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Inspired by Craig's call for democracy and Michael Ferris Gibson's documentation of it, I set out one morning to see what the good people of Austin were serving to their neighbors

These Central Texas theatre companies are offering free tickets as part of the national Free Night of Theater campaign

Take your pick of 21 performances being offered at no charge with Free Night of Theater 2006

The most prosperous period in Austin's cultural history came to a painful close in 2003.

In the backstage comedy Anton in Show Business, playwright Jane Martin wittily paints the contemporary stage as a madhouse overrun by loons and lunatics so preoccupied with money, image, and themselves that they can hardly be bothered to create art. And the State Theater Company's production takes us inside the insanity with an air of playfulness that keeps the audience primed for a good time.

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Things are gonna get cheeky, queer, and local

From the arts harvest, our critics pluck choice treats

Jesse Eisenberg navigates the hierarchy of martial arts

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

Pro Arts Collective gets your attention with BAM!, a new performing arts festival bringing dancers, actors, poets, and musicians to Austin to display the surge of creativity among African-American artists

The Year in Austin Culture

An entrancing swim through issues of communication, discrimination, and history (with a couple of eerie ghosts along for the ride)

Shuttering the beloved venue is "bittersweet," says co-founder Tom Booker

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Jackie and Foxy Brown?! Yes please!

Get out and get arty, away from the SXSW crowds

The Year in Austin Culture

The Year in Austin Culture

If it bends, it's funny; if it breaks Beckett, what is it?

The strength of The Buttons and Bows Show is Buttons and Bows, beautiful souls whose innocence is charming and heartbreaking

Gobotrick Theatre Company's Intermission isn't a musical but kind of a live concert with real musicians pretending to be characters in front of a pretend audience in front of a real audience

The plays of Jean Giraudoux are rarely staged today, so Coda Theatre Project's 'Ondine' is, while flat in places, a courageous and heartening show

Austin's art scene kept catching the eye of the nation in 2005

The Tony-winning playwright talks about the business of show

Despite the author's absence, Different Stages delivers a fine production

Arthur Simone's Dear Frailty uncovers a dark and twitchy side of humanity

The State Theater Company's 'Nickel and Dimed' makes Barbara Ehrenreich's book about the desperate plight of the working poor flesh and blood, immediate and urgent

Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro is a bold, daring play, and Austin Community College and ProArts Collective have given it the bold, daring staging it deserves