We have a big crush on Tom Perrotta. We lurve the tales he crafts about ordinary people who end up in extraordinary predicaments because they just can't seem to bring themselves to say what they are thinking, even when knowing that it would save them a boat load of grief. We identify with being well-intentioned but sometimes ill-advised and from time to time believe that our own inner monologue is actually the narration for......

A few weeks ago, we were saddened to hear that Austin’s long running, movie-skewering comedy institution, The Sinus Show, was calling it quits. But we were also incredibly happy to learn that Sinus alums John Erler and Joe Parsons would be carrying on the troupe’s proud, hilarious tradition with a brand new weekly show titled Master Pancake Theater. We recently had the chance to sit down with John and Joe over seafood to talk about......

To kick off National Women's History Month, The Vortex is presenting Shrewd Production's Where Are They Now?, a "revived and revised" Cyndi Williams piece originally performed at Frontera Fest '05. We took it in, it all its glory, on opening night last Thursday. For starters, we feel compelled to state that Where Are They Now? is a moving and beautiful work, but it is unconventional in its story-telling, and it has the potential to......