State Theater Company: Kanoff Terminated

Just two weeks into what was to be his sixth season with the State Theater Company, Scott Kanoff was booted from his job as producing artistic director

"...most ambitious and fully realized – season with the State Theater Company, Scott Kanoff was booted from his job..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Free Night of Theater: The List

These Central Texas theatre companies are offering free tickets as part of the national Free Night of Theater campaign

"...Baker Theatre: The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie; Baker Theater, 216 S. Main, Lockhart, 474-TIXS..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Arts Feature

Austin Film Society Celebrates Art House Theater Day

AFS Cinema to host screenings celebrating independent filmmaking

"...House Convergence, along with Indiegogo, is bringing Art House Theater Day to cinemas across the country. The celebration of..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Spencer Beghtol

DVD Watch: 'Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie'

The TV show that spoofed cinema, then became a movie, comes home

"...paid to talk over movies. And thus, Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie...."

Sept. 3, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

After Defunding Breast Cancer Services, State Hosts Breast Cancer Awareness Event

Event participant doesn't support cutting services

"...On Wednesday morning, First Lady Cecilia Abbott and The..."

Oct. 13, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

State Theatre Company

It's a new year, and the State Theater has a new artistic director, who has announced some new additions to the theatre's season

"...It's a new year, and at the State Theatre that means much that's new, including the artistic..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

State of the City 2016

Mayor Steve Adler declares Austin “prosperous, strong … and cool”

"...There were no great surprises in the mayor’s “State of the City” address Tuesday night at Zachary Scott’s..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Post by Michael King

ColdTowne Theater: Always in Motion

The comedy venue is home to diverse audiences and performers, but needs a permanent home of its own

"..."Every body perseveres in its state of being at rest or of moving uniformly straight..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

The Spirit of the City and the Letter of the Law Collide at Sekrit Theater

Beau Reichert struggles with the city over his backyard arts complex

"...end of Beau Reichert's driveway greets visitors to Sekrit Theater. Down that path lie any number of interesting things:..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Art of the State

Art:

"...Red Grooms, tipping his Stetson to the Lone Star State's rodeo culture, through April 13; and "A Ruckus on..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Arts Feature

Salvage Vanguard Theater's Thr3e Zisters

This zombified take on Chekhov gets reanimated right when we need women who will bite back at the patriarchy

"...just as the Texas Lege has reconvened in the state Capitol and the man who made sexist, body-shaming, and..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The State of Texas: "Pro-life, Pro-guns, Anti-Obama"

"...clear that the Republicans had yet again swept the statewide offices, and held the House and Senate with bigger..."

Nov. 7, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: The State of the State of the 2012 Austin Music Scene

A look back at 2012

"...way around? Either way, it somehow relates to the state of the state of the music community, for whom..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

ACLU of Texas Sues to Block State's Impending Drag Ban

Hands off our expression

"...an enormous swath of constitutionally protected activity,” the suit states, “including theater, ballet, comedy, and even cheerleading. By enacting..."

Aug. 4, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Playback: In a New York State of Mind

Mother Falcon hits Gotham, Not in the Face sears Vancouver, and Black Joe Lewis comes home

"...Robert Plant, who hits ACL Live at the Moody Theater Sunday for a sold-out show with his Sensational Space..."

June 21, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

State of Love and Trust

Have a little faith for the new millennial music paradigm and trust in the 2011-12 Austin Music Awards.

"...get psychedelic on "Good Vibrations" live or the Moody Theater holding its breath for Newman's Austin City Limits taping..."

March 9, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Art of the State '98

Art & Theatre to See Around Texas This Summer

"...Windows of Remembrance at Josef and Edith Mincberg Gallery,..."

May 29, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art of the State

Art:

"...close their run. December 29 Sun, 7:30pm. $10-$60. Brown Theater, Wortham Center, Texas & Smith, Houston. 800/828-2787...."

Dec. 27, 1996 Arts Feature

Play On!

In the backstage comedy Anton in Show Business, playwright Jane Martin wittily paints the contemporary stage as a madhouse overrun by loons and lunatics so preoccupied with money, image, and themselves that they can hardly be bothered to create art. And the State Theater Company's production takes us inside the insanity with an air of playfulness that keeps the audience primed for a good time.

"...At least, that's the state of the art in Jane Martin's wryly comic Anton..."

March 30, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Time for Magic

The State Theater Company feels the time is right for magic, and so has a gift to offer this holiday season: the tale of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's Little Prince told in story and song by John Scoullar and Rick Cummins.

"...The State Theater Company has a gift to offer this holiday..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Polari: Unabashedly Queer

Gays descend on Downtown for Polari's opening night

"...film festival formerly known as aGLIFF) lit up the State Theater last night to honor queer film, Austin's queer..."

Oct. 17, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...the Paramount Theatre for the Performing Arts and the State Theater Company is a business affair, replete with all..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Never Give Up

Don Toner's 13 years as producing artistic director of the State Theater Company have been full of struggles, but in Toner's world, struggles are good. They bring understanding, richness, beauty, and in his case, a new theatre and a loyal company.

"...When people say that Don Toner built the State Theater Company, they aren't just speaking figuratively. From the..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

New Direction at the State

"...has yet to come from 719 Congress, but the State Theater Company is in the midst of its biggest..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

The Great State

"...Sunday, I paid a long-overdue first visit to the State Theater since its renovation, and I deserve a swift..."

June 18, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Tools of the Trade

Southwest Texas State's Jazz Program

"...enrollments in both schools, most recently at Southwest Texas State University, where he's an instructor in the music department...."

June 13, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The Last Shall Be First

New Year's Eve becomes a cultural extravaganza with First Night Austin

"...Townlake Center, 721 Barton Springs Rd.; and in the State Capitol Complex lots. Capital Metro 'Dillos will ferry First..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature 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.

"...by a Houston family since before Texas was a state, has been a saloon, a dry cleaning shop, a..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Phil West

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.

"...Center): This theatrical mosaic, crafted by New York's Tectonic Theater Company following the savage murder of Matthew Shepard, evokes..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

Blood Wedding: Folk Tale Under a Glitter Moon

"...The State Theater, through May 16 Running Time: 2 hrs, 45..."

April 30, 1999 Arts Review

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