How Dan Brown Created Neo-Noir Your Lucky Day

Director and his star and composer on the twisty thriller

"...a lot of hurry up and wait. For Dan Brown, writer and director of twisted crime thriller Your Lucky..."

Nov. 18, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Last Five Years

Anna Kendrick shines in Richard LaGravenese's loving adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's stage musical.

"...off-Broadway play by the Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown. The project has been adapted for the..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Five Years at the Institution Theater

Sherrod Curry Productions' staging of the Jason Robert Brown musical is gracefully performed and wildly cathartic

"...agony. The Last Five Years, written and composed by Jason Robert Brown, takes us tunefully through a young couple's..."

April 1, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Parade

'Parade' is an ambitious musical for a university theatre department, but the entire company presenting it at St. Edward's is impressively in tune with Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown's retelling of the Leo Frank case

"...But composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown and book writer Alfred Uhry take pains..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Last Five Years

Penfold Theatre's remount of The Last Five Years tracks a failed romance with intimacy and polish

"...Such is the case for Cathy and Jamie in Jason Robert Brown's chamber musical, The Last Five Years, which..."

April 3, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

The Last Five Years

Jason Robert Brown's musical anatomy of a relationship gets a tender, wistful staging

"...That hard truth drives The Last Five Years, Jason Robert Brown's chamber musical that maps the relationship of..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Last Five Years

The new year is prime time to discover this musical anatomy of one couple's relationship

"...with director Michael McKelvey about his upcoming production of Jason Robert Brown's award-winning musical, a collaborative effort between Austin..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

Articulations

A family of Austin artists facing deportation stays a little longer, and Zachary Scott Theatre Center postpones its Parade.

"...from Dave Steakley, who is itching to stage the Jason Robert Brown-Alfred Uhry musical Parade at the Zachary Scott..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Septic Man

This Canadian horror film wades through a cesspool of human waste and challenges our gag reflexes.

"...Directed by: Jesse Thomas Cook. Starring: Jason David Brown, Molly Dunsworth, Robert Maillet, Tim Burd, Julian..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Songs for a New World

For fans of the contemporary musical, City Theatre Company's production of the Jason Robert Brown revue Songs for a New World is a welcome opportunity for fresh, engaging entertainment

"...for a New World is a 15-song cycle by Jason Robert Brown made up of songs that the still-young..."

May 25, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

Review: The Last Five Years

Inclusive production gives the time between love and loss a mighty voice

"...Jason Robert Brown's intensely personal chamber musical The Last Five..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Gay Place: Grandma's Revenge

Rudolph was framed!

"...The tale of Leo Frank, set to music by Jason Robert Brown, book by Alfred Uhry, and directed by..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

DVDanger: Mad Max

Before we hit Fury Road, the original revs up

"...Jordan may be co-headliners in this big-screen adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's Off-Broadway smash, but from the opening notes..."

May 9, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFF Snags Jon Stewart’s Rosewater

The Humbling, The Last 5 Years tapped for opening night

"...an early evening slot, followed by LaGravenese's adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's musical of the same name, which stars..."

Sept. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Man (the cast of which – including Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, and Rashida Jones – will all be in..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...hitters in fiction (Junot Díaz, Justin Cronin) and nonfiction (Robert Caro, Douglas Brinkley, Cheryl Strayed, Naomi Wolf), plus pop..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Final AISD Results; ACC Almost Complete

Sosa, Schneider, Moya win; other races headed for runoffs

"...Winners: Lori Moya and Robert Schneider in AISD, Lupe Sosa in ACC...."

May 8, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Playback: Pickathon, Texas

Austin talent looms large at Oregon fest

"...Ramirez, Adrian Quesada, Wild Child's Kelsey Wilson, Noah Gundersen, Jason Robert Blum, Brendan Bond, and Judson Johnson – had..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: Hellions

We binge-watch this month's horror for you

"...Freddy. Jason. Dracula. The Wolfman. Icons of horror, all. But is..."

Feb. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Opie on Top

AFF to honor Ron Howard's extraordinary contribution to filmmaking

"...Mary Steenburgen, so funny and believable as exhausted parents; Jason Robards as the gravel-voiced grandpa from hell; high-school-aged Keanu..."

July 14, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...deGrasse Tyson's COSMOS was already on our radar, but Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn series is coming too,..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...two more familiar faces: directing duo Julia Halperin and Jason Cortlund, who bring their follow-up to Now, Forager, the..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...Steven Spielberg's Amistad, James Cameron's Titanic, Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry, Gus Van Sant's Good Will..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...D: Joe Mantello; with Jason Alexander, Randy Becker, Stephen Bogardus, John Glover, John Benjamin..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Further Reflections

SXSW Film Festival

"...Dir/Scr: Stephen Winter; Prod: Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente; Co-Prod: Samuel-Moses Jones, Jordan Flaherty; Exec..."

March 21, 1997 Screens Feature

Cumulative Staff Box

"...Dance: Sarah Wimer, Robert Bryce, Robi Polgar..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Further Reflections

"...Cast: Billy Burke, David Koechner, Lauren Graham, Kathy Griffin, Jason Priestley, Peter Berg, Henry Winkler, Dana Gould, Robert Wagner...."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...Jason Neulander, Fugitive Pieces/Tilt Angel..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

B. Iden Payne Award Nominations, 1999-2000

"...You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Austin Musical Theatre..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Per Second. On the documentary side, SXSW favorite Margaret Brown (The Great Invisible) returns with her Sundance Film Festival..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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