Since relocating to Austin, I’ve visited my hometown, NYC, for the past thirteen years to see any Broadway musical featuring a pop, rock, or jazz musician or group. For over a decade, my life as a former music critic and reporter for luminary publications such as Billboard, Circus, Record Week, and Performance revolved around Read more
Season 6 at the Filigree Theatre opened with the powerful Tennessee Williams play Suddenly Last Summer. Perhaps it cannot be helped that with such a brilliant script as only the inimitable Williams has written, there could be no possible way to ruin a performance. That theory proved somewhat false. Accolades belong Read more
The Vortex Theater is a small, innovative theatre company located on Manor Road in East Austin that continually pushes the boundaries of experimental theatre. In business for three decades (a long time for a city that only became a known entity to the rest of the world a few years Read more
The title ‘Funny, Like an Abortion’ is provocative and thought-provoking, encapsulating the play’s dark humor and serious subject matter. It’s a play that uses humor to shed light on the dire state of women’s health and the issues surrounding abortion rights. Playwright Rachel Bublitz was visiting Austin on the Opening Read more
A Bittersweet Satire on the State of Texas Law Against Women Nature abhors a vacuum. The theme of Calm Your T!ts, a 50-minute comedy, reflects on what is happening in the Texas legislative cult-like body that has reversed women’s/human rights to their bodies and health. The show is singing to the Read more
