The Highs and Lows of Houston Life in Lot: Stories
Bryan Washington depicts residents with warmth and discernment as they live, fight, work, and love in a city that can be both a home and a challenge
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Rosalind Faires, Oct. 24, 2019
New Janis Joplin Biography Favors Love Over Sensationalism
Author Holly George-Warren shows the love in Janis: Her Life and Music
Tim Stegall, Oct. 24, 2019
Penfold Theatre's Ghost Quartet
Among the threads of this darkling tapestry are spirits of malice and mayhem and longing and love
Wayne Alan Brenner, Oct. 24, 2019
Zach Theatre's Dracula
Strong performances and Broadway-level design fill this entertaining version of the Bram Stoker vampire tale
Trey Gutierrez, Oct. 24, 2019
Tapestry Dance Company's Austintatious (Too)
This revival of a 2002 production paid tribute to the spirit of the city but also showed how the troupe embodies its best qualities
Robert Faires, Oct. 24, 2019
“Will Klemm: Box of Light” at Wally Workman Gallery
The artist illuminates our world’s defining shadows with an oil-based glow
Wayne Alan Brenner, Oct. 17, 2019
Thinkery & Verse's Dionysus in America
This contemporary spin on The Bacchae shows how little the unjust treatment of women has changed in 2,500 years
Laura Jones, Oct. 17, 2019
TexARTS’ Little Shop of Horrors
This production of the horror comedy musical makes watching inept humans get devoured by an alien plant just a damn good time
Laura Jones, Oct. 17, 2019
UT Theatre & Dance's 12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs)
In a work more poetry than story, playwright Caridad Svich has drowned Ophelia resurface, freed from Hamlet's shadow
Elizabeth Cobbe, Oct. 10, 2019
The Hidden Room Theatre's The Duchess of Malfi
In staging John Webster's revenge tragedy, the company strikes a delightful balance between historical authenticity and genuine emotion
Trey Gutierrez, Oct. 10, 2019
"Colin McIntyre: Systema Praeternaturae" at Dimension Gallery
The artist's sinuous, flowing forms of nickel-plated steel are part of a reminder that in the midst of life, we are in death, etc.
Wayne Alan Brenner, Oct. 10, 2019
Alchemy Theatre's The Waverly Gallery
This production of Kenneth Lonergan's drama presents the human weight of disease and makes its pain tangible
Trey Gutierrez, Oct. 3, 2019
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
In her eighth novel, Ann Patchett shows that what makes a family cannot be measured by the grandness of a house
Yvette Benavides, Oct. 3, 2019
"David Culpepper: That's Not Going Anywhere" at Co-Lab Projects
The show is welcome to hang around, but this artist is going places
Wayne Alan Brenner, Oct. 3, 2019
Eastside's Past and Present Revealed in John Mulvany's Latest Exhibit
"Secure the Perimeter" at grayDUCK Gallery asks, “What if the outside force is an inside job?”
Barbara Purcell, Oct. 3, 2019
Blue Lapis Light's In Light
In this aerial dance production, the performers move through the sky with such grace, joy, and harmony, they might as well be angels
Robert Faires, Sept. 26, 2019
Paper Chairs' Plano
This production gets inside the heads of three sisters over a decade that races by in a breakneck 90 minutes
Elizabeth Cobbe, Sept. 26, 2019
Ethos' :Humpty
Melissa Vogt and Chad Salvata's musical takes the childhood rhyme into adult territory, balancing lighthearted elements with macabre darkness
Trey Gutierrez, Sept. 26, 2019
Shrewd Productions' Jump
In Charly Evon Simpson's drama, characters caught in the dark currents of grief and depression seek a way through
Robert Faires, Sept. 19, 2019
"Andy Coolquitt: Pinto Beans" at Bale Creek Allen Gallery
The artist's solo show is a public display of well-organized chaos, a sculptural nirvana of randomness and resourcefulness
Barbara Purcell, Sept. 19, 2019
“Valerie Fowler: The Story of the Deer in the Road”
Wonderfully painted memories of where the wild (and even-toed ungulate) things are
Wayne Alan Brenner, Sept. 19, 2019
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
Who runs the world? Secretaries, spies, and survivors in Lara Prescott's debut novel
Rosalind Faires, Sept. 12, 2019
Austin Playhouse's Holmes and Watson
The joy in this staging of Jeffrey Hatcher's play is seeing the good doctor deduce which of three Sherlocks is the real deal
Robert Faires, Sept. 12, 2019
Hyde Park Theatre's Hot Dogs at the Eiffel Tower
Maggie Gallant relates her search for her birth parents with slow-burn storytelling that captivates with its blend of cheekiness and honesty
Trey Gutierrez, Sept. 12, 2019
Theatre en Bloc's Dance Nation
This production of Clare Barron's play invokes the experience of puberty for girls, in all its allure and terror
Robert Faires, Sept. 5, 2019
Archive Theater Company's Cyrano de Bergerac
Jennifer Rose Davis' new staging immerses audiences in 19th-century France, taking them on an epic journey that's equally humorous and heartfelt
Trey Gutierrez, Sept. 5, 2019
"Kate Breakey: Ornithology" at Stephen L. Clark Gallery
Where late the sweet birds sang, where now resides the egg and eye
Wayne Alan Brenner, Sept. 5, 2019
"Shoot Like a Grrrl" Takes You on a Club Crawl Through Lost Austin
Photographer Martha Grenon's exhibit at SouthPop covers the Austin music scene in the Eighties and Nineties
Robert Faires, Aug. 29, 2019
Color Arc Productions' The Mamalogues
In the world premiere of Lisa B. Thompson's play, the lives of single black mothers are seen, and felt
Robert Faires, Aug. 29, 2019
Liz Behan: One Woman at Dusk at ColdTowne
Laura de la Fuente’s solo show is a charged combination of clever writing, memorable characters, and spirited performance
