Springsteen’s High Hopes in Houston

Rarities set-list turns on a pair of Hispanic siblings

"...Bruce Springsteen’s SXSW showcase at the Moody Theater in 2012 meant the E Street Band..."

May 8, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

So Much Beginning Where Sixth Street Ends

The arts-heavy complex at 507 Calles defines creative synergy

"...Look: There's a large, varicolored group of long glass blades that,..."

July 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

TSOP

"...think we need to take a taxi back to the hotel,” muttered the first, turning on his burro and..."

June 13, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Killer Choreography

Ellen Bartel's blood-spattered new dance 'Killsport' mocks our love of the old ultraviolence

"...Yes, that Death Race 2000 (as if there could be more than one), the twisted, tacky, tasteless,..."

March 18, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

FronteraFest Schedule

"...start at 8pm.Tuesday, Jan. 13Short Fringe at Hyde Park Theatre..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Arts Feature

You Made Me Love You

What is this thing called crush? Specifically, what makes us swoon over people we've never met? The creative minds at the Blue Theater have gathered over two dozen actors, musicians, artists, writers, and puppeteers to create art, wall-writing, and short performance pieces to address that very question in Celebrity Crush.

"...over, you've had some time to reflect bitterly on the complete crock that is romantic love in this over-hyped,..."

March 1, 2002 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...– say, an unlikely place for a crowd to gather, like a broccoli farm or the bottom of the..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fuse Box: Now with more electricity

The newly expanded Fuse Box Festival continues to shower sparks across Austin, with the second week packing in even more new dance, theatre, screenings, bands, and art

"...Festival continues to shower sparks all over Austin, with the second week packing in even more new dance, theatre,..."

April 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Alien Nation

Experimental filmmaker Craig Baldwin is down on corporatization and up with aliens, presenting a compilation of his work at the Blue Theater's Blue Screen series.

"...X-, and ultraviolet rays rush through gaping wounds in the ionosphere. ... Human survivors shamble through the electronic miasma,..."

April 19, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy

Fuse Box: Supercharged

In its third year, Refraction Arts' Fuse Box Festival has evolved from the Little Festival That Could into the Amazing Colossal Fest

"...Head over to the Blue Theater this week, or any week in April,..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Won't You Come In?

For four years, playwright Lisa D'Amour and director Katie Pearl have forged an uncommon bond with audiences through the welcoming, intimate quality of their theatre work. They've also forged an uncommon bond with each other, a mutually fulfilling creative partnership that will continue for the rest of their lives.

"...Lisa D'Amour and Katie Pearl aren't just theatre artists. They're hostesses of the stage. When these two..."

May 11, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 11-13

Elvis tribute to Japanoise, take your pick

"...gone and sold out. In those cases, we’re of the mind that you know about the show anyway, because..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Music Post by Victoria Mycue

The North Project

Local theatre genius Ron Berry and his talented friends of the Refraction Arts Project have turned the Blue Theater into a snowed-under tundra, with an amazing array of multimedia effects, live performers, sounds, and moments real and imagined, all inspired by the frozen North.

"...The North ProjectBlue Theater, through Nov. 22 Running time: varies..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

FronteraFest Schedule

"...The Short Fringe at Hyde Park Theatre..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Arts Feature

Ondine

The plays of Jean Giraudoux are rarely staged today, so Coda Theatre Project's 'Ondine' is, while flat in places, a courageous and heartening show

"...Blue Theater, through July 16..."

July 8, 2005 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Who Gives a Damn About Big Range Austin?

The answer might be a lot closer than you think

"...Here comes the Big Range Austin Dance Festival again, for the fourth..."

June 24, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Department of Angels

A bureaucratic heaven, as envisioned by a couple of charming clowns, is sweet

"...Blue Theater..."

July 3, 2009 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Up in the Old Hotel

The delights of Refraction Arts Project's 'Up in the Old Hotel' are many, but the creators seem to assume that you already know a lot about 'New Yorker' writer Joseph Mitchell

"...Up in the Old Hotel..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Spank Dance Company

The fire at 304 E. Fifth has forced choreographer Ellen Bartel of Spank Dance Company to close Center Studio, the dance space she's been managing there for a decade

"...Another year, another downtown fire, another arts company out of..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Critics Poll

Our music team weighs in on the year's best shows, venues, and more

"...Chuck Prophet & the Mission Express, Continental Club (Caligiuri)..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Music Feature

Tutto Theatre Company

Dustin Wills' new play reconsiders Hamlet through a quintet of Ophelias

"...fairly often, so literature would have us believe, but the breakdown tends to occur offstage. The lovely, young, and..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

Lion in the Streets

In its staging of Judith Thompson's play Lion in the Streets, the tale of a ghostly girl who wanders the streets searching for her life, Kia Productions mines some deep material, with a passionate cast that takes the work to the edge -- and sometimes, unfortunately, too far over it.

"...Lion in the Streets: Something Wild Blue Theater,..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...artists to play on more than 75 stages throughout the Texas capital. Among the international, national, and hometown musicians..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Culture Flash!

See a show and aid local theatres, catch some more Crush, show some dramaturgs how to two-step, and read up on Austin artists in national mags

"...it as it heads into its final week: Half the proceeds from the Thursday, Feb. 17, performance will be..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Art Burn

An early-morning blaze at Guadalupe Arts Center displaces 75 artists

"...Fire hit the Guadalupe Arts Center late Sunday, causing an estimated $650,000..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Eastward (S)ho(w)!

The soon-to-be-built play! Theatre adds a seventh performing arts venue east of the interstate

"...Ten years ago, the Eastside was a lonely outpost for a theatre. When..."

July 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art, as presented during its annual ceremony at the Capitol City Comedy Club.

"...On Monday, June 2, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for..."

June 6, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Bar 96, 11pm Nearly 15 years on, Austin's Ortiz brothers continue to stoke the fires of hard rock and..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Austin Music Industry Awards Winners

KUTX named Best Radio Station, Strange Brew Best Venue

"...The Austin Chronicle hosted the Austin Music Industry Awards this..."

March 9, 2015 Music Post by The Music Staff

Risk Immersion

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

"...The creativity has been unleashed...."

Jan. 16, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

« 1    ‹ BACK    2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11     NEXT ›    24 »