Playtime!

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY. I cried. What a play. I immediately loved Lana Dietrich when I saw her star in Vigil with Ken Webster at Hyde Park Theatre last fall, even though she only had a few lines. Now she shines even brighter with a full speaking roll and a dysfunctional personality and family. The story is easy to identify with no matter what your background and it will quickly suck you in, spin you around, and break your heart. Playing until May 22nd at Zach Theatre.


Opening yesterday, A Behanding in Spokane. I had no idea going in what this play was about, but I knew it would be great because it's at Hyde Park Theatre. It's definitely gripping and full of twists and f-bombs. The cast is brilliant and it's a really fun, entertaining, on the edge of your seat kind of show. Playing until May 28th! (Photo by Brent Brookshire)


My favorite Mamet men are at it again with two improvised plays this weekend. Check out Confidence Men at The Hideout Theater this Friday at 10pm, and again Saturday at Salvage Vanguard Theater at 10pm. Pretty soon these boys will be showin' off in New York, so catch them while ya can!

Speaking of these fine Mamet men, a few of them are involved in the production of True West. Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays starting May 26th at Blue Theater. I've never been so excited for a play. And I want you to get excited too, so I'm going to give away two tickets to the show! Name three plays the Confidence Men have done during their shows and list them in a comment and I'll hit the first two people up with a ticket! (Hint: the link to find that information can be found by following one of the links in this post).


Come Saturday & Sunday, it's time for Reggie Watts at ND at 501 Studios. Tickets are $20 and shows are at 8pm. I'll be at the Sunday show with my crew! If you haven't seen Reggie yet, you gotta. The things this guy can do with his voice are out of this world.



Back to real life now. Have fun!

Winning

Thank goodness Cheeky is having a Happy Hour event today with free eyebrow waxing, eye makeup application, and spray tanning, cause my brows are lookin' a mess and I'm whiter than Charlie Sheen's cocaine stash. Check it out from 4-7pm on W. 6th St!

After that, head over to Lambert's to check out The Damnwells, a damn fine band, playing songs from their new compact disc "No One Listens To The Band Anymore", show at 10:30pm for $10.

Friday night. Another great band, The Books, will be playing at 8pm at the amazing venue Central Presbyterian Church for under $20 bucks a ticket. I'd love to go but I gotta catch Showdown!

Carnival Ah! is coming up next week on the 12th and 13th and will take place at the Austin Community College Rio Grande Campus. Two days of jam-packed family friendly outdoor fun supporting the Arts and Humanities department and the American Sign Language department. I'm definitely interested ASL, and I'm not fluent by any means, but I know all the important signs like zebra, octopus and cookie, thanks to my Sign Language for Babies App. Check out all kinds of events including a variety of dance events, art, a short film festival, live music, ASL Poetry, and one of my favorite things in the world: an Exquisite Corpse Art Session. Enjoy the weather with your family and have fun!

Well keep it real this week and be safe!

Say Yes to slowin' down and Showdown!

Austinaughties, didn't you read my blog post about staying safe? Well, a girl from out of town didn't...and drank...and drove...herself right into my car at 6 o'clock in the morning. So yeah, she went to jail, my car is totaled, and I'm taking it easy once again. I'm definitely glad to be alive and kickin', even though I'm kickin' it like an 80 year old lady. I know you all know the dangers of drinking and driving, but once again, here is another reminder. Now someone come pick me up and drive me around Miss Daisy style!

Hell Yes Fest starts tonight! Man, I love that name. New Movement Theater is bringing us a week of comedy and classes and workshops. Some of the events are free, but check out Localiter today and get half-off your tickets!

Have ya'll heard about Showdown? Showdown is a six-part serialized improv drama playing Friday and Saturday nights at SVT. My friends won't stop blowing up the Facebooks about it, and the last show this Saturday. You have to buy your tickets now or you won't see it. Looks fun, right?

I've been psyched to see August: Osage County ever since I heard it was coming to Zach Theater. Tickets are going to be $25 for this week's shows, so get them now! Stay tuned for my review, and Hairspray is coming up in June!

So, I checked out Bar Chi yesterday for happy hour because it's on the cheap and I ain't got no damn money. Bar Chi is a new sushi joint downtown that has your regular happy hour, but also reverse happy hour, and happy hour all day Sunday. Sushi rolls are about $4-6 bucks and nigiri is $1.50 at most. They also have Bloody Sake, which I've heard is the bomb, but I haven't tried it yet. So, cheap drinks and cheap sushi. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't my favorite. Next time I'll probably just stick to the Austin roll, because they were the best out of everything we tried.

Alright, back to real life now. Have fun and be safe! When I'm feeling up to it, I'm going to start recording and posting videos about Austin-y things. Sound good? YESSS.