The Last Match – One for Life
The The Filigree Theatre opens its seventh season with The Last Match by Anna Ziegler, a spare, psychologically astute two-hander set during the U.S. Open, pitting American champion Tim Porter…
With (and Without) Love
The Penfold Theatre of Round Rock started a new cabaret series of live music events, and boy was it a blast. The show With Love, featuring Yesenia McNett, a New…
From Chopin to Catalan Folk Songs – Łukasz Kuropaczewski Stuns Audience
Austin Classical Guitar (ACG), outdid themselves yet again with a little help from private sponsors at Austin’s favorite black box sound stage for classical guitar performances, The Rosette. Forget Super…
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF: Austin Opera
Back on January 26, Austin was on ice. An Austin Opera performance this weekend at the Long Centre reminded us that ICE has been around a long time. Imagine a…
Why Murder on the Orient Express Still Works
A sumptuous, intelligent production at ZACH Theatre proves the classic endures I’ve seen a lot of theatre in Austin over the years—both as a longtime audience member and as part…
Alchemy Theatre Announces Cast and Creative Team for The Robber Bridegroom
The Alchemy Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for its upcoming production of The Robber Bridegroom. The production will run May 29 through June 14 at The Whisenhunt…
Set Your Stout Hearts to Confront Adversity!
Anyone who knows of Rome will be familiar with Lucilius, Horace, Persius and Juvenal. These great poets wrote satires that have influenced writers for 2,000 years. In this book, John…
From Austin–Houston to London–Cardiff: A Friendship That Became The Last Five Years
Texas doesn’t always let its artists leave cleanly. Even when they go, the imprint stays. That imprint—equal parts ambition, polish, competition, and tradition—travels with Emma Wallace, an actress from Austin,…
Houston Ballet has its first Chief Marketing Officer
Houston Ballet is pleased to announce Adama Sall as the organization’s first-ever Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). In this newly created role, Adama will lead Houston Ballet’s marketing and brand strategy…
Is Shakespeare’s Bloodbath Our Own?
Shakespeare’s first tragedy, initially performed in 1594, is a real bloodbath. Thus, it is fitting that there is a literal bloodbath on the set in this production of Titus Andronicus…