Mystery Is Where It's At

What you can't see or prove is what composer David Lang wants to work with

"...spoke with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang as several of his works are being presented in Austin. Here is..."

April 30, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Margo Sawyer colors a Houston park, the 2009 Texas Biennial calls for entries, and prizes for a playwright and a scenic artist

"...April 2 New York Times may have been all about Houston, but the photo that ran with it was..."

April 11, 2008 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Trust the Process in Gesel Mason's burst!

In this Texas Theatre & Dance project, students learn to undo

"...Perhaps in the wake of the Great Texas Freeze, the only word you can..."

Feb. 25, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...This is the 15th year that local critics have put their heads – and pens – together to recognize..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

In honor of this week's commencement ceremonies at UT, here's a roundup of recent college-related honors for theatre historian Oscar Brockett, composers, Kent Kennan and Kevin Putz, late playwright David Mark Cohen, and UT theatre department alum Marcia Gay Harden. Plus, the 2001 Funniest Person in Austin is Rich Gabe.

"...In honor of this week's commencement ceremonies at UT, here's a roundup..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...Local critics have put their heads – and pens – together to recognize..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arts Stalwarts

Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.

"...heroes. They are individuals who have founded local arts institutions and nurtured their development, pioneered forms of creative expression..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Another death in the dance community, longtime UT jazz dance instructor Lathan Sanford.

"...Austin's dance community suffered another loss this week, even as it..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

But Is it ART? Finally, Yes

"...at work on a plan to create a new professional theatre company. Details were hard to come by, but..."

April 23, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...We came, we saw, we liked an awful lot of it. That essentially describes the reaction of the Austin..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Aisle 7

UT MFA playwright Kendall Lynch has a plan for stocking the set of her new play set in a grocery store: Get the audience involved

"...You've set your new play in a supermarket, and it's about to get staged. So how do you..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Ears & Feet'

Utilizing technology to combine dance and computerized music has come a long way since the Eighties, as can be seen in the 2003 edition of EARS & Feet, the annual UT College of Fine Arts program that pairs student composers with student choreographers to collaborate on a piece.

"...May 2 and 3, B. Iden Payne Theatre..."

May 2, 2003 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

1999 Critics' Table Nominations

"...The Austin Theatre Critics' Table has released the nominations for its seventh..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature

'Beauty' Mark

"...been not only a major artist in the world of American modern dance but an influential force in its..."

April 2, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Still time left to get some free theatre, laurels for historian Oscar Brockett and director Don Toner, and a new baby for the first couple of Salvage Vanguard Theater

"...• Don't forget: Free Night of Theater is under way this week. The national program..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...On Monday, June 7, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for outstanding achievements in the..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Making It Happen

The 2007 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...ideal moment or action by others to make a contribution. This might be true for a cultural scene more..."

June 1, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ruth Denney: In Memoriam

Ruth Denney, one of the most influential arts educators that Texas ever knew, died March 26, little more than a week before her 93rd birthday

"...A teacher, mentor, and inspiration for who knows how many theatre artists over..."

April 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Playwright Adam Sobsey cooks up some drama at Central Market, the UT Department of Theatre & Dance serves up six weeks of new works, and UT student Kristi McGarity snags the 2001 SEAMUS / ASCAP prize.

"...The list of local sites that have served as nontraditional performance spaces..."

March 30, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Dispatches from New York: Playwright Aaron Mack Schloff on the reading of his work In Galicia and artist Michael A. Arthur on creating drawings for American Ballet Theatre.

"...One first-year graduate playwright at UT received an early present this holiday season: a New..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Culture Flash

Calling all Eastside artists, here come the Russians, visual artists talk residency programs, and Steven Dietz comes to UT

"...PeopleFund is hosting a film screening and artist gathering to get more East Austin artists involved..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

A Plum Job for Bloom

Michael Bloom plucked to head the country's oldest regional theatre

"...Austin's loss is Cleveland's gain. Michael Bloom, the well-respected stage director who's spent..."

July 16, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Hale to the Chair

"...Kenneth Hale, who took on the position of Acting Chairman for the UT Department of Art and..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires

A Guide to the Works

"...six days, with performances beginning at 10am each day and ending by 11pm. Works are being performed in a..."

March 27, 2009 Arts Feature

theevolutionofwoman

In her new play theevolutionofwoman, author S. Lucia Del Vecchio offers exactly what this male reviewer seeks in the theatre: a peek into forbidden mirrors, possible answers to tough questions, and food fights.

"...theevolutionofwoman: The Ladies Room..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Arts Review by Rob Curran

The Automated Body Project

In The Automated Body Project, Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks' latest attempt at synthesizing dance and technology, the company took a step back from larger venues and as a result, the humanness and beauty within the movement became more evident.

"...The Automated Body Project: Back to the Future..."

May 4, 2001 Arts Review by Dawn Davis Loring

Articulations

"...Masters Move to UT..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Katrina: The Girl Who Wanted Her Name Back

The play 'Katrina: The Girl Who Wanted Her Name Back' seeks to honor the New Orleanians affected by Hurricane Katrina, but the level of intensity in the UT staging often makes it hard to connect to

"...Oscar G. Brockett Theatre, through Oct. 22..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

State Theater Company: Kanoff Terminated

Just two weeks into what was to be his sixth season with the State Theater Company, Scott Kanoff was booted from his job as producing artistic director

"...weeks into what was to be his sixth – and arguably most ambitious and fully realized – season with..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Seven Austin arts organizations receive outreach grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, playwright C. Denby Swanson receives a McKnight Advancement Grant, and Peter Pan receives his own Amy's Ice Cream flavor.

"...federal funds to foster their initiatives in the areas of arts education, accessibility, preservation, and community-wide arts outreach. U.S...."

May 3, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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