Articulations

Dispatches from New York: Playwright Aaron Mack Schloff on the reading of his work In Galicia and artist Michael A. Arthur on creating drawings for American Ballet Theatre.

"...One first-year graduate playwright at UT received an early present this holiday season: a New York reading of his..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

How $50,000 Is Shaking Up Austin's Black Artists Buried Treasure

"...(BAA), an organization set up 14 years ago to present touring acts and sponsor African-American artists for city cultural..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Arts Feature by Danielle McClelland

Chewy Soup

The Rich, Nourishing Images of Pilobolus

"...white is really the color wheel of Pilobolus Dance Theatre. For almost 25 years, this uniquely physical and acrobatic..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Arts Feature

The Great Artdoors

Summer's here, and the time is right for outdoor performances all over Central Texas

"...– or rather parks, terraces, and barns – to present shows and concerts. Texans don't seem to mind a..."

May 17, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2006 B. Iden Payne Awards: Payne, Payne, who got the Payne?

When the Austin Circle of Theaters handed out its B. Iden Payne Awards for 2005-2006, it was 'American Fiesta' that, well, bowled over the rest of the nominees

"...out its B. Iden Payne Awards honoring achievements in theatre for the 2005-2006 season, it was American Fiesta that,..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Improvising Every Second

The secret history of Austin Circle of Theaters director Latifah Taormina, from Second City to the Committee and beyond

"...the person sitting next to you, a detail will present itself that throws your inner-portrait of this acquaintance into..."

March 10, 2006 Arts Feature by Lowell Bartholomee

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

"...and active board, talented and committed staff, and be presenting art that is both high-quality and invigorating, and still..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Basics, With Bogart

"...wall of the studio watching them. They are all theatre people -- actors, directors, choreographers, teachers -- and the..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art Stripped Naked

Art Stripped Naked, Wayne Alan Brenner's comedy of the relationship between a father and son -- augmented by an ongoing discourse of the nature of art -- is both sweet and simple, with a heartwarming twist, and its presentation by Hyde Park Theatre makes for a gentle evening on one's senses.

"...Hyde Park Theatre, through Sept. 29..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

She Got Rhythm

In the world of rhythm tap, female dancers are a minority, and women who are masters of the form, as Acia Gray is, are merely a fraction of the whole. But with the debut of the Soul to Sole Festival, Gray hopes to give women who tap their due.

"...vaudeville though its popularization in jazz clubs and the theatre of the Twenties and on into its entrenchment in..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

King Lear

In the Public Domain Theatre Company's production of King Lear, director Robi Polgar and company bring Shakespeare's play into the present with high tech and high fashion, and the smooth execution of the concept create a novel version of this familiar tragedy with a striking proximity to our lives.

"...Blue Theatre,..."

March 9, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Speaking in Tongues

When Dan Dietz 'lets go,' he turns gibberish into art. And he proves it in the Salvage Vanguard Theater production of MacWellman's nonsense play Terminal Hip.

"...get a really good feel for the kind of theatre artist Dan Dietz is, it helps to have a..."

March 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Positively Operatic

The Year in Austin Culture

"...travel. An unusual number of productions commented on the present by shooting us ingeniously forward into the past (Lipstick..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature

Postmarks

We Get What We Want

"...you for the article on myself and Tapestry Dance Company. It means so much to know that the successes,..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Column

Dream On

Austin Museum of Art Re-Examines Its Downtown Plans

"...facilities." The performing arts facilities were the Zachary Scott Theatre Center, which wanted $3.5 million to build a new..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

"...NOISES OFF: SOMETHING'S ON Utopia Theatre, UT campus through August 2 Running time: 2 hrs,..."

July 18, 1997 Arts Review

Day Trips

"...Community theatre at the Bastrop Opera House keeps alive a tradition..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Connection of Merce Cunningham and John Cage Chance

"...new art, he'd really like the Merce Cunningham Dance Company...."

Jan. 26, 1996 Arts Feature

More Strands on the Web

"...Web. Hardly a week goes by now without some theatre company or artist sending us an invitation to visit..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Arts Column

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...to 8pm) and will be available until the virtual theatre "fills up." One bonus of going virtual: no waiting..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Robert Faires’ Top 10 Dance and Classical Joys of 2018

In this year’s dance and classical offerings, extraordinary depictions of loss and suffering continue to haunt

"...4) BE STILL, MY HEART (Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company) An improbable combination of prone bodies, darkness, whispers, wordplay,..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Attic Space

A husband and wife play out their decades-long marriage in this intriguing farewell from Palindrome Theatre

"...The Attic SpaceSalvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd., 736-5191 www.palindrometheatre.com Through Dec. 22 Running time: 1 hr., 20 min...."

Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

All My Sons

When an outstanding free production of a classic drama can't draw a crowd, we all lose

"...query, was there such a dismal turnout at Palindrome Theatre Company's opening night of All My Sons? OK, so..."

July 27, 2012 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Seeds of Inspiration

The 2012 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...time now, our gaze trained so resolutely on the present and the future that the past is often neglected...."

June 1, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Risk Immersion

Time again to sink deeply into FronteraFest's exhilarating experiments in performance

"...less – runs Tuesdays through Saturdays, at Hyde Park Theatre, 511 W. 43rd. As always, the Saturday program offers..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash

Applause for Austin playwrights in Louisville and New York, hats off to Chia, and a tuba player of note

"..."A Double Life," July 15, 2005). Now, Incumbo Theater Company, a 3-year-old theatre company with a strong leaning toward..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Portraits of the Artists as FronteraFest Regulars

Why they perform year after year after year

"...up on a stage several weeks at Hyde Park Theatre to do just that. Over 14 years, literally hundreds..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Actors From the London Stage: Just the Essentials

With Actors From the London Stage in residence at UT, you can see five actors reduce theatre to its essential elements: actors, audience, story

"...of Maine, I saw Actors From the London Stage present Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice with five actors, a..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Articulations

Choreographer Deborah Hay is welcomed home from New York, Doyle Bramhall rocks the house at Zach, and new plans for the Long Center are being unveiled

"...was the translation of the 2004 Deborah Hay Dance Company newsletter into French, a project funded by the French..."

April 9, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Finding a New Rhythm

After a health crisis, Tapestry's Acia Gray slows things down

"...As the artistic director of Tapestry Dance Company was preparing for Esprit, the company's October production at..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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