Elevated by a winning cast, Doctuh Mistuh's Toxic Avenger is surprisingly charming, constantly hilarious, and shockingly well-designed. The comedy may not always hit, and some of the props show their budget, but on the whole the journey through the dirty streets of Tromaville is a worthwhile one, even for those who aren't acolytes of Kaufman and his works.
Austin Playhouse turns Hamlet on its head in the sensitive, hilarious ‘Fat Ham’
Director Ben Wolfe and his talented cast and crew have created the perfect work for this moment, a celebration of the outsiders, the weirdos, those thought too sensitive, too loud, who take up too much space, who try to walk a path all their own. It's the perfect piece to celebrate this Pride Month, raising up queer voices and showing how our softness can also be our strength.
Dirty Gold’s ‘Venus in Fur’ is a smartly-crafted, scintillating battle of the sexes with a clever, courageous cast
Venus in Fur is an absolute wonder, a smart, sexy, stunning work, where it's obvious that everyone involved is completely committed to the vision, featuring some of the best performances I've seen this year.
Austin Playhouse brings us to the Riviera with a talented cast and a ton of laughs in ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’
Summer has started early at Austin Playhouse, as the company brings Austin audiences to the shores of the French Riviera for their latest production, a hilarious, if limited, rendition of David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane's Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Color Arc’s ‘Wanna Play’ is a compassionate, clever bit of candy-coated catharsis
"Wanna Play" is is a raw nerve coated in cotton candy, trauma as transmitted through an arcade cabinet, but it's also work of exceptional honesty, treating its troubled, damaged characters with real empathy and grace, and those are two things that all of us, in these troubled times, could use a little more of.
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