tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9891673925696890132024-02-07T04:51:23.989-06:00Austin Live TheatreA blog offering theatre news for Austin, Texas, including reviews, announcements of upcoming events and a comprehensive theatre calendar for the Austin area.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08130651614644587354noreply@blogger.comBlogger5004125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989167392569689013.post-16501849434811406062014-01-19T17:41:00.000-06:002014-02-01T09:44:40.948-06:00End of the Road for the Austin Live Theatre Blog<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This post at <i>www.austinlivetheatre.blogspot.com</i> is #5247 in a series that started in June, 2008. It's the last one that will appear.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Austin Live Theatre </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">began here at <i>www.blogspot.com</i>. I kept this blog alive even after my family gave me the Christmas present of a <i>.com </i>website for my theatre musings, principally because Blogspot's connection to Google promised enhanced web visibility. Starting sometime in 2010, I put <i>everything </i>up at the blog, including all those inside pages at <i>AustinLiveTheatre.com</i> that I was creating whenever I got word of another live theatre production in the greater Austin area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In late 2012 I extended the sites' coverage to San Antonio and nearby towns. I found I'd bitten off more than I could comfortably chew. With much more information to gather and process, creating a new page for every production became more tedious and time consuming. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I decided last October that I would instead simply link theatre companies' websites and Facebook postings to the listings in the Central Texas theatre calendar. Since that time the content of this blog has been essentially the same as that of <i>AustinLiveTheatre.com.</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At about the same time the firm that hosts my site began admonishing me to upgrade my content management software, still in its 2009 version. Since late November I've been operating a 'beta' site with up-to-date software and security at <i><a href="http://www.ctxlt.com/">www.CTXLT.com</a>.</i> It still needs some fixing, polishing and improved formatting, but as of today that site is the principal -- and only -- location for this ongoing coverage of theatre art in Central Texas. My various URLs all now redirect to <i><a href="http://www.ctxlt.com/">www.CTXLT.com</a>. </i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I greatly appreciative those who've followed this blog, especially the 28 who subscribed to to it. I invite you to use the RSS feed for the new site. Here it is:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of the principal lessons I've learned over the past 5<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">½</span> years is that theatre is about community. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That's not true of big media. Films are not community; Broadway touring shows are not community. A live theatre production in your own town is an event that enhances empathy, </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">concern,</span> and a sense of belonging, whether you're a theatre artist, a technician or an audience member. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I concluded some time ago that my original goal of increasing the audiences for live theatre was quixotic. This undertaking is unlikely to move those who don't already know live theatre very far off their couches or out of their bars. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After all, knowing more about one another reminds us of what we have in common. That includes not only the art form itself but also the shared emotions and human concerns that give theatre its relevance and vitality. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The question one could ask is why a brand-new theatre company would challenge a play as complex and difficult as Sam Shepard’s <b>True West</b> for its premier production. And the question contains the answer—because it <i>is</i> a challenge, and all who see it can measure the company’s skill in their upward progress climbing the monument. That's the first reason to shout “Bravo!” at this show, one of the few.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Weird Rodeo wisely short-circuits some of the difficulties by assembling a highly talented cast and crew. The first stand-out is David Boss as Lee. He is superbly costumed and styled by Lindsay McKenna for his role, and he's an actor who has shown us he can easily learn and spout thousands of lines while physically stomping through any number of flaming sets. His role clearly drives the dialogues and action of the play, and Boss is easily capable of doing this in <b>True West</b>. But here is a note for director Jerry Fugit: Boss and all the actors need clear pause points for reactions and heightened intensity. Boss can fire daggers and poniards from his eyes, but he needs a few more opportunities in this play to do so. It’s not all machine-gun mouth and phone cords. The weaponry metaphors are apt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The story of <b>True West</b> is well known: after years of separation family members come back together with the intensity of hypergolic solid rocket fuel, a trope perhaps invented by Sam Shepard. The biblical Prodigal Son parable it ain’t. The father is absent, said by Saul to be “destitute” which the entire audience takes to mean “insane.” Dad fled to the Desert, and here we see the first layerings of meaning on Shepard’s conception of Desert. The meanings Shepard gives it are largely chthonic, steeped in desolation and darkness. Mom (Bobbie Oliver) is in the Far North touring Alaska, a desert of another sort. The criminal but romantic seeker Lee sees the Desert as a refuge from authority and control, while Austin, educated and tame, fears it. Between scenes coyote voices on the soundtrack howl songs of death.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Desert underlies the more surficial titular theme of the West. And here's where Weird Rodeo succeeds in the task it set for itself. We see clearly the distinction between brother Austin’s real West (freeways, palm trees and golf courses) and Lee’s unstated but described True West. All is made plain by Lee’s verbal homage to Kirk Douglas as the last cowboy on earth in the movie <b>Lonely Are the Brave</b>. Lee would have given his life to have worked in that film in any capacity, but Austin, the Ivy League screenwriter, has never seen the movie. The production ultimately accomplishes its theatrical and literary goals by making the West distinctions clear and dealing with their implications.</span><br />
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<a href="http://austinlivetheatre.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5794:true-west-by-sam-shepard-wierd-rodeo-at-the-off-center-january-9-25-2014&catid=1095:ctxlt-reviews-in-2014"><span style="color: #660000;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read more at CTXLiveTheatre.com . . . .</span></b></span></a>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08130651614644587354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989167392569689013.post-13457427854841110892014-01-18T12:53:00.001-06:002014-01-18T12:53:10.291-06:00(*) Call for Scripts by Writers 21 and under, Say Sí, San Antonio, Deadline February 3, 2014<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><b><img alt="Say Say Sí San Antonio" border="0" src="http://www.austinlivetheatre.com/images/stories/01000-logos/saysilogo-big.png" style="border: 12px solid white; float: left;" />CALL FOR SCRIPT SUBMISSIONS - 21 & UNDER</b><br />Joy Jimenez @ Say Sí<br />Submission must be before <span style="color: maroon;"><b>February 3rd</b></span><br /><br />Say Sí is currently accepting submissions for its <b>4th Annual Young Playwright's Festival, Wings to Fly.</b> The ALAS Youth Theatre Company will select and produce and evening of short plays written by emerging young writers from the San Antonio area. The selected scripts will culminate into a weekend-long festival where local audiences will enjoy a diverse collection of new works written by San Antonio's next generation of playwrights.<br /><br />High school students and young adults have a chance to get their new and original script produced by Say Sí's ALAS Youth Theatre Company. San Antonio is full of talented young playwrights, and ALAS wants to take their work from the notebook to the stage!<br /><br />Qualifications: Scripts must be suitable for all audiences. There is no restriction on subject matter or style. Scripts must be written by individuals or groups ages 21 and under. The script can be submitted by the playwright themselves, a parent/guardian or a teacher. The selected scripts will be fully produced at Say Sí's Black Box Theatre on April 4-6, 2014.<br /><br />Scripts must be submitted by <span style="color: maroon;"><b>February 3, 2014</b></span> via email to joy@saysi.org or as a hardcopy to: Joy Jimenez @ Say Sí, 1518 S. Alamo St., San Antonio, TX 78204<br /><br />Please attach a cover sheet with your contact information. If you have questions please contact Joy Jimenez at 210.212.8666 -- joy@saysi.org<br /></span></i></span>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08130651614644587354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989167392569689013.post-36188422822868634282014-01-17T13:26:00.000-06:002014-01-17T13:26:21.148-06:00THE WHIPPING MAN by Matthew Lopez, City Theatre, February 7 - March 2, 2014<br />
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Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08130651614644587354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989167392569689013.post-19091163474984792412014-01-16T22:11:00.003-06:002014-01-16T22:15:55.704-06:00The Language Archive by Julia Cho, Different Stages at City Theatre, January 10 - February 1, 2014<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Julia Cho's <b>The Language Archive</b> is a gently sentimental tale built inside a concept, similar to the way nesting birds inhabit a hedge. The theme is the failure of communication, and the metaphor is a collection of recordings and documents describing extinct languages curated by George, a fussy, white-coated linguist who's tongue-tied when it comes to expressing any sentiment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cho writes her characters as variations on that theme. The gulf between George and his wife Mary is so unbridgeable that Mary tucks cryptic notes into his belongings and denies having done so. George babbles frantically of what's on his heart -- but he addresses the audience instead of Mary. Alta and Resten are the last speakers of an obscure, apparently Central European language, but they're constantly furious with one another and refuse to use that language of intimacy, to the dismay of George the archivist. George's assistant of five years, Emma, loves him beyond reason but also, unfortunately, beyond telling. Esperanto, the completely artificial world language, turns up repeatedly, principally because of its perpetual failure to flourish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There's a lot of quiet desperation here, confirming the conventional wisdom that effective comedy is really built on pain. How glad we all are -- playwright, actors and audience -- that by the very action of participating in this evening's performance, we're confirming our own attachment to communicating and to receiving the messages of this story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://austinlivetheatre.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5790:the-language-archive-by-julia-cho-different-stages-at-city-theatre-january-10-february-1-2014&catid=1095:ctxlt-reviews-in-2014"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Read more at Central Texas Live Theatre. . . . </b></span></a></span>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08130651614644587354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989167392569689013.post-3169076459084681412014-01-16T11:35:00.001-06:002014-01-16T11:35:37.134-06:00Auditions in Wimberley for Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, by Ed Graczyk, February 6, 8 and 9, 2014<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08130651614644587354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989167392569689013.post-20460066071008800882014-01-15T10:49:00.001-06:002014-01-15T10:50:20.864-06:0045 DEGREES, TILT Performance Group, Murchison Chapel, First United Methodist Church, FronteraFest BYOV,January 24 - February 1, 2014<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="color: #343434;">Just two weeks ago, TILT Performance Group -- Central Texas' newest theatre company -- wrapped up its devising process for <b>45</b></span><span style="color: #343434;">°</span><span style="color: #343434;">. This fresh, experimental performance piece debuts at Austin's FronteraFest on January 24<sup>th</sup>, and the company is charging full-steam ahead. During the process of creating <b>45</b></span><span style="color: #343434;">°</span><span style="color: #343434;">, company members wrote multiple songs and scenes, choreographed myriad gestural phrases, and generated loads of fruitful discussion surrounding topics ranging from poverty to technology and everything in between. Any observer familiar with devising work in the theater might have found this an exciting but "typical" process. Beneath the surface, however, TILT is anything but typical. </span><span style="color: #343434;">It's a company at the cutting edge. It's innovative, pioneering and groundbreaking. Join TILT as it takes a giant leap onto a slippery, sloping surface of 45</span>°<span style="color: #343434;">.</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">CALLING ALL ACTORS ! Colectiva Arts & Culture is holding auditions for "<b>Carmen de la Calle</b>", a New Latino musical written by nationally recognized writer/poet and performing artist Amalia Ortiz. The Latino Cultural Center in Dallas,TX will be presenting '<b>Carmen</b>' March 14th and 15th, 2014. This is a wonderful opportunity to be a part of an amazing show created here in South Texas, it is our chance to take San Antonio Teatro on the road and beyond. Actors with experience and training in musical theatre and cDance are highly encouraged to Audition. I will be waiting to hear from you San Anto. </span></i></span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><img alt="Carmen de la Calle Colectiva Arts & Culture TX" border="0" class="caption" src="http://www.austinlivetheatre.com/images/stories/01000-2014/014-01-January/carmen de la calle_opt250.jpg" style="float: right;" title="(via SALTA)" /></span>Director: Joel C. Settles Producer: Colectiva Arts & Culture<br /> Presenting Organization: The Latino Cultural Center Dallas,TX</span></i></span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /> Auditions are by appointment only. To request an appointment please email Joel Settles at joelsettles@gmail.com or call 210.440.2753. Please submit a photo of yourself ( any kind of photo is sufficient ), resume, and indicate the role(s) in which you are interested. Please prepare a one minute musical selection of your choice. Please choose something appropriate for the show.</span></i></span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /> On the day of your audition please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to your scheduled audition appointment. Bring a CD of your musical selection. A cappella is allowed. </span></i></span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /> Audition Location: The Cameo Center, 1123 E. Commerce St. SA,TX (<a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps?address=1123+E+Commerce+St&city=San+Antonio&state=TX&zipcode=78205">click for map</a> )</span></i></span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /> Performance Dates: March 14th & 15th at Latino Cultural Center Dallas,TX (meals and lodging will be provided )<br /> Rehearsals Feb 3rd – March 13th </span></i></span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /> “<b>Carmen de la Calle</b>” is a new Latino musical written by nationally recognized and award winning poet and performer Amalia Ortiz (Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry HBO, the prestigious Hedgebrook writers residency program, 2011 IC3 Residency at the National Hispanic Cultural Center) .This full length musical will feature the diversity of Texas music including Latino Hip-Hop, Tex-Mex Conjunto, country music, and adaptations of traditional Mexican standards. From the pulsating beat of hip-hop and rap to the dance hall sounds of George Strait and Doug Sahm, “<b>Carmen de la Calle</b>” will have it all. Set in 1989 San Antonio and the present, this adaptation of Georges Bizet’s classic opera dives deep into the themes of passion and envy in portraying the lives and struggles of the marginalized and working classes of South Texas. “<b>Carmen de la Calle</b>” highlights the hibridity of Tex-Mex culture by incorporating the melodrama of novelas (Mexican soap operas), spoken word, bilingualism, and the musical confluence of Mexican standards, modern Tejano, Hip-Hop and the music of 1989 pop culture.</span></i></span><br />
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Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08130651614644587354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989167392569689013.post-73116958105296587072014-01-13T13:28:00.000-06:002014-01-13T13:28:56.805-06:00KVUE Visits Ken Webster at Hyde Park Theatre for FronteraFest 2014<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><i><span style="color: maroon; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Didn't See That Coming</b></span> is a collection of ten short stories featuring ordinary people in not-so ordinary situations. All written by playwright, Mark Harvey Levine.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><i>Starring:</i> <i>Tatiana Artis</i>, <i>Ryan Campbell</i>, <i>Lara Christie</i>, <i>Michael Davis</i>, <i>Shelby Graham</i>, <i>Chelsea Hockaday</i>, <i>Ben Howell</i>, <i>Alex Kiester</i>, <i>Tim McCarter</i>, <i>Crystal J. Ramirez </i><i>and Bailey West.</i></span></span></div>
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Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08130651614644587354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989167392569689013.post-52092894997060956202014-01-13T12:17:00.000-06:002014-01-13T12:20:21.698-06:00Ann Pittman's Austin Theatre Favorites in 2013<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From <a href="http://anncpittman.blogspot.com/">her blog aNNpITTMAN</a>, posted January 12:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://anncpittman.blogspot.com/2014/01/top-ten-twenty-thirteen-theatre.html"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: maroon;">Top Ten Twenty-Thirteen Theatre</span></span></b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Everyone has their favorites. And everyone's weighing in (Chronicle critics: <a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2014-01-03/top-10-dramatic-turns-of-2013" target="_blank">AdamRoberts</a>, <a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2014-01-03/top-10-reasons-i-stayed-in-love-with-theatre-in-2013/" target="_blank">Robert Faires</a> ... <a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2014-01-03/top-10-theatrical-sets-of-2013-to-a-cat/" target="_blank">a cat</a>).</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> Of course, I have my own opinions :) </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>So here's my credential-free pick for <b>Austin's Top Ten 2013 Theatre Experiences </b>(p.s. I don't include national tours or shows I was in on this list... tours obvs. aren't Austin, and despite my first <a href="http://anncpittman.blogspot.com/2013/03/intimate-apparel-apparently-im-in-it.html#links" target="_blank">girl-on-girl kiss</a> this year, its probably biased to nominate performances I was a part of). Of the over twenty shows I saw this year, here's some moments, people and experiences that I loved (in no particular order)... </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> 1. <span style="color: maroon;"><b>Barbara Chisholm </b></span>in <b>Fixing King John</b>. This was a fun, smart show by the <a href="http://www.rudemechs.com/" target="_blank">Rude Mechs</a>, and pulling her hair out in the middle of it was a brilliant Barbara Chisholm. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> 2. The amazing set of <b>Nursery Crimes</b> (the DAC has never been better utilized) and the supporting characters trio of Travis Bedard, Bobby DiPasquale, and Heath Thompson. Kudos to <a href="http://lastacttheater.com/Last_Act_Theatre_Company/Welcome.html" target="_blank">Last Act's</a> <span style="color: maroon;"><b>Will Snider </b></span>for some great choices. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> 3. <span style="color: maroon;"><b>Ryan Crowder'</b></span>s big fat crocodile tears (in addition to the rest of his performance) in <a href="http://www.penfoldtheatre.org/" target="_blank">Penfold Theatre's </a><b>Red</b>. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> 4. <span style="color: maroon;"><b>Martin Burke</b></span>'s final monologue in <b>Harvey.</b> Lovely. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> 5. <span style="color: maroon;"><b>Kristi Brawner</b></span> in general. From Sally in <b>Reefer Madness</b> to Lucy in <b>Charlie Brown</b>, she is quickly becoming Austin's most versatile 20 Something (sorry guys, she's taken). </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> 6. <a href="http://www.hydeparktheatre.org/site/index.html" target="_blank">HPT's</a> <span style="color: maroon;"><b>Ken Webster</b></span> as <b>Thom Pain</b>. Again. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> 7. <b> Mad Beat Hip & Gone.</b> I cannot understand why this didn't get more critical attention. Whatev. You guys, it was great. And those lightbulbs... </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> 8. The Drawbridge/Gangplank lowering and raising set piece thing in <a href="http://www.austinplayhouse.com/" target="_blank">Austin Playhouse's </a><b>Man of La Mancha.</b> Awesome and daunting. Broke up the play and the mood perfectly appropriately. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> 9. <b>Little Shop of Horrors</b>' colorful costumes at <a href="http://zilker.org/" target="_blank">Zilker Park</a>. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> 10. <a href="http://zachtheatre.org/" target="_blank"> ZACH's</a> <b>A Christmas Story</b> set. You'll shoot your eye out. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> 1. <span style="color: maroon;"><b> Mical Trejo </b></span>in <a href="http://www.teatrovivo.org/Teatro_Vivo/Welcome.html" target="_blank">Teatro Vivo's </a><b>Confessions of a Mexpatriate</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> 2. <b>And Then There Were None</b> by Austin Playhouse </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> 3. <b>Tongues </b>(in the swimming pool!) by <a href="http://shalomaustin.org/theateratthej/" target="_blank">Theatre at the J</a></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> <br /> 4. <b>Fat Pig </b>by <a href="http://www.theatreenbloc.org/" target="_blank">Theatre En Bloc</a></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /> So there you have it! Of the Austin theatre events I saw, these were the most super-duper. Maybe next year I'll be brave enough to give you The Worst Of... who knows! In the meantime, here's looking forward to more great, funny, meaningful, important, silly theatre in the heart of Texas in 2014!</i></span></span></div>
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Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08130651614644587354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989167392569689013.post-1347215231770884692014-01-12T13:55:00.001-06:002014-01-12T13:58:05.721-06:00(*) 2014-2015 Theatre Season at Playhouse San Antonio<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: maroon;"><b>The Wizard of Oz</b></span>, Oct. 3-Nov. 2: Odds are, you know the story — tornado-displaced Dorothy tries to make her way home — as well as the music, including “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” and “<a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=entertainment%2Fmusic-stage&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Over+the+Rainbow%22">Over the Rainbow</a>.”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: maroon;"><b>Fiddler on the Roof</b></span>, Dec. 5-22: Patrons frequently request the musical, said Playhouse President and CEO <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=entertainment%2Fmusic-stage&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Asia+Ciaravino%22">Asia Ciaravino</a>. It follows a family in a time of transition, as the parents cleave to tradition and their daughters start to venture into a changing world.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: maroon;"><b>Gypsy</b></span>, Feb. 13-March 15: The musical is based on the childhood of burlesque queen <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=entertainment%2Fmusic-stage&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Gypsy+Rose+Lee%22">Gypsy Rose Lee</a>, who was raised by a stage parent who went by the handle Mama Rose.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: maroon;"><b>Drood (The Mystery of Edwin Drood)</b></span>, May 29-June 21: The musical is based on <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=entertainment%2Fmusic-stage&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Charles+Dickens%22">Charles Dickens</a>' unfinished novel “The Mystery of Edwin Drood.” The audience determines the ending.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: maroon;"><b>Grease</b></span>, July 17-Aug. 16: The final audience fave of the upstairs season looks at the greasers and their gals at Rydell High in 1959.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">And here's what the <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=entertainment%2Fmusic-stage&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Cellar+Theater%22">Cellar Theater</a> lineup holds:</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: maroon;"><b>End of the Rainbow</b></span>, Oct. 10-Nov. 2: The piece, which looks at <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=entertainment%2Fmusic-stage&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Judy+Garland%22">Judy Garland</a>'s final days, will run concurrently with “Wizard of Oz,” Ciaravino said. The film version of “Wizard” helped establish Garland's place as a pop culture superstar, so offering the two shows will allow audiences to explore her work from two perspectives.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: maroon;"><b>Merry Gentlemen</b></span>, Dec. 11-14: San Antonio-based playwright <b>Sheila Rinear</b> will spend this year working with students and community members to develop this piece, a holiday-themed work that will premiere in the Cellar.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: maroon;">The Last Five Years</span>,</b> Jan. 30-Feb. 22: <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=entertainment%2Fmusic-stage&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Jason+Robert+Brown%22">Jason Robert Brown</a>'s musical about the end of a relationship is built around a nifty gimmick: The wife tells her version of events beginning at the end and moving backward through time, while her soon-to-be-ex-husband tells things in chronological order.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: maroon;"><b>4000 Miles</b></span>, May 15-June 7: <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=entertainment%2Fmusic-stage&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Amy+Herzog%22">Amy Herzog</a>'s play is about a young man who suffers a loss and recovers by moving in with his 91-year-old grandmother.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>STARRING:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LeeCorkran">Lee Corkran</a> as MARIELLA (a pussy gopher struggling against the forces of her overbearing mother)<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lindsey.sikes">Lindsey Greer Sikes</a> as CAROLINE (Mariella's overbearing mother. A Botox-addict obsessed with finding a husband for her daughter. She has arranged 9 failed marriages.)<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zac.carr">Zac Carr</a> as TODD (arranged husband number 10. A non-smoking, balding orthodontist. His winky is not large.)<br /> <br /> AND<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kent.harral">Kent Harral</a> as PASTOR FRANK (also a non-smoker. A pastor. He enjoys parties and such.)</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">For three {hundred thousand} years now the Pig Pile has squirmed and squealed its way across a vast landscape of deep associations and histories between seemingly unrelated objects. The closer we get to the complicated, complicated porcine truth of what it means to be human, the more our numbers have dwindled, to where we now begin to fear we are on the brink of extinction. Only you can help us to piece these pieces together so that we may know what we have learned, before it’s too late. Note: If you have any wooden items that you wish to be preserved for all eternity, you may please to bring them with you to the occasion.</span></i></span></div>
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