UT Department of Theatre & Dance's Enron

This production of Lucy Prebbles' play smartly recounts and reframes the corporate beast's rise and fall

"...The rise and fall of Houston corporate monolith Enron was a stain..."

March 2, 2018 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

UT Department of Theatre & Dance

The University of Illinois' Brant Pope is hired to lead UT's theatre/dance school

"...The University of Texas Department of Theatre & Dance has a..."

May 28, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Survivors/Los Sobrevivientes at Texas State University

Katie Bender's drama takes us inside the Alamo for the rare treatment of that story as something intimate, with feeling more than action

"...answer, eyes fixed on her as if in expectation of a revelation. But following her response, he craves more..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Members of the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Shay Ishii Dance Company's Dancestry ... Vivid

Audiences gained much from this program's re-creations of historic dances by Isadora Duncan, Loïe Fuller, and Lucia Dlugoszewski

"...In April 2000, the Erick Hawkins Dance Company premiered Lucia Dlugoszewski's "Motherwell Amor," a contemplative ode..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Top of the Line

The nominees for the 2011 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...For the 19th year, an informal affiliation of local arts critics has recognized the year's most exceptional..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TOP 10 Theatrical Wonders of 2010

A theatre year with a tipsy crew, a zoo, a shrew, and lots of cross-dressing

"...1) 'THE DROWSY CHAPERONE' (ZACH THEATRE) A speakeasy's worth of cocktails couldn't match the intoxicating..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dance Repertory Theatre's 2019 Fall for Dance

In works ranging from tender to tense, the student dancers in the UT Department of Theatre & Dance embodied the spirit of "I can do anything"

"...The line was sung as a dozen women, all of them students in the University of Texas Department of..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

For His Dance (Re)current Unrest, Charles O. Anderson Keeps Moving

Through the pandemic and other obstacles, the choreographer and UT teacher continues to adapt

"..."Like so many of us, these pandemics – COVID-19 and ongoing systemic racism..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Reasons I Stayed in Love With Theatre in 2013

Austin thespians played for keeps, with boundless commitment and imagination, in the year's most memorable theatre

"...1) 'SLIP RIVER' (UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance/Cohen New Works Festival) Spiriting its audience..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gibney Dance Community Action Residency

Training dancers to help victims of abuse

"...Pat Stone holds the theory that victims of domestic and sexual abuse tend to "self-select for the..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Bob Bursey Takes Over Texas Performing Arts

UT hires the director of Bard College's Fisher Center to run TPA

"...Get ready to welcome a new executive director to Texas Performing Arts. Today, the University of Texas at Austin..."

Sept. 3, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox Make Space to Create

The two organizations partner on a residency program to support Austin artists making adventurous new work

"...for performing artists to create new work are scarce and getting scarcer. So the idea that in this time..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Like Beer and Chili

Combustible Collaborators Joseph Skibell and David Yeakle

"...mind when describing the relationship between director David Yeakle and playwright/author Joseph Skibell. These are two creative guys who..."

March 13, 1998 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Another Round of Praise

Nominations for the 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...For the 16th year, an informal affiliation of local arts critics have joined to recognize the year's..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene

"...Judy Arnold, Jacqui Cross and Yolanda Williams in Dreamgirls photograph byKenny Braun ig and..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Introducing the 2019 Class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

The stories behind the art transformers of this year's Hall of Fame inductees

"...it's never static. The work created in the performing and visual arts is always changing, ever evolving. That's because..."

May 24, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dance Visionary Charles Santos Heads to NYC Life Cycles

"...downtown streets. The air is warm, even for a Texas fall -- the temperature is pushing 80 degrees --..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Arts Feature

Seeds of Inspiration

The 2012 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...the question that inevitably comes up whenever two members of Austin's creative community connect. We stay so active here..."

June 1, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Essential History Museums and Cultural Spaces

Fun for everyone from history buffs to kids who like hands-on science

"...Ever wondered where the “Come and Take It” meme first started? Want to dive into..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

"Drawing Lines: Explorations of Place"

The final exhibit of this public art project shows how every district in Austin has had artists working for it

"...Citizens of Austin, prepare to meet the official representatives of your..."

April 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All the Way to State

A high school play contest might not sound like a big deal, but it is to the 18,000 students in 1,200 schools across Texas who participate in the state's UIL one-act play every year -- and here's a look at why.

"...minute now, the stage will not be empty anymore, and an official with the University Interscholastic League (UIL) will..."

May 12, 2000 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

The 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

Top honors to Salvage Vanguard's Thr3e Zisters, LOLA Austin's Femme Bohème, and Texas State's Kiss Me, Kate

"...Theater's Thr3e Zisters receiving four prizes from the group of area arts writers...."

June 5, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The 'It' Program

Musical theatre struts back onstage at Texas State to rave reviews

"...On Aug. 11 of this year, the Department of Theatre and Dance at..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Christopher Durang

Tony-winning playwright takes up residence at Texas State

"...Christopher Durang these days, but "adrift" is not one of them. The playwright responsible for Sister Mary Ignatius Explains..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

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

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Awards 2013

Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees

"...A toast, please, to the 170-plus artists and creative projects recognized in the nominations for the 2013..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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 20, 2015 Arts Post

The Critics Table's Crème de la Crème

The winners of the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Critics Table gathered for the 26th time to honor outstanding work in the arts – and prove, perhaps, that..."

June 5, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Everything Is Exemplary

The 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...For 22 years, the critics have been the ones handing out the honors at their annual presentation of awards..."

June 3, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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