We've all met women like these; many of us have parents, aunts, sisters, or daughters just like these, and the portrait Garza and Austin Playhouse paint of these women and their struggle is like a warm hug after a long, hard day.
Broadway in Austin’s ‘Clue’ is an over-the-top, laugh-a-minute evening of farce
Clue plays all of its actions to their very back rows, with exaggerated performances that take the essence of their game and film counterparts, and ratchets the camp knob up until its liable to break...It won't be a play for everyone, to be sure, but for those that don't a mind a quick slice of over-the-top humor, you could do far, far worse.
‘A Million More to Go’ is a dark, droll, if uneven slice of twisted political satire
Despite its faults, A Million More to Go is a solid piece of absurdist political satire, with a stellar ensemble, often riotous dialogue, and intriguing world-building. It's also a great opportunity to support original work by a local playwright, something that can be hard to come by in this city. Jarrott Productions continues to bring unique works to the Austin stage, and this is another feather in the cap for the company, and may just act as a calling card for its associate company Cinnamon Path as well.
Heart and Humor meet in Hyde Park’s celebration of community in ‘My HEB’
My HEB is a surprisingly heartfelt piece, both love letter and roast of the chain and the people who frequent it, but it's above all a celebration of those rare spaces that bring Texans of all races, genders, sexualities, and experiences together to form one community.
Bottle Alley’s ‘Aurora’ is a poignant examination of the loneliness of the universe
The story of a lost soul who just may have come from the stars on her 30th Birthday, waiting to finally hear from her extraterrestrial family, it in many ways examines the loneliness of our own existence in the cosmos, and the ways in which we try to find connection, whether it be romantic, sexual, emotional, or otherwise.
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