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Everyone Says That at the End of the World…

April 19, 2013 3:44 pm by: Mike Lee

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Author Owen Egerton's latest book, Everyone Says That at the End of the World... is (spoiler alert) about the end of the world. That's a topic that seems to be on everybody's mind these days, which, according to Owen, is much as it's always been. The idea that mankind has always been preoccupied with theories about and stories of its own ultimate demise is a key theme of the novel, in fact. It's set in Austin, and keen-eyed readers will recognize fictionalized versions of people and places from around town. The hermit crab who's central to the plot, though, is a wholely original creation. Comedic elements such as that crab (whose name is Click) found their way into what was originally conceived as a more dramatic work, resulting in a comic novel that has been getting great reviews, and that Owen himself considers it his funniest work yet....
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Gore Vidal’s Political Classic

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Gore Vidal’s Political Classic

The late Gore Vidal once said that his politically-themed play The Best Man was staged somewhere in America every four years, and he was probably right about that. And there's good reason for that; despite being written some 52 years ago, the play remains a timely and relevant look at...
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A Crisis of Faith on the Border

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A Crisis of Faith on the Border

The latest work by award-winning playwright Raul Garza (Fantasmaville, Dos Pocitos) is onstage now at Salvage Vanguard Theater. Cura is set in a small town on the Texas/Mexico border in 1938; it's a place where people move between countries and between religions. The Catholic church exists side by...
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An Award-Winning World Premiere

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An Award-Winning World Premiere

The world premiere of This Feather House will be staged next month at Casa De Luz. The play is notable for winning the inaugural Wasserstein Prize (named for the late Wendy Wasserstein) for Austin playwright Linda Ramsey, who plays Jackie in this debut production of the work. Dystheatre artistic...
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Puppets, Ducks, and Dirty Words

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Puppets, Ducks, and Dirty Words

The folks at Glass Half Full Theatre have just premiered their latest work, Fup Duck, an original tabletop puppetry performance based on the novella Fup by Jim Dodge. The book has a bit of a cult following; director Caroline Reck says it's the sort of book that inspires fans to...
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The Hillside is Alive with the Sound of Music

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The Hillside is Alive with the Sound o...

A little over half a century ago, Austin began staging the Zilker Summer Musical; the same year, The Sound of Music made its Broadway debut. Over the years, The Sound of Music has become the most requested musical for the Zilker folks, and this summer they're finally bringing the...
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Peter Bay’s Dancing Debut

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Peter Bay’s Dancing Debut

Allison Orr’s Forklift Danceworks is known for crafting performances around unlikely dancers. They've created original dance works centered around firefighters, gondoliers, and, in The Trash Project, sanitation workers and their trucks. Their latest endeavor, Solo Symphony, was...
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The Rock Musical as History Lesson

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The Rock Musical as History Lesson

After directing Evil Dead: The Musical and Sweeney Todd in quick succession, Michael McKelvey has become known as "the blood guy" in the Austin theater community, though he never set out to earn that title. His latest directorial effort is Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,...
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A Maurice Sendak Rock Show

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A Maurice Sendak Rock Show

When Emily Marks took over as artistic director of the Scottish Rite Theater recently, one of her first decisions was to stage a new version of the 1970s Maurice Sendak/Carole King family musical Really Rosie. Originally produced as an animated TV special in 1975, Really Rosie has...
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Generous Art

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Generous Art

Last year, Austin artist Jennifer Chenoweth created the online gallery Generous Art as a place for local artists to sell existing work. The idea was that art lovers could shop without the pressure of a gallery setting,...
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Comedy Out of Bounds

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Comedy Out of Bounds

Now in its eleventh year, the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival continues to expand in size and scope. Originally a small improv fest bringing in acts from as far away as Houston, Out of Bounds has now grown into a weeklong celebration of improv, sketch, and standup comedy from around the globe. The...
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A Funny Play About Depression

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A Funny Play About Depression

Hyde Park Theatre artistic director Ken Webster calls Tigers Be Still "the funniest play I've ever come across about depression." It's a dark comedy with a small cast, which is just the sort of thing that the fine folks at Hyde Park excel at, so it's a natural fit for the theater. The...
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The Spirit of the Olympics

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The Spirit of the Olympics

The Flame, the latest production by Aerial Arts collective Sky Candy, is a theatrical interpretation of the story of the Olympic flame, featuring the acrobatics, aerial stunts, and trapeze work that Sky Candy is known for. The show was conceived, choreographed, and directed by Andy Agne, a lifelong...
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A Man With a Band and A Man With a Movie Camera

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A Man With a Band and A Man With a Mov...

When the folks at the Alamo Drafthouse gave musician Justin Sherburn free reign to compose an original score for the silent film of his choosing, he did a lot of research before settling on the 1929 Russian film Man With a Movie Camera. This experimental film from director Dziga Vertov may...
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Spill Dot Con

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Spill Dot Con

The guys of Spill.com started entertaining the masses with a decade long stint on public access tv as the movie review show "The Reel Deal." When they took to the internet several years ago, they eventually built a small web empire featuring both audio and animated movie reviews, several podcasts,...
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