Full A-Team Review: A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits

Sitting through a production of A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits is much like strapping yourself into the Titan Roller Coaster at Six Flags; catch your breath before you sit down, because you may not have a chance to do so once the performance has begun. Set amidst a circus tent backdrop, this highly animated, quickly paced show was filled to the brim with action. Music filled the air, actors barked and meowed, birthed rabbits flew, 3 gynecological puppet commentators appeared between a 6 feet pair of female legs.

Free Long Fringe Tix! New Offers!

Who: More FronteraFest pieces
What: Free A-Team tickets for you to see and review these exciting shows!
Where: Either the Blue Theatre or Salvage Vanguard Theatre
When: This week and next, varying times.
Why: A chance to try out the A-Team ( wonderful program that gives free weekly tix to arts events in exchange for a review of the show on nowplayingaustin.com) and an opportunity to support local theatre and dance pieces during FronteraFest!

Because of the huge, wonderful allotment of FronteraFest Long Fringe tickets, we have some extra tickets to give away to members of our Arts Community.Spend a week with us as honorary A-team members! If you like it ( and we know you will), get signed up as a full fledged member today!

If you haven’t heard of the A-Team, it is a wonderful program of the Greater Austin Creative Alliance. You get a weekly email about free tickets to art, music, theatre, dance, film and special events all over Austin. You are sent to the event for free, and in return are asked to post a review of the show on nowplayingaustin.com by the Wednesday following the event! Its a great way to see local art, and help promote outstanding events.

Full A-Team Review: A Weekend of Ruth Margraff

by A-Team Member Ross Scarano

With the shouted word “Cocktails!” reverberating in the open space of Salvage Vanguard Theater, I was handed an Old Fashioned in a plastic cup, muddled before my eyes with a homemade maraschino cherry and a bright slice of orange. That I would soon be seeing a staged reading of Ruth Margraff’s Over the Garden Wall was not yet apparent in the casual atmosphere fostered by drinks and talk of parlor games. Sure, some of the well-dressed people moving among the audience members were actors (you could tell because they shouted “cocktails!” with a theatrical flourish I could never have mustered), but the theater felt more like a friendly gathering than the moments before a ticketed event.

Weekly Top Ten List

Every week our A Team members and other arts community members are hard at work reviewing local theatre and deciding which ones will head up our weekly top ten list. So what are these reviews? Which shows are shining bright every week? Well now these lists are coming straight to you! Feel free to read more of the reviews and see the rest of the Top Ten List here