La Fenice's Cthulhu Beach Party

This commedia spoof mashes up surfside love and Lovecraft for an incredibly fun romp

"...by its setting on the outdoor stage at the Vortex/Butterfly Bar, where it can still feel rather sweltering even..."

June 8, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Glass Half Full Theatre's Polly Mermaid: Apocalypse WOW!

This playful eco-fable by Caroline Reck and Indigo Rael creates a surprising plastic paradise under the sea

"...our waste away. She returns home via the marine vortex – an underwater outhouse that effectively flushes crap to..."

June 1, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Gay Place

Out of Time: Austin's queer transmedia fest returns for year four

"...by queer visionaries. See schedule online. Feb. 14-18. The Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd. www.outsiderfest.org...."

Feb. 9, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Shanon Weaver's Top 10 Theatrical Performances of 2017 (the Second Half)

The year was well-served by actors who could channel spookiness, rebellion, despair, and dance fever

"...4) MELISSA VOGT IN VAMPYRESS (Vortex Repertory Company) Belting to the rafters and covered in..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Shanon Weaver

Austin Witches Circle: "It's Not a Coven, It's a Community"

Arts & witchcraft at Dark Moon Witches’ Market

"...the beginning. And we do a mini-market at the Vortex, in the yard outside the theatre, which has also..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gay Place

Austin's evolution of drag

"...or cold. Second Sundays, 5:30-9pm. Butterfly Bar at the Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd. Free. www.fb.com/tgqsocial...."

Aug. 11, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gale Theatre Company's TWENTYEIGHT

In this Afrofuturist drama by Tyler English-Beckwith, blacks labor to reach a safe space in space

"...B. Thompson's Underground, produced earlier this year at the Vortex, TWENTYEIGHT is artfully layered with references to current events,..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Critics Table Tops at 25

The nominees for the 2016-17 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...apiece: Penfold Theatre's time-spanning racial drama Clybourne Park and Vortex Repertory Company’s premiere of Sarah Saltwick's A Perfect Robot...."

May 22, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

OUTsider Review: Queer Animation

Curated short films offers varying perspectives on queerness

"...array of emotions, creating a visceral experience for the Vortex audience. When I Love Hooligans by Jan-Dirk Bouw evoked..."

Feb. 22, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Courtney Naquin

Tracing Austin's Italian Food Boom

How a red sauce town boiled over

"...Tucked into the Vortex theatre lot, Patrizi's serves a succinct menu of dishes..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

Theatre en Bloc's Bright Half Life

For Tanya Barfield's two-character drama, Theatre en Bloc couples an intimate story with a relentlessly personal performance space

"...people per show into the Pony Shed at the Vortex, plus two actors: Krysta Gonzales as Vicki and Marina..."

April 8, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

GenEnCo's The Mikado: Reclaimed

In this newly devised work, Asian-American artists grapple with the complicated legacy of Gilbert & Sullivan's opera

"...community. The Mikado: Reclaimed, opening this week at the Vortex, is the second of what will likely be a..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Different Stages' Dracula

Despite atmospheric design work and some strong acting, the production never quite realizes the sensuality and lyrical ferocity in Steven Dietz's script

"...lyrical ferocity that isn't quite fully realized on the Vortex stage...."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Ebony Stewart's Hunger

Spoken-word artist Ebony Stewart enters a new stage with her solo show Hunger

"...a new solo performance opening this week at the Vortex. They were penned by Ebony Stewart, a poet who..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Robin Hood: An Elegy

Rough edges aside, Generic Ensemble Company's new work makes an urgent statement that #blacklivesmatter

"...That said, GenEnCo and the Vortex deserve applause for bringing this story to the stage...."

Aug. 14, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Getting Political With The Tree Play and Robin Hood: An Elegy

Two new Austin plays tackle timely subjects

"...Floor Theatre, Robin Hood: An Elegy premieres at the Vortex. Running Aug. 7-22, this work by the Generic Ensemble..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In Praise of Designers

A show of gratitude as two of our finest, Ia Ensterä and Jason Amato, depart Austin

"...designed. In the scores of shows Amato designed for Vortex Repertory Company and Zach Theatre and Blue Lapis Light,..."

July 17, 2015 Arts Column by Robert Faires

This Is Not a Gay Column

AIDS awareness, Liberace, Scruff, and crafty prep for Queerbomb make a week in gay

"...Need Her Rudy Ramirez directs this Shrewd Productions and Vortex Repertory celebration of the one and only Emma Goldman..."

May 15, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: We Need Emma

Emma Goldman play opens just in time

"...Need Her Rudy Ramirez directs this Shrewd Productions and Vortex Repertory celebration of the one and only Emma Goldman..."

May 8, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Hands Up Hoodies Down

Zell Miller III mounted a stirring, provocative blend of slam poetry, dance, improv, and rap

"...Down, which just ended its three-day run at the Vortex, blends slam poetry, music, rap, movement, and improvisation together..."

March 20, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Listen Up Philip

The director of The Color Wheel is back with this film about a narcissistic and abrasive young novelist.

"...anyone who gets too close gets sucked into a vortex of narcissism from which few escape unscathed. Within the..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Gay Place: This Guy

OUTober is in full swing: Swing and you'll hit an event

"...test as Mother Teresa. Wed.-Fri., Oct. 8-10, 5pm-12mid. The Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd. $10-30 sliding scale. www.fb.com/linda.m.montano...."

Oct. 10, 2014 Column

Pygmalion

Shaw's comedy may still be politically charged, but Different Stages' production shows it's also satisfying entertainment

"...PygmalionThe Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd., 512/478-5282 www.main.org/diffstages Through July 16 Running..."

July 11, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Smith

Clay Towery, R.I.P.

One of the finest among us leaves the party too soon.

"...Maybe not the sort of thing you'd expect, if..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

"...'QUALITIES OF STARLIGHT' (Vortex Repertory Company)..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

DVD Watch: Berberian Sound Studio

Analog audio horror that will send a chill through your ears

"...his next film, a supernatural shocker called The Equestrian Vortex. It's a change for Gilderoy, who is far more..."

Dec. 10, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Murder Ballad Murder Mystery'

Paper Chairs resurrects its hit musical as portable, hit-and-run bar entertainment

"...did in its original co-production by Tutto Theatre and Vortex Repertory Company, and it won't be the full-length, site-specific..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Stars and Barmen

Reina Hardy's celestial romance keeps the audience in stitches while grappling with some heady philosophical ideas

"...Stars and BarmenThe Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd., 512/478-5282 www.vortexrep.org Through Nov. 16 Running..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Evans

A Raisin in the Sun

UpRise! Productions' revival of this trailblazing drama layers movement onto the script in distracting ways

"...A Raisin in the SunThe Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd., 512-478-5282 www.upriseproductions.org Through Aug. 17 Running..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

R.I.P.D.

The Rest in Peace Department of undead police officers is joined by a recently slain cop.

"...to CGI antics that turn Boston into an apocalyptic vortex. But it all looks kind of rubbery, and Schwentke..."

July 26, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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