Five-Year Reunion

'Freaks and Geeks' comes back in a big way – on DVD

"...1980-81) with multiple essays and a chokeload of features: auditions, table readings, raw footage, an annotated episode list, guidance..."

April 16, 2004 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

SXSW Film Reviews

"...way to the tip of Manhattan. A beautiful woman auditions her first pair of glasses in denial of the..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Darcie Stevens

Screening Calls

What to see and when and where to see it at SXSW Film 04

"...she reinspire Epper? Will she nail the Kill Bill auditions under Epper's wing? All of this and walking through..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature

Articulations

Austin won't be a capital of culture in 2004, Martha Norkunas won't be the director of Texas Folklife Resources, and Lana Dieterich won't be opening 'Always … Patsy Cline' this week

"...lose, director Dave Steakley held a round of emergency auditions and cast Austin Circle of Theaters Executive Director Latifah..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Girl of Their Dreams

Disney was struggling to find a young star for Young Black Stallion. Then, Austinite Biana Tamimi found them.

"...that in to Disney. And then, after a few auditions more, that's about it," Biana says modestly. "Two weeks..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Articulations

The Elisabet Ney Museum is headed for a makeover, Austin photographer Sean Perry takes the prize in New Mexico, and Chronicle arts writer Barry Pineo gets a publishing deal for an acting book.

"...Amster Auditions..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Short Cuts

Credit where credit is due: Bill Broyles takes on Brian Grazer in The New Yorker.

"...in January 2004. To that end, they're holding open auditions Thursday & Friday, Nov. 20 & 21, noon-6pm, and..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Why Remove Creative Opportunities?

"...with other similar listings. I notice you didn't remove auditions or open mics – which would be somewhat comparable..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Postmarks

TV Eye

While the eyes of many might be on model Travis Fimmel's man panties in the WB's Tarzan, Belinda Acosta will be watching Benjamin McKenzie in The OC.

"...York, then to Los Angeles, waited tables, went to auditions, and hoped diligence would pay off. A year and..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

If It's Summer, It Must Be Shakespeare

Summer is the time for Shakespeare, so naturally here are a couple of the Bard's plays being staged in the Austin area -- Julius Caesar from the Austin Shakespeare Festival and Two Gentlemen of Verona from Different Stages -- and directors Paul Norton and Norman Blumensaadt to explain how they came to produce them this season.

"...festival, and in April last year, he had open auditions and chose 40 people. The idea was that you..."

June 27, 2003 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Articulations

The UT School of Music hires the Miró Quartet for its new resident string quartet, Charles Leslie succeeds Neil Barclay at the UT PAC, and Don Toner brings back those dead presidents one more time.

"...The auditions are over, the votes are in, and UT School..."

June 27, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

A Moment of Innocence

While Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf is no stranger to long, long shots gazing down long, long roads for a long, long time, he also knows how to tell a story.

"...When veteran Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Kandahar) was holding auditions for his 1995 film, Salaam Cinema, one of the..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Screens Review by Rachel Proctor May

Kentucky by Way of Austin

A decade after The Kentucky Cycle's premiere, the hometown of playwright Robert Schenkkan has the opportunity to experience the work's power in with a homegrown production at the Mary Moody Northen Theatre.

"...-- as well as gifted university students. Martinez held auditions last summer and started rehearsals seven months ago. Performers..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Shared Love of Dance

My Funny Valentine is Tapestry Dance Company's second show following the addition of five new dancers, and their stories are as varied as the dance styles the multiform company employs.

"...other cities and careers. After a series of national auditions, Gray hired five new members, who join Gray and..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

What It Is to Be Human

Actor Martin Burke, now in the midst of his fifth sell-out run as David Sedaris' Little Elf in The Santaland Diaries, talks about that show's success and his career as an actor.

"...role, and I was the best one at the auditions, I guess. I was a little boy in The..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Not Your Daddy's Facial Hair

Kate Messer brings us up to date on the drag king scene in Austin.

"...Now, with a year's worth of auditions, practices, and packed-house performances under their big-buckled belts (gig..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Dancing About Architecture

American Idol picks Austinite Dana Clark to hopefully win the hearts of America in the next round of finals.

"..."Oh, yeah. I was expecting a lot more rock-oriented auditions, what with all the bands here," he admitted. "With..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

TV Eye

More adventures in Idoldom.

"...the news that Dana Clark, the Austin American Idol auditions winner from the Hard Rock Cafe competition (see "Idol..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Invasion of the Kiddie-Lit Plays

Characters from children's literature storm Austin-area stages in July.

"...rehearsals. Fifty to 60 participants will be selected by auditions, which are open to the first 500 children who..."

July 5, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Making Porn

Ronnie Larsen's play Making Porn dramatizes the making of Cops, a gay porn movie, from casting calls to the spin-off calendar, and in Naughty Austin's production, director Blake Yelavich realizes the comic potential of the script and the world of porn. But a tragic subplot undermines the show's success as a satire on the adult movie industry.

"...to the porn set following a series of pathetic auditions in the mainstream theatre. The intrigue begins when Jack's..."

July 5, 2002 Arts Review by Rob Curran

More Than Just the Facts, Ma'am

The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum's exhibition on Davy Crockett features a short stage show with the hero of the Alamo appearing live and in person. The two Austin actors who alternate in the show describe how they bring that King of the Wild Frontier to life day in and day out.

"...about 30 to 40 guys show up for the auditions, and we narrowed it down to eight for the..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Tuna Almanac: Facts About the Shows and Their Creators

Facts about the Tuna shows and their creators, and a guide to the characters in the plays.

"...at the First Repertory Company of San Antonio, at auditions for a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream...."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature

After a Fashion

Phew! We're glad that's over. SXSW is gone and things are beginning to get back to normal. Your Style Avatar has some parting thoughts about Courtney Love and looks (fashion) forward to some upcoming events.

"...continues to rise: MTV flew down and did two auditions with her, which she says were a breeze. "I..."

April 5, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

TV Eye

Ten pins, go-go dancers, a wise-cracking organist … Comedy Central's Let's Bowl lets contestants settle disputes the old-fashioned way.

"...scheduled for May 12 at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown. Auditions for Powers of Three occurs Saturday, March 30, 1-5pm,..."

March 29, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Collegia Musikum

How music from the Medieval and Baroque eras impacts us today

"...the country. She was a finalist for Anonymous 4 auditions. So she's been back for the last three years..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Music Feature by Robi Polgar

Tube Temptations

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture

"...follows 12 New York actors as they go on auditions, meet agents, and face rejection in the toughest business..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

All Aboard for Middle Earth

Fans of J. R. R. Tolkien needn't wait until the December 12 opening of the film of Lord of the Rings to take a journey to Middle Earth. Second Youth Family Repertory Theatre, an Austin arts company acclaimed for its intelligent, highly theatrical stage shows for family audiences, will ferry you there this weekend via its production of The Hobbit.

"...-- will portray the 29 characters we meet. ("At auditions, I had all these women," says Smith. "And there..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

For Your Consideration ...

Austin Film Festival Preview

"...A film crew follows her as she goes on auditions and regularly commiserates with her gay-activist pal Tate, who..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature

Almost Famous

Three years after leaving Austin for Hollywood, comics Chip Pope and Howard Kremer still aren't celebs, but with pilots for HBO and Comedy Central and a willingness to schmooze, they've come agonizingly close.

"...stop where a casting director happened to be holding auditions, and had a limo whisk him or her off..."

July 20, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Theatre -- ALL CAPS, All the Time

There's nothing lower-case or lethargic about theatre director, actor, and producer Sharon Sparlin. She's bold, animated, even electric, and channeling all that high-voltage energy into creating equally energetic theatre all the time.

"...then the PD space. The company had already had auditions, but if there's one word to describe Sharon Sparlin,..."

April 13, 2001 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

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