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The Week in Recommended Live Music
Narrow Head, Pussy Gillette, the Nude Party, and even some innuendo-less acts to see
"...one spot than you’ll glimpse anywhere else on the globe – not to mention CDs, cassettes, posters, T-shirts, and..."

May 3, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Hiromi Uehara, Caroline Rose, and Fests Galore in Our Crucial Concerts
Choose your fest: Psych, Death, or Blues
"...Friday 26, Paramount Theatre..."

April 26, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Theatre Review: The Baron’s Men Presents Romeo and Juliet
The Curtain Theatre’s BYOB outdoor production is a magical night out
"...my life. Even Shakespearean period-accurate ones, and even at Globe re-creations. But this version by the Baron’s Men presents..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Selena Gomez, Conan O’Brien, Sydney Sweeney Top SXSW’s Sixth Featured Speakers Announcement
Danny Brown, Nick Kroll, and Kirsten Dunst also announced
"...Must Go, which finds the comedian traveling across the globe to meet fans he first spoke with on his..."

Feb. 27, 2024 SXSW Post by Carys Anderson

Review: Broadway in Austin's Six
Flash over formidability defines this pop historical fiction
"...If you like your musical theatre and your history lessons short, superficial, and sassy, Six..."

Oct. 4, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Revenge, Deferred in Stephen Mills' Hamlet
Post-pandemic, Stephen Mills brings his career-defining Hamlet back to Ballet Austin
"...is a production that has been staged around the globe, from Sacramento to Augsburg, Germany, "so I lose track..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

AI, Strikes, and Burning It Down: Highlights of the ATX TV Festival
Celebration of the small screen becomes a war room for writers
"...and so on until the entirety of the Stateside Theatre was clapping in unison. That, Beau Willimon said, is..."

June 9, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crimes of Passion and Desperation in Love & Death
In HBO Max's Love & Death, director Lesli Linka Glatter and star Patrick Fugit revisit one of Texas' most infamous murders
"...was a modern dancer and choreographer. She’d trotted the globe, spending time in London and Paris (“this is back..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: "My God, It's Full of Stars"
The Top 10s Issue
"...that's winding down – humans trapped in a snow globe to mark 2020, for instance – but for 2022..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Anthea, Terry Allen, the Greeting Committee, Hellfury, Dorian Electra, and Olson St. Clair
"...and minimal house are all Anthea Nzekwu hallmarks. The globe-hopping, UK-born DJ built notable bona fides at Phonica Records,..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

Hamilton's Resident Director Makes Bass the Room Where It Happens
Austinite Ashley Brooke Monroe leads the touring Broadway show back to the stage she loves
"...That night triggered a love of theatre that blossomed into a fascination with directing that began..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Last Bow of an Accidental Critic
Lessons and surprises from a career that shouldn't have been
"...not for Jeff's friend Neal Herr, who would talk theatre with me when he visited that house and, as..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

F9: The Fast Saga
Script? We don't need no stinking script in the Toretto crew's latest
"...odometer, you gearhead – I was back in a theatre, with other humans mostly maskless, anxiously waiting for my..."

June 25, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ethan Hawke Pens a Valentine to Theatre in A Bright Ray of Darkness
His new novel is also a prayer for the stage and a reminder of the healing power of performance
"...to a Lear he saw at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre, one with Hal Holbrook as the king. Then..."

April 23, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How Fugitive Pieces Became Fugitive Dreams
Jason Neulander takes the trip from stage to screen for his feature debut
"...but used the intimate setting of the Hyde Park Theatre to mount the Austin premiere of Fugitive Pieces, a..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Painted Bird
Jerzy Kosinski's brutal novel of Nazi-occupied Poland loses none of its inhumanity
"...The Painted Bird is theatre of cruelty at its most literal. Brutally faithful to..."

July 17, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle
He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.
"...go through the whole of every society on the globe. Two hundred years ago, did we believe in the..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Qmmunity: Less Hateful Chicken
Plus drag dance parties, queerotica, and Thanksgiving-themed storytelling
"...works. Hopefully, it's a sign that people across the globe are becoming allies. But for LGBTQ Texans, who fought..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

From the Fonz to Gene Cousineau: Henry Winkler's Career of Fearless Reinvention
The man who defined cool on the changing demands of acting, being an icon, and the joy of fly fishing
"...TV, film, and stage. His recent Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated performance as acting coach Gene Cousineau in HBO's Barry..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hidden Room Theatre's The Duchess of Malfi
In staging John Webster's revenge tragedy, the company strikes a delightful balance between historical authenticity and genuine emotion
"...this sort of versatility when discussing the Hidden Room Theatre's production of The Duchess of Malfi...."

Oct. 11, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Qmmunity: “The category is love, y’all, love”
Plus trailblazing trans choreographer Sean Dorsey returns to Austin and Lez B In Touch says so long summer
"...the history-making show. Porter, who also received a Golden Globe nom for his alter ego Pray Tell, became the..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Qmmunity: 2020 Hopefuls Tackle Queer Rights Convo
Gender Unbound, AIDS Walk with Big Freedia, Butch Queen, and more
"...creators. Aside from mind-blowing visuals from creators spanning the globe, attendees can also expect a full lineup of poetry,..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Last Act Theatre's Seven
In this documentary play, seven women from around the world tell stories that are tragically familiar
"...their stories, each from a different spot on the globe, each from a different culture, but all sharing a..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Qmmunity: Queers Who Inspire Us
Plus trans-centric theatre, queer comedy, and the return of aGLIFF
"...TRANSom From the wonderful minds at Ground Floor Theatre comes a new work created by (and for) trans..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

All Is True
"Who is it that can tell me who I am?" Not this Shakespeare biopic.
"...in London. This was in 1613, soon after Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre burned down when one of the prop cannons..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Guide to Austin Classical Music
The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here
"...kinds, art songs, operas, cantatas, scores for dance and theatre works, soundtracks for films – several hundred over the..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rude Mechanicals' Not Every Mountain
This Rude Mechs performance piece shows us a mountain's lifetime in an hour and makes clear that nothing lasts forever
"...With their latest performance piece, the Rude Mechanicals theatre collective creates a broad portrait of time and nature...."

April 26, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Holiday Gifts for Fans of the Big and Small Screen
From essential box sets to writers’ wisdom: stocking fillers and the gifts that keep on giving for your watching pleasure
"...stations you don't want but can't stomach losing Masterpiece Theatre, the new wave of digital antennas brings back the..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Paranormal Activity
Four places to check out if you ain't afraid of no ghosts
"...hometown: Ghosts of the Orpheum, set in a historic theatre, and The Lost Graves of Sioux Falls, investigating deaths..."

Oct. 10, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Wave Three Crashes Down
Music and madness fill festival lineup
"...Walsh The lives of four women from across the globe are radically changed by their deep love of boy..."

Sept. 13, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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