San Antonio Express-News (Sunday)
The A-List
OUR PICKS FOR WHAT TO SEE AND DO THIS WEEK
1. Concert
Clint Black, the celebrated country singer behind the No. 1 singles “Killin’ Time,” “A Better Man” and “Like the Rain,” is back with a new album, “Out of Sane.”
8 p.m. today, Whitewater Amphitheater, 11860 FM 306, New Braunfels. $38-$88 (some seats sold in blocks of four or six), whitewaterrocks.com.
2. Stage
Classic Theatre wraps up its season of outdoor shows with the long-delayed staging of “Our Town,” Thornton Wilder’s celebration of everyday life. The show was just a few days away from opening when the pandemic hit. Most of the gifted original cast hung in, as did director Mark Stringham.
Opens Thursday. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays and Sundays through May 30, San Antonio Botanical Garden, 555 Funston Place. $24$39, classictheatre.org.
3. Comedy
Taylor Tomlinson is one of the rising stars of stand-up comedy. She followed up appearances on “Last Comic Standing” and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” with an acclaimed Netflix special, “Quarter Life Crisis.”
8 p.m. Thursday, 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Friday, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410. $50-$200 for tables for two, four and eight, improvtx.com/sanantonio.
4. Streaming
Jean Smart stars in “Hacks,” one of the year’s most anticipated shows, as a comedy legend a la Joan Rivers who needs to freshen up her Vegas act. She hires a young writer (Hannah Einbinder) who’s looking for work after her career was derailed by an offensive tweet.
Premieres Thursday on HBO Max.
5. Movie
Angelina Jolie stars in “Those Who Wish Me Dead,” based on the book by bestselling author Michael Koryta. She plays a survival expert based in Montana who must protect a young witness to a murder from both the killers and a rapidly spreading wildfire.
Opens Friday in theaters and on HBO Max.
6. Album
Indie sensation St. Vincent, aka singer and guitarist Annie Clark, has a good shot at broadening her audience with “Daddy’s Home.” The album, which she previewed on “Saturday Night Live,” is influenced by classic rock acts such as Pink Floyd and David Bowie.
Available Friday.