Speaking for Lowell

Every playwright needs a mouthpiece, an actor to communicate his vision to an audience, and Lowell Bartholomee has his in Robert Fisher.

"...an audience. Capra had his Jimmy Stewart, Scorsese his Robert De Niro. Not to put too much of a..."

July 26, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

In Good Company

A casual spectator might not realize just how much Robert Creeley's long literary career -- he's 73 this year -- has been conducted on the edge. But Creeley not only had a finger on the pulse of American poetry, he's usually been a heartbeat or two ahead of it.

"...It's tempting to think of Robert Creeley as one of the "good gray poets" of..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Books Feature by Craig Arnold

Postscripts

First Marco Perella told us about the apparently very funny experience of being a nobody in his Adventures of a No Name Actor; now Bruce Campbell wants us to know what it's like to be both a B-movie king and a regular Joe.

"...HRC Acquires Lowell Papers..."

June 29, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Letters at 3AM: If We Make It Through December

Everywhere I looked for a merry Christmas, I found contradictions too disturbing to ignore and paradoxes too entrenched to resolve

"...a glory I loved and a terror I recognized: Robert Lowell. His 1946 Lord Weary's Castle is a kind..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Matney vs. Cancer – FIGHT!

Artists and supporters from across Austin's theatre community unite behind actor Robert Matney to KO the Big C

"...the theatre community have swarmed to the aid of Robert Matney, the longtime local actor and tech visionary, upon..."

June 28, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Crafting the Song

Austin theatre actor Robert Fisher has the heart of a rock & roller, the work ethic of a medieval craftsman, and the style of a Bob Fosse. Either he's in the wrong business or he is, as playwright Kirk Lynn calls him, "a wonder."

"...Shawn Sides has one word to say about actor Robert Fisher: "Fosse."..."

March 16, 2001 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Letters at 3AM

Reflections on how Western civilization lost its moral authority.

"...had on my lap that night. One I'd bought: Robert Lowell's Lord Weary's Castle. One I'd been given by..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Partisans: Marriage, Politics, and Betrayal Among the New York Intellectuals

"...that universe -- Mary McCarthy, Edmund Wilson, Philip Rahv, Robert Lowell, Jean Stafford, Caroline Gordon, Allen Tate, Elizabeth Hardwick,..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Books Review by Ann Guidry

Exhibitionism

Agamemnon: Not for Moderns

"...Enter translator Robert Lowell, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who was a rabid anti-war..."

April 17, 1998 Arts Review

Exhibitionism

Annie: Light and More Light

"...hold on to while we're waiting for tomorrow. -- Robert Faires WINDOWS: PEERING INTO STRANGERS' HOMES..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Review

Letters at 3AM

Robert Bly's new book of poems is a haunting work that evokes all hisotry and culture.

"...That is how I felt when I read Robert Bly's new book of poems, The Night Abraham Called..."

July 6, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

Robert Bly's translations of 20th-century poets enrich our language.

"...poetry had mostly never heard of the poets whom Robert Bly has since rendered so wonderfully -- poets like..."

July 7, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

Let's Get Drunk and Read Poetry

"...Robert Bly: "I know that books are tired of us,/I..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

Even though 2002 was an exceptional year for American cinema, American art has never been more marginalized, ghettoized, and controlled, than it is today.

"...Shot Liberty Valance, Orson Welles' Mr. Arkadin (U.S. release), Robert Aldrich's Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, and lesser but..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

One-Two Cancer KO

Two benefits working to deliver a knockout to the Big C

"...is a homegrown effort to help a local artist, Robert Matney, the other a national drive, literally, by a..."

July 17, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Just A Fever: Another Little Feat Comeback

Keyboard constant Bill Payne on ‘Rooster Rag’

"...Since forming in 1969, Little Feat faced lead singer Lowell George passing a decade later, and then original drummer..."

July 25, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Down at the Jinn Mill

Austin's dirigo group prepare to premiere the best new play one could wish for

"...count on the support of her other co-artistic directors: Lowell Bartholomee, Judson Jones, and Christa Kimlicko Jones – except..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Onstage Works of Wonder in 2002

Austin Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires delivers his list of the Top 10 most memorable productions in the performing arts for 2002.

"...school reunion into a lyrical cosmic event; performances by Robert Newell, Meredith McCall, and Barbara Chisholm that balanced comic..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fierce Creatures

"...Directed by: Robert Young and Fred Schepisi. Starring: John Cleese, Jamie Lee..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...(classical music), Jonelle Seitz (dance), Shanon Weaver (theatre), and Robert Faires (arts); Central Texas Live Theatre's Michael Meigs (theatre)..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Radio: 30

Hyde Park Theatre revives its production of Chris Earle's play Radio: 30, which creates a pitch-perfect rendering of emotional breakdown in the recording studio

"...engineer at Austin's ADV Studios was a man named Robert S. Fisher. In Radio: 30, Trejo's character Ron works..."

July 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2003-2004

The full list of nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Robi Polgar (music, dance, and theatre), and yours truly, Robert Faires (arts). The Critics Table will announce the award..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...To Sur- vive In The Real World by James Lowell (Penguin, $10.95) andEntry Level Life: A Complete Guide to..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

Critics Table Tops at 25

The nominees for the 2016-17 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...(visual arts), Elizabeth Cobbe (theatre), Jonelle Seitz (dance), and Robert Faires (arts); Central Texas Live Theatre's Michael Meigs (theatre)..."

May 22, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Rude Mechs' Fixing Timon of Athens

The theatre collective's latest repair job on a broken Shakespeare play is wildly accessible, welcoming, and enthralling

"...with Austin heavy-hitters Barbara Chisholm, Elizabeth Doss, Ellie McBride, Robert S. Fisher, Lowell Bartholomee, Jay Byrd, and Chronicle Arts..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Celebrity Crush

We've all got 'em, crushes on celebrities. At least, that's the premise of Refraction Arts' Celebrity Crush, and a bunch of talented artists reveal theirs in some quite entertaining ways.

"...Tyrone Power (now there's an oh-so-cute living doll), and Robert Fuller. Dieterich is a scream, dressed in physician's gear,..."

March 8, 2002 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Cobbe (theatre), Jonelle Seitz (dance), Shanon Weaver (theatre), and Robert Faires (arts). Note: Members of the Table refrained from..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Out of Austin's primordial music past comes John Andrews with tales from the music hall of legends

"...the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, it became crystal clear those days in Houston..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Playing Around With the Evil Empire

The Rude Mechanicals go Russian with a play -- well, a performance piece -- umm -- a performance collage -- well, '300 Plays About Vladimir Putin.'

"...the inception of the idea for this show," says Robert Fisher, director of 300 Plays About Vladimir Putin. "The..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Holy conceptual contortions, Batman!

In his Austin Shakespeare Festival staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream, director Robert Tolaro creates a fantasy world of superheroes with a strong hint of modern Chicago 'burb, that pulls up a bit short conceptually, but is still a fun, rambunctious evening.

"...Actually, it is director Robert Tolaro who has dreamed up this Dream with fairies..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

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