For the past several years, Doctuh Mistuh Productions, led by award-winner Michael McKelvey, has been bringing Austinites some of the best cult musicals around, and have gained heavy praise in the process. Just last year, their production of Silence: The Musical, a campy, musical rendition of Silence of the Lambs, won the B. Iden Payne … Continue reading ‘Heathers: The Musical’ is a dark, hilarious take on the cult classic
Sometimes, a company and a writer just click. Hyde Park has done wonders with the work of Conor McPherson and Annie Baker, Maksym Kurochkin and Breaking String are a marriage made in heaven, and Capital T makes Mickle Maher’s work sing like no other, creating glittering wonders from the writer’s unique gems, including award-winning productions … Continue reading ‘The Strangerer’ is a heady, hilarious look at politics and death
There are some plays where, the moment you step into the theatre, there’s an enthralling energy that grabs you immediately. When you first walk into the Vortex Theatre for “Emma When You Need Her”, and you’re literally greeted by the cast, dancing to eighties music, the audience writing their hopes for the future on the … Continue reading ‘Emma When You Need Her’: An enrapturous romp through the life of Emma Goldman
Trouble Puppet is never one to rest on their laurels. They could easily just half-assedly throw something together and still pull in the crowds on reputation alone, but they come back year after year with original, intriguing tales based on everything from science fiction novels to historical events. With their latest, Trouble Puppet, led by … Continue reading ‘The Wars of Heaven Part 1’: A well-crafted wonder of puppetry
"All the Way" drops its audience into 1960s America, right after the death of John F. Kennedy, one of our nation's most beloved presidents. We follow Lyndon Baines Johnson following this horrific event, and during the period of his first year, a year with focused on fighting the horrible treatment of African Americans, and his … Continue reading ‘All the Way’ is a well-acted look at this nation’s turbulent past
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