Moontower Announces Jenny Slate, Leslie Jones, Jay Pharoah, and More for Its Just for Laughs Festival

Samantha Bee, Ziwe, Monét X Change, and many more added to lineup

"...Adam Ray Alex English* Ali Clayton* Andrew Murphy Angelina Martin Ariel Elias* Ashley..."

Feb. 9, 2023 Arts Post by James Renovitch

Rude Mechs' Fixing Troilus and Cressida

The third show in the Fixing Shakespeare series makes his mess of a play about the Trojan War hilarious and even engrossing

"...development concept: Replace all of Shakespeare's language with contemporary English and then edit like crazy. The result, as in..."

March 16, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Past Passion

Austin Shakespeare revisits Tom Stoppard in Hades for The Invention of Love

"...but he gives that rather Twilight Zone-ish opportunity to English poet A.E. Housman – he of A Shropshire Lad..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Theatrical Sets of 2013, to a Cat

The year's scenic designs proved especially appealing to the feline theatregoer

"...3) '33 VARIATIONS' (Cliff Simon for Zach Theatre) How was there not a cat lurking in..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Payne Pleasures 2004

Latest ACoT theatre-award nominations favor two Austin musicals

"...Orwell's account of the living and working conditions of English miners reconceived by Chronicle Dance-Classical listings Editor Robi Polgar..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

PEXO

In PEXO, musicians with the Walter Thompson Orchestra, dancers from Ariel Dance Theatre, and several guest artists coax music from instruments, intentionally mangle lines of speech, and draw from a palette of physical movement at the command of conductor Thompson, creating an improvised yet shaped performance that is a complex, scattered spectacle for the ear and eye.

"...we notice a lot of hand signals and body English that remain Greek to us unless we've had sufficient..."

March 30, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...We Strangers Director/Screenwriter: Anu ValiaProducers: Olivia Wingate, Alex Bach, Zach Spicer, Joy Jorgensen, Miranda Kahn Rayelle Martin, a commercial..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Doc Recounts the 50 Year Reign of King Crimson

Heavy hangs the crown In the Court of the Crimson King

"...the Crimson planets orbit. Easily one of the greatest English-speaking rock guitar players who ever lived, he’s gained a..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Joe Gross

The Hangover: Part III

The hard-R comedy trilogy concludes with more mortal peril and questionable taste.

"...Directed by: Todd Phillips. Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, Justin Bartha, John Goodman, Melissa McCarthy,..."

May 24, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Soccer Watch

Houston Dynamo advances to semifinals, Irish breakfast at Fadó, and more

"...of the match may once again have been keeper Zach Wells, the backup who had come on as an..."

March 9, 2007 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

An Ideal Husband

Different Stages' production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband is not just community theatre at its finest; it's just plain good theatre: entertaining, impressive, astounding, and delightful.

"...furniture, Davis has created a most rich and sumptuous English drawing room. Jeanette Driscoll's costumes nail both the male..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Salvage Vanguard, Tapestry, Pollyanna, U.T.P.A.C., dirigo, Mainline, Bedlam Faction, Zach Scott, A.M.T., A.L.O., and other companies too numerous to..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Column

Sxsw

"...-- straightfoward and simple. Just like your favorite early-Eighties English MTV pop bands. (Electric Pavilion, 9pm)..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Grace Sorensen, and More Highlights From Sunday at ACL Fest

From The Breeders’ sustaining cool to GloRilla’s unfazed flow

"...Lucas, and “On My Mood” (“I wrote it in English so I wouldn’t have to translate it”) all romanced..."

Oct. 9, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Review: Late Bloomers

The kindness of strangers creates beauty, growth, and laughs

"...(Malgorzata Zajaczkowska), an elderly Polish woman who speaks no English but gets her deep oppositional fuck-you fluently across to..."

March 11, 2023 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...A (Canada, Haiti) Director: Kaveh Nabatian, Producers: Kaveh Nabatian, Zach Niles, Joseph Ray, Screenwriter: Wood-Jerry Gabriel Kite Zo A..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Trixie Mattel Bringing Glamor to Moontower Just For Laughs

Megasized comedy festival adds more shows, podcasts

"...standup phenom Carlos Ballarta will be performing sets in English and Spanish, with more bilingual comics to come...."

Feb. 25, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...Follia, and performing in the play 33 Variations at Zach Theatre...."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Review: Galveston

Coastal revenge thriller sparkles with humor and humanity

"...role as Shosanna in Inglourious Basterds, Laurent made her English directorial debut with Galveston based on the novel by..."

March 12, 2018 SXSW Post by Mae Hamilton

The Critics Speak … and Speak … and Speak

Clybourne Park, Manchurian Candidate big winners

"...The Drowning Girls, Theatre en Bloc The Great Society, Zach Theatre..."

June 6, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...a band led by Austin guitarist and Antone's booker Zach Ernst. – Jim Caligiuri..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Remembering the Classics

Texas Film Hall of Famer Michael Barker reflects on Austin's film scene

"...tables from $6,000. Special guests include Maya Rudolph, Ellia English, Adrianne Palicki, and Mike Judge as master of ceremonies...."

March 4, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Travis County Election Early Voting Results

More numbers than you know what to do with

"...Melissa Zone     1,505     14.45% Ed English     1,483     14.24% Darryl R. Wittle..."

Nov. 4, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

DVDanger: Of Flesh, Blood and Boners

"The Final Member" gets phallic, plus "Dracula" and "Ravenous" bite

"...Canadian co-directors Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math are never exploitative: Instead, they follow Siggi's lead..."

June 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Try To Remember

How two kids from UT changed the course of the American musical

"...fields, among them Tex Ritter, Beauford Jester, Eli Wallach, Zachary Scott, Allan Shivers, Walter Cronkite, John and Nellie Connally,..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Classics Comeback

Are the great dramas of yore reclaiming their place on Austin's stages?

"...Theatre's Alice in Wonderland, Trouble Puppet Theatre Company's Frankenstein, Zach Theatre's The Grapes of Wrath, and Salvage Vanguard Theater's..."

July 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chapter One: A Team Is Born

A season preview for the Austin Aztex and the United Soccer Leagues

"...– younger, perhaps, than last year's PDL squad. Well-traveled English striker Gifton Noel-Williams is the old man at 27...."

April 17, 2009 Sports Feature by Nick Barbaro

Film News

Beth Sepko brings home an Emmy, plus things are about to get horrific here

"...Vanguard International Cinema will distribute Ken Johnson's Austin-shot Spanish/English film, El Abandonado!, which premiered at the 2006 Cine..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Friday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...Collins Beat started off as the Beat before the English Beat gummed things up. Collins earned his power-pop-pioneer pin..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

ACL Music Fest Preview

"...of 2004. Since then, the group has lost bassist Zach Thomas but has kept grazing, spending the summer in..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature

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