One Man Talking

In these days of HDTV, IMAX theatres with SurroundSound, and interactive software in 3-D hyper-realism, who wants to listen to one man talking for 90 minutes on a stage? A lot of people, when the man is Steven Tomlinson, award-winning economics lecturer, lay preacher, and Austin's premier monologist, as Wayne Alan Brenner explains.

"...We're here at the birth of the 21st century, friends and neighbors. We..."

March 31, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...The clawed toe of Godzilla has finally set down -..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...its lazy days this way, it's difficult to resist the urge to follow its traditional beck and call. So..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

Tru Artistry

With Jay Presson Allen's Tru, performer Jaston Williams takes a vacation from the little town of Tuna, Texas, with which he is so closely identified, to portray celebrated writer Truman Capote, and in the process reminds us what an actor of range and skill he is.

"...The actor who makes comedy look too effortless runs the..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Requiem for the founder of the St. Edward's University theatre program and co-founder of Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage, Edward Magnum

"...One of the country's true theatrical pioneers, and an important figure in..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Birthday Girl

"...her performances when a guy has to keep swabbing the drool off his chin. Kidman knows this, I suspect,..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Find Me Guilty

Like the criminal justice system it portrays, Find Me Guilty (starring Vin Diesel in the dramatic lead) ultimately works a great deal better than you might expect.

"...in many years, but also making a film whose thematic consistency with his early work almost makes it seem..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

VHYes

Bizarro tribute to camcorder culture is silly and profound

"...clumsy tributes to my favorite filmmaker of my youth, the late, great Ray Harryhausen. (I mourn the fact that..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bullet Head

A cracking good Tarantino-esgue heist film

"...for Bullet Head’s thief, safecracker, and junkie. But when their getaway driver is shot dead during the escape, the..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wayne Alan Brenner's Top 10 Arts-Related Program Activities of 2016

Uncommon combinations – dance with horses, music with robots, drama with a Tesla coil – made the year unforgettable

"...1) JENNIFER SHERBURN IN GENERAL, BUT ESPECIALLY ARENA A sudden marvel on the dance scene this year,..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Art: But I Know What I Like

Yasmina Reza's Art has come to Austin, and the Zachary Scott Theatre Center production is equal to the playwright's work. It's a pearl and it's the inside-out of a pearl -- a thing of beauty and the irritant that creates it.

"...Zachary Scott Theatre Center,..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Second Life

For her new play's sophomore production, Suzan-Lori Parks turns director

"...can connect in a very immediate, visceral way with the audience...."

June 17, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Let's Fix That

How New Plays Are Developed in Austin

"...drill sergeant as a director. During a rehearsal for the new musical Branson or Bust, Caspers shouts the action..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

The Aliens

This fierce work of theatre feels like unrehearsed life at its most casual and intense

"...The AliensHyde Park Theatre, 511 W. 43rd, 479-PLAY www.hydeparktheatre.org Through..."

April 6, 2012 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Toronto Diary

Dispatches from the 2003 Film Festival

"...a "pure pleasure" film: Francis Ford Coppola's One From the Heart. Made in 1982 and issued by Coppola's then-brand-new..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dirty Blonde

The Zachary Scott Theatre Center production of Claudia Shear's Dirty Blonde does not always work, but when it does -- such as any time Rosalie Teneth struts and curves and bends around the stage as Mae West -- the show embodies everything truly amazing about theatre.

"...Zachary Scott Theatre Center..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Fugitive Pieces

The Salvage Vanguard Theater production of Caridad Svich's Fugitive Pieces is a nowhere road reminiscent of the Tom Waits milieu, with vagabonds hopping trains to anywhere other than where they are now. But while it's not for everyone, it's worth the journey.

"...Fugitive Pieces: The Long Side of the Tracks Hyde Park Theatre,..."

March 1, 2002 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Are You There, World?

Watching Charlie Kaufman try to work it all out

"...The morning I meet Charlie Kaufman, he is tired, run..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Exhibitionism

Agamemnon: Not for Moderns

"...The Acting Studio, through April 18 Running Time: 90 min..."

April 17, 1998 Arts Review

Misery

In bringing Stephen King's Misery to the stage, the Zachary Scott Theatre Center production paint the story's characters in the most awkward fashion possible and mixes horror and comedy to a degree that's confusing.

"...Misery: King Overthrown Zachary Scott Theatre Center..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

DVDanger: Gridlocked

It's all about timing for Trish Stratus

"...Most actors would worry about going headfirst into the floor. So..."

June 14, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Someone’s Got a Soul Grudge and It’s Gonna Hurt Like Whoa

Blue High Machine Mid-Southern Wrestling Coalition brings the pain

"...Now, we’re not suggesting that professional wrestling is other than a bunch of well-choreographed exploits featuring heels and..."

May 26, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Merrily We Roll Along

You wouldn't know this Sondheim musical was a legendary flop from the impressive staging at St. Ed's

"...Mary Moody Northen Theatre at St. Edward's University, 3001 S. Congress, 512/448-8484..."

April 11, 2014 Arts Review by Russell M. Dembin

sxswm: Foo Fighters, Sound and Vision

Grohl's gang hit Paramount and Stubbs

"...Tuesday was a pretty good night for the Foo Fighters. First their new documentary Foo Fighters: Back..."

March 16, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Elf in Town

Flaming Idiot Rob Williams trades his torches for the pointy little slippers of David Sedaris' department-store elf in 'The Santaland Diaries'

"...know, as career moves go, turning elf isn't quite the embarrassment you might think. Certainly didn't hurt Will Ferrell's..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Blade to the Heat

The Nushank Theater Collective produces a cast of powerful performers for its production of Oliver Mayer's glove love drama Blade to the Heat.

"...Blade to the Heat: Playing With FireCenter for Mexican American Culture,..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Deep Impact?

Iron Men Update

"...The verdict is in: Iron Chef(Fri. & Sat., 9pm, Food..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...school football to our communal spirit of filmmaking in the face of the bigwigs in New York and L.A...."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Playback: Brian Beattie's Wizard of Oz

A peak inside indie Austin's new illustrated CD musical

"...create a new section labeled "Illustrated Audio Drama Musicals." The local musician, who gained notoriety with New Sincerity rockers..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

First Generation

The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...believe, when Elisabet Ney moved to Austin in 1892, there was no South by Southwest. Or FronteraFest. Or East..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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