Pythia Dust

The Vortex's star-spanning musical is out of this world, but it doesn't really go anywhere

"...Pythia DustThe Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd., 512/477-5282 www.vortexrep.org Through March 8 Running..."

March 6, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

What a Piece of Work Is Woman!

After four centuries of being berated, belittled, betrayed, bullied, battered, and butchered by the men in Shakespeare's plays, the women have had enough. They're ready to speak out, to give Will a piece of their minds. And in playwright Susan Kelso's Roses and Thistles, they do just that.

"...where the evening is headed when he opens this Vortex Repertory Company production. He introduces his "roses and thistles"..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pleasure of the Paynes 2016

Annual theatre awards think Terminus is the living end

"...B. Iden Payne Theatre Awards on Monday, where the Vortex Repertory Company production of Terminus received a total of..."

Oct. 27, 2016 Arts Post

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Moody Northen Theatre's Mr. Burns, a post-electric play and Vortex Repertory Company's Terminus, both of which also received a..."

May 27, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Changelings

The Vortex's staging of Reina Hardy's magical new play, Changelings, casts a uniquely compelling spell

"...ChangelingsThe Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd., 512/478-5282 www.vortexrep.org Through Feb. 7 Running..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

A Trap Escapes

Alamo Drafthouse's Video Vortex unleashes Jungle Trap

"...his Bleeding Skull! video distribution and the Drafthouse's Video Vortex series to celebrate exactly this kind of under-the-radar title...."

July 21, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

East Austin Needs More Trees, and This Nonprofit Is Planting Them

February 28 event will add foliage on Huston-Tillotson campus

"...is partnering with East Austin performing arts theatre the Vortex and Huston-Tillotson for a tree-planting event on Feb. 28...."

Feb. 25, 2025 News Post by Mattea Gallaway

Swishing It Up for OUTsider Fest 2024

An exclusive look at what's next for Austin's premier transmedia fest

"...Swish Up.” Austin’s premier transmedia event blows through the Vortex from Feb. 15-18 carrying with it a whole host..."

Jan. 16, 2024 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Knife + Heart

Perfect postmodernism among Paris' porn scene in this retro-giallo

"...noir sensibility that owes as much to Eighties films Vortex and Variety. I even sense a nod to neo-realism..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

The New Electric Ballroom

At the Vortex, the siblings of Enda Walsh's play can't move past a night from 50 years ago

"...eerily stirring piece its dues. The New Electric BallroomThe Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd., 512/478-5282 www.vortexrep.org Through June 6 Running..."

June 5, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Cold in July

A dream lineup is one of many treats in this East Texas neo-noir based on a Joe Lansdale book.

"...opening salvo that propels the characters into a confusing vortex of guilt, revenge, corruption, and vice...."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

John Dies at the End

Together, Bubba Ho-Tep director Don Coscarelli and Cracked.com editor David Wong created this horror-comedy jumble that's customed-tooled for the midnight hour.

"...not have anything to do with the movie’s swirling vortex of insects, aliens, and drugs, goes unsolved – or..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Bad Kids Go to Hell

This Texas-made high school comedy that's based on a comic book mixes elements of The Breakfast Club with Scoobie Doo with uneven results.

"...positive thought he encounters before sucking it into a vortex from hell.” The operative word is sinkhole...."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Leah Churner

17 Again

Tween idol Zac Efron graduates into a nonsinging and nondancing world in this body-switch movie, and the result should keep ’em coming back for more.

"...moving apace and, fortunately, doesn’t dwell on the inexplicable vortex that sucks present-day Mike (Perry) into his former high..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lake House

This tale of magical realism has potential for delightful originality, but the Sandra Bullock-Keanu Reeves love story lacks heat and the science fiction premise spirals into senselessness.

"...a black hole within the space-time continuum – the vortex of which is located in a mailbox in rural..."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Pacifier

Vin Diesel plays a Navy SEAL who draws diaper duty.

"...step-ball-change jokes, can pull this movie out of the vortex of suckitude. We begin with The O.C.’s Tate Donovan..."

March 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

In the Cut

Jane Campion's erotic thriller In the Cut dulls its cutting edge.

"...obvious and flawed. Campion creates a visual and emotional vortex into which the viewer is swept along with the..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Articulations

VORTEX X X (Times Ten)

"...VORTEX Repertory Company is heading into its tenth season (I..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Desperado

"...of superhuman physical feats, then for its stunning choreographic vortex that sweeps all action and drama into its ever-escalating..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Between the Teeth

"...pop rhythms of Byrne's music to create an irresistible vortex of sound and light. Shot in a Red Bank,..."

Jan. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Watch it

"...be pulled back into the “boys will be boys” vortex that his cousin and housemates can't see to crawl..."

May 21, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Luv Doc Recommends: Cleavage Chronicles: Everybody Loves Boobs

The Vortex, Saturday, February 12, 2011

"...women and their breasts that takes place at the Vortex this Saturday. Everybody Loves Boobs boasts an exciting lineup..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

Tim Miller Preaches to the Choir

Review of The Lay of the Land at the Vortex Theater

"...see Tim Miller's Lay of the Land at the Vortex on Sunday night. Since the late Eighties, Tim's work..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Steven Cheslik-deMeyer

Luv Doc Recommends: Holy Cross Sucks!

The Vortex, Friday, March 27, 2009

"...weekend, check out Holy Cross Sucks! at the the Vortex this weekend. Holy Cross Sucks! is an award-winning one-man..."

March 27, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc Recommends: Extravagasm Fantasy Ball

The Vortex, Saturday, November 1, 2003

"...and stiletto heels and head back out to the Vortex on East Manor Road for the Extravagasm Fantasy Ball,..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc

Working Beauty

In spinning a fairy tale of gifts, outsiders, and thorns, Bonnie Cullum's own story gets told

"...probably envies Sleeping Beauty. The artistic director of the Vortex has had a very heavy week, laboring over a..."

March 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...Outstanding Production Alice’s Wonderland, Summer Stock Austin Rap Unzel, VORTEX Repertory Company & Brown Boy Productions Somebody Loves You,..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Warning! Nudity!

Austinites love to shed their clothes, and a number of them do it onstage -- what's up with that? Some of the city's most nakedness-prone actors, performance artists, and directors expose their reasons to arts writer Ada Calhoun.

"...he developed as part of a workshop at the Vortex. The theme of the workshop was "Heart's Desire," and..."

April 14, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Austin Theatres Are Moving the Stage Beyond Zoom

Companies thinking outside the boxes bring theatre to your radio, your mailbox, and your neighbor's yard

"...is premiering a new audio drama, Passage; and the Vortex, which is opening The Vortex Odyssey, a new take..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...Funky, renovated barn where VORTEX Repertory Company artistic director Bonnie Cullum recently crowed that..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

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