Going the Distance

The International Movement of Sharir Dance Company

"...program -- the premiere of a new work by co-Artistic Director José Luis Bustamante -- the company leaped into..."

May 2, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

School for Scripts

Why Get an MFA in Playwriting? Here's Why

"...artists. If the play does not immediately catch an artistic director's eye, it can languish in a drawer somewhere..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Perfect Expression

Erik Ehn on Making Big, Cheap Theatre With Frontera

"...ultimately assembled by Ehn, and staged cooperatively by F@HPT Artistic Director Vicky Boone and company member Margery Segal. As..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Raving About Theatre

A Swarm of Wily, Unruly Theatre Types Meet in the Heat

"...150 seats or fewer, who may be juggling their artistic efforts with fulltime jobs, who may be getting by..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How $50,000 Is Shaking Up Austin's Black Artists Buried Treasure

"...has developed a multidisciplinary arts plan, designed to promote artistic development in the east and metropolitan Austin areas and..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Arts Feature by Danielle McClelland

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...a Friday night rush, to pose nude for some "artistic photographs." But unless I'm sugar-coating my memories (which I..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

How Did Legendary DJ and Londoner Paul Oakenfold Land in Bastrop?

The Londoner finds his way to a Texas ranch

"...for Oakey," because one of the rewards of long-term success along the hero's journey is living long enough to..."

July 30, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Austin Films For the First Wave of Austin Film Festival

Fugitive Dreams, Horton Foote doc in first wave

"...numerous other theatrical and literary prizes. His long and successful 70-year career of writing consisted primarily of stories set..."

Aug. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Decade in Austin Films

The city’s cinema, from indie visions to Oscar winners and international blockbusters

"...here to become a part of the film biz. Success breeds success. But for every Linklater, Rodriguez, and Malick..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...expressed by their outspoken disregard for ambition and commercial success, though it sometimes feels that they protested too much...."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

Telling Some Very British Ghost Stories at SXSW Film

Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman on the evil seed that would become their Midnighter

"...spooky novel, the stage adaptation has been a massive success, but it has been the only horror-themed play in..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

10 Minutes With Jason Isbell

Three-show Moody Theater run begins tonight

"...resurgence of the past five years, the pressures of success, and the decision to return with his band, the..."

July 14, 2017 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Fast, Cheap, and in Control

Cost-of-living increases are making local artists do more with less

"...a strategy that can be traced through such ATX success stories as Joe Sears and Jaston Williams' Greater Tuna,..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hidden Room Theatre Resurrects King Lear

The once-popular but now obscure revision of Shakespeare's play by Nahum Tate is revived, complete with happy ending

"...is Ryan Crowder, a Hidden Room regular and producing artistic director of Penfold Theatre Company. An unlikely choice by..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Stephanie Carll

Austin Playhouse's The Real Thing

Tom Stoppard's play receives a remarkable revival with a seasoned cast

"..."thinker's rom-com." Like many of his contemporaries, Stoppard finds success just outside the defining lines of the Theatre of..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Alfonso and Thomas and The Dying Girl

Former teenage Texas film buffs unite on homage-filled cancer comedy Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

"...he has a stunted interpersonal life and no mature artistic voice of his own...."

June 26, 2015 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

H. R. Giger, the Dark Star

Full Q&A with documentarian Belinda Sallin

"...filming the artist in his final months, and his artistic and cultural legacy. She also picked out a few..."

May 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

All the Way With LBJ's Play

Bill Rauch talks staging 'All the Way' and 'The Great Society'

"...Kentucky Cycle who grew up in Austin, and OSF Artistic Director Bill Rauch, who commissioned Schenkkan to write All..."

Oct. 9, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Doubling Down

In The Great Society, playwright Robert Schenkkan and his subject, LBJ, both gamble big

"...1965 Voting Rights Act. On the strength of that success, King turns northward, launching a new campaign to improve..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

We Were From Texas

Texas Triangle: Guy Clark, Susanna Clark, Townes Van Zandt

"...sharply dressed in a black suit, a gleam of success in his grin. The image is striking for its..."

July 19, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Big Stars in Your Eyes

A Q&A with Big Star documentarian Drew DeNicola

"...thing. It was as if they inadvertently traded commercial success in their time for a lasting musical legacy. This..."

July 18, 2013 Screens Post by Scott Schinder

War Stories

From Austin to the Upper Peninsula to Afghanistan and back: Heather Courtney's long journey to arrive at Where Soldiers Come From

"...the three young men from Hancock, Mich. – the artistic Dominic Fredianelli, happy-go-lucky cutup Cole Smith, and pragmatic, dutiful..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Superstar

In an excerpt from Bobby Whitlock: A Rock 'n' Roll Autobiography, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends sow the seeds of Eric Clapton's Derek & the Dominos

"...Cale, who had also left us to pursue a successful solo career. Gram Parsons, who had been a member..."

July 15, 2011 Music Feature by Bobby Whitlock

Roy Orbison Reissue

"...Although he found success with the Sun Record Company and was on RCA..."

June 3, 2011 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

YACHT: Mystery Lights Over Shangri-La Exposed

Rob yaks with Jona and Claire of YACHT

"...stands for Young Americans Challenging High Technology, reached new artistic, critical, and commercial heights with the release of 2009's..."

April 18, 2011 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Page Two: New Jersey Reverie

Autumn rain, returning memories

"...formal coat of arms). We were not wealthy, overly artistic, unusually brilliant, inherently charismatic, or any of the more..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Steel Bluebonnet Determination

Robin Shivers, founder of HAAM, worked behind the scenes, and yet was one of the Austin music scene's most important faces

"...hospital work. Those KLRU fundraisers provided a new, more artistic gratification in her work, and in the early 1990s,..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

What About Bob?

Don't hate Bob Schneider because of his Lovely Creatures

"...opera singers both – provided early musical training and artistic encouragement. He developed a hip, entirely idiosyncratic graphic style..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

How to Have a SUCCESSFUL Career in Art

D.L. Tolar and Edward Povey lay the foundation for going pro and getting your art seen

"...Success may be defined in many ways, but if you're..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...intimate portrait of a young marriage. Focusing on an artistic young couple, the film illuminates the challenges of monogamy..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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