What's Fantastic at Fantasia

Highlights from the Canadian genre fest, plus films you may see soon

"...calendar is a packed, year-round experience (and that's just in Austin). Yet with the fall rampage just about to..."

Aug. 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

FronteraFest: The Place to Start

Hyde Park Theatre and ScriptWorks' annual performance festival keeps giving artists a spot to launch a stage career in Austin

"...FronteraFest, now entering its 23rd year, has become a tradition in Austin's..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Hickenlooper Lobbies for 'Casino Jack'

George Hickenlooper on his Jack Abramoff film

"...George Hickenlooper, the director of Casino Jack (which opens in Austin this Friday at the..."

Jan. 5, 2011 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

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

"...Andrew Bujalski thinks this is the beginning of the end for Funny..."

July 8, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...it even more bizarre is that I'm not even penning it myself, rather I'm passing it along exactly as..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Moontower 6: More Headliners

Jay Pharaoh, Chris Hardwick, Morgan Murphy join 2017 lineup

"...When the Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival released the names of 50 comics..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Podcast Fever

Catch a live taping of these comedy podcasts

"...the podcast format gets hotter and hotter, the SXSW lineup of podcasts rises to the level of August in..."

March 10, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Laugh on Laugh

The Globe stage is comedy central for Sound on Sound

"...In lieu of Robin Hood's Merry Men, Sound on Sound..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Laughter, AAPI Style With Y'All We Asian

Austin's all-Asian comedy troupe raps up AAPI Heritage Month with a Big Ol' Comedy Showcase

"...American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month than with a comedy show? Not just any comedy show, but a Big..."

May 27, 2022 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

The Comedian's Comedian Live Podcast Recording at SXSW

Stuart Goldsmith gets under the skin and psyches of professional stand-ups

"...If Dick Cavett is the Father of the Serious Comedy Interview, then Stuart Goldsmith is his Heir Who Lives..."

March 9, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arts: Summer Snapshot

Theatre, dance, comedy, and lit events on the horizon

"...Austin Sketch Fest As sketchy as comedy can be, with..."

May 19, 2017 Arts Feature

Welcome Back, Neighbor

SNL-starry Good Neighbor to headline Austin Sketch Fest

"...The mirth-making masterminds of Austin Sketch Fest may already consider the..."

Jan. 28, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Hell Yes Fest

Austin's newest comedy festival wants to get it 100% correct

"..."I've been to comedy festivals big and small all over the country as..."

April 8, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Moontower 3 Schedules Its Jokers

100 comics into 10 venues into 4 days = thousands of laughs

"...date-books, timetables, and city maps, so you can start calculating how to maximize your laugh allowance the last weekend..."

March 26, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Emmet Hunker Has a Gay Agenda

Queer comedy to open minds, push boundaries, and create space

"...Emmet Hunker’s schedule is packed these days concocting The Gay Agenda, and August’s show promises to be..."

Aug. 19, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Mac Irvine

Inability to Cater

What is so 'punk' about JT Habersaat and the Altercation Punk Comedy Tour?

"...illustration of probably late FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover in profile, listening to headphones, hand-scribbled caption atop reading, "I..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall

The Pete Principle

The star of TBS' 'The Pete Holmes Show' is a poster boy for SXSW Comedy's impact on a comic's career

"...It wasn't long ago that the local comedy landscape scraped by without the embarrassment of riches it..."

March 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

Is Anybody Laughing?

In the midst of economic hard times and a wave of terrorist attacks, the comedy business wonders what's funny.

"...the country, along with a host of nationally known comedy talents from the big and little screens, were set..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bad Dog's Good Deeds

Contrary to its name, the new Bad Dog Comedy Theater isn't a mean spoiler on Austin's comedy scene. It's about bringing things together, like improv / sketch comedy and stand-up, two veins of comedy that are almost always separate.

"...Before the Bad Dog Comedy Theater opened its doors to the public, Marc Pruter,..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature

Review: Wise Guy Theater Co.’s Dead. Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the End

Theater becomes theatre as Fallout comedy club experiments with drama

"...Taking creative risks is the name of the game for..."

July 12, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Aaron Brooks Has This Story

Aaron Brooks' skill at shaping bits of life into laugh-filled tales may soon put him out of a job

"..."duck out of work early" on a hot day in Downtown Austin. "Like most comics, I have a day..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Feature

Top Comics Announced for Moontower 4

Patton Oswalt, Ron White, Tim Minchin join the party in 2015

"...Oswalt. Sykes. Bamford. Maron. Minchin. Mulaney. Miller & Holmes. And the biggest, baddest "Tater"..."

Jan. 20, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

New Movement Downtown!

Even comedy can metastasize

"...Moving? Shaking? Oh, definitely something like that:..."

April 12, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...– together to recognize the year's most exceptional work in theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art. The nominations..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ImproviNation

Can I get a suggestion for an Austin festival in which troupes from across the country gather to create instant comedy?

"...Our fair city is once more in the grip of the fever...."

Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Trouping Ahead

The Latino Comedy Project keeps creating laughter and its own opportunities

"...The contemporary comedy scene boasts plenty of culturally adept comedians who are..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad

Getting the Joke

Comedy isn't the funny business it was in the Eighties, what with fewer clubs and audiences burned out by comedy on cable and hack comics. Seven Austin comics discuss the current state of stand-up in a round-table discussion.

"...April is the cruelest month for the Austin comedy scene. That's the time of its annual rite..."

June 30, 2000 Arts Feature

The Castle

"...Directed by: Rob Sitch. Starring: Wayne Hope, Tiriel Mora, Charles Tingwell, Anthony Simcoe, Sophie..."

June 4, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Summer of Laugh

This Year, Austin Comics Got Really Hot

"...Robert Faires It was the essay that struck fear into the heart of every young student. "How I Spent..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Qmmunity: Prep for Pride

Everyone loves a girlie with a plan, so make one for Austin Pride with these suggestions

"...Hi gay! Welcome to Pride part deux with hot Austin Pride events and an even hotter heat index. Planning..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Column by James Scott

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