Larry L. King on . . .

"...His successes: "Aw, shucks, folks. Ain't nothin' to it but talent and clean livin'."..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Books Feature by Tom Doyal

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...The short unhappy life of Sophia Chante King came to a sudden end..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Confessions From the King of Fuzz

Cult soundtrack composer Davie Allan comes to the Alamo Ritz

"..."A former bass player said I should never admit that I was never..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Celebrated for the Least of Reasons

Chronicle reviewer Tom Doyal has took to writin' just like Larry L. King, the playwright behind The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (and much more, Doyal reveals, in his review of King's new book of letters).

"...Larry L. King: A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Books Feature by Tom Doyal

Making Lists

"..."Yeeee-hooo!" Bruno yelled back. "I'm a Texan!" -- Strangers on a Train,..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

A Select Bibliography of Texas Plays

"...Horton Foote, Only From the Heart (1944)..."

July 2, 1999 Arts Feature

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...Planet Theatre: Tomorrowland..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Postmarks

Warning: blatant use of music knowledge within

"...Low-Rent Journalism..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Column

Women Who Steal

Austin Playhouse's revival takes this female comedy beyond Thelma-and-Louise territory

"...Women Who Steal..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

Postmarks

Readers respond to Zero Tolerance, the Longhorn Pipeline, and Being John Malkovich.

"...Misinformation Pipeline..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Column

Lou Perryman

Remembering a character actor's character actor

"...Lou Perryman wasn't an actor's actor – nobody was ever..."

April 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Harry Ransom Center

The papers of director Peter Masterson and actor Carlin Glynn land at the HRC

"...Where else would one want to locate the archival material for..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

There ain't nothin' like a ho'-down, and Austin Playhouse's production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas draws the audience to her big friendly bosom

"...The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas..."

June 23, 2006 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

The Carpetbagger's Children

Horton Foote's drama blows in like a breeze from the gulf, warm and whispery

"...The Carpetbagger's Children..."

March 26, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Last Five Years

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

"...The Last Five Years..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Cyndi Williams

The Austin playwright unearths the inspiration for her spooky new play

"...is no better month than October to stage a "sultry modern ghost story," which is how Cyndi Williams describes..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

Moonlight and Magnolias

With its quick tempo, rapid-fire jokes, and backstage look at Gone With the Wind, Austin Playhouse's Moonlight and Magnolias is accessible, short, and extremely entertaining theatre

"...Moonlight and Magnolias..."

May 4, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

Afterplay

As written by Brian Friel and performed by Babs George and Don Toner, Afterplay is a waltz of the walking wounded danced with stately grace to a beautifully elegiac tune

"...Afterplay..."

March 2, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

... And the 'West' is History

How Big State Productions' little monologue show changed Austin theatre

"...The Chronicle theatre listings for Nov. 1, 1985, give no real..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hail to the Chiefs

By popular demand, the boys of 'The Dead Presidents' Club' are back in town

"...that is, the four expired commanders in chief of Larry L. King's 1996 comedy The Dead Presidents' Club: Richard..."

July 16, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Articulations

The UT School of Music hires the Miró Quartet for its new resident string quartet, Charles Leslie succeeds Neil Barclay at the UT PAC, and Don Toner brings back those dead presidents one more time.

"...a new resident string quartet: The Miró Quartet. The eight-year-old ensemble, which takes its name from Spanish surrealist Joan..."

June 27, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Dead Presidents Club

In The Dead Presidents Club, Larry L. King brings together Calvin Coolidge, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon in the afterlife for a lighthearted exploration of these American leaders' strengths and foibles, and the best part of Austin Playhouse's funny, entertaining revival is the inspired work of the excellent team of actors who fully embody these presidents.

"...The Dead Presidents Club: Hitting It Dead-On..."

June 13, 2003 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

Never Give Up

Don Toner's 13 years as producing artistic director of the State Theater Company have been full of struggles, but in Toner's world, struggles are good. They bring understanding, richness, beauty, and in his case, a new theatre and a loyal company.

"...When people say that Don Toner built the State Theater Company,..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Under-Stated

"...rooms of my youth was, without question, a magnificent place. Great expanses of land, spreading out in all directions...."

July 2, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texans and Texts

"...State and church. State and city. State and literature -- of all entities either conjoined or opposed to..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Texas Book Festival

Festival Roundup

"...Where: North side of Texas State Capitol (indoors and..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature

Fifty Years of the Texas Observer

"The stories told here do not recount dead issues from our shameful past," Lee Nichols writes. "Instead, we see them with here-and-now vitality, the eyes of the time."

"...Fifty Years of the Texas ObserverEdited by Char Miller..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Books Review by Lee Nichols

Things They Used to Do

Dick Holland assesses two Texas journalists, Gary Cartwright and Jan Reid, whose new collections of articles possess a cautionary wisdom, the kind you acquire when you court danger and danger provides you with a keen view of what lies beyond.

"...Turn Out the Lights: Chronicles of Texas During the 80s and 90sby Gary..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Headlines..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...Mark Busby Year 1. Duane's Depressed: A Novel by Larry McMurtry 2. Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen: Reflections..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

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