God Save the Queenie

Duke Ellington's almost lost opera of a Harlem beautician gets rescued and a makeover

"...he didn't opt in for the kind of historical gravitas and grandiosity that folks just lap up from the..."

April 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arthuriosis

Getalong Gang's heavy metal opera rocks Camelot with badass-itude and lots of hair

"...worst St. Patty's Day hangover ever. It provides suitable gravitas for this Arthur, a guitar hero whose destiny is..."

April 17, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Kingdom of Days

Bruce Springsteen doesn't call E Street pianist Roy Bittan "Professor" for nothing

"...much piano on the album gave it a certain gravitas rather than just maybe doing it all with guitars...."

April 3, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

City Hall Hustle: High Times at the Hunker A-Go-Go

Campaign antics are a good way to kill time in the mayor's race

"...bickering began (calling it a "kerfuffle" suggests too much gravitas) when the Brewster McCracken camp threw up a YouTube..."

April 3, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

State of Wonderment

The Texas Biennial's first outside curator describes what he saw in Lone Star art

"...Branding it the Texas Biennial, a name with much gravitas, it demanded attention. (The name was up for grabs..."

March 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

Sherlock Holmes

John Carroll imbues the great detective with a gravitas true to Conan Doyle's creation

"...lead in Patti Neff-Tiven's production, and he brings a gravitas to the stage true to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Municipal Death Match!

With five council seats open, mayor and Place 1 look like the headliners

"...lack of glitter to his advantage, spinning it as gravitas. He will have to assure voters his judgment, experience,..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Do You Feel a Draft?

Big-leaguers back Leffingwell, but really, who'd want the gig?

"...the eight speakers on hand concerned, by turns, Leffingwell's "gravitas," his "true grit," and his "steady hand" as a..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia

"...Train." Girded by a deep-seated groove and infused with gravitas by elaborate string and horn arrangements, the messages couldn't..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Music Review by Greg Beets

'I Belong Here'

"...is polyglot, as my world is. He speaks with gravitas, with seriousness, with no fear of three-syllable words that..."

Nov. 6, 2008 Postmarks

ACL Fest Saturday Reviews

"...but that neither undermines nor compromises his songwriting or gravitas. Feeling more subdued in sound and comfortable in execution,..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Mammoth Grinder

"...also shifts smoothly in tone and speed with Hummer gravitas. Side two of this marble-colored vinyl, which also comes..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

TV Eye

TV Eye gives up her sabbatical from the box and re-embraces TV

"...For those of you looking for a little gravitas in your TV programming, there are two programs that..."

July 11, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Two (Extremely) Late-Night Observations

"...… and the sight of James Franco straining for gravitas while saying things like “Kill Spider-Man, and I'll give..."

July 9, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

The Horror … the Horror …

Make it stop!

"...notable exception) just churns my stomach – the bloated faux-gravitas of Tim Russert, whose understanding of politics begins and..."

Feb. 26, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Ween

"...listening to Ween is trying to discern how much gravitas informs their strange and singular musical ambiguity song by..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Music Review by Greg Beets

Dec(k) the Walls

"...have gorgeous wallpaper). ferm Living's bold designs can give gravitas to what may appear to be a childish design..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Design Post by Andy Campbell

Ronnie

Ronnie Wood leaves a few stones unturned in his autobiography

"...in L.A., yet this breezy look back lacks real gravitas. Fans will be left with little sense of what..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Music Review by Dan Oko

One Flea Spare

Gobotrick Theatre Company's One Flea Spare is a worthwhile production of a play that's smart and crafted with a rare dexterity and elegance

"...exploitative. Still, it is quite a play, and its gravitas, the impression it conveys of being grand classic drama..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

Guidance for Parentals Suggested

George Ratliff on Joshua

"...He's a really brilliant guy. But he also has gravitas. He just plays such great dopes that he never..."

July 13, 2007 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Constant Wife

Different Stages has put together a production of Somerset Maugham's The Constant Wife, which makes for an elegant, enjoyable, urbane evening of theatre

"...as their mother, Melanie Dean supplies an appropriately mordant gravitas...."

July 6, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

Reissues

"...rich "Here I Am Baby" can't compete with the gravitas she imbues the Supremes' "My World Is Empty Without..."

June 15, 2007 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Beside the Point

With only one meeting to go until summer break, City Council should be mob scene

"...business always seemed too leaden under its own faux gravitas to approximate anything approaching entertainment. So I won't be..."

June 8, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Plump Jack

The cast of the UT opera theatre production of Plump Jack performs admirably, but the score and direction make the glorious rogue Falstaff just a drunken fat crook

"...a lovely performance as Henry IV, full of appropriate gravitas. Many of the cast members possess sure, strong voices,..."

April 27, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

Food-o-File

What's cooking in the Central Texas food scene.

"...House. Schmidt was joined by chef Jason Gould of Gravitas in Houston and pastry chef Monica Rios of Abacus..."

March 30, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Constitutional Showdown!

Win fabulous prizes! Like impeachment!

"...should at least have a thin candy shell of gravitas as opposed to coming across like one of those..."

March 21, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Glass Menagerie

Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie may have been done to death, but the strong cast of the Austin Shakespeare Festival production makes this masterpiece come alive again

"...of these famous lines – punctuated with pause and gravitas – can make you shudder. (Hint: If you want..."

March 9, 2007 Arts Review by Clayton Maxwell

Beside the Point

Council votes to double time limit on sewer repairs

"...Statesman editorial page, draped the proposal in its dollar-store gravitas, always an auspicious omen. This was followed by enviro..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Killers / The Hold Steady

"...takes more than sprouting beards to inherit Springsteen's natural-born gravitas. Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn, conversely, has the poetic..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Big Chris Gates & Gatesville

Record review

"...and Charter Bulldogs. The gravel in his throat lends gravitas to recollections of wilder days ("Round & Round"), his..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

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