Theatre -- ALL CAPS, All the Time

There's nothing lower-case or lethargic about theatre director, actor, and producer Sharon Sparlin. She's bold, animated, even electric, and channeling all that high-voltage energy into creating equally energetic theatre all the time.

"...Troy," Sparlin explains. "And I wanted to see how Shakespeare treated Helen. And I read this play, and I..."

April 13, 2001 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Prison Buff

Peeking Behind the Curtain of Incarceration

"...Shakespeare Behind Bars: The Power of Drama in a Women's..."

April 6, 2001 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

Macbeth

Director Marshall Ryan Maresca may lose the audience at times in the female-dominated world of his Macbeth, but he keeps hearts pounding on a trip through the supernatural world of Dunsinane and the many worlds of human psychosis.

"...Females dominate the Disciples of Melpomene production of Shakespeare's Scottish Play, the second tragedy in the company's maiden..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Arts Review by Rob Curran

The Curse of the Play

"...with the play's creation in 1606. According to some, Shakespeare wrote the tragedy to ingratiate himself to King James..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How to Read and Why

"...Turgenev begat Chekhov, who begat Hemingway and Flannery O'Connor; Shakespeare begat (and then obliterated) himself. Bloom imagines Shakespeare reading..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Books Review by Craig Arnold

Austin Theatre Critics' Table 1999-2000 Nominations

"...Shakespeare's R&J, Zachary Scott Theatre Center..."

May 12, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Macbeth: Fascinating Executions

The FronteraFest 2000 Long Fringe round-up continues with Robi Polgar's review of the State Theater Company School of Acting production of A Macbeth

"...Done right, there is something utterly chilling about Shakespeare's Macbeth, with its incantations and spells, its darkness of..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Long Fringe @ the Hideout

"...1pm; 2/5 7pm; 2/6 7pm ($5)A MacbethWritten by: William Shakespeare..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature

Girl Talk

A Focus Group

"...she had no problem offering opinions on anything from Shakespeare to Doom. Although more soft-spoken, Sandra is a creative..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Silent Partner

You don't hear much about Wayne Bell when the Long Center for the Performing Arts is discussed. That may be because this honored Austin architect is low-key, modest, the consummate team player. But he's the point man on this $60 million project and arts writer Robi Polgar reveals how integral he is in getting it built in a calm, orderly, informed, and successful way.

"...comprise Winedale. Now better known for the performances of Shakespeare in the airy old barn, Winedale can be found..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Esther's All-Stars

"...Turn-Ons: J. C. Shakespeare..."

July 30, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Author Literatus

"...SS: I think I told you my Shakespeare quote, didn't I? As Ben Johnson said of Shakespeare,..."

July 2, 1999 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Roll 'Em

March

"...WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Hysteria Doomed Plan

"...Re: J. C. Shakespeare's "Awn-te's Inferno" [Vol.18, No.14]: If you are going to..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Column

Stage Frights

"...-- Sarah Hepola, Sam Martin, Robi Polgar, and J.C. Shakespeare -- felt it necessary to brave some of these..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Arts Feature

Exhibitionism

"...Tale is certainly down a long and winding road. Shakespeare stretches the action over many miles and two decades,..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Arts Review

Young Guns and Typewriters

"...with a stint at Winedale, working a summer of Shakespeare with UT English professor Jim Ayres and crew. There,..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Arts Feature

Chow Downtown

Dining in the Heart of Austin

"...The Old Pecan Street Cafe has since become Shakespeare's Pub photograph by John Anderson The three stoned college..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Food Feature

There Are No Guidelines

The Sixth Street Sound Ordinance

"...weekends.) Dr. Linn's brownstone is between The Ritz and Shakespeare's Pub, and the Graebers live in a three-story building..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Music Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

"My Uncle Has a Barn...."

Theatre Is Thriving in Some Surprising Places Outside Austin

"...most of them by students in Dr. James Ayres' Shakespeare at Winedale program. Ayres began staging work in the..."

June 20, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...Trevor Nunn, the renowned former director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and current head of England's Royal National Theatre,..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...Strictly Ballroom's Australian director Baz Luhrmann transplants William Shakespeare's classic Romeo and Juliet to contemporary Florida and asks..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips

"...From stagecoach inns to Shakespeare, the ghost town of Winedale has a history that..."

July 21, 1995 Column

Juliet & Romeo

Shakespeare's tragedy reimagined as a pop musical

"...Not reviewed at press time. This umpteenth retelling of Shakespeare's classic tragedy chucks out the Bard's iambic pentameter for..."

May 9, 2025 Movie Review

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Some believe William Shakespeare helped translate Psalm 46 into the King James Bible:..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Austin Film Festival Review: Time Travel Is Dangerous!

Kooky British sci-fi comedy loves the Eighties

"...script, credited to director Chris Reading and sisters Anna-Elizabeth Shakespeare and Hillary Shakespeare, wastes no time setting up the..."

Oct. 28, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sing Sing

Colman Domingo gives a radiant performance in this drama about incarcerated men finding community and purpose in acting

"...Dream. But it was a line from a different Shakespeare play I kept circling back to: “Now is the..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Balmorhea, Big Bend, Boquillas, Bois d'Arc, and blueberries

"...a backdrop. This year they have added performances of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream on July 9, 16, 23..."

May 31, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Books, Sculpture, and Weed Lead Our Recommended Arts Events

It'd be a lot cooler if you went to one of these events this week

"...be a fully paw-some time.   – Cat McCarrey Shakespeare’s Birthday Party..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Anyone but You

Can opposites attract when they're both just awful?

"...Anyone but You explicitly lifts plot points from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, but don’t be fooled by..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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