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ZACH Theatre in the News:
Arts Review: The Flaming Idiots
By Wayne Alan Brenner, The Austin Chronicle
February 26, 2010
Ah, yes, it's been six years since Zach Theatre regulars Pyro, Gyro, and Walter galumphed across the boards of the Kleberg Stage, and now they're back. "Reignited," as the ad copy goes, "and it feels so good." Well, we agree ... (Read more.)
Flaming Idiots Fly Again, Sans Flame
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Lack of combustion has not stopped the Idiots from performing an act mastered during the past 20 years. From making a sandwich with one's feet to shoving a 3-foot balloon down one's throat to making audience members kick an Idiot, the show is full of surprises. (Read more.)
Gifts of the Magi
By Robert Faires, The Austin Chronicle
December 4, 2009
Like the magi in the Christmas story, these three men come from different places but are making the same journey. What they seek is an Austin that's compassionate and just, and they follow a vision of community bonded through art, with their creative talents to offer as gifts ... (Read more.)
Barbara Chisholm: A Shining Star in Austin's Arts Constellation
By Terri Schexnayder, Austin Woman Magazine
December 2009
ZACH Theatre: First Look at a New Stage
By Robert Faires, The Austin Chronicle
October 30, 2009
So what will the third theatre in Zach Theatre's burgeoning South Lamar and Riverside compound look like? The company gave us a sneak peek last week with the release of two exterior images by Andersson-Wise Architects ... (Read more.)
ZACH Theatre unveils designs for new venue
By Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, The Austin American-Statesman
October 19, 2009
Zach Theatre will release designs today for a sleek 430-seat theater that will be surrounded by a tree-filled plaza and grounds. Slipped onto Zach’s site at South Lamar Boulevard and West Riverside Drive, the new building promises to help establish an arts park on Lady Bird Lake ... (Read more.)
The Laramie Project, 10 Years Later
By Robert Faires, The Austin Chronicle
October 9, 2009
A young man savagely beaten, then tied to a fence and left to die, which he did, sadly, six days later. If the murder of Matthew Shepard shocked you as deeply as it did so many around the world, you may find it difficult to believe that more than a decade has passed since that tragic incident occurred ... (Read more.)
ZACH Theatre: New Stages for New Stages
By Robert Faires, The Austin Chronicle
August 7, 2009
What's the first rule of the stage? No matter what disasters may rain upon the theatre or your own head, the show must go on. And so it goes at Zach Theatre with regard to the company's long a-borning building expansion plans. The economic collapse may have put the kibosh on dream projects at other arts organizations, but the folks at Zach, like true troupers, are marching forward with theirs, with the results already in evidence ... (Read more.)
‘Porgy’ Meets Katrina, and Life’s Not So Easy
By Ralph Blummenthal, The New York Times
January 29, 2008
“Summertime/And the livin’ is easy” takes on a whole new meaning when the time becomes the summer of 2005, and the storm-tossed denizens of Catfish Row find themselves stranded on the Katrina-flooded rooftops of New Orleans ... (Read more.)
