A Talent for Deception

When Joey Hood is onstage, you want to buy whatever he's selling

"...He and Webster have had a few conversations about him doing the piece..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...This is the 15th year that local critics have put their heads – and pens – together to..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Hunting PLC wants to give a Texas artist $50K, puppet people want you, a Beegle play is Louisville-bound, 'Cantanker' publishes again, and KDHDC and Yellow Tape partying for your cash

"...• Rebecca Beegle, whose play Have You Ever Been Assassinated? is currently being staged by..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Have You Ever Been Assassinated?

Rebecca Beegle's 'Have You Ever Been Assassinated?' plays out like a fever-dream version of 'Yankee Doodle Dandy,' deliriously mashing up vaudeville acts with American history

"...Have You Ever Been Assassinated?..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Rubber Repertory: Cashing in

Rubber Repertory applies for its first-ever grant and scores $15,000

"...say about beginner's luck? Rubber Repertory applies for its first-ever grant and manages to score $15,000 from the Multi-Arts..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Judges

"...Rebecca Beegle's stories have appeared in Hobart, 5_Trope, Elimae, The Austin Chronicle, and..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature

Austin Theatre: That was the year that was

Three of Austin's finest theatre folk - director/actress Lorella Loftus, director Sonnet Blanton, and lighting designer Jason Amato - describe how 2006 was for them and the local stage scene

"...If artists have anything, they have something to say. The Chronicle sat..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

Free Night of Theater 2006: The list

Take your pick of 21 performances being offered at no charge with Free Night of Theater 2006

"...Scottish Rite Temple, 207 W. 18thThursday, Nov. 2Rude Mechanicals: Have You Ever Been Assassinated? by Rebecca Beegle and the..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Arts Feature

Culture Flash!

The Longs give a million, the Rudes add a co-PAD, Mills shows his new dance, and Kitch joins a board

"...Is the sixth co-PAD anything like the fifth Beatle? You'd have to ask the Rude Mechanicals, who have added..."

June 20, 2008 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Top 10 Theatrical Treasures and Pleasures of 2006

"...laden with bad puns, musical theatre in-jokes, and that put-you-off-your-lunch title – landed in town with a mighty splash,..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Pratfalls of 2006, Plus Some Shining Examples of Physical Comedy

"...3) Have You Ever Been Assassinated? (Rude Mechanicals) Usually it's hyperbole..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Ambassador

With daring, gonzo filmmaking, this documentary film penetrates the blood-diamond trade in the Central African Republic.

"...comic duo was a self-described "spastic" who, had he been born in the North, would likely have been killed..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Assassins

The debut of UT's Musical Theatre Pilot Project is a visual treat, well performed, and with plenty of fun moments

"...You cannot murder a president, John Wilkes Booth smartly tells..."

April 18, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

LoneStarCon 3: The George R. R. Martin Interview

'Game of Thrones' creator discusses how he writes and why

"...fell for the rakish Tyrion Lannister before Peter Dinklage ever stepped into his diminutive leather breeches know that Martin..."

Aug. 29, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

A Good Time to Be Lawrence Wright

With new book God Save Texas, The Looming Tower series on Hulu, and his play Cleo at the Alley, Lawrence Wright is the man of the moment

"..."I can see them swarming you," Lawrence Wright said across the little outdoor table. His..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

Essential History Museums and Cultural Spaces

Fun for everyone from history buffs to kids who like hands-on science

"...Ever wondered where the “Come and Take It” meme first..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Page Two: Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful

Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean they are out to get you, either

"..."American politics has often been an arena for angry minds. ... I call it..."

May 27, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Wandering Preachers, Holy Fools

What best describes the modern playwright? Itinerant preacher? Holy fool? Several artists with an intimate knowledge of the playwriting life offer their views in this roundtable discussion.

"...of the theatre. They are playwrights who do not have a home on Broadway, who do not have a..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dusting the Bookshelf

Recent Titles

"...No -- you are not seeing things. These reviews -- albeit differing..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Books Review

Letters @ 3AM

I'd never met anyone so different in private from what Norman Mailer appeared to be in public

"...stuck to the plan, I still think he might have laughed and invited us to a party. Alas, my..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Austin Film Festival: 61 Bullets

The Kingfish, the doctor, and the doubters

"...Long, as divisive a figure in American politics as ever lived, was assassinated by Dr. Carl Weiss on September..."

Oct. 29, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Flies on the Wall With Attitude

Cinéma vérité pioneer Robert Drew, coming to town this Wednesday for the Texas Documentary Tour, speaks about the films he has made and the film style he helped create.

"...lawyers, including the head of the Bar Association -- every big-name lawyer was there on that side of the..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Decoder

Lawrence Wright reflects on a decade spent exploring and explaining the Middle East in My Trip to Al-Qaeda

"...only to the millions around the world who had never even met a Mormon but to the Mormon community..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Trial and Error

Questions raised about whether cards were stacked against Davidians in their civil suit against the federal government.

"...into the courtroom. Instead, they went home. "The jurors have informed me that it is their unanimous decision that..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Saint Jackie

It was with high expectations of low class that Stephen MacMillan Moser embarked upon the latest crop of books about Jackie O. But shortly into it, he found himself thinking, "Where's the dirt?"

"...in the Sixties, it seems unlikely that he would have survived the presidency, even if he hadn't been assassinated...."

June 9, 2000 Books Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Malcolm, Movement, Memory

With subjects that range from Malcolm X to choreographer Alvin Ailey, Orlando Bagwell's documentaries depict the African-American -- as well as American -- experience.

"...of the complicated, charismatic Black Muslim leader who was assassinated in 1965 at the age of 40. The premium..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...known as the Austin Theatre Alliance. The union has never been complimentary to the State, primarily because the two..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column

Letters at 3AM

Begging the Question

"...illustration by Jason Stout Young poets are beg- gars, begging the poem itself to..."

April 2, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Written in Stone

History of racism lives on in UT monuments

"...the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, one of several Confederate monuments that stand tall on the campus. As..."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Highway 61 Revisited

"...a little faded-red VW bug. And not because he's been known to wear tie-dye and sports a long, thin..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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