I Hope You're Happy Now

Andrew Bujalski, who wrote 'Funny Ha Ha' in Austin and wrapped it in Boston, on the film's unlikely fate

"...meandering trip since he first wrote the script in Austin in 2000, finished the film in Boston in the..."

July 8, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Don Giovanni: Lover on the Lam

Robi Polgar examines the Austin Lyric Opera production of Mozart's Don Giovanni.

"...In Austin Lyric Opera's production, baritone Gordon Hawkins is superb in..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Ashes to Ashes: Dense and Chilling Quiet

Ada Calhoun covers The Public Domain production of Harold Pinter's Ashes to Ashes.

"...Stahl appeared in Pinter one-acts recently at Hyde Park Theatre: A Kind of Alaska and The Collection, respectively. The..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Three for the Barre

With a serious amount of movement taking place on the Austin dance scene, the Chronicle asked three of its dance critics to review recent programs by Ballet Austin, Tapestry Dance Company, and the Latino dance festival Collectivos.

"...on ballet. As the Chronicle Arts team anticipated Ballet Austin's recent program of multiple dances, all very different --..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

We Have an Issue: Find the Thing That Moves You

In this week’s issue, Derek Udensi profiles Austin hip-hop artist Blakchyl

"...this week's cover story, Derek Udensi profiles Blakchyl, an Austin hip-hop artist poised to break out in a big..."

July 14, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Moontower Star Sophie Buddle on How Comedy Is Becoming More Welcoming to Women

“Austin is such a comedy city”

"...and move to the U.S. Moontower Just for Laughs Austin will be her first time in the city. "I'm just..."

April 15, 2022 Arts Feature by Dina Barrish

Motorblade Postering Returns, With a New Owner

Austin’s premier postering service is no longer on the Fritz and is ready to roll & rock with Ricardo

"...says Ricardo Acevedo, the man who's taken over longtime Austin postering service Motorblade. "I was designing and putting together..."

July 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Shows Must Go On(line)

More Austin performers take their acts to the internets for streaming

"...Austin is a city of musicians, of course: The whole..."

March 19, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Van Ryzin Launches Online Arts Magazine

Nonprofit Sightlines to offer cultural journalism, criticism

"...Twelve months ago, the buzz around the Austin arts scene was that Jeanne Claire van Ryzin was..."

Nov. 13, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Big Star 'Third' Concert

SXSW Showcase Reviews

"...Big Star 'Third' ConcertParamount Theatre, Thursday, March 15..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Adam Schragin

Hey, Look Me Over!

AFF and the Blanton team up to bring underseen films to Austin

"...If you want to impress Austin Film Festival Film Program Director Kelly Williams, dangle a..."

June 19, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Blue Menace

The latest program from the Violet Crown Radio Players is an appealing return to yesteryear via the nostalgic delights of radio drama

"...representation to rein in the audience's imagination, as in theatre or the movies, the mind was the limit. One..."

June 4, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Esther's Follies

Using inventive props, puppets, costumes, and live music, the gang at Esther's Follies stuffs fast-paced skits, political satire, and illusions into a tightly compacted show

"...there is a place determined to make people laugh: Austin gem Esther's Follies. Since 1977, founders Shannon Sedwick and..."

April 16, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

Run for Your Wife

In Onstage Theatre Company's production of the farce Run For Your Wife, you get engaging performances, split-second timing, and a lot of laughs

"...Austin Playhouse, through Feb. 8..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Winter's Tale

You should go to the Austin Shakespeare Festival's The Winter's Tale only if you'd like to see a truly magical story of hope from despair, joy from grief, and life from death

"...Austin Playhouse, through Jan. 24..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Flaming Idiots

As long as the Flaming Idiots are juggling and making fun onstage at the Zachary Scott Theatre Center, you won't care about anything but the pure pleasure they let you experience.

"...The Flaming IdiotsZachary Scott Theatre Center Kleberg Stage, through Jan. 4..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oracle Theater Company makes its debut with a production of The Importance of Being Earnest, and just as there is much to admire in Oscar Wilde's play, there is much to admire in Oracle's production, starting with the work of director / designer Russell L. Wiseman.

"...that would remain popular even a century later -- Austin has seen at least three productions over the last..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

A Nation Laughs

On the eve of its fifth Latino Comedy Fiesta, Austin's Latino Comedy Project has discovered a national audience for its signature brand of humor lampooning ethnic stereotypes and challenging cultural assumptions.

"...its fifth annual Latino Comedy Fiesta at the Paramount Theatre this week, the 51é2-year-old sketch-comedy troupe is enjoying some..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Tricks

Blake Yelavich has transformed another Eastside warehouse into what promises to be a gem of a small theatre for years to come, but his sexual thriller Tricks, with which he opens the new Arts on Real, is much like the as yet unfinished theatre: incomplete.

"...Major kudos and good wishes to Naughty Austin, and Blake Yelavich in particular, for turning another Eastside..."

June 27, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

A Christmas Carol

In this version of A Christmas Carol presented by Second Youth Family Theatre, actors use minimal pieces of set and costumes to conjure the many places and characters of Dickens' familiar tale and move through the text with intense focus, knowing exactly what story they need to tell and telling it well.

"...In this production presented by Second Youth Family Theatre, one of at least three Carols playing in Austin..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

A Christmas Carol

The Austin Playhouse-McCallum Fine Arts Academy co-production of Dickens' seasonal fable A Christmas Carol may be wafer-thin in substance, but the abundant goodwill of the entire company, from youngest to least-young, gives the show the warm, sweetness of a traditional holiday brew.

"...for the seasonal slew of concerts, dance recitals, and theatre productions chock-full of Christmas cheer. This year, there are..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Curieosity

Curieosity, writer-director-choreographer Sharon Sparlin's original work about Marie Curie and her physicist husband Pierre is an energetic collage of performance styles, with actors on the go like atoms smashing inside a supercollider and spraying their sub-atomic anatomies in every direction, in all manner of presentational genres.

"...you won't see a more thorough use of a theatre space this season. From the brilliant surprise "attack" of..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

4th Annual Austin Latino Comedy Fiesta

All the acts taking part in this year's Austin Latino Comedy Fiesta in the Paramount Theatre on Saturday night did a great job of working the crowd, but the audience didn't demand much in the way of innovation from them.

"...Fourth Annual Austin Latino Comedy Fiesta: Funny by Any Other Name..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Edward, the Owl & the Calico Cat

Austin playwright Emily Cicchini tells the true story behind Edward Lear's magical "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" in Edward, the Owl & the Calico Cat, and the Pollyanna Theatre Company production delivers it smartly, if at a somewhat breathless pace.

"...Austin playwright Emily Cicchini (Becoming Brontë) tells the true story..."

July 12, 2002 Arts Review by Kate X Messer

The Moontower's Glow

Art Davis' new play The Moontower's Glow is a spiritual cousin to both The Rocky Horror Show and You Can't Take It With You, focusing on a houseful of eccentrics who have rejected the normalcy of society to live their dreams, no matter how ludicrous they may appear to the rest of the world.

"...The Moontower's Glow: Keep Austin WeirdThe Blue Theater,..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Arcadia

Having sat through a Tom Stoppard play, there comes the feeling that a return visit is required to better appreciate all his linguistic, historical, scientific, sexual, comedic, and theatrical flourishes. The Austin Playhouse production of Arcadia, featuring one of the best ensembles to be seen on an Austin stage, may, indeed, warrant repeat visits to fully enjoy its efforts.

"...Arcadia: Dueling IntellectsHyde Park Theatre,..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Trust: Some of What Glitters

Trust is like a thoroughly modern version of those Noel Coward constructs in which the affluent and their hangers-on loll about having affairs and lobbing endless volleys of bon mots, and the Seven Ages Theatre Company production serves up its series of tilted vignettes and monologues in a smooth, brisk fashion.

"...good show. Brought to you by the Seven Ages Theatre Company and directed by its artistic director, Michael Landman,..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

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.

"...Austin Lyric Opera Ducloux Hall,..."

March 30, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Light Up the Sky

For the debut of his new Austin Playhouse company, Don Toner provides a time-travel trip back to 1948 with old Moss Hart and his play about putting on a play, Light Up the Sky. And the trip is one sure to leave a smile.

"...this vintage drawing-room comedy to inaugurate his new company, Austin Playhouse. The choice is another effective gambit qua inauguration,..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

In the Austin premiere of Santos & Santos, a contemporary drama by El Paso native Octavio Solis, Nushank Theater Collective smoothly plays out a tale of Chicano brothers coming to terms, with culture, power, and the nightmare of pursuing the American Dream.

"...The Austin premiere of Santos & Santos is Nushank Theater Collective's..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Arts Review by Mary Jane Garza

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