'Hansel and Gretel'

Mezzo Liz Cass lands a big break playing the familiar fairy-tale villainess

"...Call it a Cinderella story for Hansel and Gretel. Austin mezzo-soprano Liz Cass, who has enlivened..."

April 23, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gretel & Hansel

The woods are dark and deep, but far from lovely ...

"...Starring: Sophia Lillis, Alice Krige, Sammy Leakey, Charles Babalola and Ian Kenny...."

Feb. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Into the Woods With Gretel & Hansel Director Osgood Perkins

How the retelling of the classic fairytale remained true to its roots

"...a time, there was a man called Osgood Perkins, and he decided to tell an old story in an..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

The titular siblings turn bounty hunters after a traumatic childhood incident with an oven.

"...Starring: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare and Pihla Viitala. In this retooling of the original Brothers..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hoodwinked Too!: Hood vs. Evil

Back for another installment is this rude animated riff on Red Riding Hood and other fairy tales.

"...Hoodwinked Too!: Hood vs. Evil is a crass, slapdash, and nonsensical follow-up to the 2005 animated spoof of the..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Playwright’s Final Play Might Have Died With Him, but a Community Joined Together to Ensure Its Survival

Saving Jason Tremblay’s Gretel! The Musical

"...together that he might share this story across the land. But a shadow fell across the taleteller, sapping his..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Five Nights With Monsters

ATX Halloween week: Witches, werewolves, and haints, oh my!

"...In the town that loves to dress up and get its party on (see also: Eeyore's Birthday, Carnaval),..."

Oct. 22, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

DVD Watch: Snitch

Director Ric Roman Waugh makes the Rock into an everyman

"...film star this year than Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and Ric Roman Waugh, director of drug drama Snitch, knows..."

June 11, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

I, Robot

This summer, Will Smith saves the world from … robots.

"...Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi McBride, Alan Tudyk and Shia LaBeouf. Will Smith has grown into our nation’s..."

July 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Blair Witch Project

Something wicked in the woods in this eagerly-awaited horror.

"...Directed by: Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick. Starring: Joshua Leonard, Michael Williams and Heather..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hocus Pocus

In this comedy, sister witches from the 17th century re-emerge in modern-day Salem, Mass.

"...Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch and Vinessa Shaw. Chock-full of visual tricks and treats, Hocus..."

July 16, 1993 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Nightstream Review: Honeydew

Keep an ear open for this new tale of backwoods malice

"...Babes in the wood. Hansel and Gretel. Hop-o'-My-Thumb. The myth of the innocents who..."

Oct. 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: The Past Is a Foreign Country

The Chronicle's first office was above Half Price Books and a Jack Brown Cleaners on 16th and Lavaca ...

"...The Chronicle's first office was above Half Price Books and a Jack Brown Cleaners on 16th and Lavaca. It..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Column by Louis Black

DVDanger: Stuart Gordon Plays with Dolls

Horror pioneer talks Disney, fairy tales, and tiny terrors

"...Between Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Dagon, director Stuart Gordon is the acknowledged king of..."

Nov. 15, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

Giving a lot of sweet bouquets (and taking their sweet time doing it)

"...marked its 20th year of presenting annual awards for outstanding achievements in the arts on Monday, June 4. The..."

June 8, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...formal. It doesn't mean stodgy. It doesn't mean stiff and lacking a pulse. Classical music may be stuffy and..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In Memoriam: Ken Johnson

Remembering the versatile theatre artist, who died March 2

"...One of Austin's most versatile theatre artists and a key player in elevating both the quality and..."

March 8, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Hansel and Gretel

Set in the Gilded Age, this operatic fairy tale really resonates with the present

"...Hansel and Gretel..."

April 30, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

For the 20th time, a big hand for the nominees if you please

"...Time flies when you're recognizing excellence. One minute, you and a half-dozen arts writers are handing out honors to..."

May 25, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

UT professor Nancy Schiesari presents a moving portrait of Hansel Mieth.

"...when that something is a product of someone living and working right here in Austin. That something is Hansel..."

May 23, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Food-o-File

This week's local foodie news

"...contingent of Austinites spent much of last week in Portland, Ore., at the annual conference of the International Associa­tion..."

April 30, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Bad to the Drone

What's happening this weekend.

"...Local duo Abigail und Hansel looks nothing like fairy tale duo Hansel and Gretel,..."

Jan. 16, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

“Marianne Levy: Grimm Re-Articulated” at the Dougherty Arts Center

This exhibition of ceramic sculptures recasts fairy tales with animals who are more human than the people in the originals

"...ensemble but Her Majesty "Who's the Fairest in the Land" in Disney's Snow White, right? She's even holding a..."

July 10, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Good Eye: Art Dolls

"...This week, The Good Eye muses about the beauty and uncanniness of dolls. The exhibition hall at the All..."

Aug. 7, 2014 Photo Gallery

Austin Artist Brings Gamera to Vibrant Life in a New Box Set

Matt Frank builds the perfect monster

"...not worked harder on any one project," Frank said, and that includes his record-setting run as the writer and..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

'La Femme Bohème'

Puccini's Bohemians get an all-gal makeover

"...by local mezzo soprano Liz Cass (Austin Lyric Opera's Hansel and Gretel, L'Étoile, La Traviata), all of the characters..."

June 20, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Biography of Physical Sensation'

Which chair will be just right for you in Rubber Repertory's new show?

"...light them on fire? Can we kiss them tenderly and lay them down on beds of grass?" – Josh..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

The Slow Magic of Stop-Motion

Henry Selick on adapting Neil Gaiman's Coraline

"...labor-intensive, frame-by-frame stop-motion work that made Jack Skellington sing and dance and live...."

Feb. 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

It's the Thoughts That Count

To essay meaning

"...& Other Thorny Treasures (Seal Press, $19.95), feminist writer and thinker Bia Lowe presents a memoir-laced compendium of love's..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Coach's Corner

"...The family, sledding over the pure, driven snow to grandma's house, in the Miller Lite commercial, are oh-so- happy...."

Dec. 25, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

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