Blast the Canon

Scotland, PA and Maura Tierney's foul-mouthed, oversexed Lady M

"...So, yes, with West Side Story, I opened with the big guns. But..."

Aug. 19, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

TCB

Ringing in 2007 with a brawl, a new club, Top 10s, and the Chronicle's annual Music Poll

"...vary as to who threw the first punch (both sides had been drinking), but neither emerged unscathed: One band..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Bruce Springsteen

Gift guide

"...manic vocal hollers of "Backstreets" and wordless coda of West Side Story-esque epic "Jungleland," while the marriage of Roy..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Music Feature by Scott Jordan

Articulations

An era of Austin theatre ends as Austin Musical Theatre files for bankruptcy.

"...a professionalism that had never been seen here before outside a touring production -- and in not that many..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Misérables. He was also the first Japanese Tony in West Side Story, as well as the first Japanese Jesus..."

May 30, 2003 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Mulligan's Jacket: Boy Gets Chick

Mulligan Lankwood, the protagonist of Ronnie Karam's ingenious and consistently entertaining solo show Mulligan's Jacket, has never had much in life, but we get plenty from his story, as related by a batch of outlandish characters, all portrayed by Karam with an enthusiasm that's infectious.

"...parody version of a well-known musical number, such as West Side Story's "America," reworked with satirical references suited to..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Ten Down ... 90% to Go

AISD votes to move the Liberal Arts Academy from Johnston to LBJ, a move that magnet parents support but many others question.

"...curriculum offered in Austin. Many of the program's advocates consider this decision only the first step toward establishing a..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Feature by Michael May

Real Estate and Perfect Mates

The Year in Austin Culture

"...Beth Henderson miming Neo from The Matrix during the hillside musical version of West Side Story (Zilker Theatre Productions)..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Coach's Corner

Patrick Ewing deserves better. And so does the Coach, who's been forced to watch (gasp!) the Olympics.

"...-- West Side Story..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Austin Symphony Orchestra: Dance Fever

Robi Polgar responds to the November concert of the Austin Symphony Orchestra, featuring the premiere of Austin composer Darden Smith's Grand Motion.

"...often simplistic work of the Johnson/Long Dance Company. Although resident lighting designer Tim Poertner creatively included the orchestra among..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Public Notice

CASA Fiesta

"...an afternoon reciting and singing the entire book of West Side Story (don't ask), planning/executing nerdy science projects for..."

July 23, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Articulations

"...to company fans as Anita in AMT's version of West Side Storyand currently knocking 'em dead (so to speak)..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Shirley MacLaine. He recently completed a long run in West Side Story...."

Jan. 8, 1999 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Articulations

Less Payne, More Pleasure

"...Choreography: Scott Thompson & Richard Byron, West Side Story..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Arts Column

Articulations

Payne Pleasures 1998

"...Musical for Bonnie Cullum) and the AMT production of West Side Story (nominated for Outstanding Musical, with more nods..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Rockin' Scriptmas!

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle All the Plays

"...a modern musical with its classical source. I'm thinking West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet. That song "Somewhere"..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Giving It Up

"...Sunday night, Austin Musical Theatre closed its production of West Side Story at the Paramount Theatre. It was a..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Where Are They Now?

"...Best Known For: Choreography for "Jumpin' at the Woodside," "Trouble in Tahiti," "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," and North..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Arts Feature

Other 1997-98 Seasons

"...713 Congress, 472-5411 Damn Yankees, Oct 24 & 25 West Side Story, by Bernstein, Sondheim, & Laurents, Nov 15-..."

June 27, 1997 Arts Feature

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...why I wanted to write this is because the history of the environmental movement that had been written –..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Downtown Developments

"...contributions by Mike Clark-Madison, Kevin Fullerton, and Jenny Staff Residential:..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature

Austin's Political Ecosystem

Swearingen's Environmental City tells the inner history of city politics

"...This story, and others like it – many with grander aspirations..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...A Space Age Childhood, Richard Linklater's Austin-produced and -animated story of growing up in the shadow of NASA...."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Color of Justice

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

"...the undercover agent, Tom Coleman, an itinerant lawman from West Texas with no prior experience in undercover narcotics work...."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Grow and Prosper

With neighbors still reeling from 1990 expansion, Hyde Park Baptist plans another growth project.

"...To those unfamiliar with its history, Hyde Park seems an unlikely outpost for a contingent..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

City of the Dead

Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery

"...I see you standing on the other side...."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Smoke Gets in Your Mouth

Taylor

"...stand apart from other barbecue joints is the nontraditional sides they serve. In their warming table, corn on the..."

May 21, 1999 Food Feature

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...all three screening films at the 2016 South by Southwest Film Festival, they gathered at Louis Black's home in..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

The ARA Faces the Music

For the Austin Revitalization Authority, Eastside renewal proves to be a long, slow dance

"...echoes, thumbing through a photo album that chronicles the history of a business that, more than two decades later,..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Animated equine love story that's also a fresh take on the standard cowboys-and-Indians tropes.

"...Stallion of the Cimarron -- the first animated equine love-story-cum-anti-Manifest Destiny screed -- arrives with a packsaddle loaded with..."

May 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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