All Over Creation: Laugh Lines

A week of unexpected comic relief brought lessons in laugh-making

"...day with a prank.) The performers of Tapestry Dance Company obliged me this past Sunday with their latest production,..."

April 6, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Knot a Secret

After 17 years, playwright Hank Schwemmer is finally getting seen

"...excitement. But Woodwork: A Hank Schwemmer Collection, which the company Paper Chairs has put together and is currently running..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Theatrical Delights of the Latter Half of 2011

Recapping the fightin', spoonin', boppin' stage sensations of 2011's summer and fall

"...3) BLOOD, GUTS, AND FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY IN 'TITUS ANDRONICUS' (Last Act Theatre Company)..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

All Over Creation: Award Fever

Whenever you feel like throwing a pillow over the Payne Awards, consider this

"...and threw a pillow at the TV while watching last week's finale of Project Runway. When Michael and Nina,..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Actors From the London Stage

Who needs more than five actors to do a Shakespeare play? Not this troupe.

"...Now fall approaches with The Tempest from the EmilyAnn Theatre, Hamlet from Austin Shakespeare, Henry V from the Baron's..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

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

Off the Record

Austin celebrates 20 years as the live music capital of the world; OTR bristles

"...What's Next issue. On Tuesday, BLSH became the first act to play at KUT's new Studio 1A in UT-Austin's..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

'An Independent Person'

A Conversation With Randi Shade

"...[against zoning changes], when it comes to getting neighborhood contact teams standing, I was there to sponsor the legislation..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

I've Never Been So Happy

The Rude Mechs' musical tall tale leads to a song that leaves your jaw on the floor

"...It would do no good to write a conventional theatre review of the Rude Mechanicals' production of I've Never..."

April 29, 2011 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Hedda Games

Two productions take a new look at Ibsen's troubled and troubling heroine

"...it warrants a spoiler alert – is her defining act as a character. But though it comes at the..."

March 4, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

Big Dogs, Young Rebels, and Aging Giants

The Austin promoters who bring the music come in all shapes and sizes

"...that flared when the University of Texas removed longtime Cactus Cafe manager Griff Luneburg reflected that level of public..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

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

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...recent changes to their employment policies: Workers say the company makes it tougher to take sick leave but easier..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature

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

A Talent for Deception

When Joey Hood is onstage, you want to buy whatever he's selling

"...Joey Hood is backstage at Hyde Park Theatre, doing those last-minute things that actors do before a..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

FronteraFest Schedule

"...The Short Fringe at Hyde Park Theatre..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Arts Feature

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

On His Mark

Richard Linklater explores the rich contradictions of artifice and reality, theatre and film, love and desire in Me and Orson Welles

"...When entering a theatre to see any film by director Richard Linklater for..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Gifts of the Magi

A conversation about community and creativity with three wise men of the Austin arts

"...As Dave Steakley works in theatre, Stephen Mills in dance, and Craig Hella Johnson in..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Forgotten Radical

Thornton's plays are Wilder than you might remember

"...too many productions – in high schools and community theatres, mostly – that skim the play's surface, but something..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Times Through Paradise

Introducing Austin's patron saint of musicians, Saint Cecilia

"...before a matinee across the street at the Dobie Theatre meant immersion in a Louvre-like gallery of Euro consciousness-raising...."

Nov. 20, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

'The 101 Dalmatians Musical'

Tony Award-winning Director Jerry Zaks describes going to the dogs

"...of the tale, with the world scaled to the actors playing the Dalmatians (in spotted street clothes; no Cats-esque..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Murder Ballad Murder Mystery

You'll be hard-pressed to find a riskier production in Austin this year than this strange string of ballads and mysteries

"...I have a feeling that some might react to this Vortex Repertory-Tutto Theatre Company co-production of Elizabeth..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Are You Experienced?

Why art that actively engages audiences is quintessentially Austin

"...crank calls to Yankees, and sipping margaritas, among other activities...."

Oct. 9, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The First Time

Austin artists reveal the intimate details of how they got their muse on

"...of plays, concerts, and musicals, which hooked me on theatre for life, and I discovered a love of fashion..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Recipe for Revolution

Food, Inc. serves up some scary facts on food production in America

"...It began last fall with a standing ovation at the Toronto Film..."

June 19, 2009 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

All Access

Austin's B-Side Entertainment rethinks how to get a movie to the masses

"...Cieply quotes filmmaker Joe Swanberg, director of Alexander the Last, as saying, "I've come to realize that my festival..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Mike Kanin

Red Light Winter

The script's faults and poor production choices hinder Displaced Theatre's debut

"...of people who love the tortured, sensitive, intellectual guy characters who populate his works...."

Jan. 16, 2009 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

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