Water Balloon Tech: Burst or Bust?

New stretches in water balloon technology hit the market but not the mark

"...these new balloons herald more than superficial tweaks in design or branding...."

May 15, 2015 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

The Good Eye: Where Everybody Sews Your Name

Leslie Bonnell’s Stitch Lab insists that you are not a number

"...It's no secret that many designers care more about clothes than the women who wear..."

May 30, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Tru

The fascinating character of Truman Capote drives this thoughtful evening of theatre

"...his own, as well as a few more flamboyant costume pieces (designed by Susan Branch Towne). The lighting design..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Monk-Think

It's Black Monk Time – again. Shave your head!

"...we played, the more people were intimidated by the costume. It was an interesting experience, because walking down the..."

April 24, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

2007 B. Iden Payne Awards

More than 60 shows scored nominations for ACoT's annual theatre honors

"...actors Jody Reynard, Martin Burke, and Zach Thompson; lighting designer Jason Amato; sound designer Craig Brock; and fight choreographer..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...even trying. So he didn't. Naked City• The Residential Design Compatibility Commission heard its first two cases last week...."

April 20, 2007 News Feature

After a Fashion

Stephen explores the melting pot that is ... HEB?

"...you already know that I learned to sew and design costumes in Zach's costume shop over 30 years ago,..."

April 21, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Well, your Style Avatar is no stranger to sibling hijinks, so it's about time he got it together with the Olsen twins. (We don't even know what that means …)

"...the LAF to create the name, identity, strategy, and design for Live Strong (www.livestrong.org). A worthy cause, to be..."

July 16, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Lend Me a Tenor

Need a laugh? St. Edward's University has the cure with Lend Me a Tenor, which features a tremendous amount of acting talent, most of it student, working their butts off to entertain you.

"...hair, Clark Kent-ish glasses, and polka-dot bow-tie provided by costume designer Patrick Johnson. Matching him blow for blow is..."

July 6, 2001 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Affronts to Gracious Living

Your Style Avatar ticks through the 10 worst fashion and style trends of the Year 2000.

"...the best new thing I could think of. Scooters, costume dramas, and brushed aluminum all were cool, and all..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Exhibitionism

Another Evening with Dottie P.: Bracing Shot of Wry

"...as her characters play out the scenes of her design, offering monologues taken from her dark, often poignant poetry..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Arts Review

Reinventing theTriangle

Will the Stakeholders Ever Achieve Consensus?

"...As the outcome of theChronicle's Triangle Design Contest makes clear, there's not much consensus out there..."

Oct. 31, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Madonna Remains a Prickly Pop Disruptor at Moody Center

First of two nights drives home Madge’s four-decade ubiquity

"...recording with Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” for an Eighties-MTV costume change interlude...."

April 15, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Review: Austin Playhouse’s Murder on the Links

Agatha Christie’s 1923 mystery gets a surprising remake as a farce

"...competent, effective, and engaging, from Mark Novick's dynamic lighting design to Robertson Witmer and Robert S. Fisher's playfully dramatic..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Arts Feature by Jasmine Lane

Fantastic Fest Review: Cobweb

Song Kang-ho in the touching tragedy of a failing director

"...example of Kim stretching himself stylistically, with meticulous production design and costume details helping bring the film’s low-budget movie..."

Oct. 9, 2023 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Hairspray

This may be the big hair state, but does this musical go too big?

"...wrapped in wildly colorful and kitschy scenic (David Rockwell), costume (William Ivey Long), and lighting (Paul Miller) design and..."

June 14, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Review: Penfold Theatre's Vincent

Size matters when painting a portrait of Van Gogh

"...black, period-appropriate funeral suit Crowder is wearing (courtesy of costume designer Buffy Manners) and the intermittent accompaniment of soft,..."

March 31, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat

If you happen to go, bring a toddler in tow

"...The design's also odd. Is this absurdist theatre?It's under an hour,..."

March 3, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: The Last Five Years

Inclusive production gives the time between love and loss a mighty voice

"...Scenic designer Gary Thornsberry establishes locations with a single piece of..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Glass Half Full’s Cenicienta

The bibbidi-bobbidi-boo in this bilingual Cinderella story lies in the storytelling

"...The show is directed and largely designed (scenic, costume, and props) by Reck, with other design..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Silence and Stones in The Banshees of Inisherin

Writer/director Martin McDonagh and star Kerry Condon on creating the isolated world of their new film

"...constant chatter, and so McDonagh stripped down the sound design to the point where all that can be heard..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ballet Austin II Launches Fables of the World Series

A more inclusive happily ever after with Maria and the Mouse Deer

"...close. The forest onstage, lit by Steven Myers and designed by Patrick and Holly Crowley, is populated with native..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Arts Feature by Leila Saidane

Review: TexARTS Theater's Sweeney Todd

Despite fruitless tweaks to the storytelling, this is a tale worth attending

"...Theater. In its production, director Kasey RT Graham and designers Donna Coughlin (scenic) and Aaron Kubacak (costume) transport the..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

The Most Memorable Moments of Saturday’s ACL Fest

Billie Eilish, Jack Harlow, Mongolian metal, Doja Cat, Dayglow, & more

"...Park, pop oddity Doja Cat delivered the best stage design and choreography of the weekend so far with a..."

Oct. 3, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

aGLIFF Opening Night Film Blitzed! Dances the Night Away

Nightclubbing with Britain's answer to Studio 54

"...in those earlier documentaries, like London College of Fashion Design and Craft Programme Director Darla Jane Gilroy (immortalized forever..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Giant Dog Teases Impending Concept Album

Austin punk quintet transports partygoers to “Avalonia”

"...Ellis’ costume change, which coincided with the new material, brought to..."

May 24, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...Cuban (Mavs owner, Shark Tank personality) and Kendra Scott (designer, founder, philanthropist) on Texan entrepreneurship; actress/filmmaker Elizabeth Banks (Charlie’s..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

New AFS Series More Than Simply Restores Wong Kar-wai's Work

The (almost) complete films of the Hong Kong filmmaker

"...week, AFS Cinema's streaming platform AFS at Home presents redesigned, reedited, and revived versions of seven of his works,..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Into the Woods With Gretel & Hansel Director Osgood Perkins

How the retelling of the classic fairytale remained true to its roots

"...the most striking aspects of the film is the design. Everything about the witch's house is at odds with..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Babadook Director Sings a Song of History With The Nightingale

Jennifer Kent honors a commitment to the Aboriginal people of Australia

"...don't like that they have a fastidious attention to costume and design, at the expense of the humans onscreen."..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

« 1    ‹ BACK    4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13     NEXT ›    13 »