Luv Doc Recommends: Waiting on Godot

Hyde Park Theatre, Thursday, November 4, 2004

"...Now that the morons in the middle have collectively sealed our fate for..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

We are Waiting for Sockot

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

"...grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more."..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Features Feature by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

Waiting for Godot: Man's Sad Lot Made Funny

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

April 16, 1999 Arts Review

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

"...seems slightly dated, an absurdist remnant of the sixties. Confused and lost, they seem more to be waiting for..."

May 10, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Wrong Numbers

"...Directed by: Alex Holdridge. Starring: Scoot McNairy, Kierstin Cunnington, Matt Pulliam and Matt Bearden. The humble brewski, a..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Playwright as Architect

In a conversation on art and craft, playwrights Dan Dietz and Wayne Alan Brenner discuss making the blueprints for and building a drama.

"...(This is part of a series of conversations between artists about craft, that is, how artists do..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

"...as just another HBO show – the thing David Simon did after wrapping The Wire. Maybe that's all it..."

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..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Deconstructing Harry

"...Directed by: Woody Allen. Starring: Woody Allen, Caroline Aaron, Kirstie Alley, Bob Balaban, Richard Benjamin, Eric Bogosian, Billy..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Hologram for the King

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

"...writer/director Tykwer and actor/co-producer Hanks – team up again on a film that should face better commercial prospects than..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Doomsday

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

"...Directed by: Neil Marshall. Starring: Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Malcolm McDowell, Alexander Siddig and Adrian..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Waiting on Godot

Theatre review

"...Waiting on GodotHyde Park Theatre, through Nov. 20..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Of Barbecue and Vampires

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

"...vet. Loving husband, daddy, and step-daddy. Terry Bellefleur of Bon Temps, La. is all that and more, thanks to..."

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

Hoffa

"...Directed by: Danny DeVito. Starring: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante, J.T. Walsh, John C. Reilly..."

Dec. 25, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFF: 'Modern Imbecile's Planet World'

Austin Film Festival 'Planet World' preview.

"...It takes mad skills to fashion an absurdist buddy comedy that references, in no particular..."

Oct. 23, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror

Tracing horror's evolution from the camp-serious bastions of Roger Corman to the post-countercultural killing fields of The Last House on the Left and on

"...Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horrorby Jason Zinoman Penguin, 272..."

July 15, 2011 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum

"...Watching Angus Young go nuclear on the first disc of the new Plug Me In..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

In Memoriam: Frank Benge

Remembering the artist, critic, and man of the theatre

"...On March 14, Central Texas theatre lost one of its..."

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

"...Arts Center) There is glitz and glamour and "big production values" and throngs pouring out of theatres gaily humming..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 14-20

"...W. S. Merwin had a teacher who advised him, "Don't lose your arrogance yet. You can do that when..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Inaugural Austin Theatre Critics Awards Drop 2024-2025 Nominees

Delicious drama of awards anticipation

"...Time to believe in miracles. Behold, the resurrection of the erstwhile Austin Critics Table, slightly revamped into..."

May 21, 2025 Arts Post by Cat McCarrey

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.

"...She had seen the show, too, but the reviewer's description left her baffled. What was a cupping? How many..."

April 25, 2003 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

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

"...Smokey RobinsonParamount Theatre, Oakland, California, June 30 The wait was interminable...."

July 7, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Three Faces of Steve

Actor Steve McDaniel Shows His Different Sides

"...If you ever need a case study in multiple personalities, talk to an actor. Your average thespian has at..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Love Song

Dale Dickey paints a meticulous portrait of hope and love

"...by: Max Walker-Silverman. Starring: Dale Dickey, Wes Studi, Michelle Wilson and Benja K. Thomas...."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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.

"...Werner Heisenberg, provides an evening of turbulent drama, disturbing ironies, intriguing questions, but, ultimately, a less-than-satisfying stage play. For..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Exhibitionism

"...On a barren landscape sits a single gnarled tree. Time..."

April 4, 1997 Arts Review

Postscripts

Rebel Without a Cause

"...be understood. And hey, can't we all just get along?..."

May 22, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Matilda, The Matrix, and Mixers in This Week’s Recommended Events

Get nerdy, brooding, and out there with these suggestions

"...WWE Monday Night Raw..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

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