Leonard for a Day

Louis Black and Leonard Maltin reminisce on 50 years of moviegoing

"...we were still living in Manhattan at the Regency Theatre on Broadway. We left walking on a cloud. Some..."

May 24, 2013 Screens Feature

Gay Place: Howdy, Sailor

Gayest. South by. Ever.

"...- PASS SB 237 NOW"? Thu., March 14. Texas State Capitol, 1100 Congress, 305-8400. www.facebook.com/GetEQUAL.TX/events...."

March 15, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Learning Desire

MindPop thinks about arts education in whole new ways, and what a difference it makes

"...bring them together in a summit on the current state of our arts education system, then have them spend..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Naked Authenticity of Amanda Palmer

Dresden Doll bares all about Kickstarter and her new album

"...for the recording and promotion of her new album, Theatre is Evil, a full-blown cabaret punk spectacular that marks..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Scare Game

Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon on what went wrong with horror and where to go from here

"...vis-à-vis Eighties slasher films, are going to leave the theatre inspired, possibly to the point of forgetting to make..."

March 9, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

All Over Creation: Unexpected Losses

Sudden deaths make us stop, but they should also make us think

"...Aulie, a lively force in Austin's improv, slam poetry, theatre, and music communities, had died one week before his..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Moving Pictures

Twenty years on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to Slacker and a city in transition

"...reveals that the skyline, once dominated by the Texas state Capitol dome and the Whitman-haunted UT Tower, has gone..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

'Tea in Tripoli'

A master storyteller spins the true yarn of a year spent in Libya

"...England – you need look no further than City Theatre, where for a couple of weeks Bernadette Nason will..."

July 8, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ann, Taylor-made

A stage tribute to Ann Richards becomes Ms. Holland's opus

"...Ann Richards was born for the theatre. Though not an actress, she held the political stage..."

April 29, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Medal of Arts

The Texas Cultural Trust honors its sixth group of notable Texans in the arts

"...handing out Texas Medal of Arts Awards to the state's cultural stalwarts, you might think that the nonprofit Texas..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TexArts

Co-founder Todd Dellinger takes a new job, so two new directors take over for him

"...early going not only taught many of the musical theatre training classes they offered and rehearsed the student and..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lou Perryman

Remembering a character actor's character actor

"...L. King's The Night Hank Williams Died (Live Oak Theatre) was all Lone Star heart, and his work in..."

April 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

KidsActing: The Young Ones Take Center Stage

The space known as Arts on Real gets a new name and becomes a theatre of, by, and for kids

"...Three months ago, the Eastside lost a live theatre. Next week, it gets a new one. And guess..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dreams, Journeys, Disasters, and Joy

Previewing the 14th annual Austin Film Festival

"...Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum IMAX Theatre (1880 Congress)..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Screens Feature

After a Fashion

It's hard out here for a Style Avatar, especially after all those DHOHs at the Oscars!

"...glamorous whirlwind trip to Houston, to the One World Theatre Gala, we begin the Spring 2006 Social Olympics, taking..."

March 10, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Dance Fever

With Hot September Flurries, a corps of Austin choreographers burn up the Blue all month long

"...community in much the way that FronteraFest serves local theatre artists and the Austin Chamber Music Festival does classical..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Film News

The pair behind 'Dear Pillow' is at it again; plus, IFP issues, Cannes kudos, and Digital Light Processing lightsabers

"...• Theatre Wars: The best Austin theatre in which to experience..."

May 27, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Culture Flash!

Clowns picket Physical Plant, Mills takes the prize in Montreal, Steakley mixes up some 'Tuna' in Louisville, and Salvage Vanguard wants you to join their party

"...850 miles from Austin? That would be Zachary Scott Theatre Center's Dave Steakley, who will spend October in Louisville,..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

House Arrest

Both Anna Deavere Smith's script for 'House Arrest' and Zachary Scott Theatre Center's production of it fall short as meaningful political theatre

"...House ArrestZachary Scott Theatre Center Kleberg Stage, through Sept. 12..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Lone Star Arts Convergence

Artists converge on Austin for TCA's Texas Arts Exchange Conference

"...open to the public. The performance at the Paramount Theatre will feature classical music from Houston's Mercury Baroque Ensemble;..."

July 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hail to the Chiefs

By popular demand, the boys of 'The Dead Presidents' Club' are back in town

"...most popular actors, certainly one of its most popular theatre practitioners, as well as artistic director for OnStage Theatre..."

July 16, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

End of an Arts Era

The most prosperous period in Austin's cultural history came to a painful close in 2003.

"...seven staffers and eliminated its Young Artist Program. The State Theater Company axed most of its staff and half..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2003 Texas Book Festival Preview

"...to the public, take place in or around the state Capitol, unless otherwise noted. For updates and more information,..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Books Feature

Comin' at Ya!

3-D is back on the big screen -- again.

"...Tester's laser-staff came a little too close to their theatre seat. Those awestruck audiences were quite possibly marveling at..."

July 25, 2003 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

"...I Hate Theatre Critics..."

June 20, 2003 Column

Outfitting the Stars

It's all in a name: suiting up the stars at Star Costume and Clothier.

"...out a niche in the burgeoning Austin film and theatre market and gained a reputation for creative, challenging designs..."

June 13, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Better Tomorrow

For years, the city of Austin's arts funding process has been mired in perpetual gloom, but with the city reviewing its Cultural Contracts Program, artists and arts companies talking with each other about collaborations and a shared vision of what the arts mean to Austin, there are glimmers of light on the city's arts funding horizon.

"...(the museum, the ballet, the symphony, and Zachary Scott Theatre) was squeezing them out. Such companies attacked the so-called..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Photojournalist David Douglas Duncan returns to Austin to inaugurate a new lecture series named in his honor, homegrown musical Jouét touches down in the pages of Show Music magazine, and Gerard Lebeda lands a European tour of Evita.

"...departure from India and the birth of the Israeli state. He has photographed Bassari warriors in Africa, Russians in..."

April 5, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

If It's Thursday, This Must Be Texas

On the morning of January 24, NY Loves America: The Broadway Tour delivered a Big Apple thank you in the form of a dozen beautifully belted show tunes to a small but appreciative audience in the Texas State Capitol Rotunda.

"...January 24. Cooked up by the League of American Theatres and Producers, the tour was a showbiz way for..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Ailing actor Douglas Taylor is on the mend, actors Babs George and Lowell Bartholomee get the recognition they deserve (from the Payne Awards), and choreographer Deborah Hay wants you to spend the weekend with her.

"...and recuperating nicely. He's even been out to the theatre in the interim, a sure sign that Taylor is..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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