One Flea Spare

Telling the story of unlikely roommates – a staunch middle-aged couple and two young stowaway servants – trapped in a house in 1665 London at the height of the plague, One Flea Spare is an altogether decent sex-and-death psychodrama, and the high caliber of this production an altogether auspicious beginning for School of Night Productions.

"...at times it veers into the distractingly precious, with lines such as "Trust her; she's a liar," and "Everyone..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

The Baltimore Waltz

The UT Department of Theatre & Dance production of Paula Vogel's The Baltimore Waltz is as technically solid as they come, but some of the performances are all over the map when they should be rooted in a terrifying reality.

"...far apart from each other and sometimes in straight lines. Eventually, McKeon is forced by the script to bring..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Macbeth

Director Marshall Ryan Maresca may lose the audience at times in the female-dominated world of his Macbeth, but he keeps hearts pounding on a trip through the supernatural world of Dunsinane and the many worlds of human psychosis.

"...dynamic drama could do without some of the superfluous lines...."

Oct. 27, 2000 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Death of a Salesman

On a Mary Moody Northen Theatre stage painted with splashy autumn colors evoking fallen leaves, Melba Martinez and Michael Massey, co-directors/designers of this production of Death of a Salesman, take their audience on a trip through the dying world of Willy Loman, and a powerful trip it is.

"...-- far too many moments -- where cues drop, lines are forgotten, staging is flat, movement is constant and..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Beauty Queen of Leenane: The Price of War

In the State Theater Company production of Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane, director Don Toner and a strong acting ensemble strikingly evoke a world of brutal feuds and long memories, where an unending series of bitter skirmishes between mother and daughter ends in tragedy.

"...Parker-Jones feelingly conveys the ache of years in Maureen's loneliness and the way it fuels her desperation to break..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Ann Pizer: Folly: The Natural Order

In the 16 color photographs that comprise the exhibition "Ann Pizer: Folly," the photographer captures some sense of the magic in formal gardens, of our foolishness in trying to tame nature, and of the way we sway between the two.

"...A sense of our ambivalence toward the sculpted loveliness of formal gardens runs silently through the 16 color..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Arts Review by Robert Faires

8 Tracks (No Disco): Get the Handcuffs

In the Earth and Sky Acting Co.'s 8 Tracks (No Disco), john daniels, jr. has conjured the Seventies rock world of hot chicks, backseat lovin', and sentimental ballads via a spate of endless musical numbers and ill-conceived poems and skits.

"...several times (once into a guy's very unbuttoned shirt), lines forgotten, cues missed. The dancers were invariably out of..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Company: Idiosyncratic Dinner Guests

Sitting through the UT Opera Theatre production of Stephen Sondheim's Company is not unlike having a dinner party for people who are pleasant enough if you can get past their idiosyncrasies, such as a tendency to make noises at the end of their questions: "What would we do without you-ooh?"

"...Despite a few evergreen gags about relationships, lines like "We are the generation gap!" ring true. The..."

June 30, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

WAR: Conflict in the Cubicles

In his latest script, playwright Kirk Lynn sends the Rude Mechanicals off to War, and the result is another Rude Mechs show that is conceptual and cryptic, literary and obscure, but also very funny, with the company managing to make genuinely original observations on conflict and escapism in the energetic realm of absurdist comedy.

"...War is steeped in words, and certain lines sound more suited to the printed page than to..."

June 16, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Not Quite Myself: Uh, Yeah, Exactly

Local Arts Reviews

"...pattern that too frequently hinted at misplaced or not-quite-remembered lines: something that, in non-traditional theatre, might be used purposefully..."

May 19, 2000 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Passion According to St. Matthew: Searching for Light in This Darkest Story

Bach's St. Matthew Passion is a behemoth of a choral piece, but Craig Hella Johnson and his New Texas Music Works Conspirare Symphonic Choir achieved a near-flawless evening of graceful, sometimes powerful song.

"...introduces most scenes, often prefacing solo parts with setup lines like, "And then Peter said to him," or "They..."

April 21, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Bucky: A Spiritual Sales Pitch

In the new solo show Bucky, playwright / director Alice Wilson and actor Brad Armstrong celebrate the life and work of Buckminster Fuller with energy and fervor, but their show is not for everyone : certainly not for anyone who dislikes audience participation.

"...and all), and a spiritual sales pitch laced with lines such as "You do not belong to you; you..."

April 14, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Terminal Hip: On the Brink of Coherence

The script for Mac Wellman's Terminal Hip is gibberish – literally – but that doesn't stop actor Dan Dietz and director Jason Neulander from creating a viscerally pleasing explosion of language.

"...Delivering the lines, which reportedly came with no stage directions or hint..."

April 7, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

An Evening With Stephen Mills: Versatility and Anxious Warmth

Ada Calhoun critiques Ballet Austin's An Evening With Stephen Mills

"...Platonic forms, a coherent vision reigns, and the cosmos lines up just right, grace can become incarnate right up..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket: Are we going to be tested on this?

Local Arts Reviews

"...crushes on the least worthwhile people, but in general lines like "If they want to be friendly, why are..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Dark of the Moon: Gotta Slop Them Hogs

Local Arts Reviews

"...reduces truly talented people such as these to delivering lines like this song-intro: "Well, maybe one verse, and then..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

The Flaming Idiots: Agog and A-Giggle

Robert Faires gets a kick from the Flaming Idiots at the Zachary Scott Theatre Center.

"...a bottle of French's mustard in their grip, squeeze lines of the yellow condiment onto the bread; uncommon precision..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Cookbook Reviews

Eating Between the Lines

"...scenes of collecting chestnuts, harvesting potatoes, shopping at the local market. Most of the time, Hesser delivers commentary on..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling: Poetry-Soaked World

Ada Calhoun covers Frontera Hyde Park Theatre's world premiere of Erik Ehn's Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling.

"...stylized sign language. It gets wearying at times (with lines such as "You are in a desert place --..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

The Good Doctor: Chekhovian Longing

The State Theater Company production of The Good Doctor

"...Shows sketch. Listening to Stokey and Toner trade outrageous lines, one can imagine Caesar and Carl Reiner working their..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Rocky Horror Show: Spaced Out on Sensation

Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin

"...out of a well-worn cult musical and a few headlines, well, he is. But Steakley has the goods to..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Down-Home Gusto

Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin

"...dressing up his barbecue with sauce. Many of the lines are thigh-slappin' funny, and even if it's occasionally exaggerated,..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Full Circle on the Triangle

Back to the Battle Lines

"...by John Anderson After a three-month hiatus from the headlines, the mother of all Central Austin neighborhood battles is..."

March 6, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Taking a Look at the Neighborhoods That Will Be Changed the Most by Project Connect

Diving into the iterations of the public transit redesign

"...to offset the cost of the project. Because the local match for that funding is not a finite amount..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Will the Third Time Be a Charm for an Austin Rail System?

Project Connect looks to help make connections

"...And after dramatic declines at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, rush-hour gridlock..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

Naked City

Herein, a concise explanation of all those weird and voluminous charges attached to your local, mobile, and long-distance phone bills.

"...know it ain't. Just take a look at your local phone bill, your long distance bill, and your mobile..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Big, Bold, and Costly: Austin’s Makes a Third Try at Rail Transit

The train is here

"...an investment of nearly $10 billion ($6 billion in local funds) in light rail in the Lamar/Guadalupe/South Congress corridor..."

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...of South by Southwest: discovering the undiscovered. Of course, local director Robert Rodriguez, who featured the L.A. band on..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Naked City

Millionaire heir Hatsy Heep Shaffer says developer Gary Bradley has been improperly claiming he has her consent to use water on her land for his development in southern Travis County.

"...Documents detailing a local water supply company's effort to expand its service to..."

Sept. 29, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

No Man's Land

Substandard Conditions Are a Way of Life for Northridge Acres

"...Northridge Acres subdivision straddles the Travis and Williamson County lines, about a half-mile west of I-35, off FM 1325,..."

June 9, 2000 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

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