Ongoing: Endgame by Samuel Beckett, Palindrome Theatre at Austin Playhouse's Larry L. King Theatre, January 15 - 31

UPDATE: Click for ALT review, January 21

Received directly:

Limited Engagement

Samuel Beckett's
ENDGAME

Palindrome Theatre’s Inaugural Production
Directed by Kate Eminger
Featuring Gabriel Luna, Jarrett King, Maarouf Naboulsi, and Helyn Messenger

Palindrome Theatre will produce Endgame by Irish Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett for 13 performances only. Join in a celebration of one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers and his hilariously heartbreaking one-act regarding family, servitude, love, and inevitable decay.

January 15 -3 1, Wednesdays–Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 5 p.m.
at the Larry L. King Theatre at Austin Playhouse, Penn Field, 3601 S. Congress.
General admission, $20 -- students, $15. Call: 512-786-1939 for reservations.

[ALT notes: The text of Endgame is available online at www. samuel-beckett.net; the image above, from the Irish Repertory Theatre, is taken from www.samuel-beckett.net.]

The Pajama Game, Mary Moody Northern Theatre, St Edwards University, April 16 - 26

Michael McKelvey and that talented cast at St. Ed's send us whizzing in a happy time machine back to 1954, when the American musical was in its full, ripe heyday. That was the age of Boy Meets Girl, Boy Loses Girl, Dilemma Is Resolved and All Live Happily Ever After. Into that sure-fire mix the producers stirred a crowd of Supporting Hoofers, an Eccentric or two and an Almost Villain; they seasoned it with a Big City Number and a slinky Spanish number, and they peppered it with wisecracks. And everybody loved it.

And you know what? It still works. Despite the predictable story line and the cardboard-cutout characters, we embrace the star power of this cast. There's plenty of toe-tapping and foolery, and the leads are bursting with talent. McKelvey sends them bouncing all over the Mary Moody Northern Theatre.

Click to read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .