Life Again in Oz

On the 20th anniversary of the premiere of her play Ozma of Oz, Suzan Zeder revisits Frank Baum's enchanted land to turn the show into a musical and finds a part of herself there.

"...the storm broke, and Zeder began working with composer Richard Gray on a new version of Ozma of Oz...."

April 21, 2000 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Neighborhood Watch

"...her films and filmmaking background, still hoping for some kind of Q&A, but, upon receiving her response, it was..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

What Price Baseball?

The Rangers Ain't Gonna Like This, Yogi

"...During his campaign against Gov. Ann Richards, Bush took every opportunity to remind voters of his..."

June 20, 1997 News Feature

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...D: Richard Donner; with Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Billie Whitelaw, David..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Mind the Bullock

"...crimes is to inform the public, who will in kind inform their legislators that they will not be tolerated..."

March 28, 1997 Column

Further Reflections

SXSW Film Festival

"...with Jeff Strong, Paula Killen, David Yow, Rex Benson, Richard Kern...."

March 21, 1997 Screens Feature

Rock, They Wrote

Writing From Both Sides of the Musical Fence

"...Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye, Bruce Springsteen, and Little Richard. Seven years later, little has changed: In the post-modern..."

June 21, 1996 Books Feature

Bats Left, Sings Right

With help from Esther's Follies, Austin Lyric Opera turns Strauss' Viennese waltz into a Texas two-step

"...idea. Two years ago, when Austin Lyric Opera conductor Richard Buckley, in his former role as ALO artistic director,..."

May 30, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Race Is to the Swift

In Texas, livestock are better vaccinated than children.

"...an airplane and headed across the Atlantic -- the kind of option the Reeds, apparently quite well-to-do, could afford...."

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Humor, Introspection, Ecstasy

UT Composer Dan Welcher is one step away from greatness.

"...is being performed by pianist Anton Nel and clarinetist Richard MacDowell in a Jessen Series Distinguished Faculty concert focusing..."

April 13, 2001 Music Feature by Robert Faires

Second Hand: A Novel

"...junk-as-life etude on all things second-hand. Zadoorian's protagonist, über-"junker" Richard, owns Satori Junk outside Detroit, and is the part..."

May 12, 2000 Books Review by Marie Black

Complete Freedom

A profile of Bad Livers banjo player Danny Barnes

"...Music that has captured the human spirit and moved mankind. Music that will last until the end of the..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Platters

"...steel guitar. It's true that, in its recycling, the kind of generic pop drivel of songs like "Once You've..."

April 17, 1998 Music Review

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...drawn-out collection of diatribes, and they are the toughest kind of diatribes to sit through because, well, the joke..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Not Your Same Old News

Politico Taps Into Latino Affairs With Critical Eye

"...columns could have been a vital contribution to editor Richard Oppel's revitalization of the daily. Instead, the column was..."

Jan. 16, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

The Guy Is Everywhere

Lloyd Maines

"...Ray Wylie Hubbard, Chris Wall, Wilkinson again (three more), Richard Buckner, Wayne Hancock, Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green, Jane..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Invasion of the Lit Flix

Literary Classics Rush the Screen

"...What's different about the season ahead is not the kind of material being offered. What's different this year is..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Pong Summer; Drafthouse Films' The Dog; and, of course, Richard Linklater's much-anticipated Boyhood...."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

I Will Not Give You Up

Hard to shake Franzen's Freedom

"...hype. Great American Novel perpetrated by Great American Novelist kind of hype. And the inevitable backlash, too. I wasn’t..."

Aug. 30, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...(Hired Gun), Michelle Phillips (Banker's daughter), Robert Rothwell (Citizen), Richard Rust (Cisco), John Stevens (Cameraman), Toni Stern (Dance Hall..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

'Bacchae' to the Future

How in (a Greek) god's name can the Rude Mechs re-create Dionysus in 69 in '09?

"...lobby of the B. Iden Payne Theatre last week, Richard Schechner could well have been referring in shorthand to..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...content, one must wonder if this editorial is some kind of payback for the special treatment SXSW, which is..."

April 14, 2006 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to end the abuse of science by Darwinists like Richard Dawkins and E.O. Wilson who try to use science..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Column

The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

A Dream Collaboration: Richard Linklater and 30 animators team up to produce a startling, surreal new film.

"...Richard Linklater is on the stage of Austin's Paramount Theatre..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...otherwise deserted section of West Second Street for some kind of music and egg cooking competition. No roof, no..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...Author Richard Dooling ponders hefty issues of conscience, human motivations, and..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Living on the Air in Austin

Live Music Flourishes in the Studio

"...These compilations often feature unique, one-of-a-kind performances by a myriad of artists, and because they..."

April 10, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...Cast: Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni, Richard E. Grant, Anthony Carrigan, Sunita Mani, Jessica Hynes (World..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Follies, Samurai, and a Few Non-Alcoholic Events for the Weekend

Got a resolution to get out more? No problem.

"...of special effects legend Bob McCarron, making for the kind of movie that needs it a splash zone.  ..."

Jan. 10, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Comic Con, Drag Birthday, and More Recommended Events

Party hard this weekend

"...You can’t blame Michael Caine for not being too kind about not only the most ridiculed movie of his..."

July 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

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