shaver to a slow-drip, limestone filter and vintage glassware, for which he goes thrifting himself. Corn talks like..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Food Post by Ivy Le

The Object of Beauty

"...your reaction may depend on whether, like the proverbial glass of water, you see their lives as half empty..."

May 10, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top 10 Memorable Moments in Austin Theatre

Productions and performances, from the fantastic to the unfortunate

"...Like most Glass Half Full Theatre productions, Caroline Reck, Indigo Rael, and..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

The Past, Present, and FuturX of Latinx Performance in Austin

The current surge of Latinx theatre and dance in Austin speaks to both tradition and pioneering new directions

"...premiere of The Madres, with an all-Latinx cast; and Glass Half Full Theatre's workshop of its next production, The..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Arts Feature by Roxanne Schroeder-Arce

Box of Moonlight

"...into the category of something very special are the full-hearted performances by all the central characters. Al Fountain is..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Only the Fourth Wall Is Forever

After 10 years, Salvage Vanguard Theater is moving on

"...There's a full-color painting hidden beneath several coats of white latex on..."

June 24, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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