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Texas Platters
"...import, the image in "Shorty" of "sitting here in Texas eating Mexican food for breakfast at a taco stand..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Music Review

A Giant Dog
"...in a pre-K classroom, the local fivepiece soundtracks much off-Broadway high drama grounded by guitarist Andrew Cashen and lead..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Walker Lukens
"...Kissed by Patti Smith" to the easy groove of "Broadway" and closer "When I Lost You, Goddamn, I Lost."..."

June 28, 2013 Music Review by Doug Freeman

The Bellevue Jubilee
Bonus tracks
"...vaudeville noir" troupe Bellevue Jubilee is more of a Broadway musical than a rock band. The six-member troupe led..."

July 21, 2006 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Off-Off-Broadway Bound
An Austinite's account of taking the stage in New York City
"...Me: Texas...."

July 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Lowell Bartholomee

Bittersweet Spotlight
Round Rock's Ellen Marlow is on Broadway (at the age of 10)
"...and the audition process is not new to her. Broadway, however, is...."

Feb. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Clay Swartz

The 'It' Program
Musical theatre struts back onstage at Texas State to rave reviews
"...this year, the Department of Theatre and Dance at Texas State University-San Marcos woke up to a nice surprise:..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Razzle-Dazzle 'Em
David Bologna on making it to Broadway with 'Billy Elliot'
"...Bologna to talk about his time in the original Broadway cast of Billy Elliot the Musical, the Austin song-and-dance..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Expressing Himself
How David Bologna made the leap to Broadway and a Tony nomination in Billy Elliot the Musical
"...was a highlight of that show's first year on Broadway and even earned the young Austinite a Tony Award..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hamilton's Resident Director Makes Bass the Room Where It Happens
Austinite Ashley Brooke Monroe leads the touring Broadway show back to the stage she loves
"...For many Austinites, their first taste of a Broadway show doesn't involve walking up Seventh Avenue from Times..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Waiting for Guffman
Guest's mockumentary tracks visiting drama teacher Corky St. Clair's biggest challenge: creating a workable musical revue celebrating his Missouri town's sesquicentennial using only local players.
"...Clair (Guest), the visiting high school drama teacher and Off-Off-Off-Broadway refugee, is faced with the largest challenge of his..."

March 28, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...Missing Broadway Texas..."

July 2, 2004 Column

Word Is Out
After Broadway, Def Poetry Jam goes national and Austin's Pro Arts Collective snags them
"...matters!" It was a gutsy move putting poetry on Broadway, but producer Russell Simmons had already succeeded in putting..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations
Long Center supporters do a funding turnaround by asking the city for $25 million in bond money, and Austin Musical Theatre finds new life as Broadway Texas.
"...over the stage with a brassy reading of Follies' "Broadway Baby." Greg Holt proved a movingly tortured Nazarene in..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Secret History of Tuna
Tuna isn't the only Texas town with which actor-writers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears can be closely identified. Austin has played a significant role in the development of their town, and in return Sears and Williams have changed the face of the capital city.
"...love Williams and Sears as the creators of Tuna, Texas, and as the physical manifestations of its many lunatic..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Head of the Class
With Senioritis, the conclusion to his quartet of plays set at a Catholic high school in Houston, solo performer Rob Nash is all set to graduate -- to Off-Broadway, says Robi Polgar.
"...in Houston. Then he went to the University of Texas at Austin, where he did some writing and did..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

You Gotta Have the Mettle
Legendary Texas doc 'Hands on a Hard Body' keeps on truckin'
"...a Hard Body. Perkins' 20-year affiliation with the East Texas phenomenon has been largely a fluke. His story begins..."

April 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Deep in the Art
How In the West Became Deep in the Heart (of Texas)
"...two-week run. In 1991, Deep in the Heart (of Texas) film director Stephen Purvis, a Marble Falls native, saw..."

May 8, 1998 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Hamilton Comes to Bass Concert Hall in 2019
Season tickets now on sale for Broadway in Austin series
"...Your patience has paid off: Broadway sensation Hamilton is finally hitting Austin boards. Well, in..."

Feb. 20, 2018 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

The Way Home
Zach Theatre gives Robert Schenkkan's All the Way its Texas premiere on LBJ's home turf
"...grew up here and graduated from the University of Texas. Zach Theatre Artistic Director Dave Steakley was among those..."

April 10, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Guys and Dolls
In Broadway Texas Academy's production of Guys and Dolls, the cast of youthful actors look to be joyfully immersed in Damon Runyon's picturesque world, reveling in the extravagant personalities of its gamblers, gangsters, and nightclub dancers with knockout gams.
"...In Broadway Texas Academy's production of Guys and Dolls, a couple..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

End of an Arts Era
The most prosperous period in Austin's cultural history came to a painful close in 2003.
"...on the scene in 1996 with big dreams of Broadway-caliber productions created locally and used the prosperity of the..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations
An era of Austin theatre ends as Austin Musical Theatre files for bankruptcy.
"...the Bass Concert Hall stage. Austin Musical Theatre, or Broadway Texas, as it has been known since January, had..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Billy Porter’s Mona Lisa Moment at the Paramount
The Broadway legend tells his life story through song on the Black Mona Lisa Tour
"...art lasts forever. Such was the thought process for Broadway legend Billy Porter when choosing his most recent album..."

May 5, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Artists Project and Playbill Bring Inclusive Austin-Born Musical Showcase to Lincoln Center
Sing Out! goes from local pandemic production to the Big Apple
"...the two of you could do some kind of Broadway revue during Pride?’”..."

June 7, 2022 Arts Post by Isabel Maney

Carol Channing (1921-2019)
After eight decades in show biz, it’s finally “Goodbye, Dolly”
"...her platinum tresses and million-watt smile first lit up Broadway in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes back in 1948, and she’s..."

Jan. 16, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Christopher Durang
Tony-winning playwright takes up residence at Texas State
"...run at Lincoln Center to a five-month stand on Broadway and winning Best Play prizes from the Tony Awards,..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Shepard & Dark
The turbulent but creative connection between theatre legend Sam Shepard and writer and collector Johnny Dark is explored in this documentary. The film also features the work of a couple of Austin film mavericks: editor Sandra Adair and musician Graham Reynolds.
"...the former offers to sell his voluminous correspondence to Texas State University, with an eye toward collaborating with his..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2003-2004
The full list of nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art
"...The Wizard of Oz, Broadway Texas..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Review: Come From Away
Tale of ordinary people embracing strangers is extraordinary
"...people of all different sizes, shapes, and ages. Most Broadway musical casts are full of lithe young singer-dancers, with..."

Feb. 19, 2020 Arts Post by Elizabeth Cobbe

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