Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...outstanding work in dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre in the past year and announced the nominees for..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

Fun Fun Fun Fest Comedy

Your quick guide to the national headliners and local laugh makers at Fun Fun Fun 2013

"...Judge G-Su (Fri., 3:15pm) Sketch/improv hybrid from the New Movement, in which comedic verdicts are rendered...."

Nov. 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

Moontower Wednesday

"...addition to the double-barreled headliner shows at the Paramount Theatre – Bill Hader at 7pm, followed by new Comedy..."

April 19, 2013 Arts Feature

2016: Obama's America

Dinesh D'Souza, the conservative author, expounds on the president's past, and discusses what he thinks America would look like if Obama were to be re-elected.

"...2016: Obama’s America is to film what the birther movement is to politics: a specious argument that steers political..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Flight of the Red Balloon

Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien directs this contemporary homage to the classic international short, "The Red Balloon."

"...and its flight – which, honestly, promises more forward movement than Hou’s film ever delivers – has mostly leaked..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Films: Live Action

Be your own judge and jury for these final five competitors for the Best Live Action Short Oscar.

"...have been granted valuable real estate on our crowded theatre screens, these programs also represent the supposed best the..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

"My Uncle Has a Barn...."

Theatre Is Thriving in Some Surprising Places Outside Austin

"...illustration by Robert Faires Who needs a theatre for puttin' on a play... when wyou've a perfectly..."

June 20, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Out of the Boomers' Shadow

David Bucci, Playwright for Today's Young Theatre Haters

"...Everything's been done, you can't do anything new, you just have to do shit to the old..."

July 19, 1996 Arts Feature

2019 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

Five shows share top honors with four awards each

"...For many in Austin's theatre community, they will remember, remember the fourth of November,..."

Nov. 6, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

2018 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

Top honors go to Drowsy Chaperone and Fixing Troilus

"...would be the drama of the B. Iden Payne Theatre Awards. The 44th annual awards ceremony was held at..."

Nov. 7, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

ATX's Inaugural Addresses

Local artists, comics speak out about Trump taking office

"...location, members of the community will gather around a theatre’s ghostlight – the light left on in a darkened..."

Jan. 18, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Capital T Theatre had a reason to crow at the Austin Critics..."

May 27, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Year of the Booster

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Austin and found it a welcoming place, open to new ideas and to collaboration...."

May 25, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Orchid Flotilla

Glass Half Full Theatre reveals moving artistry in silence, smallness, and subtlety

"...20, Thu.–Sat., 8pm Running time: 1 hr., 5 min. www.glasshalffulltheatre.com..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Raising Their Voices

An Austinite in Russia hears theatre's rising dissent

"...a three-week trip to Moscow, to visit the Lyubimovka new play festival, an annual, intensive writing lab at Teatr.Doc...."

Sept. 21, 2012 Arts Feature by Graham Schmidt

Top 10 Theatrical Wonders of 2011

Remembering a theatrical year with superheroes, The Tempest, and a mash-up of the two

"...1) 'BLACK WATCH' (Texas Performing Arts) The National Theatre of Scotland used every weapon in theatre's arsenal –..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Radical Inclusion: A Morality Tale

Halfway through the 365 days of 365 Days/365 Plays, Suzan-Lori Parks' dramatic project has everyone making theatre and in new ways

"...Suzan-Lori Parks and anchored locally by the Zachary Scott Theatre Center...."

April 27, 2007 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

But You Can Win Her Yet

TexARTS revives a classic musical and a big musical theatre dream

"...it's "intense!!!" While Lewis, the nonprofit's co-founder and musical theatre academy director, has been getting "Shipoopi" shipshape with the..."

June 23, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Race to Innovation

With $1,000 each and eight weeks, five teams compete to take theatre to a new level

"...production from scratch. Five of the teams have a theatre focus; the sixth is a combination of theatre artists..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

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.

"...of bizarre ideas. But he wanted to christen the new club with a roast -- one of those shows..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature

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 get..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Omi Osun Joni L. Jones' Theatrical Jazz

The accomplished stage artist, scholar, and UT professor pens the first study of artists translating jazz aesthetics into theatre

"...This isn't theatre that moves in a straight line, that follows classical..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Laboratory of Playmaking

Artists from different realms join forces to concoct new strains of performance in UT's New Works Festival

"..."New" isn't just another adjective when it comes to the..."

April 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

FronteraFest 2007: The lowdown

"...Jan. 16 through Feb. 17, Tuesday-Saturday, at Hyde Park Theatre, 511 W. 43rd. As always, the Saturday program will..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Arts Feature

The Next Steps

Ballet Austin seeks out tomorrow's Balanchines with a new and unique choreographic showcase

"...work under the radar in storefront studios and warehouse theatres and low-rent lofts, where their explorations in movement may..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Peter and the Wolf Go to Texas

Lionheart Youth Theatre's new adaptation unites the music of Mother Falcon with the puppets of Glass Half Full Theatre

"...So when Marks was forming her company Lionheart Youth Theatre, she thought, "Why not expose young people to amazing..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lit-urday: Civil Rights Are Always Timely

Graphic novel talks Freedom Rides and a shout-out to UT

"...you hungering to know more about the civil rights movement...."

Jan. 31, 2015 Books Post by Jessi Cape

'The Bowie Project: A Rock & Roll Soundpainting'

Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke serve as inspirations for Ariel Dance Theatre's new dance-and-music collaboration

"...fan," admits the artistic director of Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre. But with a husband who is, in her words,..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Starring Role: Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Our man Brenner talks with the famed astrophysicist, because science.

"...subject of a thousand Facebook quote-posters, the Daily Show's new man-about-science, the former Austinite, the man whom media wags..."

Nov. 26, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Improv-Educated

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival makes more room for Austin's increasingly savvy audiences

"...homes to improv, sketch, and stand-up (the Hideout, The New Movement, Coldtowne, the Institution, and the Velveeta Room), there..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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