We are Waiting for Sockot

Theatre Editor Robert Faires offers this hand-warming way to ring in the New Year.

"...Irishman (who spent most of his life in Paris, for all the good it did him) knew that where..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Features Feature by Robert Faires

Luv Doc Recommends: Waiting on Godot

Hyde Park Theatre, Thursday, November 4, 2004

"...morons in the middle have collectively sealed our fate for the next four years, we can finally relax and..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

A Hologram for the King

Tom Hanks stars in this seriocomic take on Dave Eggers’ 2012 novel

"...that should face better commercial prospects than their last co-effort, Cloud Atlas. Based on Dave Eggers’ 2012 novel (a..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Past Has Never Been Better for Chris Ware

"...Corrigan series -- featuring a title character whose predilection for calamitous misadventure falls just shy of the explosive action..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Lovecraft and Rest Stops: Rebekah McKendry Takes to the Road for Glorious

Inside the pandemic roots of the new cosmic horror comedy

"...Sound ridiculous? For Lovecraft fan McKendry, that absurdity is part of what..."

Aug. 17, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Exhibitionism

Waiting for Godot: Man's Sad Lot Made Funny

"...-- Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot..."

April 16, 1999 Arts Review

Wrong Numbers

"...that enthusiasts chug by the half-dozen, assumes grail-like import for bored 19-year-olds James and Russell in Alex Holdridge's engaging,..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

"...Director and playwright Tom Stoppard reworked his original play for the screen, but nevertheless, it seems slightly dated, an..."

May 10, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Wendell Pierce's The Wind in the Reeds

In Wendell Pierce's memoir The Wind in the Reeds, Godot and Treme help transform post-Katrina New Orleans

"...re-establish a home there after a profound artistic experience: performing Waiting for Godot in the streets of the Lower..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Wind in the Reeds

Treme actor Wendell Pierce finds Godot and gratitude in post-Katrina New Orleans

"...Katrina isn't something one imagines being thankful for. And yet in The Wind in the Reeds, Wendell..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Deconstructing Harry

"...Williams. The Nineties haven't been a particularly good decade for Woody Allen, either artistically or personally. Game genre efforts..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Doomsday

In this UK thriller, the so-called Reaper virus threatens the Isles with extinction.

"...one with the women) comes up short on Doomsday for the simple reason that there's not a lick of..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hoffa

"...much of an enigma as you did going in... unfortunately, maybe even more so. Many factors contribute to this..."

Dec. 25, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2017 Payne Theatre Award Nominees

E.A. Poe musical Nevermore leads the way with 11 noms

"...Council Monday. When the theatre group announced the nominees for the 2016-17 season, Doctuh Mistuh Productions' staging of Nevermore:..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Wizard World: The Wit and Wisdom of Patrick Stewart (Abridged)

Captain Picard talks Shakespeare, airline travel, and free drink

"...fantasy life. The spritely 72 year old, best known for playing Macbeth, Professor Xavier, Captain Ahab, Scrooge, Gurney Halleck,..."

Oct. 28, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Will Anybody Ever Love Neal Medlyn?

For vulnerable performer Neal Medlyn, Dork = Cool.

"...was in late October, when I went to a performance in Wooldridge Square called "It's Like We Are Infiltrators."..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum

"...longtime coffee table queue items at my house still waiting for Godot. Dylan, McCartney, and even my neglected Can..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

In Memoriam: Frank Benge

Remembering the artist, critic, and man of the theatre

"...and active players, a man who did so much for so long on so many fronts – actor, director,..."

March 18, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Waiting for Godot

In its new staging of Samuel Beckett's signature play Waiting for Godot, the Gate Theatre Company of Dublin has succeeded in creating a definitive production of a major theatrical work.

"...Waiting for Godot: Waiting by the Best..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Real Estate and Perfect Mates

The Year in Austin Culture

"...Top 10 Performing Arts Triumphs..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 14-20

"...it with vanity." I think that counsel is wise for you to meditate on right now. Here's how I..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Of Barbecue and Vampires

An interview with Todd Lowe, True Blood's Terry Bellefleur

"...of Esther’s Follies, you did shows like Three Cuckoids (for which you won a B. Iden Payne Award in..."

June 13, 2013 Screens Post by R.U. Steinberg

Smokey Robinson, Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California, June 30

"...Smokey RobinsonParamount Theatre, Oakland, California, June 30 The wait was interminable. After dropping $400..."

July 7, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Speaking of Dance

The difficulty of describing dance inspires choreographer Kathy Dunn Hamrick to create an ingenious 30-minute dance out of phrases from dance reviews.

"...a list of 25 phrases, which became the blueprint for an ingenious 30-minute dance piece. Verbs like "bobbles and..."

April 25, 2003 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Three Faces of Steve

Actor Steve McDaniel Shows His Different Sides

"...years, the actor appeared in 10 more shows, including Waiting for Godot, Inspecting Carol, and The Illusion at the..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Copenhagen

If director Don Toner's staging of Copenhagen, a drama about 20th-century physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, is good but unexceptional, the trouble may lie in Michael Frayn's script, which is full of intriguing ideas but less than satisfying as a story.

"...ironies, intriguing questions, but, ultimately, a less-than-satisfying stage play. For all its smart tangents and historical explorations, for all..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Exhibitionism

"...CRAVING GRAVY: STARVED FOR MEANING..."

April 4, 1997 Arts Review

Postscripts

Rebel Without a Cause

"...one of any number of things. And that's all for the good. But this week when the Los Angeles..."

May 22, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

AFF: 'Modern Imbecile's Planet World'

Austin Film Festival 'Planet World' preview.

"...cases possibly not even intentionally (but still...), Star Trek, Waiting for Godot, Ray Romano, Planet of the Apes, the..."

Oct. 23, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Metamorphoses

Aerialists add theatrical magic to the myths here, but a Texas twang sounds off

"...to put a stop to an all-female production of Waiting for Godot. And if you try to do some..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

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