Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...outstanding work in dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre in the past year and announced the nominees for..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

... And the 'West' is History

How Big State Productions' little monologue show changed Austin theatre

"...The Chronicle theatre listings for Nov. 1, 1985, give no real indication..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Payne the Town Red

What might be considered the theatrical fringe in other cities is more and more the theatrical mainstream in Austin, an idea that was reinforced with the announcement of the nominations for the 2001-02 B. Iden Payne Theatre Awards.

"...who built his reputation on the phrase "I hate theatre." At least, that's the feeling on first hearing that..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

"We'll Always Have 807 Congress"

The Raging of the Elements, or Indoor Theatre in Austin -- Al Fresco

"...and howling gusts of rain-laced wind roared into the theatre. Closing the doors by hand secured the closer a..."

June 25, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Race to Innovation

With $1,000 each and eight weeks, five teams compete to take theatre to a new level

"...attitude toward mounting what they hope will be an original artistic event...."

Sept. 9, 2005 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

'Rose Rage'

Hidden Room Theatre leads us forward into the past

"...has come from the classical canon, and with her company the Hidden Room, Burns introduced Austin to Shakespeare staged..."

July 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Impossible Dream

Should Public Money Go to Private Theatre?

"...Susan Walker, president of the board of Live Oak Theatre and the wife of singer Jerry Jeff Walker, chatted..."

Sept. 19, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Getting Inside Napoleon

In The Two Lives of Napoleon Beazley, actor Forest Van Dyke has the responsibility of playing the title character, an honor student who committed murder

"...Forest Van Dyke, soon to be a junior theatre major at Texas State University, is playing the title..."

July 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2017

Flatbed Press founders Katherine Brimberry and Mark L. Smith, choreographer Kate Warren and theatre / spoken word artist Zell Miller III join the ranks of cultural heroes

"...and founding the institutions and providing the support for theatre, dance, classical music, and the visual arts – not..."

June 2, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Double Life

Napoleon Beazley was executed by the state of Texas, but he lives again in a new play

"...beginning July 14, Napoleon Beazley lives again when the Original Theatre Company presents an Equity production of The Two..."

July 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Two Lives of Napoleon Beazley

The Original Theatre Company's 'The Two Lives of Napoleon Beazley' presents the story of a Texas teen sentenced to death with heartbreaking scenes, evoking pathos for injustice

"...The Original Theatre Company's The Two Lives of Napoleon Beazley is..."

July 22, 2005 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Rude Mechs on the Move

Having left the Off Center, the theatre company is now planning to #crushAustin in all 10 council districts and opening new studios Downtown

"...on May 15, and just six weeks later the company is opening a new 5,000-square-foot space and plotting a..."

June 30, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

Hyde & Shriek

When Trouble Puppet Theatre tackles Dr. Jekyll's dark tale, the villain may not be who you think

"...prose so as to transform it into something odd, original, and (cue the lightning) alive!..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Not an Adaptation

"...longtime fan of The Mikado and also of avant-garde theatre (I run an original-theatre company in New York). I..."

Feb. 24, 2016 Postmarks

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sherlock takes a comic turn in Penfold Theatre's three-actor spin on the Holmes mystery

"...Not this time! Penfold Theatre Company mounts this new adaptation of The Hound of..."

June 26, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...Planet Theatre: Tomorrowland..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...While Austin's theatre community has seen a return to full stages and..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...merger. Think wedding. Yes, the union of the Paramount Theatre for the Performing Arts and the State Theater Company..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hamilton's Resident Director Makes Bass the Room Where It Happens

Austinite Ashley Brooke Monroe leads the touring Broadway show back to the stage she loves

"...That night triggered a love of theatre that blossomed into a fascination with directing that began..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

2010 B. Iden Payne Awards

The homegrown musical of mayhem in the swamp leads the nominations with 11

"...Payne Awards looks to be even longer. The Tutto Theatre Company/Vortex Repertory Company co-production received 11 nominations, the most..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...museums, two new performing arts organization headquarters, one new theatre and one renovated theatre, a new cultural center, and..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mother Courage

Melba Martinez's legacy at Mary Moody Northen Theatre

"...tenure as artistic director of the Mary Moody Northen Theatre. Tackling epic works like the nine-hour Pulitzer Prize-winning drama..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

On the Stage, On the Screen: Austin's Theatres Embrace a Virtual Future

Ahead of Austin Playfest and the All Together Now! Revue, directors and producers discuss the challenges and potential they've found online

"...The rumors of the death of virtual theatre have been greatly exaggerated...."

Nov. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Payne Pleasures 2004

Sam Bass Theatre's Forever Plaid took top honors at the 30th anniversary B. Iden Payne Awards

"...B. Iden Payne Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in local theatre from August 2003 through July 2004. The ceremony, marking..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bottom's Dream: chokecherry

"...of Erik Ehn's chokecherry that this exceptional Los Angeles theatre company is bringing to town for FronteraFest 2000. "James..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Let's Fix That

How New Plays Are Developed in Austin

"...moviemaking, but even people who regularly go to the theatre can forget that for a stage play, the road..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Played Out

After 14 Years, Capitol City Playhouse Is Evicted

"...City Playhouse has been one of the most important theatres in town for 14 years now, having produced an..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...was outstanding in dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre in that span and announced the nominees for the..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Classics Comeback

Are the great dramas of yore reclaiming their place on Austin's stages?

"...Old Geezer of Western Drama somewhere on the Austin theatre scene. As the mercury is rising to record heights,..."

July 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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