Debbie Does Dallas – The Musical

Much of the Seventies send-up Debbie Does Dallas – The Musical is so bad it's good, but overall, Naughty Austin's production is wildly inconsistent

"...two of them. And Amy Steiger's Roberta, delivering her lines in a slow, husky voice that suggests Marlene Dietrich..."

July 16, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Orange

Refraction Arts Project's production of Orange is a true accomplishment, with interlaced stories weaving an explosive tale about the destruction of humanity

"...of crops is orchestrated with machinelike precision, the wavy lines in dead trees, and the collapse of civilization burning..."

May 21, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

"Lo feo de este mundo: Images of the Grotesque"

The 20th-century Latin artists featured in the Blanton's exhibition "Lo feo de este mundo: Images of the Grotesque" recognize beauty's tyranny with a special fervor, creating works that directly reject it with humor, boldness, and great intensity.

"...the architecture of a human face or in the lines of a sculpture, the symmetry that classical beauty requires..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

Fame -- the Musical

The SilverStar Theater Group production of Fame -- the Musical can't rise above the triteness of the script, but its rewards are multitudinous, with some energetic, and truly talented, young people as well.

"...Only occasionally do musicals like this, with lines this hackneyed and songs this uninspired, become part of..."

April 25, 2003 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Something Someone Someplace Else

Like so many characters in American drama, the folks in Ann Marie Healey's Something Someone Someplace Else are trying to measure the distance between the life they have and the life they want, and Hyde Park Theatre's world premiere production is so rich in humor and warmth that we feel no distance between them and us.

"...actors consistently mine the humor and feeling from the lines, but of late they seem to be drawing even..."

April 18, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Saved or Destroyed

When he wrote Saved or Destroyed in 1994, playwright Harry Kondoleon knew he was dying, and with its faithful rendering of his dreams and truths, the Mainline Theater Project keep Kondoleon's beautiful creation alive.

"...act out a family love affair. In his opening lines, Vincent peels the skin off the drama, telling the..."

April 4, 2003 Arts Review by Rob Curran

A Streetcar Named Desire

Doghouse Theatre's production of A Streetcar Named Desire creates an interesting environment in the back yard of a University neighborhood, but the story gets lost in the show's directorial freedoms and delivery.

"...Ribbon. More often than not, the actors spit the lines out so quickly that the story is lost or..."

April 26, 2002 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off, Liz Lochhead's award-winning dramatization of the bonnie queen's reign, is an ambitious first production for Renaissance Austin Theatre Company, but producer Lorella Loftus prevails by enticing some of Austin's finest actors from the Shakespearean courts to the realm of the experimental.

"...measure of dilettante and stateswoman. Many of Lochhead's sharpest lines go to Knox; the accomplished Norton salivates acid like..."

April 19, 2002 Arts Review by Rob Curran

House

As Victor, a septic tank salesman burying a shitload of anger in Daniel MacIvor's solo show House, Ken Webster brings the house down, then builds new theatre for the audience.

"...one point like an escaped python and roars his lines from an unusual location. He takes his time coming..."

June 29, 2001 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Aidan's Bed: Soda In Need of Proper Handling

Blake Yelavich's new play Aidan's Bed is like a bottle of soda, fizzling and popping with characters who are laughable, wry, and sardonic, but the author's uneven direction of his own play proves that even the best soda can go flat without proper handling.

"...is braved, a scene where Joe Chauncey recites his lines like a spitfire on a deadline. All five characters..."

March 23, 2001 Arts Review by Skipper Chong Warson

The Lover

The Lover, a Harold Pinter drama staged jointly by ONE Theatre Company and the dance troupe Footesteps, is a turn-on, a balance of music, sweet lines, and sensuality.

"...cat and tom, McNatt and Foote hiss and purr lines trembling with sexual reference. Words, so often superfluous, make..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead: Smaller Than Life

Chronicle critic Ada Calhoun finds The Off Center's production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead gasping for air..

"...wordiness and convoluted philosophizing demand precision and energy (i.e., lines read loud and fast). Unfortunately, this Disciples of Melpomene..."

July 21, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Carmina Burana: Hi, Latin!

The New Texas Music Works rendition of Carl Orff's masterwork Carmina Burana was the usual exhilarating sonic roller-coaster of songs about love and lust and way too much drinking in the Middle Ages, but the exuberance of conductor Craig Hella Johnson also made it feel like a good new friend was introducing us to one of his favorite old friends.

"...audience accompanied the musicians by voicing the first two lines of the work's opening. I mean, seriously accompanied: For..."

June 9, 2000 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Taking Austin’s LGBTQ Temperature

Getting the hot and cold scoop from local LGBTQ community members on queer Austin

"...the temperature of Austin’s queer scene by chatting with local community leaders – the folks who make Austin as..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Features Feature by James Scott

Bill of the Week: Red State vs. Blue Cities

Texas House passes broad restrictions on local regulations

"...2127, dubbed the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act, would trump local authority over commerce so that all 254 counties uniformly..."

April 28, 2023 News Feature by Dex Wesley Parra

Faster Than Sound: Summer Songs of Protest

The stories behind three timely tracks by local artists Pussy Gillette, Kydd Jones, and Njune

"...song about how I felt yet," says the celebrated local MC. "It's such a sensitive moment, and I didn't..."

July 24, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

As State Attacks, Planned Parenthood Expands

Local clinic at Seventh and Chicon to undergo major renovation

"...Lege's ongoing assault on the reproductive health provider, the local clinic at East Seventh and Chicon is set to..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Cleared for Blast-Off

Locally owned and operated music site Blastro.com defies the Web bust with booming business and booming beats.

"...with the live shows we streamed, which were mostly local DJs. Our audience has changed, however, and now they're..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Frayed Webbing

Local TV and the Internet: Not Exactly The News

"...And since the ostensible subject of this column is local news media, the Web attempts of local news providers..."

Aug. 16, 1996 News Column by Chris Walters

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Blues on the Green, Texas punk tales, and more recommended local shows

"...Local favorites Wild Child cap night two after reforming this..."

July 14, 2023 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Lemon Twigs, Trouble in the Streets, Enslaved, and more local shows worth the decibels

"...campgrounds stretched over 29 acres host late-night jams. Alongside local food and clothing vendors, the four days pack British..."

April 21, 2023 Music Column by Tim Stegall

Austin Embroiderists Build Community Stitch by Stitch

Local interest in fiber arts is growing rapidly as people find stitching is a way to calm nerves, find friends, and make political statements during the pandemic

"...her dog Maggie were rescued from certain death by local strangers-turned-friends), she is back on the road, traveling across..."

April 9, 2021 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

We Have an Issue: Austin Media Getting the Job Done

Local journos rise to the occasion, and band together for Friday’s All Together ATX fundraiser

"...and Los Angeles papers writing these "the death of local news is nigh" stories, and I for one am..."

April 3, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

The Stories Behind Austin’s Iconic Signs

How both classic neon and changing design continue to draw patrons to local restaurants and theatres

"...for both longtime fans and brand-new visitors of our local treasures. From original neon and vintage scripts to restored..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Jessi Cape

Fun Fun Fun Fest Comedy

Your quick guide to the national headliners and local laugh makers at Fun Fun Fun 2013

"...Cody Hustak (Fri., 12:30pm) Local comedian has opened for Doug Benson, Doug Stanhope, and..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

Not Your Father's Musical (Or Your Kid's, For That Matter)

Three local shows show breaking into song ain't what it used to be

"...the rage) and, in place of those block-long chorus lines, quartets, duos, even solo artists performing songs drawn from..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: Concertgoers at Emo's Make Easy Targets for Booting

Lines of fans pay $100 in "parking problem" near Live Nation-owned venue

"...to requests for comment from the Chronicle. After launching locally on Sixth Street in 1992, the Riverside-relocated venue sold..."

July 1, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Staycationer: Hotel ZaZa Austin

Your Close-to-Home Guide to Getting Away

"...So, much like Austin's bars and restaurants, hotels need local support more than ever...."

April 14, 2021 Food Post by Veronica Meewes

Gift Guide: Homegrown Food and Beverage Favorites!

Skip the old-school impersonal and go boldly local this season

"...now more than ever is the year to shop local and keep your dollars close to home. We've got..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Faster Than Sound: Ryan Bingham Warms Up His Western Festival

Onetime local Americana star inaugurates his fest on a chilly day in Luckenbach

"...LP American Love Song. Bingham recorded his sixth album locally, with co-production by Charlie Sexton...."

April 19, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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