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Magda, Mélat, Madam Radar, and More Crucial Concerts
Recommended shows for the week in Austin
"...Real Boy.   – Richard Whittaker Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre Presents: Borderless..."

June 28, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Books, Sculpture, and Weed Lead Our Recommended Arts Events
It'd be a lot cooler if you went to one of these events this week
"...Through May 12, Zach Theatre..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Play’s the Thing in Grand Theft Hamlet
Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane take arms against a sea of virtual troubles
"...as Grylls had caught in documentaries about the National Theatre and the Royal Opera House. However, those venues came..."

March 9, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

A Boner Bizarre, Improvised Love Stories, and More Arts Events
Get some culture and love this week
"...create this photography exhibition featured at creative consultancy/gallery & studio space OFC Creatives, local artist and activist Jeremy A...."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Bittersweet Taste of Grapefruit at Austin Film Festival
Chase Joliet’s debut feature shows its Austin roots
"...whom Joliet took acting classes at Laurel Vouvray's Austin studio, and local funny man David Lucas, amongst others...."

Oct. 27, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lesly Reynaga Seeks Mariachi's Modern Moment With Valerosa
Austin singer outfits Mexican folklórico with Linda Ronstadt's pop heft
"...release show on Sept. 30 at the Long Center’s Rollins Studio Theatre, she plays KUTX’s Rock the Park on..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

Review: Austin Shakespeare's Sense and Sensibility
Putting the pedal to the metal bolsters Jane Austen's classic work
"...production of a classic work. Austin Shakespeare's Sense and SensibilityRollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside,..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Austin Shakespeare’s Bollywood Twelfth Night
The Bard's classic comedy was just itching for a Mumbai makeover
"...The Onion offered a mock review of a community theatre production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and director..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

This Is Who We Are #7: Sharon Marroquín's The Materiality of Impermanence
A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive
"...The Materiality of Impermanence Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside..."

May 13, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

ISHIDA Dance Company's Beginning / αρχή
This contemporary dance troupe's dynamic debut with "small bites" whetted the appetite for a full meal
"...have whetted our appetite for a full meal. Beginning/ αρχήRollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin Shakespeare's As You Like It
An Austin-infused Arden is more poetic license than artistic alchemy
"...There is no shortage of theatre traditionalists who think that the works of Shakespeare need..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Arts Review by Bob Abelman

Theatre en Bloc's Dance Nation
This production of Clare Barron's play invokes the experience of puberty for girls, in all its allure and terror
"...Under Jenny Lavery's direction, Theatre en Bloc's production embraces the ferocity of Barron's script...."

Sept. 6, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Causing Trouble as We Smiled: A Dusty Story
Playwright Timothy Braun remembers the canine companion who changed his life
"...night of the festival, was thrown out of Zach Theatre on account of being a dog but welcomed by..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Arts Feature by Timothy Braun

Summer Stock Austin's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
This musical succeeds on the infectious energy of every member of its enthusiastic cast
"...An intensive musical theatre program for high school and college thespians, Summer Stock..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Summer Stock Austin's Haunted: A Ghost Story
This new musical by Allen Robertson and Damon Brown is darker than their usual fare, but there's light at the end
"...Stock Austin, we have that chance. Haunted: A Ghost StoryRollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company's Everything! Everything! Everything!
The achievement of this new work is that it lives up to its name, including all that is remarkable about KDHDC
"...admiring their artistry with an approving smile. Everything! Everything! Everything!Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside..."

June 7, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Nearly 50 Food, Music, & Arts Festivals to Keep You Busy This Spring
From barbecue to burlesque, something for every Austinite this season
"...screening are all on the lineup. April 5-7 AustinVentures Studio Theater and other venues Art City Austin..."

April 3, 2019 Events Post by Alyssa Hiarker

2019 SXSW Film Venue Guide
Where to go, how to get there, and how to navigate the lines
"...Venues Overview Paramount Theatre (713 Congress Ave.)..."

Jan. 29, 2019 SXSW Post

Austin Shakespeare’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
This production is everything but sultry, which is the very thing the Tennessee Williams drama needs most
"...It doesn't ever happen. Cat on a Hot Tin RoofRollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Arts Review by Bob Abelman

Playback: This Is Not Traditional
Tim Kerr and Jerry Hagins remain unconventional in Up Around the Sun, plus an update on World Class Capital Group
"...on the remarkable that the pair play the elegant Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center on Saturday, 8pm...."

Aug. 17, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Summer Stock Austin's Rob1n
This new musical brings Sherwood Forest's noble outlaw to our time with a message of togetherness
"...makes this Robin the hero we need right now. Rob1nRollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Tapestry Dance Company's April Fools
This remount of the tap troupe's valentine to vaudeville brought the old art form back with delights in abundance
"...hours, time was turned back 80 years, and the Rollins Studio Theatre was just another stop on the Orpheum..."

May 11, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Theatre en Bloc's The Secretary
Kyle John Schmidt's new comedy takes dead aim at our national gun obsession and hits it with laughs
"...Kyle John Schmidt and directed by Jenny Lavery for Theatre en Bloc, it is the guns that rule the..."

March 30, 2018 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Austin Shakespeare's The Seagull
This new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's beloved classic takes wing well enough but doesn't quite soar
"...son, the former a famous relic of "stuffy" classical theatre, the latter the "new" avant-garde, here to destroy the..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Seen / Soon: Jan. 19
Seeing where geometry's order meets nature's chaos in Jason Middlebrook's art and listening to more of Jospeh Keckler's darkly funny arias
"...than musical wizard Peter Stopschinski. Jan. 23-24. Tue.-Wed., 7:30pm. Rollins Studio Theatre, Long Center, 701 W. Riverside. www.thelongcenter.org...."

Jan. 19, 2018 Arts Column

A’lante Flamenco’s Juana: First (I) Dream
The dramas of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz were perfectly expressed through the language of flamenco
"...and the doomed, went out dancing. Juana: First (I) DreamRollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Austin Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespeare’s rom-com gets a light staging with fine performances and lots of genuine laughs
"...an evening of gently humorous entertainment. Much Ado About NothingRollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Monty Python's Spamalot
With Eric Idle's screen-to-stage musical spoof, Summer Stock Austin makes the Knights of the Round Table so very enjoy-able
"...Musical theatre fans will recall the classic Camelot, Lerner and Loewe's..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Summer Stock Austin's A Shoe Story
Allen Robertson and Damon Brown's new musical reinvents "The Elves and the Shoemaker" as a timely tale of refugees but in a clever, playful way
"...has the rhythm and spirit of 21st century musical theatre – Word up, Lin-Manuel Miranda! – a quality that's..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company’s Glacier
As an elegy to the ice, this dance aestheticized doom but left us plenty of edge
"...low rumble, present even as the audience entered the theatre. The lighting, on the other hand, began in the..."

June 9, 2017 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

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