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April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott
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Jackie and Foxy Brown?! Yes please!
"...Through June 22, Hyde Park Theatre..."
June 7, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott
Zach Theatre's Hedwig and the Angry Inch
This revival gives the trans singer's identity crisis a punk lullaby with rockin' style
"...the way Daniel Rowan owns the role in Zach Theatre's revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The actor..."
Feb. 22, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Filigree Theatre’s Trio
In Sheila Cowley’s new play, questions of identity arise for three people during the creation of a play
"...by Sheila Cowley receiving its world premiere from Filigree Theatre, itself a new company. Center stage are Leslie and..."
May 4, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires
UT Department of Theatre & Dance's Enron
This production of Lucy Prebbles' play smartly recounts and reframes the corporate beast's rise and fall
"...really should know. The University of Texas Department of Theatre & Dance not only does a bang-up job of..."
March 2, 2018 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska
Song About Himself
Walt Whitman's spirit logs on to social media with imagination in this Mickle Maher drama
"...to picture, let me direct you to Hyde Park Theatre, where Capital T Theatre's spare yet fully fleshed production..."
Nov. 11, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Process at the Hideout Theatre
This improvised spoof of a play in production conjured an old-school realistic drama with spot-on symbolism and overinflated egos
"...the Darkness is to have missed a work of theatre that, I feel confident saying, is unlike anything else..."
July 8, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires
AISD All-City Musical: 'Rent' control
A Pulitzer can't save Rent from being axed by AISD as this year's districtwide summer musical
"...sponsor it," the district said. So Fine Arts Academy theatre director Scott Tatum moved ahead with plans for a..."
May 23, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Review: Zach Theatre's Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone
A masterful tribute to the father of the Great American Songbook
"...his one-man performance of George Gershwin Alone at Zach Theatre through October 1. Felder started his Gershwin enactment 28..."
Sept. 22, 2023 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg
Review: Different Stages Theatre's Water by the Spoonful
A teaspoon of gravitas, tablespoon of heart is the perfect recipe for this Pulitzer winner
"...the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama – is its musicality. Trained as a composer and known for penning the..."
Nov. 25, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman
Penfold Theatre's Interactive Show The Control Group Lets You Fix the Future
The sci-fi drama by phone calls on you to correct a crisis in the time stream
"...That bulletin comes courtesy of our pals at Penfold Theatre, who have had plenty of their own excellent adventures..."
Oct. 23, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Georgetown Palace Theatre's Evita
In this engaging production, the saga of Eva Perón is told with immediacy and power
"...Webber's Evita, The New York Times quipped that the musical was more secondhand hearsay than direct action. The character..."
June 28, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones
Zach Theatre's The Ballad of Klook and Vinette
In tracking one couple's affair, this production shows us how love is an imperfect art
"...The electricity between their locking eyes lights up Zach Theatre's Kleberg Stage. "Because I know your every need before..."
May 17, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez
Southwest Theatre Productions’ If I Forget
While the play is a compelling kitchen-sink drama, this staging doesn't quite reach the promise of the material
"...had two shows on and off Broadway: Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and If I Forget at Roundabout..."
Jan. 26, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver
Theatre Synesthesia's The Brutes
Casey Wimpee’s original drama is about a Civil War-era family, but it’s deeply relevant to our own fractured time
"...of Casey Wimpee's The Brutes (directed by Devin Finn), Theatre Synesthesia explores the Booths, a famous family of actors..."
Dec. 15, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska
Zach Theatre's Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
A fierce portrait of Billie Holiday painted in blood and pain
"...much of a play. And similarly, if all Zach Theatre's production gave us was a sterling imitation of Billie..."
June 23, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Luv Doc Recommends: 50th Annual Zilker Summer Musical – Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Beverly S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater, Thursday, July 10, 2008
"...going to get laid by attending the Zilker Hillside Theatre’s production of Beauty and the Beast. In fact, it’s..."
July 11, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc
Review: Alchemy Theatre's Pipeline
Weak choices undermine the hard-hitting angst that drives this play
"...uncharacteristically thin script for this entertaining but unremarkable jukebox musical. Clearly, she was saving the really good stuff for..."
Sept. 15, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman
This Is Who We Are #4: Zach Theatre's The Gospel at Colonus
A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive
"...The Gospel at Colonus Zach Topfer Theatre, 202 S. Lamar, 512/476-0541 www.zachtheatre.org Through April 27 Running..."
May 7, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Penfold Theatre's Ghost Quartet
Among the threads of this darkling tapestry are spirits of malice and mayhem and longing and love
"...Sometimes you want to attend a musical, but you want an experience more intimate than some..."
Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner
The Rose: Trouble in Paradise at ColdTowne Theatre
ColdTowne's improvised riff on The Bachelor captures the raw, trainwreck appeal of reality TV dating shows
"...Bret Michaels. Hoping to catch a glimpse of my then-musical idol, I subjected my innocent young mind to 50+..."
July 26, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez
Austin Cabaret Theatre
Stuart Moulton is getting his ACT together and taking it on the road (MoPac)
"...After more than a decade Downtown, Austin Cabaret Theatre is moving uptown ... or at least north. That's..."
Jan. 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
High School Musical ... or Drama in the Theatre?
McCallum's Rent due to launch this weekend, despite AISD.
"...go instead to McCallum High School principal Mike Garrison, Theatre at McCallum Fine Arts Academy technical director M. Scott..."
July 14, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer
Spectrum Theatre Company's Spunk
This Austin company weaves three classic tales by Zora Neale Hurston into a spirited service full of sass and grit
"...In Spectrum Theatre Company's Spunk, the eyes have it. Carla Nickerson's eyes..."
July 29, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Mass Shootings and Musical History
Tower and A Song for You explore different sides of Austin
"...March 13, 11am, Stateside Monday, March 14, 7;15pm, Rollins Theatre Thursday, March 17, 11:30am, Paramount..."
March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin
Theatre Review: Archive Theater’s The Ghosts of Christmas Past
Pioneer Farms-set production presents ghost stories that are light on scares but full of wintry warmth
"...a wealth of crocheted goods, alongside tasty concessions. The musical team, which featured Davis on flute and crochet queen..."
Dec. 6, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey
Review: Alchemy Theatre’s The Baker’s Wife
Musical’s Provençale charm and wit lie just beneath the surface
May 19, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman
Top 10 Musical Triumphs, Plus Evidence That Austin Is Innovating the Classical World
Chronicle Arts writer Michael Kellerman recalls 2008, in classical music
"...7) The score for Porgy and Bess (Zach Theatre)..."
Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Michael Kellerman
The 'It' Program
Musical theatre struts back onstage at Texas State to rave reviews
"...On Aug. 11 of this year, the Department of Theatre and Dance at Texas State University-San Marcos woke up..."
Nov. 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Superstar Search
Three decades after its debut, Jesus Christ Superstar may not seem a radical piece of musical theatre, but Austin Musical Theatre's new production just may return the rock opera to its revolutionary roots.
"...Musical theatre isn't exactly renowned for theological discourse. Once you..."
