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Jan. 30, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Postmarks
Contradictions Exposed
"...16, No. 17) I was startled to see him characterize Scalia as having "a certitude that's more than strident;..."
Jan. 10, 1997 Column
The Naked Play
The Power of Play Readings
"...words sound sharper, crisper than usual, in which the acting choices are bolder, more daring. Now, imagine yourself as..."
May 5, 1995 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW
Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest
"...street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate family its frequently recurring characters) has manifested a discography whose narrative consistency is unrivaled..."
March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff
Playback: The 2016/17 Austin Music Awards Reveal
"...thought it a good suggestion. After all, no Austin act had a bigger 2016 than the local synth quartet..."
Feb. 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Water to Wine
One lifetime and 34 seconds is all it took for Nakia to find his Voice
"...spot on the show's six-city national tour, which concluded last month at New York's Beacon Theatre. In the process,..."
Sept. 9, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell
Humana Festival of New American Plays
A report from Louisville, where Austin theatre artists stood tall
"...tough. During the five weeks they were at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, where their work The Method Gun..."
April 2, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Just an Old-Fashioned Cat
Eartha Kitt is one funny dame
"...on a sitting president's enemies list. And Austin Cabaret Theatre is bringing her to town for a gala fundraiser...."
July 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer
SXSW Picks & Sleepers
Picks & Sleepers
"...a melancholy mash note to his home state with last year's Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State (Asthmatic..."
March 19, 2004 Music Feature
Age of Aquarius
With a new production of the "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" Hair, director Dave Steakley caps 10 years of making the Zachary Scott Theatre Center rock -- and so much more.
"...Hair is being staged even without being a regular theatregoer. It's a rock musical, so the most likely place..."
July 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Chapter 1: Before the Beginning
The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.
"...Content" is the story of how the paper was impacting the community; rarely did the paper adequately convey the..."
Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature
Articulations
Artistic director resignations, more traveling Austin artists, and the missing BS.
"...a plural in that headline. Sad but true that last week saw artistic directors for two local theatre companies..."
Aug. 18, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Exhibitionism
Hay Fever: Child's Play
"...In the State Theater Company's smooth revival of Noel Coward's Hay Fever, the stage..."
June 25, 1999 Arts Review
Exhibitionism
Little Shop of Horrors: All The Fine Young Cannibal Plants
"...Mary Moody Northen Theatre, through March 15..."
March 13, 1998 Arts Review
A Commitment to Playwrights
The Life and Legacy of David Mark Cohen
"...that I would see David Cohen at the next theatre opening or Critics' Table meeting. I wish there were..."
Jan. 23, 1998 Arts Feature
Full Circle
Ali to his friends, Shakey Graves to the world
"...the world, the 27-year-old musical pied piper and F-list actor has cast himself in the role of a lifetime,..."
Sept. 26, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin
Off the Record
The Dawg Days of Summer: Introducing Cameron Smith and Austin Backstage Live
"...Imagine every Central Texas tourist attraction cobbled together into one giant theme park. That's essentially..."
July 23, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell
Radio Silence: a word opera
Zell Miller III's hip-hop opera is fascinating when it isn't flying by so quickly
"...poet, and, as with this show from Vortex Repertory Company and UpRise! Productions, author and director...."
Aug. 29, 2008 Arts Review by Barry Pineo
Who Is Stella Burden, and Why Are They Saying Those Terrible Things About Her?
When the Rude Mechs do a show about acting, they find madness in the Method
"...Meaning other than Stella Adler, the acting teacher whose approach to the craft – and specifically..."
March 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Adjusting to the Mise-en-Scène
Nine nonfilmmakers – artists out of place –
make one in 48 hours
"...Project came storming through Austin for the sixth time last month, leaving in its wake more than a hundred..."
July 13, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt
Holiday Productions
Five performing arts groups that revive holiday-themed shows every December share the traditions they've developed within these seasonal traditions
"...most well-established Christmas tradition in the performing arts. "The character of Mother Ginger appears in the second act," says..."
Dec. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo
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Our readers talk back.
"...line; most of the visiting bands were unsigned and actually from the South or Southwest. Now wristbands are more..."
March 18, 2005 Column
FronteraFest Schedule
"...start at 8pm.Tuesday, Jan. 13Short Fringe at Hyde Park Theatre..."
Jan. 9, 2004 Arts Feature
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oracle Theater Company makes its debut with a production of The Importance of Being Earnest, and just as there is much to admire in Oscar Wilde's play, there is much to admire in Oracle's production, starting with the work of director / designer Russell L. Wiseman.
"...Austin has seen at least three productions over the last decade or so and probably more. Contributing to the..."
Nov. 14, 2003 Arts Review by Barry Pineo
SXSW Picks and Sleepers
"...and Mick Taylor-era Stones. The quintet's debut EP from last year is a bright light that burns out before..."
March 14, 2003 Music Feature
Creative Capital?
In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.
"...The Day Job is a hidden fact of economic and psychosocial life here in Austin, the..."
Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard
Our Bodies, Our Selves
An unusual convergence of dramas dealing with women and disabilities prompts a conversation among four actors about what playwrights are trying to say through characters who are disabled, and how actors approach playing a disability.
"...climax of Terry Galloway's play Lardo Weeping, and her character, Dinah LaFarge -- "a large, intellectual, quite sexual woman..."
March 22, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Dancing About Architecture
Austin leaves Ken Lieck homeless and fuming.
"...not to unceremoniously boot me out on my ass last month as he had hoped, but in the process..."
April 28, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Dancing About Architecture
We Got Trouble -- Right Here in River City
"...album further. A spokesman for RED says that the company's reluctance is due to the graphic content of the..."
May 28, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Steven Fromholz
"...some people think Elvis is still alive," Fromholz is actually looking pretty good. He makes a living as an..."
