As we scourged all the theatre listings this week, endlessly digging for all the dirt on all the shows in all the venues from all the companies in all of Central Texas, we realized…there is no spoon. There’s also practically nothing opening this weekend. But never fear, dear theatre goer, there’s plenty, plenty of shows that are still running from previous weeks that – if you haven’t already seen them – will forever haunt... more ›

Wanna check out "the finest improv comedians in Austin" (Austin Chronicle) who "kick some serious ass" (Austinist...hey, that's us!) as they dish out this week's news with an improv slant? God knows, with the riptide of outrageous news this week -- from yet another drunken Bush to stories of idiot mamas (oh wait, was that redundant?) -- there's so much spoofable news, you're sure to catch a big, fat, snarky wave. more ›

Back in the 30s – you know when everyone was broke – some group of bleeding hearts decided that all those starving artists needed something to do, and came up with the Federal Theatre Project. (Smells a lot like socialism – but don’t worry, they’d all pay for it later) Then, just to add insult to injury, this group of lazy, welfare-induced pricks started writing about current affairs (all the naughty stuff) – almost... more ›

Lookin' for something fun & cheap to do tonight? Or next Saturday night? Or the one after that?? As we've mentioned before, some of the fabulously talented improv folks here in Austin have cooked up a little weekly satirical news special that runs every Saturday night, 10:30, at the Hideout Theatre. This being Income Tax Day, we suspect tonight's Whirled News will be the funniest yet! We sat down recently (and virtually) with the... more ›

They may not be as famous, and they’re certainly harder to have sex with, but at least Austin’s theatre-makers don’t have to try and fuck anyone with a pulse who appeared on Leno just to feel good about themselves. That’s right, dear theatre enthusiast, here in the A-burg we raise our self-esteem the old fashioned way: by putting on plays. By that measure, this week we’ll be riding that self-worth train steady on into... more ›