Austin Playwrights

Four Austin playwrights are getting the opportunity to develop and showcase new work in the Big Apple

"...that she'd been selected as a resident playwright of New Dramatists, a national membership organization that provides support for..."

June 2, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Taking the World Stage

How more theatre made Here is getting Out There and what that means

"...Seattle, snags a top honor at the renowned Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and zooms briefly back to Austin before heading..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Off-Off-Broadway Bound

An Austinite's account of taking the stage in New York City

"...Next month, when the New York International Fringe Festival, the largest theatrical fringe festival..."

July 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Lowell Bartholomee

Austin at FringeNYC: Big Apple Bouquets

Austin's three entries in this year's New York International Fringe Festival earned some real attention, ranging from the respectable to the rave

"...Despite the fact that this year's New York International Fringe Festival included more than 200 shows,..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arts Bullets

Two Austin arts groups go to D.C. for an international arts festival, and another is headed to New York for one

"...• Austin makes itself known at the 2004 International VSA arts Festival in Washington, D.C., on Friday, June..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Feature

On the Map

Austin's art scene kept catching the eye of the nation in 2005

"...eye, scoring a segment on the network's Sunday Morning newsmagazine. Ballet Austin danced across Europe at the invitation of..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Frontera names Subterranean Theatre Company the new producing company in residence at Hyde Park Theatre.

"...mean for the company; for FronteraFest, its annual performance festival; and for Hyde Park Theatre, the venue that Frontera..."

May 25, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

New York is calling, and Austin performers from the Rude Mechanicals to the Flaming Idiots to MOMFest are answering.

"...Still More New York Stories..."

March 16, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Renovations for Mary Moody Northen Theatre and Austin Museum of Art - Laguna Gloria.

"...Austin, are you ready for another new theatre construction project? How about another new museum building?..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Big Apple Benefit

Twisted Olivia star Everett Quinton joins the cast for Zach's House Arrest

"...Want to help Lowell Bartholomee take New York by storm? Then help him get there. The..."

July 16, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Radio: 30

Hyde Park Theatre revives its production of Chris Earle's play Radio: 30, which creates a pitch-perfect rendering of emotional breakdown in the recording studio

"...Canadian playwright whom Trejo discovered while performing at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2004. "I was up..."

July 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Articulations

Getting Online With Art

"...seen this week, when Wadley's work appears in two new exhibitions locally. "Fresh Ink," the major print show at..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Arts Column

To Infinity and Beyond!

The year 2001 saw a host of local cultural types taking journeys beyond their homes, traveling to other communities to share their art and finding new venues locally in which to produce their work and expand their creative sensibilities.

"...New York City was the destination of choice for many..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

60 Candles,Hundreds of Dancers

"...put off sending in your applications to the Second New York International Fringe Festival: Get off yer duffs! The..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Mr. Arts Honored

"...$22,000, and for families, from $25,000 to $30,000. The new cap for nonprofit arts organizations is $75,000. If you're..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Arts Column

Brass Ring

Sequel to HIT. suffers from some trite dialogue, but hang on for that final twist

"...a few local awards, and its presentation at the New York International Fringe Festival earned the cast an ensemble..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Austin’s OUTsider Queer Transmedia Fest Turns Five

Fest arrives with local recognition and international reach

"...In the life span of a festival, a lot can happen in five years. For Austin's..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Arts Feature by Sarah Marloff

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...The SXSW Film Festival announced today its 2012 feature film lineup. Click through..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Shock and Awesomeness

Stephen Romano puts the movies in his mind down on paper in his fake-history coffeetable book, Shock Festival

"...Welcome to Shock Festival: One Hundred and One of the Strangest, Sleaziest, Most..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

'Seven Year Itch': REALMdanceproject's lucky number

Folks don't often make a big deal out of a seventh anniversary, but with all the changes in REALMdanceproject this year, the troupe thought it a good idea, hence its new show, 'Seven Year Itch'

"...as well as tours around Texas and to the New York City International Fringe Festival. This latest production will..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Taking Stages

Young, optimistic, and flaky in a way that belies their revolution-for-the-hell-of-it satire, the KAiROS Co. has cultivated a name for itself as "poetic terrorists." Now, after five years in Austin, this theatrical sketch comedy troupe is readying to face down New York.

"...This blend of new bohemia poetry slam and Dr. Bronner's Soap mantra is..."

July 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...as daring as their creative kin. They seek out new places to dance, new ways to move, and new..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...can provide: advance information on over two-thirds of the festival's showcases. Already, in the last two issues, somewhere in..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Arts Bullets

It's Edinburgh for 'Bolero,' the Big Apple for 'Flawed' and 'St. Enid,' and AMOA for PR guy David Wyatt

"...to present her video/dance work "Bolero" in the 26th International Choreographers' Showcase at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland...."

June 18, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Waters' Edge

"...from classic European art films to Hollywood studio productions, New York underground movies to grindhouse quickies, urban trash culture..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...Valley of Violence. And Laura Dunn will premiere her new doc The Seer, which profiles farmer and writer Wendell..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...all before tearing off the January page of our new calendars. Star Wars: Special Edition, a re-release of the..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The 'Trash' Man

John Waters on tour, in Austin

"...always celebrated the cannily transgressive delights of true societal fringe dwellers. Reality, however, has a sneaky way of turning..."

May 14, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

That Time of the Month

Christian Remde spans the calendar year with his Twelve Films Project

"...of citizen – a California transplant (by way of New York City, but still). But before we roll our..."

July 15, 2011 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...taken the junk from its pockets to create something new with Super Furry Animals, Neon Neon with pal Boom..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature