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Ariel Dance Theatre's new work Detour' blends dance and drama, humor and gravity, to tell of brushes with death that bring people back to life

New gifts to the Long Center, a new Little Elf for 'Santaland,' a new name for the AMOA Guild, a retirement at the symphony, and a return to Venice for Allison Orr

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

Twelfth Night: Gently Into That Good Night

Zachary Scott Theatre Center's production of the comedy Fully Committed is a thrill ride for an audience, with Becky Mode's script and Dave Steakley's choice direction wittily capturing the mania of restaurant life, while Martin Burke's chameleonlike star turn -- playing 40 characters -- imbues the central character with heart and soul in the midst of a soulless, if comic, mob.

Through ADVision, Austin has become a hotspot for producing English-dubbed anime. Who knew?

Zach Theatre's exquisite staging of Terrence McNally's drama speaks to families of all kinds

Austin thespians played for keeps, with boundless commitment and imagination, in the year's most memorable theatre

The year's most memorable groupings in classical music, dance, and theatre

The twaddle peddled by celebs in memoirs is even funnier when read aloud

Zach Theatre joins a national presentation of the epilogue to The Laramie Project

Zach Theatre hosts a memorial tribute to the beloved performer, patron, and local legend

Zachary Scott Theatre Center's production of the baseball drama Take Me Out is powerful evidence that theatre is also a team sport and we're all playing together

Both Anna Deavere Smith's script for 'House Arrest' and Zachary Scott Theatre Center's production of it fall short as meaningful political theatre

Zachary Scott Theatre Center's production of The Laramie Project retells the story of Matthew Shepard's murder in a compelling, heartfelt way, but it also tells a town's story and gives us the opportunity to see our town in its reflection.

In Madame X, playwright Ann Ciccolella dramatizes the events surrounding the creation of Sargent's famous portrait of Virginie Gautrau, using them as a springboard for an absorbing inquiry into the meaning and relationships of art, beauty, and society.

Another Austin theatre company suffers a mid-performance disaster and responds to it with resourcefulness and pluck, and the Austin Community College Drama Department marks Shakespeare's 437th birth with an all-star "Billy Bash."

The Year in Austin Culture

The Zachary Scott Theatre Center is having a rockin' season.

Let's Do the Time Warp Again!

J. Robert Moore's take on Crumpet sends the Macy's elf to camp

Remembering one who fascinated us all: Karen Kuykendall, 1937-2007

May

The local launch of the 365 Days/365 Plays project saw hundreds of people, including playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, crowd onto the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge for a dramatic spectacular

A Flaming Idiot gets legit, the Cultural Arts Division gets kicked upstairs, Zilker Theater productions goes west, young actor, and Hyde Park Theatre turns Italian

Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin