The Great Artdoors

Summer's here, and the time is right for outdoor performances all over Central Texas

"...The Comedy of Errors with another early comedy by Shakespeare, and, as the group's name has it, the show..."

May 17, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Dream

This rock & roll take on the Bard aims for spectacle more than meaning or heart

"...Beverly S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater, 2206 William Barton Dr., www.austinshakespeare.org..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Ethan Hawke Pens a Valentine to Theatre in A Bright Ray of Darkness

His new novel is also a prayer for the stage and a reminder of the healing power of performance

"...as he's starting a prestige project: a staging of Shakespeare's Henry IV on Broadway. The author is Ethan Hawke,..."

April 23, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Theatre: Classic Comeback

Throughout November, Austinites have the chance to see four plays that have stood the test of time: 'Hamlet,' 'Macbeth,' 'The Way of the World,' and 'The Playboy of the Western World'

"...than Hamlet, which will be staged by the Austin Shakespeare Festival. "Aside from the universality of human emotion, the..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

Stephen Greenblatt on 'Will in the World'

"...show us the man behind the ever-astonishing works of Shakespeare, so many that you'd think there can't possibly be..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Books Review by Robert Faires

Bard Ambition

Stephen Greenblatt on 'Will in the World'

"...show us the man behind the ever-astonishing works of Shakespeare, so many that you'd think there can't possibly be..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Austin on Authorship

"...Director, Shakespeare at Winedale In England, for spring break, I saw..."

March 31, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

As You Like It

The Scottish Rite Theatre does As You Like It the way Barry likes it

"...Summer and Shakespeare go together like love and marriage, and you won't..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Those Crazy Kids Will Do Anything ...

"...what an Acme troupe member told me. -- J.C. Shakespeare..."

April 16, 1999 Arts Feature

Lady Macbeth

A violent, desperate housewife plots murder

"...Directed by: William Oldroyd. Starring: Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi..."

July 28, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Articulations

City Council adopts new guidelines for the Cultural Arts Funding Program, Michelle Schumann shoots off for a Canadian piano competition, and some 'palpable hits' to get your sweet William for Shakespeare's birthday

"...it's almost April 23 and you don't have a Shakespeare's birthday gift for the Bardophile in your life? Well,..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Two Generations, One Art

Like twins who have grown up apart and are finally reunited, writer-performer Terry Galloway and the Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals are creative soulmates who have at last discovered their kinship through their collaboration on Galloway's dark comedy In the House of the Moles.

"...for collaborative work; the fascination (or maybe obsession) with Shakespeare -- are the result of years of the Rude..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wrapped and Ready

"...Robert Rodriguez's The Faculty, written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson and starring a bevy of today's hottest young TV..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deep in the Mozart of Texas

This summer, the Austrian American Mozart Academy, an international program that provides aspiring professional singers with training and performance experience in Mozartian opera, relocates to, of all places, Austin, Texas.

"...in the land of the armadillo, but hey, if Shakespeare can have his Winedale -- and the Bard winds..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Curse of the Play

"...with the play's creation in 1606. According to some, Shakespeare wrote the tragedy to ingratiate himself to King James..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...D: Nora Ephron; with John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Robert Pastorelli, Bob Hoskins, Jean Stapleton, Teri Garr...."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love's Labour's Lost

A Sixties beach proves a fitting and enjoyable setting for the Bard's comedy

"...Beverly S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater 2206 William Barton Dr...."

May 13, 2011 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

My Own Private Idaho

"...Van Sant. Starring: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey, Flea, Chiara Caselli and Udo Kier...."

Oct. 18, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...Buzz Aldrin, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Richard Branson). Joss Whedon’s Shakespeare-on-a-shoestring production of Much Ado About Nothing, starring Whedonverse beloveds..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

All Over Creation: Die Another Dad

Puzzling out the meaning of the theatre's Summer of Dead Dads

"...Now, it didn't faze me when I directed Austin Shakespeare's spring production of Love's Labour's Lost, even though this..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

'A Lie of the Mind'/'Love's Labour's Lost'

Seeing two plays she did 23 years ago prompts flashbacks for a local actor

"...much jollier play: Love's Labour's Lost, in an Austin Shakespeare production directed by her then-new husband, Robert Faires. We..."

May 20, 2011 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Zachary Scott Theatre CenterProduction, ComedyAs You Like It, Austin Shakespeare Festival..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Overlapping Fireworks

It’s been six long years since Frontera artists Vicky Boone, Margery Segal, and Annie Suite have all worked with each other on a play, but the threesome still send off fireworks together, as C. Denby Swanson

"...are entrusted to respond to one of seven of Shakespeare's amorous sonnets. Bitter Sauce, by Eric Bogosian, goes first...."

April 7, 2000 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Further Reflections

"...of the tumultuous times between 1989 and 1992. --Matt Williams..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

The Winter's Tale

Tango and samba fit quite well in Austin Shakespeare's production of this romance, but the actors can't quite find the beat

"...The Winter's TaleBeverly S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater, 2206 William Barton Dr. www.austinshakespeare.org Through May 26 Running time: 2..."

May 17, 2013 Arts Review by Robert Faires

There Will Be Blood

... And bloodsuckers and zombies and ghosts and murderers all over our stages this week

"...the classic tragedy, and the Curtain Theatre's, where Austin Shakespeare is serving up a bloody stew of the Bard's..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arts Stalwarts

Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.

"...Acia Gray, Deborah Hay, Kent Kennan, Joe Sears, Jaston Williams, Michael Shelton, Shannon Sedwick, Judith Sims, and Jess Walters...."

May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Belle of Amherst

Helen Merino is open and radiant as Emily Dickinson in this one-woman show about the reclusive poet

"...Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside, 512/474-5664 www.austinshakespeare.org Through Dec. 1 Running time: 1 hr., 55 min...."

Nov. 29, 2013 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Evans

First Generation

The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...and luminaries from afar such as Enrico Caruso and William Jennings Bryan. She also lobbied for an art school..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In the Bedroom

"...Todd Field. Starring: Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, William Mapother, Marisa Tomei, William Wise, Celia Weston and Karen..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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