Tutto Theatre Company
Dustin Wills' new play reconsiders Hamlet through a quintet of Ophelias
"...tends to occur offstage. The lovely, young, and heartbroken Ophelia is a prime example. The promotional material for Tutto..."
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Nov. 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah
UT Theatre & Dance's 12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs)
In a work more poetry than story, playwright Caridad Svich has drowned Ophelia resurface, freed from Hamlet's shadow
"...Ophelia is a tantalizing character for a modern playwright to..."
Oct. 11, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe
Measure for Measure
Ophelia may go to a watery grave, but it's great prep work for an ingenue
"...female figures – well, of the non-murderous variety – Ophelia’s kind of a thankless part. She gets lectured and..."
Aug. 21, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Savages
Oliver Stone’s movie is volatile, nasty, hypnotic, gory, and nearly irrestible – at least when the young 'uns aren't onscreen.
"...charitable deeds. O (Lively), short for her given name Ophelia, or maybe her orgasmic avatar, is the woman who..."
July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Princes to Act
"...Off your list of Ophelias, I choose Helena Bonham Carter. Though I made a..."
Aug. 21, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt
House of Wax
An occasionally creepy but mostly rote remake of the 1953 horror classic, with some putatively clever jibes at a certain high-profile hotel heiress.
"...in your movie, what would you do with her? Ophelia’s mad scene? Anyway, amidst the crunching chords of Disturbed..."
May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Hamlet
You have to admire Michael Almereyda's contemporary rendition of Shakespeare's Hamlet if for no other reason than its audacity in staging one of the passive prince's timeless soliloquies in the Action aisle of his local Blockbuster. “Go Home Happy,” chirps the store banner in the background.
"...weight necessary to make all the scenes work. Stiles' Ophelia fares less well, despite her familiarity with Shakespearean film..."
June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Casey Wilcox Lands at Second Bar + Kitchen
Daily Austin food news
"...Ophelia drowns, Infinite Monkey Theorem gets down, and more morning..."
June 2, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson
Sassy in the UK
Burlesque fundraiser tonight to send local stars international
"...across the pond, but she and her new partner-in-crime Ophelia Moore need your help tonight to get there...."
June 5, 2011 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker
Ophelia
This Hamlet seen through the eyes of Ophelia – rather, five Ophelias – is astounding
"...Ophelia..."
Nov. 21, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam
Greg Bueno: In the Land of oZ
"...lies in as much in experience as in fact. Ophelia did not exist, this a true thing. But her..."
Aug. 4, 2000 Screens Feature
Give 'Em a Hand
The nominees for the 2009 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...Ophelia, Tutto Theatre Company..."
May 15, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Hamlet
The revival of Stephen Mills' Shakespearean ballet is rich in visuals and moving passion
"...In the first pairing of Hamlet and Ophelia, Frank Shott and Ashley Lynn gracefully evoke the great..."
Feb. 20, 2009 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman
Positively Operatic
The Year in Austin Culture
"...Ophelia: Diana Rigg..."
Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature
Exhibitionism
"...Nigro's "Dead Man's Fingers" followed on its heels, a Hamlet-from-Ophelia's-perspective piece which envisions the doomed lass as a sexual..."
Jan. 22, 1999 Arts Review
Hamlet
Through the vision and skill of choreographer Stephen Mills, Ballet Austin told the story of 'Hamlet' with an urgency and imagination made the prince's pain palpable
"...holds meaning for him – his mother, the fair Ophelia, life itself – was portrayed in visuals that were..."
March 19, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Totally Under Control
Alex Gibney drops his October Surprise in this dissection of Trump's coronavirus disaster
"...Directed by: Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan and Suzanne Hillinger...."
Oct. 9, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Hamlet
The melancholy Dane gets fierce in this most professional staging by Mary Moody Northen Theatre
"...Hamlet spares no one, not even his love interest, Ophelia, played by the adept Cheyenne Barton. In contrast to..."
Nov. 21, 2014 Arts Review by Elissa Russell
Hamlet
Vortex Repertory Company's new production of Shakespeare's Hamlet has a strong contemporary feel, but ultimately it diminishes some of the power of the tragedy
"...perpetually lost in a cannabis fog, and his girlfriend, Ophelia, is a cutter, regularly sneaking off by herself to..."
March 23, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Transformations
A Conversation with the three directors of the SXSW premiere Cruel & Unusual
"...very different stories of five very different women, Anna, Ophelia, Linda, Yolanda, and Ashley emerged. Director Reid Williams spoke..."
March 10, 2006 Features Feature by Kate X Messer
My Grandfather's Hamlet
"...the "Get thee to a nunnery" speech, delivered to Ophelia while Polonius (her father) and the King (Hamlet's stepfather)..."
Jan. 31, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura
76 Days
Over-the-shoulder view of how Wuhan responded to the pandemic
"...the other vital examination of the pandemic, Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, and Suzanne Hillinger’s Totally Under Control. But whereas..."
Dec. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
ATX Television Festival: Sweet/Vicious
Sparky female vigilante show deserves a second life
"...as a crimefighter targeting sexual offenders on campus, and Ophelia (Taylor Dearden), the wisecracking pothead hacker who stumbles onto..."
June 11, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
The Take-Out
What's in a restaurant name?
"...to family members (Gardner, Olamaie, Irene's), ill-fated Shakespearean heroines (Ophelia, Juliet), and old ladies both human and fowl (Sophia's,..."
June 24, 2016 Food Column by Brandon Watson
Queen and Country
John Boorman's follow-up to Hope and Glory observes the same boy who's now a young man
"...Bill’s obsession with an apparition-like beauty (Egerton) he dubs Ophelia falls uninspiringly in line with the nice-guy-meets-damaged-girl narrative that..."
April 3, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Hamlet
Austin Shakespeare fuses matter and art in a well-balanced take on the tragedy
"...And though Hamlet resents the betrayals of Gertrude and Ophelia, Merino oscillates with ease between rage and longing love,..."
Sept. 30, 2011 Arts Review by Jillian Owens
2009 B. Iden Payne Awards
The crowd came to honor local theatre but left impressed by Austin's strong comedy scene
"...the comedy and drama categories for Black Snow and Ophelia, respectively, along with the Director of a Drama prize..."
Oct. 23, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Tutto Theatre Company
Artistic Director Dustin Wills opens a play here then bolts to Rome to mount another
"...– besides Black Snow, a pair of Shakespearean riffs, Ophelia and Cymbeline, and the world premiere of Eve Tulbert's..."
July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Top 10 Parts and Wholes (In No Particular Order), Plus One Standout
Chronicle Arts writer Hannah Kenah on her favorite moments onstage in 2008
"...7) Ophelia (Tutto Theatre Company) A clever reconstruction that posed the..."
Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah
Top 10 Wonderful Things About Austin Theatre in 2008 (In No Particular Order)
Chronicle Arts writer Avimaan Syam recalls 2008, in the theatre
"...1) Ophelia (Tutto Theatre Company) Full of magic moments and dramatic..."
