Ben McKenzie on Uncle Robert

"...a real teenager could make. Back when Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan was 16, his school decided to honor his uncle,..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Power Play

In Robert Schenkkan's new play, LBJ roars back to life to make civil rights history

"...based on LBJ's contentious 1948 Senate campaign. But with Robert Schenkkan's All the Way, the ice shatters. Here's a..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Doubling Down

In The Great Society, playwright Robert Schenkkan and his subject, LBJ, both gamble big

"...Dixiecrats in Congress. But, as grippingly dramatized by playwright Robert Schenkkan, LBJ marshaled all his skills at horse-trading and..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

My Favorite Year

In an extraordinary season of four premieres, playwright Robert Schenkkan brings UT, his old school, a new screwball comedy

"...its premiere of a new script by 1975 grad Robert Schenkkan...."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All the Way With LBJ's Play

Bill Rauch talks staging 'All the Way' and 'The Great Society'

"...In two years, Robert Schenkkan's LBJ drama All the Way premiered at the..."

Oct. 9, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Way Home

Zach Theatre gives Robert Schenkkan's All the Way its Texas premiere on LBJ's home turf

"...in Austin. After all, the playwright, Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Schenkkan, grew up here and graduated from the University..."

April 10, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT Department of Theatre & Dance's Building the Wall

UT Department of Theatre & Dance rushes to get Robert Schenkkan's timely political drama onstage

"...In that context, playwright Robert Schenkkan has rushed to stage a script that the..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Zach Theatre's The Great Society

Robert Schenkkan's smart script and remarkable ensemble work make this a powerful look at LBJ's White House years

"...conflict in Vietnam, to which LBJ's Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (Miles Chick) recommends sending a small force, predicting..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Making History, Part One

Playwright Robert Schenkkan on bringing LBJ to the stage in 'All the Way'

"...In his new play All the Way, Robert Schenkkan draws on his time growing up in the..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

This Terrible Moment

'All the Way' playwright Robert Schenkkan and its LBJ, Bryan Cranston, on JFK's assassination

"...preparing to play Lyndon Johnson in a production of Robert Schenkkan's award-winning drama All the Way at American Repertory..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Kentucky by Way of Austin

A decade after The Kentucky Cycle's premiere, the hometown of playwright Robert Schenkkan has the opportunity to experience the work's power in with a homegrown production at the Mary Moody Northen Theatre.

"...But the production has a deeper connection locally: playwright Robert Schenkkan, who grew up in Austin and is a..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Staging Building the Wall Before Trump Builds His Wall

Robert Schenkkan races to get his latest work on stage

"...Robert Schenkkan had no time to waste. The playwright couldn't..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Making History, Part Two

Director Bill Rauch on bringing LBJ to the stage in 'All the Way'

"...of change in American history, he knew he wanted Robert Schenkkan on board. In fact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Kentucky Cycle

The Mary Moody Northen Theatre's decision to stage Robert Schenkkan's monumental The Kentucky Cycle is laudable, and the St. Edward's University student actors and their Equity counterparts put their all into every moment of effort, but the production's nuggets of brilliance are lost in technical inadequacies, inconsistent acting, and awkward staging.

"...So it is with Robert Schenkkan's The Kentucky Cycle, an epic theatrical work --..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

The Marriage of Miss Hollywood and King Neptune

Robert Schenkkan's 'The Marriage of Miss Hollywood and King Neptune' eases us back into that long-ago world of screwball comedy and serves up some new fun

"...That handy phrase may well be the key to Robert Schenkkan's entertaining new comedy, The Marriage of Miss Hollywood..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

From the Source

"...Hollywood and King Neptune or that he just liked, Robert Schenkkan listed the following:..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature

TV Eye

While the eyes of many might be on model Travis Fimmel's man panties in the WB's Tarzan, Belinda Acosta will be watching Benjamin McKenzie in The OC.

"...graduated from Austin High in 1996 as Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan). I'm saying this because from what I've seen, he..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

LBJ

Harrelson dons prosthetics for this complicated biopic

"...The biographical drama LBJ treads much of the territory Robert Schenkkan’s expertly crafted stage play All the Way traversed..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

TV Eye

Even if you're not a fan of war entertainments, The Pacific is a must-watch miniseries

"...Harbor, stars James Badge Dale (24, The Departed) as Robert Leckie, Joe Mazzello (the former little kid from Jurassic..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

All the Way

In Zach Theatre's staging of this epic political drama about LBJ, the fight for civil rights feels particularly urgent

"...land's ideals and its realities is the foundation of Robert Schenkkan's Tony Award-winning All the Way, its truth underscored..."

May 1, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Betty Boyd Caroli on Lady Bird and Lyndon

Betty Boyd Caroli tells the First Lady's side of the story in Lady Bird and Lyndon

"...AC: With Robert Caro's incredible series on LBJ and the two new..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

The Quiet American

"...Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Tzi Ma, Robert Stanton, Holmes Osborne and Pham Thi Mai Hoa. Delayed..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hacksaw Ridge

A pacifist goes to war in Mel Gibson's brutal film

"...Hacksaw Ridge (with a screenplay by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan) is a Mel Gibson film through and through...."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'The Best Man'/'44 Plays for 44 Presidents'

Just in time for the election, presidents take the stage

"...an epic new drama from Pulitzer Prize-winning hometown hero Robert Schenkkan about Lyndon Johnson's first year in the White..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: Two-Stepping With Lyndon

To play historical figures like LBJ and Groucho, actors ought to dance with them

"...casts in Central Texas but also because of author Robert Schenkkan's Austin roots. And while I was there, I..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Shall We Sundance?

"...develop The Law Makes Evening Fall), and Pultizer Prize-winner Robert Schenkkan (to develop The Kentucky Cycle and Handler). Boone..."

May 7, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Top 10 (+1) Theatre Riches of 2015

Wild theatrical energy and masterful performances were the hallmarks of outstanding theatre in 2015

"...and the performances, kicked off with sublime mime from Robert Matney, were to die for. 2) Refugia (UT Dept...."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...six nods apiece: Zach Theatre’s Texas premiere of the Robert Schenkkan political drama All the Way; Austin Opera's modern-day..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

Try To Remember

How two kids from UT changed the course of the American musical

"...Robert Benton, screenwriter, 1950-53..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

School for Scripts

Why Get an MFA in Playwriting? Here's Why

"...illustration by Robert Faires..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

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