A Blessing for the Living
Last weekend in Pensacola, just a day after I had heard the Austin Symphony Orchestra play the St. Anthony Variations by Brahms, I was having a discussion with TV director…
Our Town
As one of the characters in this classic play by Thornton Wilder states, “some people weren’t made for small town life.” That dichotomy will likely dictate how Our Town from…
A Diverting Piece of Lunacy
Fans of Sherlock Holmes are quite familiar with his famous case The Hound of the Baskervilles. I remember having dinner at the Sherlock Holmes pub in London, which featured (right…
A Postcard on Ballet
Four dances performed by Austin Ballet this weekend gave us an insight into choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. “I wanted to give a postcard of what is Annibel,” she explained, speaking…
The Feud
Those seeking comic relief on an unusual topic need go no further than the Doughtery Arts Centre on Barton Creek, very close to the famous Terry Black’s BBQ. The menacingly…
Storm Large coming to Texas
There is a storm brewing in central Texas: on March 21 Storm Large will be making an appearance in New Braunfels near San Antonio. The whirlwind singer is on tour,…
Mighty Joy in Georgetown
In the musical revue Pump Boys and Dinettes, currently playing at the Georgetown Palace, all shades of country music are on tap. Nostalgia is the key word here. A return…
A Thought Shower with Hedwig
Hedwig first paraded her David Bowie-like persona on the Austin stage in 2002. That was at the smaller stage at the Zach Theatre, but this time she is packing in…
Silent Night, the Opera
Violence is nothing new to the world of opera, but never before has it been portrayed on the grand stage of World War I. Last year the world marked the…
Churchill Had Sense of Destiny
At latest count there are 1009 biographies of Winston Churchill. Why, asked Republican strategist Karl Rove, do we need another one? He asked this question of historian Andrew Roberts in…