Review: con flama
Salvage Vanguard puts us on the bus for an illuminating ride
"...Sharon Bridgforth invites us to see in her play con flama, happily revived by Salvage Vanguard Theater...."
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April 6, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires
On the Bus
In the process of writing her new play con flama, Austin poet / writer Sharon Bridgforth discovered that the piece was not complete without her own voice in it. In the process of observing con flama's development, writer Belinda Acosta discovered something about her own voice, too.
"...riding the bus. The celebrated Austin poet/playwright initially approached con flama, the opening production for Frontera@Hyde Park Theatre's 10th..."
Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta
Seen / Soon: April 6
On the bus in the City of Angels with Salvage Vanguard's staging of con flama and in Mexico with John Gibley, author of I Couldn't Even Imagine That They Would Kill Us
"...In con flama, we ride the bus all over Los Angeles..."
April 6, 2018 Arts Column
Theatrical Fuse
Writer and performer Zell Miller III is an incendiary device waiting for a match, and once he flicks an ember into the hidden dry undergrowth of text, there is nowhere to hide. And the good news is that he has only begun to explode.
"...mentoring young poets, to Frontera's production of Sharon Bridgforth's con flama, once he flicks an ember into the hidden..."
Feb. 9, 2001 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson
Review: dat Black Mermaid Man Lady
Let Sharon Bridgforth's performance installation wash over you
"...fortunate enough to catch one of them – say, love/conjure blues or blood pudding or con flama – you..."
Aug. 24, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Five Recommended Arts Events This Weekend
The shows are going on. Go on, see these shows.
"...brings us the Golden Hornet's third annual Young Composer Concert, featuring 10 new works from Austin-area youth (ages 9-18),..."
March 23, 2018 Arts Post
In Memoriam: Draylen Mason
Remembering the gifted young bassist who lost his life
"...wrote, titled "Hell Fire," was included in Golden Hornet's second annual Young Composer Concert. Next week, the third Young..."
March 16, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires
The Pork Chop Wars: Big Enough to Tell the Story
With her new 'performance novel,' Laurie Carlos can finally tell her family's story with the epic, operatic form it deserves
"...frequent visitor and creative collaborator on local projects (Frontera's con flama, blood pudding, Alaskan Heat Blue Dot). Now, she's..."
Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Articulations
Austin playwrights are drawing attention around the nation, and one theatre company is getting hit by the Macbeth curse smack in the face.
"...for the Frontera@Hyde Park Theatre world premiere staging of con flama. Bridgforth shared the grant with collaborators Laurie Carlos..."
Oct. 27, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires
The Critics Table's Crème de la Crème
The winners of the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...visual art, and improv. No single production, exhibition, or concert swept the field, though in a unique show of..."
June 5, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop
The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...Members of the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions..."
May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2017
Flatbed Press founders Katherine Brimberry and Mark L. Smith, choreographer Kate Warren and theatre / spoken word artist Zell Miller III join the ranks of cultural heroes
"...and the visual arts – not just occasionally but consistently over many years – who have made Austin a..."
June 2, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Art + Activism Intertwined
Steps on a path
"...award at Frontera@Hyde Park Theatre, which produces her play con flama...."
Jan. 9, 2009 Arts Feature
Talkin' the Walk
Hip-hop theatre artist Zell Miller III speaks truth about radio, race, and fatherhood
"...you are correct, the angels are restless, bound by conduct and code, at the thought of what could happen..."
Aug. 22, 2008 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull
Articulations
The first weeks of 2002 show that Austin artists are still busy taking their art to other parts of the country, and Physical Plant Theater needs your leaves.
"...first weeks of 2002 show that Austin artists are continuing their space odysseys. Among the companies and creators who..."
Jan. 4, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires
A Boone to Austin Theatre
In 10 years of leading Frontera productions, Vicky Boone has touched many lives and changed the community.
"...The scene would never know the contributions of those folks who moved to Austin and made..."
May 4, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Postmarks
Further Lost Austin fallout and enviro-rhetoric from our readers.
"...must show proof of compliance with annual criminal law continuing education requirements;..."
Feb. 16, 2001 Column
Who Wants to Be a Theatre Geek?
A quiz to find out who knows what about theatre in Austin.
"...Tomlinson is ...? a. A social worker b. An economics lecturer c. A firefighter d. A Unitarian minister..."
Dec. 1, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Articulations
The project that director Vicky Boone and playwright David Hancock took to the Sundance Theatre Laboratory in 1999 -- or at least a form of it -- shows up onstage this week.
"...First for Seconds..."
Nov. 3, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Other Voices, Other Rooms
"Sharon Bridgforth's works aren't meant to be read silently," Suzy Spencer writes. "Some folks would say that's like eating barbecue without the sauce. But if it's good barbecue, you can do without the sauce because it has plenty of flavor on its own."
"...at the Metropolitan Club -- a venue that I consider a bastion of white Republican men and a few..."
