What We Carried (Away From Winedale)

Lessons learned about theatre and life by program alumni

"...be up on that stage performing the language of Shakespeare. It was Doc who put me up there and..."

July 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Terry Galloway

My Weetzah Days

A case study of one post-Winedale company, the Weetzah Players

"...Weetzah-dom. How else would we have become obsessed with Shakespeare? What else would have led us to travel to..."

July 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Clayton Stromberger

Being a Winedaler Without the Class

Two theatre professionals explain how Shakespeare at Winedale changed their lives, even though they were never part of the program

"...There is an inventiveness in the Winedale approach to Shakespeare's work that brings it into our time. The comic..."

July 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Leslie Bonnell

New Leader for the Long

Dallas area arts administrator Cliff Redd named executive director of the Long Center for the Performing Arts

"...and was its executive director until 1990; ran the Shakespeare Festival of Dallas during the Nineties; and briefly headed..."

June 25, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Horseshit, oarfish, toothpaste, cheese spread, and mouse traps

"...America every bird ever mentioned in a play by Shakespeare. The group released 60 starlings in New York's Central..."

June 25, 2004 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Applause! Applause!

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

"...The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Austin Shakespeare Festival..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Do Kill the Messenger

Guest performers bring cameo cutups to Tongue and Groove Theatre's production of The Comedy of Errors

"...of otherwise dignified individuals will hurl themselves into this Shakespearean fray. Here's the lineup, so you may choose your..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Yummer Reading

"...drama. In a more pedestrian effort than her swanky Shakespeare's Kitchen (see right), this cinema-inspired collection takes its cue..."

May 28, 2004 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Yummer Reading

"...Shakespeare's Kitchen: Renaissance Recipes for the Contemporary Cookby Francine Segan..."

May 28, 2004 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Summer Reading

Also Recommended

"...Office, and part The X-Files, with a title from Shakespeare and a tip of the hat to H.G. Wells,..."

May 28, 2004 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Yummer Reading

Cookbooks, memoirs, anthologies, and more

May 28, 2004 Food Feature

Yummer Reading

Cookbooks, memoirs, anthologies, and more

May 28, 2004 Food Feature by MM Pack

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

"...Romeo and Juliet, Austin Shakespeare Festival..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Arts Hall of Fame

Class of 2004

"...arts advocate (Cafe Manhattan, Zachary Scott Theatre Center, Austin Shakespeare Festival, Ballet Austin, et al.)..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Summer Camps

Instead of renting twenty videos per week and melting your kids' brains this summer, try some of these more active activities

"...with fun summer opportunities, and with disciplines ranging from Shakespeare, scuba, yoga, zookeeping, rowing, and magic, to good old..."

May 7, 2004 Features Feature by Diana Welch

Romeo and Juliet

The trick in staging Romeo and Juliet has ever been keeping the suspense in the second half that the first half never really needs, and the Austin Shakespeare Festival almost manages it

"...It's not all there yet. Up-and-coming playwright William Shakespeare penned a brilliant first half to his story of..."

April 30, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Articulations

City Council adopts new guidelines for the Cultural Arts Funding Program, Michelle Schumann shoots off for a Canadian piano competition, and some 'palpable hits' to get your sweet William for Shakespeare's birthday

"...it's almost April 23 and you don't have a Shakespeare's birthday gift for the Bardophile in your life? Well,..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Gathering Up the Wanderers

The Austin International Poetry Festival

"...Ophelia's Codpiece provides "a feminist and poststucturalist take on Shakespeare's tragic heroine." Joanna Catherine Scott comes from North Carolina..."

April 16, 2004 Books Feature by Abe Louise Young

Noises Off

Michael Frayn's Noises Off is funny stuff, and while this Naughty Austin production sometimes works, it has only one basic level: big, fast, and loud

"...about a bunch of fairies by a guy named Shakespeare, but there's little question that Frayn's play has more..."

April 9, 2004 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Kiss Me, Kate

Cole Porter's 'Kiss Me Kate' is revived by the Austin Playhouse in such an atmosphere of fun (and ever-so-slightly wicked humor) that the production is rather endearing

"...a tale of putting on a musical version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, but as things progress,..."

March 19, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Hamlet

Through the vision and skill of choreographer Stephen Mills, Ballet Austin told the story of 'Hamlet' with an urgency and imagination made the prince's pain palpable

"...Mills may not have had Shakespeare's incomparable words at his disposal, but he found eloquence..."

March 19, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Day Trips

Capt. Day Trips drops the 411 on Round Top, Texas

"...Center has become best known for its art and Shakespeare festivals. This summer's schedule of events begins with a..."

March 12, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Articulations

The Austin Shakespeare Festival gets a roof over its head and a place of its own, and Austin Lyric Opera gets a new season and a cool million

"...of that time spent out of doors, the Austin Shakespeare Festival is about to get a roof over its..."

March 5, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Young at Art

At age 85, violinist Robert Rudié is still fiddling around – and teaching and acting and …

"...music; has acted in numerous local stage productions, from Shakespeare to Stoppard, including several runs of his acclaimed one-man..."

March 5, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Weird Science Takes the Stage

The strange but true tale of how a high school class turned a science textbook into a play

"...Johnny Appleseed, for instance, or the sonnets of William Shakespeare (which they worked on in 2002 with the Rude..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Are We on the Edge?

The Austin Shakespeare Festival's Will Power: The Course of Love, a compendium of Shakespearean scenes, songs, and sonnets, is as short and sweet as a chocolate heart

"...Will Power: The Course of LoveAustin Shakespeare Festival..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Winter's Tale

You should go to the Austin Shakespeare Festival's The Winter's Tale only if you'd like to see a truly magical story of hope from despair, joy from grief, and life from death

"...a man you may have heard of, one Will Shakespeare, a king named Leontes believes that his wife, Hermione,..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Titus Andronicus

Elena Manuela Araoz's minimalist staging of Titus Andronicus cleaves to the bosom of Shakespeare but ultimately loses its humanity.

"...There are people who have read everything that Shakespeare wrote, but you can be a Shakespeare fan without..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Long Fringe at the Blue Theater

"...Will Power: The Course of Love (Austin Shakespeare Festival) A distilled collection of Shakespeare's unparalleled poetry and..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Arts Feature

Top 10 Shows in 2003 That Shed Light in a Dark Year

"...his rep as one of our finest interpreters of Shakespeare with these twin adaptations of comedies by the Bard...."

Jan. 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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