GISELLE
Fans of opera are not always fans of ballet, but the Ballet Austin performance of Giselle should happily unite those connoisseurs for two reasons. Those who love bel canto opera…
CATS
The allure of Andrew Lloyd Webber’ s Cats is elusive. Like a Civil War, it tends to divide families. I talked with one middle-age couple at the Bass Concert Hall…
Zoe Saldana and Pandora’s Box
The Star Trek actress Zoe Saldana (Uhura in the current run of Star Trek movies) made an appearance at SXSW in Austin to discuss BESE (pronounced “Bee-Seh”), a digital platform…
Doublewide, Texas
A trailer park was never so much fun. And with a Texas twist, who could resist? The one-liners in the play Doublewide, Texas are worth savouring. “Those out of touch…
Sister Act
Most people will be familiar with Sister Act as a landmark Whoopi Goldberg film of 1992. Its adaptation as a stage musical premiered in Pasadena in 2006, with continuing success…
Robotic News
First, a note about reports published here in Sun News Austin: this online newspaper will never publish stories generated in whole or in part by artificial intelligence. This is an…
La bohème
I have always thought of La bohème as two operas. The first two acts are full of joie de vivre and exhibit a carefree attitude to love and life that…
Apollo to the Moon: We Were Explorers
In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing in July, two major players from the Apollo days of the 1960s and 70s appeared in Austin at…
Tokyo PRIDE
Tokyo, the world’s most populous city at 35 million, held its Gay Pride parade on April 28 and Sun News was there to cover the event! The lead picture shows…
Inslee’s Higher Mission
“We went to the Moon because we were called by a higher mission. We need a bugle call to fight climate change.” Washington state Governor Jay Inslee, 68, hopes the…