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The McCormick Method, Revealed
Analyze anything in three words!
"...What exactly is the McCormick Method of summation? It's a means, developed by Austin's..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Two Shannons Take the Improv Stage to … Where?
Local stars McCormick and Stott, together at last for the first time
"...McCormick and Stott, Stott and McCormick...."

Dec. 14, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Falling for The Fall Guy and the Joy of Practical Stunts
Powerhouse moviemaking couple David Leitch and Kelly McCormick team up with Ryan Gosling
"...jump into flames, or bounce off a brick wall – then get up and deliver some snappy one-liner. What..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rebound
Although this Mighty Ducks/Bad News Bears clone is predictable and inoffensive, it's filled with sweet humor and well-drawn young characters.
"...their ’rents are out of sight.) Lawrence plays Roy McCormick, a legendary college basketball coach who’s more interested in..."

July 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Five Tasty Sauces & Dressings & Marinades
New condiments for the best flavors in your kitchen
"...stock market tips – have you noticed how the McCormick spice company’s been acquiring all the best-beloved hot sauces..."

March 25, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pretty Good Sailing
McCormick & Schmick's docks downtown with a full haul of satisfying seafood
"...McCormick & Schmick's401 Congress Ave., 236-9600..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Step Up Revolution
A tired story is enlivened by dance happenings – essentially flash mobs with killer physiques.
"...Directed by: Scott Speer. Starring: Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman, Cleopatra Coleman, Stephen Boss, Misha Gabriel Hamilton,..."

July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rain Without Thunder
"...by: Gary Bennett. Starring: Betty Buckley, Ali Thomas, Carolyn Mccormick, Iona Morris, Jeff Daniels, Frederic Forrest, Graham Greene, Linda..."

March 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Get Up Into the Arts Midwest Conference
Get Up – as in, Shannon McCormick & Shana Merlin
"...lately flexing her prodigious improv-teaching powers at Zach Theatre. McCormick voicing Agent Washington for Rooster Teeth's Red vs. Blue..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Kenjutsu: The Art of the Sword
The Hideout improvises tales of samurai battle and broken honor
"...The brainchild of Gnap!’s Shannon McCormick and the Hideout’s Kareem Badr, who also direct the..."

March 28, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mission: Improvable
Austin's improv community gathers intelligence
"...troupes, performing nightly and spilling out of the Hideout – currently Austin's epicenter of improv – and onto the..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Stage Uncaged
How a performative open mic From Iowa became a theatrical springboard in Austin
"...Shannon McCormick, head shaved bald and providing his faintly cartoonish good..."

April 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Merlin Works Institute and Gnap! Theater Season: Making the improv pie higher
Austin's strong improv scene is about to get even stronger, with a new training center and performance space
"...the brainchildren of veteran improvisers Shana Merlin and Shannon McCormick, who regularly perform together as the improv duo Get..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Arts Feature by Avimaan Syam

Forever Young
"...1939, where Gibson, as the dashing test pilot Daniel McCormick, has just lost his childhood sweetheart (Glasser) to a..."

Dec. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Prom Night
A remake of the Eighties horror film in name only, Prom Night is a nearly bloodless slasher film with few surprises.
"...Directed by: Nelson McCormick. Starring: Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Jessica Stroup, Dana Davis,..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Don't Everybody Panic, but Online Sketch Troupe Backpack Picnic Has Definitely Gone What They Call 'Viral' and Is Also About to Contaminate the Alamo Drafthouse
Online sketch troupe Backpack Picnic has definitely gone viral
"...best method for transporting a weaponized, airborne version of –..."

May 2, 2008 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Who Will Be Nuked by the 819?
Austinites unleash a new postapocalyptic RPG on Twitch
"...actually, so we figured we’d better ask 819’s Shannon McCormick and Mike D’Alonzo just what is up with this..."

Sept. 7, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Young and Hungry
ACC offers students two restaurants' worth of opportunity
"...in the fields of culinary arts, hospitality management, travel & tourism, and meeting & event planning (with a future..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Hideout Theatre’s Virtual Threefer
Three troupes Zoomed and Twitched their time upon the improv stage
"...The lineup: Shannon McCormick, the Knuckleball Now, and Coach Rookard Teaches Improve (Online)...."

April 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Stepfather
Watch out for those "family values" guys who sweep Mom off her feet and move into your house. They may not be who they seem.
"...Directed by: Nelson McCormick. Starring: Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley, Amber Heard,..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Unbeaten
Everybody wins in Shannon McCormick's highly enjoyable one-man show about football
"...It's playwright, actor, and improviser Shannon McCormick, ultimately, embodying 10 different gridiron personalities in this new..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playing Through
Shannon McCormick and Graham Reynolds' Unbeaten revels in the camp aspects of football in a loving way
"...I hesitate to say that Shannon McCormick and Graham Reynolds' Unbeaten, which finishes a two-week run..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

Who Was That Mysterion, Stranger?
Shannon McCormick steps in to fill his old Nemesis shoes
"...if you're gonna get any man to replace Shannon McCormick (who performed it back in the day) as that..."

June 13, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Role-Play Playing
When improv asks, 'Can we get a suggestion for something you'd slay a dragon with?'
"...place in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Shannon McCormick was asking for ideas for Gnap! shows, and I..."

June 19, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Get Up: How funky and strong is their fight
Shannon McCormick and Shana Merlin – who make up the improv duo Get Up – are comfortable working together, like two parts of an interlocking dream machine
"...Shannon McCormick, that tall, sleek comrade with the cue-ball noggin and..."

June 15, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Boxing the Giant: 'Andre the Giant: Life and Legend'
Box Brown debuts the graphic biography at Austin Books and Comics
"...for that will be presenting it at Austin Books & Comics tomorrow: Wed., May 7, 4-8pm...."

May 6, 2014 Books Post by Shannon McCormick

Drawn and Quarterly? Fantagraphics? A Few Recent Releases?
Yes: Our new comics-reviewing team gives 'em a look-see
"...comics-reviewing guy (Brenner) and two new guest reviewers (Shannon McCormick and Erika May McNichol). We'll be covering new book..."

May 10, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Pocketful of Posies': A New Wave Garden of Delights
Perhaps they'll strike a pose that's not unlike François Truffaut's?
"...a Czechoslovakian movie from 1966, written and directed by Věra Chytilová? I hadn't seen the "madcap feminist farce" either,..."

Aug. 2, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

De-Spurring the Moment
The making of the 2007 Out of Bounds Improv Festival
"...with spurs than the rest of the country is – yee-ha – but it's all nonetheless made up as..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

We Need to Do Something
The terror is coming from inside and outside the house
"...Directed by: Sean King O’Grady. Starring: Sierra McCormick, Vinessa Shaw, Pat Healy, Lisette Alexis and John James..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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