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Aug. 11, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Everyone's a Critic
The theatre community sounds off on critics as artists.
"...I am a writer for Theatre in Austin, TX. I have recently become concerned by..."
July 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun
The Frogs: Awkward Bawdy
Local Arts Reviews
"...The usual hazards of children's theatre are in full effect here at VORTEX Repertory Company's..."
July 28, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun
Through the Eyes of a Kid
Bringing kids to adult theatre is uncool, but what's
about children's theatre, where they belong? Ada
Calhoun borrows a friend's three-and-a-half-year-old
son to find out and discovers that theatre ain't all
magic when you're a preschooler.
"...Bringing kids to adult theatre is uncool. In May, when Salvage Vanguard Theater revived..."
July 21, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun
A Question of Equity
Is It Time for Austin Actors To Go Union? And Vice Versa?
"...might be the most nerve-racking for all concerned. The company has worked on the play for weeks, and this..."
June 9, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar
Nonunion Actors: Raising It a Notch
"...For every Equity actor in Austin, there are scores of nonunion actors. Some..."
June 9, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar
Articulations
A tragic accident for a local dancer; the loss of a great state drama teacher.
"...A sad addendum to Sarah Hepola's story on UIL One-Act Play Contest ("All the Way to State," May 12,..."
June 9, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Countdown to Ecstasy
A New Drug for a New Millennium
"...the myriad coffee shops on Congress Avenue -- slouching, actually; it's a sunshiney spring Saturday morning, and the previous..."
June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov
No Man's Land
Substandard Conditions Are a Way of Life for Northridge Acres
"...Acres and its neighbors. These disparities, exacerbated by the fact that Northridge Acres is currently drawing its water from..."
June 9, 2000 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
Postmarks
East Timor. Campaign Finance Reform. Napster. Living Wages. Little Richard.
"...East Timor Action..."
May 26, 2000 Column
All the Way to State
A high school play contest might not sound like a big deal, but it is to the 18,000 students in 1,200 schools across Texas who participate in the state's UIL one-act play every year -- and here's a look at why.
"...be empty anymore, and an official with the University Interscholastic League (UIL) will make the announcement Humphrey is waiting..."
May 12, 2000 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola
Articulations
More money for the Long Center, more art for AMOA, and more national exposure for a Flaming Idiot.
"...and Teresa Lozano Long Center for the Performing Arts. Last week, arts patrons Bill and Bettye Nowlin joined the..."
May 12, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Dancing About Architecture
A bitch session about the plight of the Austin music scene is scheduled at Threadgill's; here's hoping Negativland's long-anticpated Austin appearance doesn't dissapoint a la SRL.
"...and lots and lots of noise, many found the actual event to be a sizable letdown -- a haphazard,..."
May 12, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Riders on the Storm
With The Leaf Storm, choreographer José Luis Bustamante and songwriter Lourdes Pérez have become the wind, blowing past boundaries between artforms to share their vision in collaboration and spinning elements of their lives into an artistic whirlwind.
"...on the village of Macondo by a large banana company. The technological developments and commercial pressures introduced by this..."
May 5, 2000 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
Warning! Nudity!
Austinites love to shed their clothes, and a number of them do it onstage -- what's up with that? Some of the city's most nakedness-prone actors, performance artists, and directors expose their reasons to arts writer Ada Calhoun.
"...local spirit of au naturel carries over into the theatre community, where actors frequently get naked onstage. Just scan..."
April 14, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun
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Touring plans for the Rude Mechanicals; two two shows for theatregoers to see before they close.
"...Rude Mechanicals road trip? Could be. After the one last summer when they previewed Lipstick Traces for New York..."
March 17, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires
SXSW News: Saturday
"...of (not even Harvey Sid Fisher's like he did last year). The Daily Chronicle, however, almost found itself waking..."
March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck
Scavenging for Home
The NATObombing of Belgrade provoked playwright Lisa D'Amour to examine the intention behind her art and reasons for being an artist.
"...previous fall, studying with Dah Teatar, the powerhouse collaborative theatre company that wowed audiences in Austin during the 1996..."
Jan. 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Lisa D'Amour
Dancing About Architecture
Austin versus Islam, Freedom and Justice (Records) for all, and that damn Ray Benson again.
"...safe to say no one was ready for the blast of dynamite provided by Williams and his band, which..."
Jan. 28, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck
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
Head of the Class
With Senioritis, the conclusion to his quartet of plays set at a Catholic high school in Houston, solo performer Rob Nash is all set to graduate -- to Off-Broadway, says Robi Polgar.
"...and small, all while allowing him to dabble in theatre. It was the story of some kids who attended..."
Dec. 24, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar
Superstar Search
Three decades after its debut, Jesus Christ Superstar may not seem a radical piece of musical theatre, but Austin Musical Theatre's new production just may return the rock opera to its revolutionary roots.
"...Musical theatre isn't exactly renowned for theological discourse. Once you get..."
Nov. 26, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Wandering Preachers, Holy Fools
What best describes the modern playwright? Itinerant preacher? Holy fool? Several artists with an intimate knowledge of the playwriting life offer their views in this roundtable discussion.
"...their messages proclaimed in the grand temples of the theatre. They are playwrights who do not have a home..."
Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Collectivos: Seeds Of Our Ancestors
"...festival of Latino dance, with Auspicious Inc., Aztlan Dance Company, Ballet East Dance Theatre, Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance Company,..."
Oct. 29, 1999 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio
Three for the Barre
With a serious amount of movement taking place on the Austin dance scene, the Chronicle asked three of its dance critics to review recent programs by Ballet Austin, Tapestry Dance Company, and the Latino dance festival Collectivos.
"...going on at the same time, it's not too distracting...."
Oct. 29, 1999 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun
Silent Partner
You don't hear much about Wayne Bell when the Long Center for the Performing Arts is discussed. That may be because this honored Austin architect is low-key, modest, the consummate team player. But he's the point man on this $60 million project and arts writer Robi Polgar reveals how integral he is in getting it built in a calm, orderly, informed, and successful way.
"...unassuming gentleman given to cowboy boots and a steady, matter-of-fact delivery, Bell is the kind of architect who lets..."
Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar
Dancing About Architecture
Austin City Limits to enter its 25th season two shows lighter;
Steamboat loses more relocation prospects; and Ozzy Osbourne declines Black Sabbath's nomination for entry into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
"...A disgusted Terry Lickona reports that the last-minute cancellation of Monday's Austin City Limits taping featuring Emmylou..."
Oct. 15, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Postmarks
The dog-running controversy continues … and chalk another one up for Ventura.
"...baseless conclusion. I'm not sure where you get your facts, Mr. Morris, but the I-35/Airport Blvd. neighborhood has been..."
Oct. 1, 1999 Column
Dancing About Architecture
The dulcet tones of the karaoke fill the former Electric Lounge, but that's not the fate of the building.
"...has a stream-of-consciousness bent to it this week. In fact, read on and see if you don't think that..."
