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Elizabeth Cobbe’s Top 10 Arts Entrances of 2019
It was the onstage arrivals – some creepy, some hilarious, all welcome – that made this year distinctive
Jill Blackwood
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Capital T Theatre’s It Is Magic
This captivating staging of Mickle Maher’s comedy debates theatre’s enchantments where Macbeth meets “The Three Little Pigs”
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Austin Playhouse’s The Mystery of Edwin Drood
This musical production makes for an effervescent alternative to that other Dickens holiday show
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Zach Theatre’s Sunday in the Park With George
Zach relalizes the Sondheim musical with near flawless execution but has little in the way of emotional reward
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Zach Theatre’s Mary Poppins
Great singing and dancing make Dave Steakley’s staging soar, but a spoonful of calm would help the spectacle go down
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Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
Anne Washburn’s inventive play shows how, after the apocalypse, we still cling to Springfield
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Top 10 Theatre Duos & Trios of 2014
Remembering a year in theatre in which performers distinguished themselves in twos and threes
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When You’re Close
Intimacy and authenticity distinguish Zach Theatre’s revival of The King and I
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Exhibitionism
The development of electricity prompts questions about intimacy in Sarah Ruhl’s play
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Top 10 Dramatic Turns of 2013
A look back at some of the year’s most gripping performances
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Exhibitionism
This musical version of G.B. Shaw’s ‘Candida’ is exactly the right size for Austin, cozy with room for plenty of nuance
