Wallace Shawn's 'A Thought in Three Parts': The author approves

After making a special visit to Austin to see Rubber Repertory's production of his play A Thought in Three Parts, Wallace Shawn called it 'an incredible moment in his life'

"...of Rubber Repertory had been thrilled just to have Wallace Shawn give his blessing to their production of his..."

June 1, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

My Favorite Martian

"...Donald Petrie. Starring: Michael Lerner, Ray Walston, Christine Ebersole, Wallace Shawn, Daryl Hannah, Elizabeth Hurley, Christopher Lloyd and Jeff..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. Not So Frivolous

Wallace Shawn bares all about writing, why he does theatre, and that play with all the sex in it

"...squad." So dies theatrical mythology in an e-mail from Wallace Shawn to Josh Meyer and Matt Hislope of Rubber..."

May 11, 2007 Arts Feature by Spencer Parsons

House Arrest

"...Pollak, Jennifer Tilly, Kyle Howard, Christopher McDonald, Sheila McCarthy, Wallace Shawn, Caroline Aaron, Mooky Arizona, Russel Harper, Jennifer Love..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Critical Care

"...Starring: James Spader, Helen Mirren, Kyra Sedgwick, Albert Brooks, Wallace Shawn, Jeffrey Wright and Anne Bancroft. Critical Care should..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Clueless

Heckerling updates Jane Austen's Emma to Beverly Hills

"...Rudd, Donald Faison, Breckin Meyer, Jeremy Sisto, Justin Walker, Wallace Shawn, Twink Calan and Dan Hedaya. Rarely do you..."

July 21, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Designated Mourner

"...film version of a play written by the multi-talented Wallace Shawn (My Dinner With André, Radio Days, Toy Story,..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mom and Dad Save the World

"...Directed by: Greg Beeman. Starring: Teri Garr, Jeffrey Jones, Wallace Shawn, Eric Idle and Jon Lovitz. Oh, how the..."

July 31, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Choice Is Yours

Rubber Repertory's Casket of Passing Fancy makes you 500 offers you can't reuse

"...is Rubber Repertory, which staged the live pornography of Wallace Shawn's previously unstageable A Thought in Three Parts and..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Vanya On 42nd Street

"...Directed by: Louis Malle. Starring: Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, Brooke Smith, Larry Pine, Julianne Moore, Jerry Mayer,..."

Feb. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Marriage Story

Driver and Johansson are note perfect as a couple falling apart

"...Dern, Ray Liotta, Alan Alda, Julie Hagerty, Merritt Wever, Wallace Shawn and Martha Kelly...."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Toy Story 2 in 3-D

The addition of 3-D perks up this second entry in the series.

"...Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, Jim Varney, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts and Laurie..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crafting the Autobiography of Another Man

AFS Documentary Tour: The Windmill Movie

"...few scenes in the film with Rogers' friend, actor Wallace Shawn, reading Rogers' own words. In the end, Olch's..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Haunted Mansion

Eddie Murphy heads up this latest Disney amusement ride-turned-movie.

"...Directed by: Rob Minkoff. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn, Jennifer Tilly, Nathaniel Parker, Marsha Thomason, Dina Waters,..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Toy Story 2

"...Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, Jim Varney, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, Laurie Metcalf,..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Vanya on 42nd Street

This 1994 film captures an alchemical moment of New York theatre lore, a prolonged experiment in Chekhov

"...versus the unreal. Malle films the actors – including Wallace Shawn, Julianne Moore, Brooke Smith, and Larry Pine –..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

A Thought in Three Parts

In staging Wallace Shawn's famously unproduced and pornographic A Thought in Three Parts, it'd be so easy to stumble or misjudge, but Rubber Repertory has gotten almost everything stunningly right

"...could've done well by A Thought in Three Parts, Wallace Shawn's finely tuned, tripartite script about relationships and the..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Fever

In producing Wallace Shawn's The Fever, Physical Plant Theater issues a call to think, from your car radio, and it's worth heeding

"...theatre" is all about. And with its production of Wallace Shawn's The Fever, Plant directors Josh Meyer and Carlos..."

June 25, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

The Only Living Boy in New York

A New York love triangle state of mind

"...a world in which the well-to-do (and an obligatory Wallace Shawn) attend dinner parties in dining rooms the size..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Ouija: Origin of Evil

This horror sequel is vastly superior to its cheesy precursor

"...hold out high hopes for the arrival of a Wallace Shawn-directed mash-up of Spirograph and Operation, hopefully to be..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Capitalism: A Love Story

Michael Moore wants to know where our money went.

"...discusses capitalism with a no-less-recognized expert than the actor Wallace Shawn. And Moore returns to his roots in Michigan..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Loving Wally

"...Matt Hislope recalls Physical Plant Theater's 2004 production of Wallace Shawn's The Fever atop a parking garage. In putting..."

May 11, 2007 Arts Feature by Spencer Parsons

Chicken Little

Disney's first all-CGI, made-in-house, animated feature is painful for all ages, despite a voice-talent roster to make the angels weep.

"...despite a voice-talent roster to make the angels weep. (Wallace Shawn! Harry Shearer! Fred Willard! Adam West! And the..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Blade: Trinity

Originality is in as short supply as shirt buttons as Snipes' high tech vampire slayer meets up with what appears to be a steroidal Eurotrash pimp playing Dracula.

"...Darkness leaves much to be desired, falling somewhere between Wallace Shawn and Mark Wahlberg on the "Actors Unsuited to..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Arts Bullets

Physical Plant Theater's first Garden Party raised more than $8,000, Ann Hume Wilson has been appointed associate director of the Blanton Museum of Art, Blue Lapis Light is exhibiting – and auctioning off – bras and breastplates for angels, and the city unveils a new mural at the Pan Am / A.B. Cantu Recreation Center

"...toward its first official season. Next for the company: Wallace Shawn's one-man play The Fever, which, in typically offbeat..."

June 4, 2004 Arts Feature

La Buche

"...her married, balding lover (Darroussin, resembling a more corpulent Wallace Shawn); middle child Sonia (Béart), whose life revolves around..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Happy Accidents

"...if he's channeling one part Cassavetes to two parts Wallace Shawn, and the result is so preciously New Yawk..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Rudd, Donald Faison, Breckin Meyer, Jeremy Sisto, Justin Walker, Wallace Shawn, Twink Calan, Dan Hedaya. Rarely do you find..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Bedside Manner: Chasing the 'Infinite' Dragon

What do you read next when you really, really loved what you last read?

"...– for good reason, it turns out. David Foster Wallace's first novel, The Broom of the System is here,..."

Oct. 17, 2011 Books Post by Sarah Smith

Book Club

Life, love, laughter, and literature for a classic quartet of actresses

"...Garcia, Don Johnson, Ed Begley Jr., Richard Dreyfuss and Wallace Shawn...."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

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