Southwest Theatre Productions' The Understudy

Southwest Theatre's focused cast overcomes the oddities in the script to serve up a snarky, funny look at the theatre business

"...in Theresa Rebeck's 2009 play The Understudy, presented by Southwest Theatre Productions. "It's like a disease. Not a disease..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Southwest Theatre Productions' Trade With Klan

In Donald E. Baker's new drama, the utter plainness of an Indiana small town makes its devotion to the KKK all the more shocking

"...new play by Donald E. Baker, currently staged by Southwest Theatre Productions. TWK takes place not in the present..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Arts Review by Laura Jones

Southwest Theatre Productions’ If I Forget

While the play is a compelling kitchen-sink drama, this staging doesn't quite reach the promise of the material

"...Dear Evan Hansen and If I Forget at Roundabout Theatre. The latter currently runs at Santa Cruz Theater, courtesy..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Southwest Theatre Productions' Sweat

This production brings home the plight of the American blue-collar worker with sympathy

"...Southwest Theatre Productions' presentation of Sweat features a group of..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Southwest Theatre Productions' Exit 27

At its heart, Aleks Merilo's play about boys exiled from their cultlike church is about mind control

"...In this staging for Southwest Theatre Productions, director Kat Sparks clearly knows the story..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Robert Faires’ Top 10 Treasures in Theatre of 2018

It was a year in which theatre making the political personal left the deepest impressions

"...imagery and deeply moving. In a year thick with theatre making the political personal, Jesus I. Valles' (Un)Documents and..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Shanon Weaver's Top 10 Theatrical Performances of 2017 (the Second Half)

The year was well-served by actors who could channel spookiness, rebellion, despair, and dance fever

"...1) KRISTIN CHILES IN THE UNDERSTUDY (Southwest Theatre Productions) Chiles perfectly captured the look of sheer..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Shanon Weaver

Elizabeth Cobbe's Top 10 Arts Entrances of 2019

It was the onstage arrivals – some creepy, some hilarious, all welcome – that made this year distinctive

"...1) MATT HISLOPE entered, or rather re-entered, Austin theatre as a creepy, silent Faceless Ghost in Paper Chairs'..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...After poring over the hundreds of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions mounted locally between May 1,..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

Talkin' the Walk

Hip-hop theatre artist Zell Miller III speaks truth about radio, race, and fatherhood

"...In East Austin's Southwest Key Community Center – a strikingly new and vibrant..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

2019 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

Five shows share top honors with four awards each

"...For many in Austin's theatre community, they will remember, remember the fourth of November,..."

Nov. 6, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions mounted locally between May 1,..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Nowhere to Play

The Cost of Art, Part I: Austin's growth and rising rent take out theatre venues, one by one

"...the show is slated to run at Trinity Street Theatre in summer 2014. "I'm hoping that's going to work..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

The 'West' Shall Rise Again

A new generation creates its own take on the show that changed Austin theatre

"...individuals take the stage of the Austin Community College theatre, each standing alone in the spotlight and telling some..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Institutionalized Innovation

In its 11th year, the annual Austin theatre celebration FronteraFest is as edgy as ever.

"...people that made up the company known as Frontera Productions -- were considered, at the time, to be among..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

By the Hand of the Father

Previewing Alejandro Escovedo's new autobiographical play, By the Hand of the Father.

"...Los Angeles, Alejandro Escovedo ventured into the world of theatre for the first time. That By the Hand of..."

June 16, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions mounted locally between May 1,..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Home for Heroes (and Others)

Transforming the storefront at 617 Congress into The Hideout, a multilevel arts venue, has been a learning process for proprietors Shana Merlin and Sean Hill. But after $250,000 of investment, the developer's dance of securing permits, and many hours of hard labor, they have created one of Austin's most user-friendly theatre spaces.

"...thorough cleaning of the interior, as they readied the theatre for opening earlier this year, turned up such artifacts..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Phil West

Selena Gomez, Conan O’Brien, Sydney Sweeney Top SXSW’s Sixth Featured Speakers Announcement

Danny Brown, Nick Kroll, and Kirsten Dunst also announced

"...The stars have aligned for South by Southwest’s latest keynotes and featured speakers announcement – meaning a..."

Feb. 27, 2024 SXSW Post by Carys Anderson

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...two oldest and most defining elements of South by Southwest, find harmony in the three headlining films announced for..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Garth Brooks to Keynote SXSW

DMC, Warren G, and T.I. also added as conference speakers

"...South by Southwest has roped in Garth Brooks for a keynote conversation..."

March 2, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Gay Place Guide to a Kweer SX

LGBTQIA SXSW and why queering SXSW is a big f-ing deal

"...In just a few days, South By Southwest will once again unleash its unshakable grip over Austin...."

March 9, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...Godfather, and John Waters' Pink Flamingos. Also coming to theatres is a restoration of Vittorio De Sica's Oscar-winning Italian..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

First Generation

The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...to Austin in 1892, there was no South by Southwest. Or FronteraFest. Or East Austin Studio Tour. No art..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Risk Immersion

Time again to sink deeply into FronteraFest's exhilarating experiments in performance

"...less – runs Tuesdays through Saturdays, at Hyde Park Theatre, 511 W. 43rd. As always, the Saturday program offers..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Critics Table's Grand Tales

The winners of the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...special citations issued to creatives in the fields of theatre, dance, design, classical music, visual art, and improv this..."

June 4, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Let's Fix That

How New Plays Are Developed in Austin

"...moviemaking, but even people who regularly go to the theatre can forget that for a stage play, the road..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

A New Day

Life in Kat Candler's cinematic world

"...you were in the audience at the South by Southwest 06 Alamo Drafthouse South screening of Candler's second feature,..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Katy Cusack

"...performing arts scenes, and took part in numerous stage productions. Her strongest ties were to Kathleen Weager's Angel Theatre,..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Arts Column

Magic Time

Oh, the sights you'll see at First Night Austin

"...a dance with a bus, a colossal jackalope, and theatre under a bridge, plus more wonders from 60-plus artists..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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