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“Grey Gardens” by Entr’acte
This review is a few days later than I like – partly because of overbooking myself (just like I said I wasn’t going to!) and partly because, truthfully, it’s been a struggle to write. Entr’acte’s productions are truly one of a kind in the Austin area: they aren’t fully formed musicals, but musicals in concert.…
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“Waiting for Godot” by Beards of Instagram at Hyde Park Theatre
I have a confession: I had never seen or read Waiting for Godot until this weekend. Partly because I’ve never made it a priority, but partly because it seems to be one of those plays reserved for Big Professional Theaters with Big Name Actors Who Really Should Be Paired Together. I think of Robin Williams…
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OUT OF TOWN SPECIAL: “The Flick” at Gaslight-Baker Theatre
Community theater might be the most important art form in the world. Okay, obviously that is an exaggeration bourne from personal inclinations. But local theater is very important. I’ve seen bad community theater, I have seen middling community theater, and I’ve seen really great community theater – in the same way that I’ve seen bad, middling,…
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“The Three Musketeers” by The Archive Theatre
The Archive Theatre’s The Three Musketeers is a new adaptation of Dumas’ novel by producing artistic director Jennifer Rose Davis. The script moves along at a good clip and the show clocks in at under two hours, giving a sort of madcap romp feel to an old classic adventure. Much of this energy is also…
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“Bar(d)” by Walking Shadow Shakespeare Project
Bar(d)‘s tight, clever script by Stephanie Crugnola is both a love letter to Shakespeare and lighthearted goof on him. Shakespeare’s works are given gravitas and honor…and then they’re mocked, because seriously, as the characters at the Butterfly Bar tell each other, there’s no way all of these stories could just wrap up so nicely. Clearly,…
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“Emma” at Austin Playhouse
It’s not that loving Jane Austen is a competition. If it was, I certainly wouldn’t win. (But I think I would be pretty high up there.) It’s also not that Jane Austen’s books are so precious that they shouldn’t be played with. She’s super dead, so do whatever you want! I had high hopes going…
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“Clyde’s” at Ground Floor Theatre
Ground Floor Theatre is one of my favorite venues in town. I like the cozy lobby and the chardonnay they offer. I honestly even like going down the outdoor hallway to the bathrooms. I like that parking is easy (if it is a little Wild West in the backside of the buildings). Mostly, I love…
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“Aurora” at Bottle Alley Theatre Co.
Where did we come from? Where do we belong? What if we never find out the answer to either of those? Or what if we do – but only once we’ve realized how nice the place we are is, after all? These are all questions I think Aurora asks, and questions I came away from…
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“The Prom” at ZACH Theatre
The Prom follows a group of failed actors (plus a non-union touring cast of Godspell) who rush from Broadway to Indiana to the aid of a teenage lesbian named Emma who’s been told she can’t attend prom with her girlfriend. They mean well, sort of, but they’re ultimate Liberal Buffoons — clumsy, overly ambitious, and…
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