December 2017 – SUN NEWS AUSTIN

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Bit of Americana: A Christmas Story

December 30, 2017 Cliff 0

For one last blast of Christmas fun in 2017, drive your sleigh over to the Long Center for the musical comedy A Christmas Story. The production has its roots in a movie that hit theatres […]

Christmas at the Bush43 White House

December 29, 2017 Cliff 0

Christmas in 2005 at the George Bush White House was a much more elaborate affair than the 1967 Christmas profiled in a companion story on the Sun News Austin website. That one was when Lyndon […]

WELCOME TO AUSTIN

December 27, 2017 Dr. Cliff Cunningham 0

The first post to the news website Sun News Austin features a welcoming embrace from First Lady Laura Bush. This exclusive Sun News Austin picture was taken in the House Chamber of the Texas State […]

Christmas at the LBJ White House

December 26, 2017 Cliff 2

President Johnson and his family did not usually celebrate Christmas at the White House, but his wife Lady Bird persuaded him to do so in 1967. The charm of that event is currently on view […]

Christmas at the LBJ White House

December 26, 2017 2

President Johnson and his family did not usually celebrate Christmas at the White House, but his wife Lady Bird persuaded him to do so in 1967. The charm of that event is currently on view [...]
Peter Noone

January 14, 2019 2

For a rollicking good time, there is nothing better than a Herman’s Hermits concert. The carefree persona of lead singer Peter Noone, an original member of the band from 1964, has remained constant for 55 [...]
Fleisher plays Mozart

January 12, 2019 2

Sharing the stage with a titan of music, the Austin Symphony this weekend welcomed pianist Leon Fleisher into its midst to play Mozart’s piano concerto no. 12. Now 90 years old, Fleisher was dubbed “the [...]

Copenhagen: A Wild Improbability

April 12, 2019 0

This play about physics is, to use words uttered within the play itself, “a wild improbability.” Written by Michael Frayn, Copenhagen premiered in London in 1998. The Broadway opening in 2000 was crowned with success, [...]
Matilda the Musical

April 8, 2019 0

Imagine being assaulted on all sides by horrific parents in the evening and a sadistic school headmistress during the day. Then imagine acting out all of the abuse on stage, and calling it a children’s [...]
Parlour Game of Infidelity

April 4, 2019 0

English farce is a highly respected art form, but the play Don’t Dress for Dinner presents it with a twist of lemon: it was originally written for the French theatre. This English language adaptation of [...]
Grim Indeed

April 1, 2019 0

Even when the first volumes of Grimms’ Fairy Tales were published in the early 19th century they were not regarded as suitable for children, even though they were entitled “children’s tales.” As Ballet Austin artistic [...]
The Johnny Appleseed of Fraud

March 24, 2019 0

The play is all about fraud, and fantastic as it may seem, it’s based on the real-life tale of a young guy named Frank. Being performed now at the Georgetown Palace Theatre, Catch Me If [...]

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