Top 10 Memorable Moments in Austin Theatre
Productions and performances, from the fantastic to the unfortunate
Bob Abelman
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Arts, Dec. 15, 2022
Dueling Dickens
Two gifts to Austin audiences as Zach Theatre and Penfold Theatre present their own versions of A Christmas Carol
Arts, Dec. 15, 2022
Review: Broadway in Austin's Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
Quite the fan, I am
Arts, Dec. 8, 2022
Review: The Last Five Years
Inclusive production gives the time between love and loss a mighty voice
Arts, Dec. 8, 2022
Review: Archive Theater's A Sherlock Holmes Christmas
Should you welcome this Holmes for the holidays with seasonal cheer?
Arts, Dec. 1, 2022
Review: Austin Playhouse’s The (One-Act) Play That Goes Wrong
An evening of side-splitting schadenfreude
Arts, Nov. 23, 2022
Review: Different Stages Theatre's Water by the Spoonful
A teaspoon of gravitas, tablespoon of heart is the perfect recipe for this Pulitzer winner
Arts, Nov. 23, 2022
Review: Austin Shakespeare's Sense and Sensibility
Putting the pedal to the metal bolsters Jane Austen’s classic work
Arts, Nov. 17, 2022
Review: Glass Half Full’s Cenicienta
The bibbidi-bobbidi-boo in this bilingual Cinderella story lies in the storytelling
Arts, Nov. 10, 2022
Review: Broadway in Austin’s Chicago
Hello, suckers! The classic is back in its scandalous glory
Arts, Nov. 3, 2022
Review: Glass Half Full Theatre's Yamel Cucuy
Modern-day Mexican folktale rallies against things that go bump in the night
Arts, Oct. 27, 2022
Review: Georgetown Palace Theatre's Cabaret
A risky and risqué staging opens the company’s season of stalwart productions
Arts, Oct. 20, 2022
Review: Jarrott Productions' The Pact
This new, locally sourced play cleverly covers its dark comedy center with a thick sitcom coating
Arts, Oct. 13, 2022
Review: Different Stages Theatre's Shining City
As with all Conor McPherson plays, the devil is in the details
Arts, Sept. 29, 2022
Review: Broadway in Austin’s Hadestown
Headfirst, straight to a Hell of a good time
Arts, Sept. 22, 2022
Review: Zach Theatre's The Inheritance, Part 2
Second installment of this audacious opus is too much of a good thing
Arts, Sept. 22, 2022
Review: Alchemy Theatre's The Virgin Trial
Elizabeth I's violent life reimagined as part The Crown, part Criminal Minds
Arts, Sept. 15, 2022
Review: The City Theatre's The Fantasticks
Reverential and sharp production of the classic musical celebrates its subtleties
Arts, Sept. 8, 2022
Review: Zach Theatre's The Inheritance, Part 1
Epic in length and ambition, this portrait of gay life in the 21st century is stunning
Arts, Aug. 25, 2022
Review: Ground Floor Theatre's Anna in the Tropics
Life imitates art in this tantalizing production of a Pulitzer-winning play
Arts, Aug. 18, 2022
Review: The Stage Austin's Hedwig and the Angry Inch
An audacious but underwhelming walk on the wild side
Arts, Aug. 18, 2022
Review: Austin Playhouse's Previews of Departing Attractions
Twenty years in the making, Lowell Bartholomee’s latest collection of short plays is worth the wait
Arts, Aug. 11, 2022
Review: Broadway in Austin’s Mean Girls
Tina Fey’s musical induces laughter, sensory overload, and acid reflux
Arts, Aug. 4, 2022
Review: TexARTS' The Full Monty
Exuberant musical about stripping steelworkers gets a less-than-cocksure production
Arts, July 21, 2022
Disney’s Newsies
The Broadway strike musical occupies Zilker Hillside Theatre spectacularly
Arts, July 14, 2022
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Steve Martin’s deliciously absurdist tale of art and science
Arts, July 6, 2022
Review: Zach Theatre’s The Sound of Music
New production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic tries to forget the Julie Andrews film, and finds new political relevance
Arts, June 30, 2022
Running Bear
Hyde Park’s new original play perfectly showcases writer Raul Garza
Arts, June 20, 2022
Review: Gilbert & Sullivan Austin’s The McAdo
Spry rewrite of the classic operetta swaps kimonos for kilts
Arts, June 16, 2022
Undark: A Radioactive Puppet Play
Henson-backed world premiere recounts a workers' rights fight
