To Kill a Mockingbird — Maycomb’s Mirror of Injustice
Opening night of City Theatre’s 20th anniversary season was To Kill a Mockingbird. Adapted from Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, this is the story and riveting stage production of the…
The Heat of the Soul: Tennessee Williams’s Summer and Smoke in Austin
The air in New Orleans hangs heavy, the kind of muggy heat that clings to your skin and thoughts alike. Tennessee Williams felt oppressed by that weight — the suffocating…
Learning to Human
Sims Holland has taken her one-woman powerhouse of a tragedy-comedy on quite a journey—from Los Angeles, to Off-Off Broadway in New York City, and now, full circle, back to her…
Cyberfloral Imaginings: When the Future Strips Down
The program promised Cyberfloral Imaginings through Pole Dance, Burlesque, & More. presented by Velvet Nox was Intriguing enough, since I had never seen live pole dancing. Burlesque? Plenty — from…
Little Shop of Horrors at City Theatre
— camp, teeth, and a killer good time Open the doors and the doo-wop hits you first—those tight, girl-group harmonies that make the Lower East Side feel close enough to…
A Glorious Homage to Folks with dis-Abilities[1] – Amy and the Orphans
Dis with a dash because historically people with disabilities have been shunned by society when indeed their condition(s) show us what we lack. That is this writer’s sole opinion. Let…
Bye Bye Birdie Revisited
Tex-Arts.org, the theatrical company that put on the Bye Bye Birdie show has outdone itself. I heard about their move to Lakeway, and while others may be hesitant to drive…
W;T and the Weaponry of Words
This one act 90 minute show could’ve gone on for another hour. I was glued to my seat. As a scribe, words are my life. And tools. A scholar wrote…
Shakespeare in Hollywood
Even though William Shakespeare wrote most of his plays from 1589 to 1613, it is now all the rage to recast his works in the 1930s. Two years ago, the…
Immerse Yourself in WAITRESS
If you ever wanted to be on stage, this is your chance. The main stage at the Zach Theatre has been turned into a 360-degree immersive experience for the musical…