Theatre's Great Historian The Essential Oscar

"...Austin theatre has many heroes who are diligent and accomplished..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Arts Feature

The Hidden Room Theatre Is Working With a Presidential Assassin

Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, we reckon you’ll really enjoy the show

"...Austin’s Hidden Room theatre company is officially in cahoots with..."

June 12, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Theatre in the Round (Rock)

Penfold Theatre makes its entrance up north – where it's always wanted to be

"...The past decade has seen more than 50 theatre companies spring from the fertile soil of our creative..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Room Full of Nothing Is a Farewell Note to Austin's Art Scene

Breaking up in the apocalypse at the Austin Film Festival

"...and Elena Weinberg spent most of their lives in Austin ("30 and 33 years, respectively," said Coe). Recently the..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Best Theatre Boost and Discounts

The A-Team/Greater Austin Creative Alliance

"...This Greater Austin Creative Alliance blog offers reviews of local theatre productions,..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Best of Austin Feature

Austin Film Festival Adds Nine Days and Welcomes the WWE's Brothers of Destruction

New Winston Duke/Zazie Beets movie as opening night film

"...Austin Film Festival is only a week away, but they've..."

Oct. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Skull in Connemara

Martin McDonagh's A Skull in Connemara teeters between the absurd and the just plain silly

"...want to sit in the front row for Renaissance Austin Theatre's production of A Skull in Connemara, then you..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

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

"...In a secret room in Downtown Austin, Beth Burns and company are resuscitating King Lear. Oh,..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Stephanie Carll

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...feel obligated to mention, was filmed in and around Austin last fall). From the poster, which depicts a young..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

'The Austin Chronicle' and Richard Linklater

The beginning of a beautiful friendship

"...It's hard to remember how many times filmmaker and Austin Film Society Artistic Director Richard Linklater has been on..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Reviews Relocated

After seven years, the 'Chronicle' is returning arts reviews to the Arts listings and saying farewell to the 'Exhibitionism' page

"...has gone the way of so much of the theatre, dance, and classical music that was covered on it;..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Narrative Reviews

"...Stateside at the Paramount; Monday, Oct. 28, 9:30pm, IMAX Theatre A Birder's Guide to EverythingD: Rob Meyer; with Kodi..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature

Austin on Broadway: More Shooting Stars Than Ever

There have never been as many Austinites in Broadway shows as there are now

"...It isn't as if an Austin actor has never made it to Broadway. Joe Sears..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Record Reviews

"...change, so please check your SXSW schedule. Lots more reviews next week in the Chronicle's special pull-out section. THE..."

March 7, 1997 Music Review

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...CIRCUSD: George Ratliff. This is a reprint of the Austin Chronicle review that ran in March when this film..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Month by the Lake is more Merchant-Ivory than Masterpiece Theatre: It's a movie of manners that's not constrained by..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...opens with Mizrahi receiving and reacting to the lukewarm reviews of his Spring 1994 collection. As he bounces back..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

Documentary Reviews

"...Saturday, Oct. 26, 6pm, Rollins Theatre; Thursday, Oct. 31, 4pm, Alamo Village Living DollsD: Maureen..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature

Holy Cross Sucks!

Rob Nash plays 29 characters over four years of high school and makes it look so easy

"...One-person, multicharacter shows have become ubiquitous in contemporary theatre, but few perform them like Rob Nash. The Austin-based..."

March 27, 2009 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Ophelia

This Hamlet seen through the eyes of Ophelia – rather, five Ophelias – is astounding

"...often questioned. Or, as in the case of Tutto Theatre Company's Ophelia, completely retold...."

Nov. 21, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Amadeus

At the opening of this Austin Playhouse show, some actors hadn't done the work

"...Austin Playhouse, through Oct. 19..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

SXSW Film Reviews

"...island of Taveuni, Fiji. Then Pierson bought the ramshackle theatre and relocated his family to Taveuni, where he began..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...of early Rodriguez shorts like the award-winning Bedhead and Austin Stories: Filled with the directorÕs brilliant, trademark rapid edits..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Austin Film Festival Review: King of North Sudan

Oddball geopolitical documentary never quite expunges its Americana

"...US Premiere Wed., Oct. 27, 5pm Hideout Theatre..."

Oct. 25, 2021 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

Austin Film Festival Review: Buck Alamo

Sonny Carl Davis shines as a fading Austin burnout

"...of the myth of a certain kind of old Austin. Eli Cody (played by Austin acting mainstay Sonny Carl..."

Oct. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

When picking people and places is as important as the script

"...writer/director Spencer King, it receives its world premiere at Austin Film Festival this Saturday, Oct. 23...."

Oct. 22, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sonny Carl Davis Faces the Death of Old Austin in Buck Alamo

Checking in with the lonesome cosmic cowboy

"...After 45 years in the film business, Austin filmmaking legend Sonny Carl Davis has one piece of..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Director Peter Hedges on Why Austin Film Festival Means So Much to Him

A shared rain's a-gonna fall in The Same Storm

"...festival," says Peter Hedges, the writer and director of Austin Film Festival 2021 opening night selection The Same Storm...."

Oct. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Filmmaker Puts Personal Experience Into Rehab Drama

Lane Michael Stanley's Addict Named Hal shows the long road of 12 steps

"...movie, Addict Named Hal, which premieres locally at the Austin Film Festival this weekend. They said, "There hasn't really..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin-Based Choreographer Hopes to Make a "Social Justice Summer"

With some crowdfunding support, Charles O. Anderson will be able to make dances for this time

"...ending: beginning work on two dance projects that the Austin-based dancer/choreographer had received important commissions for, and ending work..."

June 12, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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