Austin Opera Probes the Power and Perils of Connection With The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

The local company launches a new collaborative production for the nation

"...think will make sense for Austin." So says Austin Opera general director and CEO Annie Burridge, and that's why..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Meet the New Bosses

Long Center director Cliff Redd and ALO director Richard Buckley compare notes on leading an arts institution, the challenges they face, and being new to Austin

"...to run such an institution in a city that's new to you, where you don't know the lay of..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Lyric Opera

With the sale of the Heller Opera Center, ALO is back in the black

"...For Austin Lyric Opera, most of 2011 was as gloomy as a Wagnerian..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Lyric Opera: 'Carmen' glee-a

ALO makes its long-awaited move into the Long Center with opera's favorite libertine

"...nowhere is this more evident than at Austin Lyric Opera. A new, hip logo and an impressive new website..."

April 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Michael Kellerman

Deborah Hay's New Work for Dancers in Sweden Was a Long-Distance Creation

The pandemic forced the Austin choreographer to adapt her dance and even premiere for an audience of no one

"...nobody's watching – that's exactly what one contemporary ballet company did in Sweden this past spring. Stockholm-based Cullberg was..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Articulations

A weekly rundown of the latest news in Austin's visual and performing arts scene.

"...regal roar was heard round the world -- in New York City, in San Francisco, in Chicago, in London,..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Upside

Remake of a true story of an unlikely friendship is the flattest version yet

"...the French version, the unlikely pair, now situated in New York rather than Paris, comprises a white businessman (mais..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ballet 422

Doc captures young dancer Justin Peck choreographing his first ballet

"...choreograph an original ballet – the 422nd for the New York City Ballet, the company made famous by George..."

March 20, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

City Moves

This year, three New York choreographers vie for top prize in Ballet Austin's dance-off

"...a rehearsal of Bradley Shelver's work for Ballet Austin's New American Talent/Dance competition is the pairing of dancers Christopher..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Camp

"...camp in question is based, loosely one hopes, on New York state’s famed Stagedoor Manor camp, which takes in..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postscripts

Book news, signings, and author appearances this week.

"...BookPeople on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 7pm, with her new book, The Way Forward Is With a Broken Heart......"

Oct. 20, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Song of Life on Death Row

How Dead Man Walking came to be an opera -- and to be produced in Austin before almost every other city in the world -- reveals the great risks and rewards in developing new works for the modern operatic stage.

"...lungs and heart. It's an unlikely setting for an opera, even one that deals, as so many operas do,..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

God Save the Queenie

Duke Ellington's almost lost opera of a Harlem beautician gets rescued and a makeover

"...Leave it to the Duke to put the "opera" in "beauty operator."..."

April 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...today the festival confirmed it will close with the new adaptation of Stephen King's Pet Sematary...."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Arias From Death Row

In conjunction with its production of the opera Dead Man Walking, Austin Lyric Opera will present a seminar focusing on the unlikely journey of her story about providing spiritual counsel to a convicted murderer on death row to the operatic stage.

"...music and sung from the stages of the world's opera halls. And yet that's just what has happened; as..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Terrence McNally Knows About Lasting Impact

About to open a new play at Zach Theatre, the Tony Award-winning playwright talks about what endures

"...Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, a new Broadway revival of his 1987 play, starring Audra McDonald..."

June 7, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bats Left, Sings Right

With help from Esther's Follies, Austin Lyric Opera turns Strauss' Viennese waltz into a Texas two-step

"...masters of mockery at Esther's Follies get to poke opera in the eye with a sharp stick...."

May 30, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Not Just Dance

Moving Into New Forms at the Performing Arts Center

"...Sydney Dance Company Cross-disciplinary is the focus this fall in dance presentations..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Arts Feature by Stephanie Beauchamp

Brass Ring Lessons

How TexARTS' first two go-rounds in staging classic musicals are helping to make its new Carousel ride a winner

"...Todd Dellinger and Robin Lewis are co-founders of the still-new company TexARTS, and part of this multidisciplinary nonprofit's mission..."

June 22, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Drive, He Said

In its 13th year, Jason Neulander shifts Salvage Vanguard Theater into overdrive

"...The 36-year-old Austinite, born in New Jersey and higherly educated at Brown University, is glad..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Active Listening

Dance artists Heloise Gold and Julie Nathanielsz, and a new 'Gold Show|Rose Show'

"..."We're singing a lot of mock opera. I'm going so far as making myself learn a..."

May 30, 2014 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Tomorrow, the World

Craig Hella Johnson's company of voices has long been world-class; now the world is hearing it

"...pass for take-over-the-planet insane. That said, he and his company of voices are on a global trajectory that could..."

June 20, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Zach Theatre Lands Terrence McNally World Premiere

Tony-winning playwright revises Fire and Air into new drama

"...on the drama that he now considers it a new play, which means Zach is producing its world premiere...."

March 5, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

In Memoriam: Greg Easley

Remembering the beloved choreographer, dancer, and teacher

"...on to dance, choreograph, teach dancers, lead an acclaimed company, and preserve the legacy of those transformational years for..."

June 4, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

First Steps

A New Life for Flamenco Star Pilar Serrano

"...Serrano built a career with the renowned José Greco Company, emerging as the star of productions like last year's..."

June 14, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Jesus Christ Superstar 50 Years On

New North American tour of JCSS launches in Austin Oct. 9

"...English lyricist named Tim Rice to create an audacious new retelling of the last days of Jesus Christ...."

Oct. 7, 2019 Arts Post by Paul Beutel

Everything Went Black: Darth Mouse

The future of a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away

"...in line with my dad to see a the new film that everyone was talking about. And I mean..."

Oct. 31, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...group in the classical camp is also keen on new classical music – works made for today. Concerts are..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fusion Culture

The 21-century fusion palette of Shen Wei Dance Arts spans countries and centuries, from traditional Chinese opera and Tibetan Buddhist chants to modern Japanese Butoh and 16th-century English music.

"..."dreamlike" and "haunting" to describe the work of the new Shen Wei Dance Arts company. With its elegant, minimalist..."

April 4, 2003 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Manufacturing Fizz

What makes L'Étoile a light, bubbly Champagne of operas

"...Oenologically speaking, opera is a red wine world. The works for which..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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