Review: Ground Floor Theatre’s Jenna & the Whale

Biblically inspired world premiere is a minor miracle

"...several small miracles concurrently on display in Ground Floor Theatre’s Jenna & the Whale...."

Aug. 22, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Ley Line & Nané Reopen Paramount Theatre with Spiritual Lift

Live music’s return to the downtown beacon felt familial

"...Friday night at the Paramount Theatre felt more like a family reunion than a show,..."

May 24, 2021 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Blake Behind Bars

To write a parody of prison movies, Naughty Austin's Blake Yelavich sentenced himself to 27 films in the big house

"...year, the general manager of the Arts on Real theatre and artistic director of the Naughty Austin theatre company..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Quesoff Wants You, Garbo’s Grabs Another Brick-and-Mortar, Local Foods Debuts Downtown, Lazarus Revamps the Former Coldtowne Theatre, and Ooooh, That Bourbon Brawl

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Austin’s own Tiki Tatsu-ya as one of 2022’s Best Bars in America. We’ve been naming the place that same..."

June 24, 2022 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Quesoff Wants You, Garbo’s Grabs Another Brick-and-Mortar, Local Foods Debuts Downtown, Lazarus Revamps the Former Coldtowne Theatre, and Ooooh, That Bourbon Brawl

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Austin’s own Tiki Tatsu-ya as one of 2022’s Best Bars in America. We’ve been naming the place that same..."

June 22, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Man of the Theatre

Memories of Capitol City Playhouse's Michel Jaroschy

"...the lives of just about everyone in the Austin theatre community. If you lived here during the past 20..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature

Ground Floor Theatre's Long Comeback

With Gibberish Mostly, Lisa Scheps' company makes its long-awaited return to the stage scene

"...the code compliance issues that shut down Ground Floor Theatre, her performance venue on Springdale Road, in January 2016...."

Sept. 22, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Conspire Theatre

A new company uses theatre to transform the lives of female inmates

"...Sometimes the most powerful theatre in this area doesn't happen where you can see..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Challenge of Playing Living People in Zach Theatre's Notes From the Field

The cast discusses how hard it can be getting into the skin of living people in Anna Deavere Smith’s play

"...disciplinary issues) are most likely to wind up behind bars...."

March 1, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Conspire Theatre

Out of prison, women find a new stage for telling their stories

"...Conspire Theatre's next performance is kind of a jailbreak. Hard to..."

July 12, 2013 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Hyde Park Theatre's The Antipodes

A ton of tales enliven this play by Annie Baker, but what do they tell us about the state of storytelling?

"...stocked with cases of LaCroix and boxes of Kind bars, the six storytellers are hired guns for a major..."

July 27, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Stages of Inebriation

To drink or not to drink – for local thespians, no question

"...Want to hear some good drinking stories? Ask theatre people. Between their research for playing soused characters, work..."

July 3, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Can Dirty Sixth Be Cleaned Up?

City Hall, the bars and clubs, and now a big developer say, “Maybe?”

"...move East Sixth away from its monoculture of shot bars, but only led to the creation of a public..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Sing

Animated film about a koala who stages a singing competition

"...Whether in karaoke bars, television singing competitions, or uploaded YouTube videos, it seems..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All in the Presentation

John Bullington's and James Holmes' culinary performance art: now showing at an Alamo Drafthouse (or elsewhere) near you

"...buying up cases of inexpensive little Carlos V chocolate bars so the staff could unwrap them, rewrap them in..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Qmmunity: Queers Who Inspire Us

Plus trans-centric theatre, queer comedy, and the return of aGLIFF

"...Adrienne who truly shaped my early queerness in the bars and streets of San Francisco's Mission District. She –..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Different Drugs, Different People, Different Effects

Fusebox Festival's Hank Cathey talks alcohol and its attendant joys

"...current "Drama & Tonic" article about alcohol in the theatre scene...."

July 3, 2013 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Minus Man

"...going on even as I walked out of the theatre. Adapted from Lew McCreary's novel, The Minus Man follows..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Of Thee I Sing (and Dance)

The musical is America's gift to theatre, and here's the local state of the union

"...in which our nation was founded? After all, musical theatre, like jazz, is one of America's contributions to world..."

July 20, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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.

"...Austin Chronicle: Was the idea of owning your own theatre a sudden epiphany, or has this been part of..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature

A Year Later, the Time Is Right for Another Conversation About Notes From the Field

In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, Zach Theatre streamed its staging of the 2019 production and led a discussion on Zoom

"...Part of what we value in theatre is the room it provides for ideas to be..."

June 19, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Struggling to Connect With My Downtown Life Through Virtual Reality

Immersing my avatar in SXSW XR

"...talking loudly in the balcony of the historic Paramount Theatre while I’m trying to watch three panelists discuss something..."

March 17, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Alamo Drafthouse Expands to New Braunfels

Franchise plans fall 2013 opening

"...road trip southwesterly with the announcement of a new theatre...."

March 15, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Hairspray

The musical delights again, thanks to Zilker Theatre Productions' stellar cast and quality staging

"...As rainbow flags are raised and stars and bars are lowered, America finally seems to be opening up..."

July 17, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Review: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart

National Theatre of Scotland serves up one helluva grand show

"...shot of Scotch you downed – compliments the National Theatre of Scotland – but truth to tell, you'd feel..."

Feb. 15, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

gAyTX FUN GUIDE

Austin's gay bars and then some...

"...ALLGO Tillery Street Theatre Hosting the gamut of gay out-of-town culture in series,..."

June 3, 2005 Features Feature by Kate Getty

Which Woody?

Live Oak Theatre Celebrates Guthrie, but Which One?

"...So when Austin's Live Oak Theatre at the State brings on "the Texas premiere" of..."

March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Moontower Comedy 2018: Ali Siddiq

The Houston comedian on taking his act back behind bars

"...didn't want to film it in a club or theatre. He wanted to go to a place where he..."

April 19, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Postmarks

"...I Hate Theatre Critics..."

June 20, 2003 Column

The Ultimate Queer Guide to SXSW 2019

Often imitated, never duplicated, we’re here to keep it real kweer

"...talking about queer spaces and the death of lesbian bars Sunday, March 10, with Anita Dolce Vita of dapperQ,..."

March 1, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

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