Cultural Coolness Around Texas This Month

"...support this new perspective, a variety of media are represented, including film by Jean Renoir, jazz by Duke Ellington..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Arts Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...as just about any bluesman he ever covered. (State Theatre, 9pm) -David Lynch..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

The Critics Table's Grand Tales

The winners of the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...on Monday night. But it's true that the 27th presentation of awards came in in record time...."

June 4, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...to Bother You D: Boots Riley In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Getting Political With The Tree Play and Robin Hood: An Elegy

Two new Austin plays tackle timely subjects

"...Theatre in summer can often feel like just a thicket..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Awards 2013

Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees

"...exceptional achievements in dance, classical music, visual arts, and theatre...."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lasting Commitments

The 2008 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...whose contributions are sustained over many years, who seem ever-present on the cultural front, doing whatever work is necessary..."

May 23, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...the most talked-about screenings because they're in the biggest theatres. Consequently, along with the film industry and media mobs..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Articulations

Director Don Toner makes his exit from the State Theater Company, and Austin creeps back into the pages of American Theatre magazine.

"...Don Toner, producing artistic director for the State Theater Company and Live Oak Productions for the past 13 years,..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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

Making Room to Play

Create Space Austin kicks off the drive to secure more performing venues in the city

"...Two things happen when a roomful of Austin theatre artists gather with no audience present: They start on..."

April 15, 2016 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Gifts of the Magi

A conversation about community and creativity with three wise men of the Austin arts

"...As Dave Steakley works in theatre, Stephen Mills in dance, and Craig Hella Johnson in..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Teatro Vivo: Giving Voice to Its Own

In a departure, the company mounts a program of plays by four of its artists

"...evening of four one-act plays. Since May 2000, the company has built a record of producing bilingual theatre focusing..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing exceptional work in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art from May 1,..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

A scorecard of changes in the January arts calendar owing to, um, difficulties in the economy, as well as scheduling conflicts and new bookings.

"...On a positive note, the Austin Theatre Alliance has added some much-appreciated comedy to its schedule...."

Dec. 6, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

The first weeks of 2002 show that Austin artists are still busy taking their art to other parts of the country, and Physical Plant Theater needs your leaves.

"...play the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The company will present the first act of Stephen Mills' hilarious..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin Playwright’s Final Play Might Have Died With Him, but a Community Joined Together to Ensure Its Survival

Saving Jason Tremblay’s Gretel! The Musical

"...playwright had begun work on a new project for Theatre Heroes, a company he'd founded with Noel Gaulin to..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'La Víctima': An old message still needing to be heard

As Teatro Vivo stages La Víctima, a groundbreaking look at Mexican-U.S. immigration, Rupert Reyes and Jorge Huerta discuss the play's origins and relevance

"...Jorge Huerta met in 1974, when Reyes was a theatre major at UT-Austin and Huerta, who was just starting..."

March 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Top 10 Theatrical Treasures & Pleasures of 2005

'Chronicle' Arts Editor Robert Faires lists his favorite theatrical productions of 2005

"...2) American Fiesta (State Theater Company) The tale of one man's quest to complete a..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Oklahoma!, A Macbeth, and Art were the big winners at the 27th Annual B. Iden Payne Awards.

"...On Monday, Sept. 24, the Austin Circle of Theatres (ACoT) hosted the 27th annual B. Iden Payne Awards..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

ROYGBIV 2001

In ROYGBIV 2001: A Human Odyssey, ONE Theatre Company sets out to chronicle the universal passages of human existence through an Everyman figure that they follow from birth to death. But the show itself seems to be in the midst of adolescence: Full of big dreams, idealistic, and ready to take on the world, but still a little awkward in its own body.

"...which we see in its entirety in this ONE Theatre Company production. The troupe, inspired by the "Seven Ages..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Articulations

Cultural Projects A-Boomin'

"...Auditorium into a major performing arts center. The gift represents less than half of one percent of the estimated..."

April 9, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Points of Departure

The Viewpoints Invade Austin

"...to a lot of different artists in the American theatre. At their most basic, the Viewpoints are a technique..."

May 8, 1998 Arts Feature by Danielle McClelland

Another Round of Praise

Nominations for the 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...achievements in the visual arts, dance, classical music, and theatre. The nominations for the 2008 Austin Critics Table Awards,..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

Good Humor Man

Former 'Seinfeld' writer Pat Hazell is funny, upbeat, generous, and, oh, yeah, he lives here now

"...Midwest in the Sixties and Seventies, at the State Theatre last year, and/or caught him doing stand-up as part..."

May 26, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Maple Leaf Wags

If it's Hyde Park, this must be a quirky Canadian comedy.

"...the Sixties and Seventies, artistic directors at Canada's regional theatres tended to lean toward classical and commercial theatre, leaving..."

April 8, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Line Dancing

Austin's Michael Arthur has made an improbable career out of drawing theatre and dance companies in rehearsal

"...feeling. Like many grads from the UT Department of Theatre & Dance, he took his degree and headed for..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

More Than Just the Facts, Ma'am

The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum's exhibition on Davy Crockett features a short stage show with the hero of the Alamo appearing live and in person. The two Austin actors who alternate in the show describe how they bring that King of the Wild Frontier to life day in and day out.

"...other part of a museum's raison d'être is to present its gathered knowledge to the public, in as engaging..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Articulations

It may still be too hot to frolic in the noonday sun, but it's not too hot to put on a show to help someone in need, and that's what a number of Austin artists are up to this month, raising funds for flood victims in Houston and an Austin musician with a spinal cord injury.

"...aka Helping Houston Out, a benefit performance for Houston's theatre district, which suffered millions of dollars worth of damage..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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