Austin Playhouse's The Real Thing

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

"...can wreak havoc on even the most brilliant of works. So then, what happens when Austin Playhouse pits a..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

In the Blue Corner: Austin Film Festival

The festival dedicated to every part of storytelling on screen is back for its 20th anniversary

"...to celebrate in any given year of the annual Austin Film Festival, but seeing as this year marks the..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Doomed. Bourgeois. In Austin: The Films of Whit Stillman

Indie legend on Austin, Austen, and his landmark trilogy

"...the tricks to make a low-budget film look richer worked out in the film's favor, because the idea was..."

Oct. 11, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Filmmakers’ Waking Nightmares

They're just making a movie. What could possibly go wrong?

"...sharing, in other words. Which is why we've got Austin-based filmmakers Macon Blair, Karen Skloss, Owen Egerton, and Emma..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Not Everybody Is In This Weekend's Austin Sketch Fest

But that doesn't mean we've forgotten The New Movement

"...And as much as local comedy attention is focused..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Review: Austin Rainbow Theatre’s Sordid Lives

Company’s inaugural production resurrects Del Shores’ queer Texas classic with gusto

"...This production is the first mounted by new nonprofit Austin Rainbow Theatre – not counting their exploratory effort with..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott

Review: Broadway in Austin’s To Kill a Mockingbird

They had me at Sorkin

"...and ability to bring energy and dimension to any script is evident in recent revivals of classic musicals on..."

May 10, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Faster Than Sound: Unpacking Harry Styles' Austin Run With the Professor Teaching a Class on Him

Texas State's Dr. Louie Dean Valencia offers a crash course in the Harry-verse

"...demand for one of the planet's most popular musicians. Austin steps up beside New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, and..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Ground Floor Theatre and Deaf Austin Theatre's Next to Normal

In this collaboration between the two companies, having signing actors and speaking actors perform side by side provides a uniquely engaging experience

"...the company has teamed up with the nonprofit Deaf Austin Theatre to stage this Pulitzer Prize-winning musical with a..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Austin's Most Famous Atheist

The life and death of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, The Most Hated Woman in America

"...fact. A family of three goes missing from their Austin home and, at first, nobody seems to care all..."

March 17, 2017 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Playhouse's The Norwegians

C. Denby Swanson's comedy with nice hit men is a blast of cool fun, with a hint of danger just below the ice

"...gentleman scribes, it should be noted. With The Norwegians, Austin playwright C. Denby Swanson flips the script. Instead of..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Other Worlds Austin Hears The Quiet Hour

Director Stéphanie Joalland on a very British apocalypse

"...The film screens in Austin on May 28, as part of the year-round programming..."

May 27, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Theatre Critics' Table 1999-2000 Nominations

"...The Austin Theatre Critics' Table have announced nominations for their eighth..."

May 12, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Theatre Critics' Table Nominations 1998

"...The Austin Theatre Critics' Table have announced nominations for their sixth..."

May 15, 1998 Arts Feature

Austin's Next Shot at Ending Homelessness

Thanks to an infusion of philanthropic cash, the city and its iTeam embark on a new effort

"...in new ways that reflect who we are in Austin, and ... experiment with new ways to house the..."

Aug. 24, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two: Work and Splendor

R.I.P., Harvey Pekar

"...is without doubt the most influential. Not that Harvey's work lacks fascinating characters or creative stories, but it is..."

July 16, 2010 Column by Louis Black

A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene

"...In Austin, these are good days for getting that razzle-dazzle rush..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Film Festival Q&A: Claudia Black on Time Now

When picking people and places is as important as the script

"...Best known for her genre work in Pitch Black and Stargate: SG1, and especially as..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Theatrical Provocateurs Rubber Repertory Return to Austin

Two of the best and oddest come back for their own good and ours

"...theatre company whose theatrical provocations and audience-immersive events made Austin a more exciting place to be in the early..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Most Dangerous Man in Austin?

Cody Wilson's day-to-day life is pretty routine. But the product he's selling threatens to make gun control laws obsolete.

"...it. From his office off Cross Park in Northeast Austin, the man reviled and revered for manufacturing the first..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Austin City Election

Endorsements for mayor and Council

"...districts and the needs of the whole city of Austin. We hope that, whoever you may choose, you keep..."

Oct. 17, 2014 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

This Is a Blogpost About Austin's Jennymarie Jemison

Partly because her movie's in the Seattle International Film Festival

"...This blogpost is about Jennymarie Jemison partly because The..."

May 20, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Luv Doc Recommends: SXSW Film Regional Premiere of 'Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson'

Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Saturday, March 8, 2008

"...to be a time when everyone you met in Austin was either a musician or fucking one. That’s still..."

March 7, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin Studios Takes Flight

The past year has been witness to an amazingly cooperative tag-team project between the Austin Film Society, the Austin City Council, and the Mueller Neighborhood Coalition that -- as of now -- has resulted in a superstar studio setup that could well change the very fabric of filmmaking in Austin.

"...Panavision vistas, but when it comes to constructing a working indoor set, filmmakers are continually hampered by space. There..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Filmmaking, Ten Years After

Film director Richard Linklater interviews Bob Ray, the director of the new Austin-made movie Rock Opera, about the Austin Film scene over the past 10 years.

"...Richard Linklater and crew took to the streets of Austin and filmed the now-classic movie Slacker. Little did anyone..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Work Release

"...toward his early love of animation and filmmaking after working as an engineer for a government contractor and later..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Musical Theatre Hits the Heights

That's Show Biz!

"..."The Farmboys" in Austin Musical Theatre's Gypsy. photograph by Kenny Braun..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Suite at FreshGrass that fall, avant-roots traditionalists heralded the work. The then-23-year-old entered the Central Texas scene as a..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Austin Playwright-Performer Provides a New Kind of Documentation in (Un)Documents

In an award-winning solo show, Jesús I. Valles sits down, alone with family

"...paper and, you know, some holograms on some plastic. Paperwork becomes personhood at a certain point, and that was..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Arts Feature by Beth Sullivan

Austin Filmmakers Return to Horror

Karen Skloss, Owen Egerton, and Don Swaynos talk terror

"...Such is the case with a growing contingent of Austin-based filmmakers who, after years of collectively specializing in unclassifiable..."

June 30, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

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