The Distance Danced

Between its old and new versions of 'Swingin' Then & Now,' Tapestry Dance Company has swung a long way, baby

"...The last time Tapestry Dance Company presented the program Swingin' Then..."

April 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Twelfth Night

What the State Theatre Company's handsome but curiously reserved production of Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' lacks is that liberating light-headedness of intoxication

"...State Theatre, through March 5..."

March 3, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

A Double Life

Napoleon Beazley was executed by the state of Texas, but he lives again in a new play

"...to be executed by the state of Texas.No Second Act?..."

July 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Beat the Clock

Rediscovering the Danger in Theatre Under the Gun

"...a heartbeat, and a much-needed thrill. That's really what theatre is all about for me, the thrill of a..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Bard Choices

Two Directors on Making Shakespeare Contemporary

"...Ah, Shakespeare. He stands at the apex of the theatre, recognized across the globe as the supreme dramatist for..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Everything Must Go

Tower's last hours

"...When the record store replaced the beloved Varsity movie theatre in 1990, many Austinites were outraged. Today, the evacuation..."

June 25, 2004 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

What's Past Is Prologue

Recreating classic tap routines from the screen and stage opens an exciting new future for Tapestry Dance Company

"...the feet – all members of Austin's Tapestry Dance Company – match the masters step for step...."

March 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jesus Is Coming

The video mailed across the state, the Christian film that found an audience in Austin, and other stories of evangelicals using film to spread the word

"...was turned away because the handicapped spaces in the theatre were all taken. Or the story about the independent..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Jackie Venson Strips Off Her Blues Band and Becomes Her Own "DJ"

Austin's reigning Best Guitarist scales the ladder to the roof

"...forced her to forgo a band and go solo last year. As such, venues now host "DJ" Jackie Venson,..."

July 26, 2019 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Real Estate and Perfect Mates

The Year in Austin Culture

"...Top 10 Most Memorable Bits of Theatre in Austin 2000..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...is stripped of all Altman's venomous belittlement of his characters. Buck Henry's smart script, which was adapted from Joyce..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

“Economic Censorship”: The Devastation of the NEA Grants Cut Grows

After Trump administration rule change, fears mount for future of arts

"...Endowment for the Arts grants keeps growing, in an act that Austin Theatre Alliance CEO Jim Ritts has called..."

May 7, 2025 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Austin Playhouse’s The Catastrophist

Aptly timed return to the stage for a meditation on science and risk

"...Playhouse co-Associate Artistic Director Ben Wolfe is no amateur actor. Ben's embodiment of Nathan is serendipitous if not uncanny...."

April 1, 2022 Arts Feature by Ellen Daly

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Last week, SXSW announced that high-concept horror A Quiet Place..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

What's Up with Matt "Rubber Repertory" Hislope, Lately?

Esther's Follies, mostly, but let's not forget that other thing

"...Last time we checked in with Rubber Repertory's Matt Hislope,..."

Sept. 11, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Inside the Actor's Superego

How Michael Baldwin got here (hint: It involves a showbiz upbringing, Oreo cookies, and shrieking armadas of flying, brain-sucking spheres)

"..."[I] was the 26th most popular actor there at that time, according to Japan's Screen Magazine,"..."

July 1, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Curse of the Play

"...calamitous. In a performance in Amsterdam in 1672, the actor in the title role is said to have used..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Positively Operatic

The Year in Austin Culture

"...Last year, while most of the Y2K-wary world was steeling..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Under-Stated

"...of sand flecked with islands of stubborn scrub and cactus. Massive outcroppings of rock rising from the terrain and..."

July 2, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

South by Southwest draws closer -- lots of news from SXSW 2001

"...for the music festival and overall conference: music, film, interactive. As always, however -- on the music side, anyway..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Articulations

Showdown@Club de Ville

"...The cast of the Tongue and Groove Theatre production of A Saga of Billy the Kid got..."

April 18, 1997 Arts Column

The Things We Do for Love

One theatre ensemble just can't quit that miss of myth, Psyche

"...of students in the University of Texas Department of Theatre & Dance must have something of that same deep..."

June 25, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...ending drug prohibition ["Page Two," Nov. 9] is the fact that the United States never had anything remotely resembling..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Column

The Agony of the Ecstasy

Will the federal and local crackdown on ecstasy put raves out of business?

"...in the widely despised Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, a draconian brace of laws that dramatically increased the..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Long Incubation of the Incubus

Playwright David Hancock and director Vicky Boone reveal how they developed the play The Incubus Archives over six years, through 11 sometimes radically different versions.

"...very dilapidated and ghostly and was just drenched with artifacts of this one man's life. He had been a..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gift Guide: Support Stocking Stuffers

Give a gift that keeps on giving – to your local creatives

"...• Liberty! Equality! And Fireworks! – Pollyanna Theatre Company wanted to make sure that its audiences –..."

Dec. 10, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Three Guys, a Girl, and a Dog Named Friday

Austin film collective Jollyville Pictures on its ingredients for success

"...calling a "whisky-addled sing-along for the final moments before last call."..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

Kissinger gets lost

"...to pop up in this column like some long, protracted season of The Real World. That's not so, says..."

May 18, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Art, Movies, Sports, and More Recommended Events

Pack your weekend with the best happenings around town

"...be picking up a stray paper blown over during last week’s mega winds, but I’ll be focusing on Bat..."

March 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Hickenlooper Lobbies for 'Casino Jack'

George Hickenlooper on his Jack Abramoff film

"...present a preview of his new film on the last night of the Austin Film Festival. I spoke with..."

Jan. 5, 2011 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

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