Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

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"...hip-hop lineup with a major-label ringer. But old heads and backpackers grouse not! Even from a Triple A vantage,..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company's Everything! Everything! Everything!

The achievement of this new work is that it lives up to its name, including all that is remarkable about KDHDC

"...stood behind a screen door at an upstage corner and watched them. In a short time, she would open..."

June 7, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Gricelda Silva, Equal Parts Pragmatism and Whimsy

For five years, the actress has been among the busiest and best on Austin's stages

"...of a sea of anxious freshmen, she was an island of calm, possessed of an ease that eluded the..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

King of Hearts

Tongue and Groove's stage adaptation of the anti-war cult film looks lovely but breezes by too quickly

"...white, another in rich scarlet, a third in black and violet, and a ballerina in buttery yellow – is..."

June 5, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Live Feed

Jason Phelps turns to his theatrical past to nourish the present with a Feast of My Heart

"...If you want to understand what led this versatile and accomplished performer to create..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Eggheads'

Novelist Joseph Skibell reflects on his adventures in the screen trade that produced this screwball comedy

"...Marx Brothers but look like Franz Kafka, Sigmund Freud, and Albert Einstein. The former image came from one of..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Terminal Stage

With 'Adam Sultan,' playwright Steve Moore again reflects on friendship and mortality in Austin

"...followed by the year in which you will die and the cause...."

April 5, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: The Same but Different

Reruns on TV may be the same old thing, but onstage they show us something new

"...when new episodes from all the series dry up, and the cathode-ray landscape becomes a Sahara of reruns. Been..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

'Seven Wonders of the World (Plus One)'

A surreal musical recording of the 1940s yields a charming stage spectacle today

"...Seven Wonders of the World (Plus One)Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside, www.tongueandgroovetheatre.com Through..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

'Seven Wonders of the World (Plus One)'

Tongue and Groove Theatre revives an odd little show that's truly dreamy

"...One of those was a little offering from Tongue and Groove Theatre (which has, over the past 17..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Incredible Shrinking Man

This shadow-theatre staging of the sci-fi classic is, indeed, incredible

"...www.hydeparktheatre.org..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

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

Top 10 Most Memorable Locally Produced Live Performance Offerings That I Chanced To See in 2010

A theatre year of staged fantasies, musical fun, and crazy families

"...1) 'THE RED BALLOON' (TONGUE AND GROOVE THEATRE) A boy. A red balloon. A..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Red Balloon

This revival of the 2008 hit is utterly original and transcendently human

"...Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside, www.tongueandgroovetheatre.org..."

May 28, 2010 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

'Silent Stage'

Four artists have turned the house they share into a retro-cinema with a twist

"...How's this for a home-theatre experience: In the comfortable living room of a South..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

FronteraFest Schedule

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

Jan. 8, 2010 Arts Feature

Superlatives

The 2008-2009 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...On Monday, June 1, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for outstanding achievements in the..."

June 5, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Give 'Em a Hand

The nominees for the 2009 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...exceptional achievements in dance, classical music, the visual arts, and theatre. The nominations for the 2009 Austin Critics Table..."

May 15, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Theatrical Treasures and Pleasures of 2008

Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires recalls 2008, in the theatre

"...1) Porgy and Bess (Zach Theatre) George Gershwin's 1930s folk opera rescored..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Parts and Wholes (In No Particular Order), Plus One Standout

Chronicle Arts writer Hannah Kenah on her favorite moments onstage in 2008

"...1) The Clean House (Zach Theatre) A powerful script by Sarah Ruhl. Crisp staging by..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

Top 10 Belly Laughs of 2008

Chronicle Arts writer Elizabeth Cobbe remembers the sweetest comedic moments in 2008

"...plant over her head in The Clean House (Zach Theatre) You almost saw me get onstage and dump one..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

On Audiences' Attention Spans and the Length of Plays

"...Dear Editor, Having been involved in Austin theatre for nearly 10 years, I’ve been surprised lately to..."

Dec. 7, 2008 Postmarks

2008 B. Iden Payne Awards

A strong sense of community at possibly the funniest Payne Awards ceremony ever

"...had the tightly packed crowd in the Rollins Studio Theatre howling throughout (mostly at a pitiful pooch named Dirk,..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2007-2008 B. Iden Payne Award Nominations

The full list of honorees for the Austin Circle of Theatres' annual theatre honors

"...Ashes, Ashes (UT Department of Theatre & Dance)..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature

2008 Payne Awards Nominations

The full list of honorees for the Austin Circle of Theatres' annual theatre honors

"...Ashes, Ashes (UT Department of Theatre & Dance)..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature

2008 B. Iden Payne Awards

Big love for UT in this year's nominations for the annual ACoT theatre honors

"...a burnt-orange hue. The University of Texas Department of Theatre & Dance received 23 nominations for the Austin Circle..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Red Balloon

Tongue and Groove Theatre's new show leaves you feeling like something dark and heavy has been lifted up and carried far, far away

"...Tongue and Groove Theatre's original show The Red Balloon dredges..."

July 18, 2008 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

'Bomb Shelter: or the Modern Pinocchio'

A refreshingly different after-the-bomb fable that gets at our impulse to create through a playful acting-out of 'Frankenstein'

"...Gallery Theater, Austin Community College Rio Grande campus, through July 5..."

June 27, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Totally Missed It!

"...Dear Editor, The revival of vaudevillian theatricals, i.e., post-Brechtian theatre destroying the fourth wall as if it were the..."

Oct. 17, 2007 Postmarks

Tooth and Nail: Plus Tooth 2!

Tongue and Groove Theatre dishes up vaudevillian punk in two odd and hilarious shorts

"...Tooth and Nail, Plus Tooth 2!..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

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