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February 26, 2012

Weekly Roundup

11:52 AM Posted by Unknown
February 26 - March 3
Artsy events for the coming week

Sunday 26
Monday 27
Tuesday 28
Wednesday 29
Thursday 1
Friday 2
Saturday 3

February 13, 2012

Austin Shakespeare is on a Roll

12:50 PM Posted by Unknown , , ,

I had the opportunity to attend the opening of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia presented by Austin Shakespeare at the Long Center.

Well, Austin Shakespeare has done it again!  I'm hooked.  I've only attended two of their performances (Hamlet being the other) but I will go to every new production, barring life threatening illness.

I've been a Stoppard fan since I saw Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead in high school and proceeded to read many of his radio plays, but Arcadia was not amongst the lot.  I plan to read it now - many of the jokes were witty and fast and a few flew over my head as I was still contemplating the previous line(s) of dialogue.

The setting for the play is an English manor in 1809 and in the present.  The situations of the characters are slightly mirrored in the different time periods as the modern folk try to uncover some of the mystery of the 1809 characters' lives through snippets in diaries and journals, as well as sketches left behind.  A lot of the content of the play revolves around "new" theories of mathematics and intellectual thought, both in the past and in the present.  I admit I wish I knew more about Lord Byron going into the play and more about mathematics in general, but I consider leaving a play wanting to read more and research more a success.

If you have the chance, this is a production well worth seeing & this is the last week to do so. Visit their site for more information regarding tickets & times.

Side Note: I was curious why a Shakespearean group was tackling a Stoppard play, so I looked them up.  Austin Shakespeare was founded in 1984 and focuses its productions on Shakespeare, but not exclusively.  If you have more questions or are curious about their season, check out Austin Shakespeare at www.austinshakespeare.org.

February 12, 2012

Weekly Roundup

12:00 PM Posted by Unknown
February 12 - February 18
Artsy events in the Austin area this week


Last week to see Tom Stoppard's Arcadia
Next to Normal still running this week @ Zach Theatre
Sunday 12
Monday 13
Tuesday 14
Wednesday 15
Thursday 16
Friday 17
Saturday 18