AltWeeklies Wire
The Mardi Gras Indians and the NOPDnew

Meeting of the chiefs and the commanders designed to head off trouble at the pass.
Gambit |
Charles Maldonado |
02-13-2012 |
Performance
Tags: Mardi Gras 2012
Mike Daisey brings controversial Apple story to Charlestonnew

The monologist has been performing the Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs since 2010, examining the moral issues surrounding the production of Apple products in China. In late 2011, his message was finally heard.
Charleston City Paper |
Stephanie Barna |
02-11-2012 |
Performance
Tags: Steve Jobs, Mike Daisey
A double-dip of 'Grosse Fuge'new

The San Antonio Symphony's Beethoven Festival just finished its first week, with performances sponsored by the San Antonio Symphony, Camerata San Antonio, SA International Piano Competition, and more festival partners.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
01-19-2012 |
Performance
Photographic Memoriesnew

How Oakland resident Lisa Mancini is resurrecting the vintage photobooth.
East Bay Express |
Cassie Harwood |
01-06-2012 |
Performance
Lauri Stallings: The Choreographernew

How the choreographer who vowed never to live in Atlanta and never start a dance company has helped transform Atlanta's art scene.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andrew Alexander |
01-05-2012 |
Performance
Tags: Lauri Stallings
Message in a Tin Cannew

How Adamh Roland resurrected the art of the singing telegram.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
12-30-2011 |
Performance
Tags: Adamh Roland, Singing Telegrams
Contempt, Desire Boil Over in Weller’s ‘Fifty Words’new

Why do couples stay married? Love? Devotion? Obligation to children? Or are they held together by habit reinforced by the fear of being alone?
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
12-08-2011 |
Performance
Review: NoExit's 'The Nutcracker'new

Ryan Mullin's Herr Drosselmeyer shines as an insult comic/scary clown in NoExit's 'Nutcracker,' the first theater production in Big Car's garage bay.
NUVO |
Scott Shoger |
12-08-2011 |
Performance
Ballet Magnificat! Marks 25 Yearsnew
As a professional ballerina, Kathy Thibodeaux began to pray about her career and her future when she became a Christian in 1979. "Should I keep dancing? Do I give up dancing?" She wondered. At that point, she says, no one in the country was really dancing for Jesus. Her Christian friends were skeptical that dancing was something a nice Christian girl should do.
Jackson Free Press |
Briana Robinson |
12-08-2011 |
Performance
Review: IU's 'La Boheme'new

IU Opera Theater's riveting rendition of this Italian classic is a must-see production.
NUVO |
Rita Kohn |
11-17-2011 |
Performance
A Conversation With John Watersnew

Not long ago, John Waters acted out an airplane crash with a room full of first graders. The kids loved it. It was the same presentation he gives at prisons. Waters states he is proud of the fact that his work has no redeeming social value.
NUVO |
Ed Johnson-Ott |
11-09-2011 |
Performance
Tags: John Waters, Hairspray
Review: Bad Boys of Dancenew

The Bad Boys of Dance is sexy, athletic, entertaining and fun.
NUVO |
Rita Kohn |
11-08-2011 |
Performance
Review: ISO Symphonic Hits Program No. 6new

Featuring two very popular repertoire standards by Schumann and Tchaikovsky, the ISO competes with the seventh game of the World Series — and loses.
NUVO |
Tom Aldridge |
11-03-2011 |
Performance
Review: Phoenix Theatre's 'Jericho'new

The Phoenix presents a five-star Midwest premiere of Jack Canfora's post-9/11 comedic drama, which tackles politics, grief and religion in an unconventional way.
NUVO |
Katelyn Coyne |
11-01-2011 |
Performance
Tags: jericho, phoenix theatre
Review: Night of the Living Deadnew

Acting Up Productions gets gruesome with a terrifying play featuring live...er, uh... undead actors.
NUVO |
Katelyn Coyne |
10-24-2011 |
Performance