DVDanger: Justice League vs. Teen Titans

Why is DC Animated better than DC's Cinematic Universe?

"...At least Kari Wahlgren gives enough distinction from Hynden Walch’s definitive take on the joyously naive Starfire to make..."

April 19, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

All Over Creation: Under the Influence

So what does being named one of the nation's most influential critics really mean?

"...Sharon Bridgforth, Dan Dietz, Kirk Lynn, Daniel Alexander Jones, John Walch – they've gone possessing a sense of worth..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Classics Comeback

Are the great dramas of yore reclaiming their place on Austin's stages?

"...War On, Dan Dietz's tempOdyssey, Steven Tomlinson's American Fiesta, John Walch's The Dinosaur Within, et al. By the late..."

July 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Karen Kuykendall: In Memoriam

When this performer and friend of the arts died on Oct. 31, the city lost the grandest of its grande dames

"...Company at the University of Texas, Honey Wells in John Walch's The Dinosaur Within at the State, Austin author..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Script Works: Swanson steps down as artistic director

After three years as artistic director of Austin Script Works, playwright Colin Denby Swanson is leaving her leadership post at the organization to focus full-time on her writing

"...writing practice called 30/60/90. But like David Mark Cohen, John Walch, and Dan Dietz – all playwrights, by the..."

July 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dan Dietz: The exit interview

As local playwright Dan Dietz prepares to leave Austin for a teaching gig at Florida State, he talks about his experience here and what he sees happening down the road

"...be part of a surge, along with writers like John Walch and Lisa D'Amour and Kirk [Lynn] and the..."

May 25, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

American Fiesta

The American Theatre Critics Association has awarded Steven Tomlinson's American Fiesta its 2005 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award

"...years for a local writer to win the Osborn: John Walch won for The Dinosaur Within in 2003. Both..."

March 31, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

State Theater Company: Kanoff Terminated

Just two weeks into what was to be his sixth season with the State Theater Company, Scott Kanoff was booted from his job as producing artistic director

"...including several Austin-penned premieres, such as I'm Not Lying, John Walch's The Dinosaur Within, Steve Moore's Nightswim, and the..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Spin

'Spin' can be described as a one-woman cabaret with one woman who performs several one-woman exposés

"...sweetly suggesting how to murder and betray her ex-lover. John Walch's Gretchen is more psychoanalytic, using a bread box..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

Backward 'Spin'

Catherine Berry explains how to reverse engineer your very own musical

"...that weds songs by the likes of Stephen Sondheim, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Brel, Shelby Lynne, Kurt Weill, and Amy..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Not Your Father's Musical (Or Your Kid's, For That Matter)

Three local shows show breaking into song ain't what it used to be

"...(The Music of Erica Zann) and country swing veteran Johnny Edson (A Man's Gotta Eat, A Spread Misére, Hobnobbin'..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Playwright Dan Dietz gets his second play staged at the Humana Festival in Louisville, Johnson / Long Dance Company heads to Hamburg, and Zach shuffles its season

"...one of them, Dietz's predecessor as ASW artistic director, John Walch, will be represented at the festival by Fast..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Austin playwright John Walch goes to Louisville for its festival of new plays; Vincent Kitch goes to Washington for Americans for the Arts; and Everett Quinton goes to Seattle for a new production of Twisted Olivia.

"...Mr. Walch Goes to Louisville..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Nine current and former Austin playwrights storm the finals for the 2003 Hedieman Award, while playwright Lisa D'Amour storms New York.

"...as ASW alum Colin Swanson, former ASW Artistic Director John Walch, and current Artistic Director Dan Dietz, who won..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Esther's veteran Joel McKean passes away, and during a rare Broadway strike Austin playwright John Walch is honored by the American Theatre Critics Association.

"...handing out the association's M. Elizabeth Osborn Award to John Walch for his play The Dinosaur Within, which was..."

March 14, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Long Center supporters do a funding turnaround by asking the city for $25 million in bond money, another bunch of Lone Stars are being honored by the Texas Cultural Trust Council with Texas Medal of the Arts Awards, and John Walch wins an award from the American Theatre Critics Association.

"...or unfailing support." The sophomore class of recipients are: John Graves (Lifetime Achievement); Marca Lee Bircher (Arts Education); Sandra..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Top 10 Onstage Works of Wonder in 2002

Austin Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires delivers his list of the Top 10 most memorable productions in the performing arts for 2002.

"...(State Theater Company): With epic imagination, compassion, and wisdom, John Walch's script wove together Hollywood and Australian outback, Dreamtime..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Way We Were

On the eve of his move to New York City, playwright and Austin Script Works Artistic Director John Walch reflects on the development of Austin's theatre scene during his time here.

"...son. In January, award-winning playwright and UT adjunct professor John Walch will be migrating to that mother of all..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Arts Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

Articulations

Austin Script Works has a changing of the bard, Austin officially becomes a capital of culture, and the Texas Fine Arts Association is renamed Arthouse.

"...that serves the folks who write the plays. When John Walch, author of The Dinosaur Play and Craving Gravy:..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The 2002 Austin Critics Table Awards

On Monday, June 3, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for outstanding achievements in the Austin arts in a ceremony at the Capitol City Comedy Club.

"...The Dinosaur Within, John Walch..."

June 7, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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.

"...The Dinosaur Within, John Walch..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Pat Jasper gets a Valentine's tribute for her years at Texas Folklife Resources, and playwrights John Walch and Paullette MacDougal enjoy a couple of out of town openings.

"...John Walch (The Dinosaur Within) takes another step closer to..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Dinosaur Within

In The Dinosaur Within, playwright John Walch links people of vastly different worlds, each of whom has suffered some traumatic loss, to show us the necessity of letting go, and the State Theater Company production communicates that message with compassion, humor, and grace.

"...In The Dinosaur Within, playwright John Walch has crafted a daisy chain of loss, a..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

To Infinity and Beyond!

The year 2001 saw a host of local cultural types taking journeys beyond their homes, traveling to other communities to share their art and finding new venues locally in which to produce their work and expand their creative sensibilities.

"...New York International Fringe Festival. Playwrights Colin Swanson and John Walch had works read and staged there, and director..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Best Salvage Vanguard Holiday Ever

Like those Christmastime baskets full of cheese logs, summer sausages, miniature jars of jellies, etc., The Best Salvage Vanguard Holiday Ever features a diverse little gathering of tasty treats -- in this case, five-minute plays on a common theme -- and it's fun to snack on.

"...Sarah Richardson, and Deanna Shoemaker. Shana Gold also directed John Walch's intense "Super Visium Corpus," in which a coroner..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Articulations

Oklahoma!, A Macbeth, and Art were the big winners at the 27th Annual B. Iden Payne Awards.

"...Original Script: John Walch, Circumference of a Squirrel..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Related Reading

"...Cultural Contracts Game," a four-part series by Robi Polgar, John Walch, and Mary Jane Garza:..."

July 6, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Winners 2000-01

"...David Mark Cohen New Play AwardCircumference of a Squirrel, John Walch..."

June 15, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Theatre Critics Table 2000-2001 Nominations

The Austin Theatre Critics Table have announced the nominations for their ninth annual awards for achievement in the arts.

"...Circumference of a Squirrel, John Walch..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature

Articulations

Austin artists and arts companies continue to hit the road at a breathless pace.

"...John Walch: Also at the New Work Now festival will..."

May 4, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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