Theatre -- ALL CAPS, All the Time

There's nothing lower-case or lethargic about theatre director, actor, and producer Sharon Sparlin. She's bold, animated, even electric, and channeling all that high-voltage energy into creating equally energetic theatre all the time.

"...Sparlin moved to Austin from Ohio in December, 1998. "I wanted to be warm," she..."

April 13, 2001 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Theatre in the Round (Rock)

Penfold Theatre makes its entrance up north – where it's always wanted to be

"...The past decade has seen more than 50 theatre companies spring from the fertile soil of our creative..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Theatre en Bloc's Dance Nation

This production of Clare Barron's play invokes the experience of puberty for girls, in all its allure and terror

"...some fiend is stalking the girls on the Liverpool, Ohio, competitive dance team. And in a sense, one is...."

Sept. 6, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Paramount Theatre Blade Installation

"...– you know, that vertical illuminated sign atop a theatre marquee – the Paramount Theatre facade is once again..."

Sept. 16, 2015 Photo Gallery

Bubble

Steven Soderbergh’s Bubble is likely to be remembered as the adequate but unspectacular first volley in Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner’s modern experiment in vertical film integration.

"...of the distribution company Magnolia Pictures, the national arthouse theatre chain Landmark Theatres (which operates the Dobie Theatre in..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Working Vacations

Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, KAIROS! Co.

"...Ice Factory '99, Soho Think Tank's festival of fringe theatre, rocks the City That Never Sleeps this summer, three..."

July 9, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

C. Denby Swanson's The Norwegians

The Austin playwright's comedy about polite Minnesota hit men finally opens at home after hit runs in NYC and Ohio

"...Stage Monologues. Regional productions followed, including a half-dozen in Ohio alone ("Why Ohio? I don't know. I'm big in..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Culture Flash!

An award for Trio Contraste, a new contract for Peter Bay, a chorus of 'New York, New York' for Kirk Lynn and Rob Nash, and benefits for 'La Pastorela' and Hyde Park Theatre

"...a new play ready for production by the Foundry Theatre. Major Bang Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying..."

July 29, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

More Austin theatre turning up in New York: Despair’s Book of Dreams and Lipstick Traces set for spring 2001 runs.

"...The New York theatre scene can't seem to get enough of the dramatic..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Last Five Years

Anna Kendrick shines in Richard LaGravenese's loving adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's stage musical.

"...That’s the double-edged structure this movie inherits from its musical-theatre roots as an entirely sung, off-Broadway play by the..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Kings of Summer

This Sundance favorite is a perfect yet offbeat summer movie about teens who ditch their families and try to live like men in a ground-level treehouse in the woods.

"...their own in a claptrap structure hidden in the Ohio forest, far from the civilization (read: parents) oppressing them...."

June 7, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Working Worked Out

Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, KAIROS! Co.

"...also going to make a meal of three independent theatre troupes from Texas. As they prepared for their four-night..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Talkin' the Walk

Hip-hop theatre artist Zell Miller III speaks truth about radio, race, and fatherhood

"...Zell Miller III has been making poetry and theatre for more than 20 years, to the rhythm of..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Omi Osun Joni L. Jones' Theatrical Jazz

The accomplished stage artist, scholar, and UT professor pens the first study of artists translating jazz aesthetics into theatre

"...This isn't theatre that moves in a straight line, that follows classical..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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.

"...play The All Night Unlikely Teacup at Hyde Park Theatre in July and the introduction of their newest play,..."

July 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Struggling to Connect With My Downtown Life Through Virtual Reality

Immersing my avatar in SXSW XR

"...talking loudly in the balcony of the historic Paramount Theatre while I’m trying to watch three panelists discuss something..."

March 17, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Last Five Years

Penfold Theatre's remount of The Last Five Years tracks a failed romance with intimacy and polish

"...The Last Five YearsTrinity Street Theatre, 901 Trinity www.penfoldtheatre.org Through April 12 Running time: 1..."

April 3, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Steve Van Zandt’s Soulfire

Springsteen henchman and Sopranos boss hits the road and classrooms

"...teaching initiative with a tie-in show at the Paramount Theatre on Friday. Strap in for an epic Q&A...."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Wide Awake and Brilliant

Eyes open on the Hideout Theatre's 48-Hour Improv Marathon

"...those exhausted husks of humanity self-destruct? Not at Hideout Theatre's 48-Hour Improv Marathon; their eight were so whip-smart and..."

July 4, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

One in a Crowd: The Path

Pro-grappler needs medical and movie funds

"...real deal. A hard-hitting brute and skillful grappler, the Ohio-born Texas resident is a master storyteller in the ring...."

Aug. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Articulations

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

"...Stage and Off," writer Jesse McKinley's weekly roundup of theatre news in the New York area, the Rudes scored..."

March 16, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...Cheetah Chrome (Cleveland, Ohio)..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Coach's Corner

Coach wrests the TV Room away from the womenfolk to watch college football's "Rivalry Saturday" -- but what a disappointment!

"...movie Notting Hill. I saw this film in the theatre a few years ago. It wasn't really bad. Okay,..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

FronteraFest 2007: The lowdown

"...Jan. 16 through Feb. 17, Tuesday-Saturday, at Hyde Park Theatre, 511 W. 43rd. As always, the Saturday program will..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Arts Feature

In Memoriam

Bil Pfuderer, an actor, director, and designer in Austin theatre for 20 years and producer of the Zilker Summer Musical from 1980-1995, died in Canton, Ohio, on June 4

"...into the mid-Nineties, died at his home in Canton, Ohio, on Sunday, June 4. He was 68. The son..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...to form, Love Me Like a Song. (Texas Union Theatre, 7:45pm) -- Raoul Hernandez..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Ham

Hans Frank's 'Ham' offers a political drama in which a seemingly good man experiences a dangerous pressure from all sides

"...Hyde Park Theatre, through Sept. 25..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Arts Bullets

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

"...Marlowe, who performed the work's premiere at the McCullough Theatre in January 2003, will perform it in Edinburgh at..."

June 18, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Real Good

Karen Poston knows a few Austin musicians

"...Born in Dayton, Ohio, Poston and her family moved to the rural community..."

July 27, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Programs That Let Austin Youth Speak Out A Stage of Their Own

"...this story who are involved in various Austin youth theatre programs. They know that what they are doing is..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Arts Feature by Danielle McClelland

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