Review: The City Theatre's The Fantasticks

Reverential and sharp production of the classic musical

"..."The Fantasticks … attracts you, settles back a bit limply,..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Gus Baldwin & the Sketch, High Desert Queen, No Limit reunion, Beto y los Fairlanes, and more recommendations

"...Gus Baldwin & the Sketch..."

May 20, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

In the Frigid Cold of a Surging Pandemic, Tear Dungeon’s Blood-Spewing Chaos Made Us Feel Alive

Finally, a band that wears masks on stage – oh wait

"...No, the most accurate answer is Tear Dungeon during Thursday’s Free..."

Jan. 8, 2022 Music Post by David Brendan Hall

The Top 10 Most Read Screens Stories of 2021

The year's big stories, from true crime to interstellar action

"...in film and television around Austin. But what were the news and interviews you, our readers, cared about the..."

Jan. 5, 2022 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Behold a Pale Horse: the White Horse Turns Ten with No Signs of an Apocalypse

A look back at the early days of the “black sheep” of Austin honky-tonks

"...record and Merle Haggard never sang a ballad about the challenges of finishing a masters degree...."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Post by Gary Lindsey

Levitation Interview: the Hives Wax Deep ATX Roots

Plus Halloween, human sacrifice, and psychedelia (sort of)

"...Though the Hives would be the first to tell you they’re..."

Nov. 2, 2021 Music Post by David Brendan Hall

The Teeta Optimizes His ACL Appearance With High-Energy Show

Austin rap veteran rhymes and glides during energetic fest debut

"...Hyping the magnitude of the Teeta’s ACL Fest debut, DJ Joaqu.n..."

Oct. 9, 2021 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Billy F. Gibbons on the Death of Dusty Hill and the Future of ZZ Top

“Nobody else could sound like The Dust!”

"...There have only been two lineups of Texas blues-rock institution..."

July 30, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Masters of the Universe: Revelation Trailer Threatens All Life

More details on the new show from Kevin Smith and Powerhouse

"...So, it looks like the entirety of creation is ending - at least, in..."

July 2, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Old Friends John Doe and Michael Mogavero Combine Paintings and Poetry to Reach the "Promised Land"

The exhibition at Bale Creek Allen Gallery celebrates a 47-year-old friendship

"...To understand what's so special about the exhibition "Promised Land," opening this week at Bale Creek..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

New Solo Performance Shows How Black Mothers Are Left Doubly Unprotected by the Constitution

Taji Senior's amendment puts the country’s foundational document on trial

"...Taji Senior wants you to show her the part of the Constitution that specifically protects Black mothers...."

Aug. 21, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bring the Zilker Summer Musical Home This Year

You can dance, you can jive to the Summer Musical and Mamma Mia! even if you can't get to the Zilker Hillside

"...of May 26, you could still plan on seeing the 62nd annual Zilker Summer Musical starting July 10. But..."

May 29, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Paper Street Podcast Gives a Voice to the Indie Film Industry

With movie production in lockdown, try the sounds of Paper Street

"...If the podcast boom has proved one thing, it's that people..."

May 22, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The 38th Annual Austin Music Awards Deliver the Guy Clark Standard

“Stuff That Works” – GA floor, sleek runtime, winner sets, funny hosts

"...In the best sense of the word, communal defined the mood..."

March 12, 2020 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Dragula Star Louisianna Purchase Finds Fantasy in the Nightmare

Competing on the reality series turned this Austin drag queen into a queen of the night

"..."Delayed Reaction would be the name of my autobiography," jests Louisianna Purchase...."

Dec. 27, 2019 Arts Feature by Sarah Marloff

Behind the Scenes on Netflix’s New Austin-Made, Mexico-Set Anime

The many hands of Powerhouse Animation make light work of Seis Manos

"...Brad Graeber has two notepads. They're pocket-sized scrapbooks, crammed with references to martial arts films...."

Oct. 11, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Nail in the Coffin – The Fall and Rise of Vampiro

The split life of a lucha legend and a father from Canada

"...doesn't matter that his career in and out of the ring has stretched across four decades. It doesn't matter..."

Sept. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF Goes Behind the Flounce and Bounce of Trixie Mattel

Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts spotlights the Drag Race alum and musician

"...In the opening of documentary Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts, the "Skinny..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

That! Big! 80s! Musical! at the Hideout

This improvised take on Footloose-style musicals wasn't exactly polished, but the cast's catchy enthusiasm brought genuine laughs

"...our exhausting social climate, where oppression weighs heavily on the mind of any sensible adult, that played a role..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

The 12 People You Meet at Sam’s Town Point, Austin’s Real-Life Roadhouse

You’d never know the South Austin honky-tonk is there, but wait 'til you meet its cast of characters

"...For decades, people discovered Sam's Town Point the same way Christopher Columbus "discovered" America: by accident –..."

April 26, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Interstellar Friendship in Elijah and the Rock Creature

Canadian kid-friendly sci-fi story playing Other Worlds Austin

"...is what visual artist Jen Walden realized when taking the leap from static images to moving ones four years..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Screens Post by Shalavé Cawley

Anna and the Apocalypse

Scottish zombie musical is your new Christmas playlist

"..."There's no such thing as a Hollywood ending," chorus the..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Michael B. Jordan Joins Rooster Teeth Show

Black Panther star to voice and produce gen:LOCK

"...The folks at Austin's online entertainment leviathan Rooster Teeth have..."

May 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Denny Laine Saves the World

British Invasion pioneer played it, sang it, saw it all

"...weeks ago, Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Hines) entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Moody..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Moontower 2018 Review: Mike Birbiglia's The New One

Birbiglia captured all the hilarity and fear of fatherhood

"...Mike Birbiglia isn’t the first comedian to question his fitness for fatherhood or..."

April 23, 2018 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

Tracy Morgan on Almost Dying, The Last O.G., and Being Barbershop Famous

SNL star goes back to the gentrified hood at SXSW

"..."I want to be a topic of discussion in the beauty salons and the barbershops," said living comedic legend..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Feels Like the First Time

The 36th annual Austin Music Awards mark a number of debuts

"...Agenda item No. 1 for the 2017/2018 Austin Music Awards Show hinged on a landmark..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Murdered Women of Juárez Find a Voice Onstage

Isaac Gomez’s one-woman show The Way She Spoke

"...When he first approached her about The Way She Spoke, Karen Rodriguez was more than a..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

“Rachel Stuckey: Good Days & Bad Days on the Internet” at Women & Their Work

The artist creates some genuinely geeky-cool stuff in this show that’s smart, funny, and fresh in its treatment of tech

"..."My senior year was awesome, had a baby, at the same time got a new macbook & Graduated." Thus..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Arts Review by Melany Jean

UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance’s The Crucible

The department manages to elicit tension from Arthur Miller’s familiar drama, but not without a few flaws

"...A small, unassuming insert is tucked into the program for the University of Texas Department of Theatre..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

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