In Memoriam: Ken Johnson

Remembering the versatile theatre artist, who died March 2

"...here in the Sixties and Seventies has left us. Ken Johnson – or Kenneth O. Johnson, if you read..."

March 8, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Nicole Conley Johnson Joins Public Education Review

AISD CFO becomes fourth member of Texas Commission on Public School Finance

"...Austin Independent School District Chief Fin­an­cial Officer Nicole Conley Johnson has been appointed by House Speaker Joe Straus to..."

Jan. 5, 2018 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Jesse’s Closet

"...Directed by: Ken Johnson. Longtime mainstay of the Austin theatre world Ken..."

July 30, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Articulations

News of the death of longtime Austin actress Judi Sklar Becker and the birth of a new era at Hyde Park Theatre, with Ken Webster as Producing Artistic Director, Subterranean Theatre Company as producing company in residence, and Austin Script Works as a producing partner for FronteraFest.

"...Oliver! and Wings and at Hyde Park Showplace in Ken Johnson's production of his original comedy Duet in B..."

June 22, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Conversations While Dining Alone

The show's brief monologues work like pop songs, conveying universal feelings in condensed form

"...may be seen in Conversations While Dining Alone. Playwright-director Ken Johnson catalogues some two dozen of them, occurring to..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Give Center Stage Its Due!

"...struggling financially the entire time. Regardless of these conditions, Ken Johnson produced some wonderful productions, and sets, with the..."

Nov. 8, 2007 Postmarks

A Select Bibliography of Texas Plays

"...Ken Johnson, Final Touches (1982)..."

July 2, 1999 Arts Feature

Film News

Casting news for Terrence Malick's new film, meet the new AFS communications manager, and more

"...the van driver in the original film) and Bill Johnson (the sequel's Leatherface) will be there to creep you..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

It's dry as a bone out there, but this verdant pasture of industry info and celebrity gossip is no mirage

"...Paramount and original Alamo Drafthouse. Local stunt legend Gary Kent happened upon QT sipping coffee at Jo's on South..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Short Cuts

Party on, Barna.

"...veritable tsunami of tasty microbrews, and an army of drunken filmmakers. There will also be art, film, and video..."

June 20, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Articulations

A painful week for friends of the theatre with the passing of educator and director Gil Sharp and producer, director, and actor Don Phillips, Jr.

"...... that Ken Johnson returned to Austin, flush with success from the..."

April 11, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Making of a President

While waiting for election recount results, George W. Bush is imitating Lyndon B. Johnson while allowing his staff to run the show.

"...hat, western coat with "Gov. Bush" on left breast, broken-in jeans, and running shoes)," Austin American-Statesman reporter Ken Herman..."

Nov. 24, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Better Than Nothing

Documentarian Ken Burns' takes on Jazz -- and loses.

"...In his own words, here are Ken Burns' objectives for his 10-segment, 19-hour PBS series Jazz,..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Godzilla

These monsters have more audience appeal than their human co-stars – which is good and bad.

"...Directed by: Gareth Edwards. Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen, Sally Hawkins, Juliette..."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Articulations

Austin won't be the same without cultural legends Steve Barton, John Martin, and Robbie Jacks.

"...of Final Touches, a drama written by his friend Ken Johnson. I was privileged to work with him in..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

The "first lady of Austin theatre" -- actress and educator Nan Cameron Elkins, whose credits included more than 300 Austin theatre productions and teaching speech and stage skills to thousands of Central Texas students -- has taken her final bow.

"...The "first lady of Austin theatre" has taken her final bow. Actress and educator Nan Cameron Elkins,..."

April 6, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Memorial notices for actor and talk radio pioneer Harv Morgan and UT art historian Marian B. Davis.

"...videos, and short films. Among his local credits were Ken Johnson's 1999 production of American Realism, Third Corner Productions'..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Under-Stated

"...The Texas I saw in the darkened rooms of my youth was, without question, a magnificent..."

July 2, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Man of the Theatre

Memories of Capitol City Playhouse's Michel Jaroschy

"...Ken Johnson..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...The Texas State Capitol is currently playing host to..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Exhibitionism

The Austin Cartoon Scene: Museum Worthy

"...Written and directed by Ken Johnson, American Realism is the sweet -- if a..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Arts Review

Austin's Paramount Theatre Turns 100

As the grande dame of Austin theatres turns 100, it matters more than ever

"...first live performance on the Paramount stage since Eddie Bracken headlined The Seven-Year Itch two decades before? Could be...."

Oct. 9, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wittgenstein

In his highly stylized fashion, Derek Jarman explores the mind of the 20th century Viennese philosopher.

"...Directed by: Derek Jarman. Starring: Karl Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Michael Gough, Clancy Chassnay and John Quentin...."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Stages of Inebriation

To drink or not to drink – for local thespians, no question

"...Austin theatre had cast me as Jeff Douglas, the drunken sidekick to the lead (Van Johnson’s role in the..."

July 3, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Articulations

Who's in the Pool?

"...jumped into the deep end -- i.e., doing the weekend shows -- last month. Sedwick reports that Hester, a..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

In Memoriam: Joe York

Joe York, who for more than 20 years was the city's leading leading man and one of its most gifted theatre directors and designers, has died

"...off campus, where he was quickly discovered by directors Ken Johnson, Ken Webster, and Bil Pfuderer, among others. In..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Peerless

All About Joe (York)

"...of a Fifties pop quartet; a neurotic New Yorker awakening to his homosexuality after years of heterosexual marriage; and..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

"Nobody's Right"

Latest Ken Burns documentary to explore all sides of Vietnam War

"...Documentarian Ken Burns visited Austin Thursday, promoting his latest film project:..."

April 27, 2017 News Post by Michael King

In Memoriam: Linalice Carey

Pioneer of Austin independent theatre passes at age 95

"...over to a fellow polymath of the stage, producer/director/playwright/actor/designer Ken Johnson, who renamed it Hyde Park Theatre and laid..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

C-Boy's Design

"...and that's it," said Long, who worked with architect Ken Johnson of Clayton & Little on C-Boy's interior. "The..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

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