Review: Georgetown Palace Theatre's The Sound of Music

It may be paint-by-number, but this production captures the core of an old-fashioned musical

"...Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's last and arguably most popular musical – the one about Maria, a young Austrian postulant..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Georgetown Palace’s The Sound of Music

Production captures the core of an old-fashioned musical

"...Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s last and arguably most popular musical – the one about Maria, a young Austrian postulant..."

Sept. 5, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Review: Zach Theatre’s The Sound of Music

New production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic tries to forget the Julie Andrews film, and finds new political relevance

"...Although The Sound of Music began as a 1959 Broadway production..."

July 1, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

The Sound of Music: Sing-a-Long

"..."When you know the notes to sing..."

July 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Sound of Music (1965)

Seven Von Trapp siblings

"...shared base camps in pop culture, and songs from musical films like The Sound of Music seem to worm..."

May 17, 2013 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

The Sound of Music

The Hillside comes alive with a joyful production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic

"...Beverly S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater, 2301 Barton Springs Rd., 479-9491 www.zilker.org Through Aug. 11..."

July 20, 2012 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

Singing Out for the Sound of Silent

Score one (or seven) for silent film

"...come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And..."

March 31, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

Life story of a music legend never reaches those blissful high notes

"...”When Will I Be Loved?” belts Linda Ronstadt, the singer whose remarkable, decades-long career is recounted in this..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sing-Along Sound of Music

"...Peggy Wood, Richard Hadyn, Marni Nixon and Julie Andrews. The Paramount’s alive with The Sound of Music as the..."

June 3, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Review: Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music by Philip Watson

A deep read into one of America’s most versatile guitarists

"..."Is it true there's a biography coming out on you and your career?"..."

June 10, 2022 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

The Sound of One Psycho Cracking

John Cale talks abut composing the original soundtrack for American Psycho

"...week, is a movie that comes with a lot of baggage attached. Comparisons, preconceptions, premonitions, and heated discussions are..."

April 14, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Memory of Music

Discovering Moby Grape's Skip Spence via his only solo album Oar, and it's new tribute album, More Oar

"...in a bathtub, in a house on Hollywood east of I-35, in the very early Eighties. The water has..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Louis Black

Making Music from the Sound of Speech

Austin's JoySpeak Project brings light from conquered darkness.

"...Lise' Creed is hoovering up the joy in the world – kind of like the..."

Dec. 18, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Overlooked, Overheard Lets Us Hear the Sound of the City's Money Being Spent

Composer and audio artist Douglas Laustsen geo-tagged sites in the Govalle and Highland neighborhoods where local government's been at work

"...Your tax dollars at work: What do they sound like? All the myriad tasks of maintenance and..."

June 11, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Sound of the City

Celebrating the release of 'Austin Music Vol. 10'

"...The Red River crowd has Gerard Cosloy's Casual Victim Pile..."

Feb. 23, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul

This trip through musical Istanbul is a little prettier than it is deep, but it provides a window into the variegated subcultures of a city one musician calls “a bridge crossed by 72 nations.”

"...by: Fatih Akin. Starring: Alexander Hacke. This trip through musical Istanbul – from underground hip-hop clubs in the revitalized..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Auditorium Scores: The Sound of 'Spy Kids 2'

Robert Rodriguez took the idea of "buy local" to new extremes by recording the orchestral score at Georgetown High School.

"...Robert Rodriguez has always been a man of many hats -- writer/director/editor/artist -- and one who takes..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Sound of an Enigma in Sonarius: The Mysteries of M

Austin-based TV creator Peter Mattei turns to audio drama for his new Audible series

"...Sound changes. Or, rather, how we comprehend sound changes: And,..."

April 28, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Sound of a Warped Cassette

My Bloody Valentine's Tuesday night tinnitus special

"...I started feeling nauseous during the last 10 minutes of My Bloody Valentine's closing 20-minute..."

April 22, 2009 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Black Arts Movement: BAM! The sound of creativity

Who's bringing the dance, theatre, spoken word, and jazz to ProArts' second BAM! performing-arts festival

"...BAM! It's a sound that gets your attention, that makes you snap to..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Sound of Secrets

Bluebrain live-scores your true confessions

"...When the PostSecret blog brings its live show to town, it's..."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Public Notice: What Is the Sound of One Shoe Falling?

City releases CodeNEXT draft to mild reaction ... so far

"...On the one hand, the world is going to hell, our..."

Feb. 3, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Edge of 17

At 21 years old, actress Charmian Carr couldn't have known that the character she was portraying -- Liesl von Trapp in The Sound of Music -- would follow her for the rest of her life. Prior to her appearance at The Sound of Music: Sing-a-Long, a benefit for Project Transitions and aGLIFF, Carr opens up about being forever Liesl.

"...From Ponce de Leon to the inventors of Propecia and Oil of Olay, humans have..."

July 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

"The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop" Provides a Close-up on Cinema's Scenic Paintings

The exhibition of 12 vintage backdrops painted for MGM films reveals their techniques for creating grand illusions

"...Think of a movie you've loved since you were a kid,..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sound of the City

Black Milk's Detroit "oomph"

"...You can feel it after the first minute of conversation: He’s smart. Possibly book smart,..."

Jan. 13, 2010 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

The Future of Tegan & Sara

Digital age Intervention

"...in Tegan & Sara. From day one, fans found the Canadian siblings’ music digitally, and living in different cities..."

Sept. 13, 2016 Music Post by Sarah Marloff

UT School of Music

Ernest and Sarah Butler make the largest-ever donation to a music school at a public university

"...Of the many beautiful sounds heard around the University of..."

March 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

More than an appreciation, this documentary portrait of the great American folksinger and activist is an inspiration.

"...weren't a kid like me, who remembers dancing around the living room to the sound of scratchy Weavers records..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Music Panel Recap: The New Marketplace of Music Royalties

In the long run, streaming will pay artists more than pennies

"...In the age of streaming, artists struggle to earn their fair..."

March 16, 2021 Music Post by Laiken Neumann

The Liberation of Thao Nguyen

“I’ve never been interested in making something so personal”

"...Thao Nguyen’s work with the Get Down Stay Down has zig-zagged inward to outré,..."

April 20, 2016 Music Post by Libby Webster

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