Dueling Dickens
Two gifts to Austin audiences as Zach Theatre and Penfold Theatre present their own versions of A Christmas Carol
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Bob Abelman, Dec. 15, 2022
Review: The Last Five Years
Inclusive production gives the time between love and loss a mighty voice
Bob Abelman, Dec. 8, 2022
Review: Archive Theater's A Sherlock Holmes Christmas
Should you welcome this Holmes for the holidays with seasonal cheer?
Bob Abelman, Dec. 1, 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
Bob Abelman, Nov. 23, 2022
Review: Austin Shakespeare's Sense and Sensibility
Putting the pedal to the metal bolsters Jane Austen’s classic work
Bob Abelman, Nov. 17, 2022
Review: Glass Half Full Theatre's Yamel Cucuy
Modern-day Mexican folktale rallies against things that go bump in the night
Bob Abelman, Oct. 27, 2022
Review: Georgetown Palace Theatre's Cabaret
A risky and risqué staging opens the company’s season of stalwart productions
Bob Abelman, Oct. 20, 2022
Review: Jarrott Productions' The Pact
This new, locally sourced play cleverly covers its dark comedy center with a thick sitcom coating
Bob Abelman, Oct. 13, 2022
Review: Zach Theatre's The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Theatrical elements combine for a “perfect goddamn story”
Shanon Weaver, Oct. 6, 2022
Review: Different Stages Theatre's Shining City
As with all Conor McPherson plays, the devil is in the details
Bob Abelman, Sept. 29, 2022
Review: Zach Theatre's The Inheritance, Part 2
Second installment of this audacious opus is too much of a good thing
Bob Abelman, Sept. 22, 2022
Review: The City Theatre's The Fantasticks
Reverential and sharp production of the classic musical celebrates its subtleties
Bob Abelman, Sept. 8, 2022
Hope and Hard Truth: A Life in Texas Politics
Life beyond the governor’s office with Ann Richards’ chief aide
Michael King, Sept. 1, 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
Bob Abelman, Aug. 25, 2022
Review: Ground Floor Theatre's Anna in the Tropics
Life imitates art in this tantalizing production of a Pulitzer-winning play
Bob Abelman, Aug. 18, 2022
Review: The Stage Austin's Hedwig and the Angry Inch
An audacious but underwhelming walk on the wild side
Bob Abelman, 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
Bob Abelman, Aug. 11, 2022
Disney’s Newsies
The Broadway strike musical occupies Zilker Hillside Theatre spectacularly
Bob Abelman, July 14, 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
Bob Abelman, June 30, 2022
Review: Gilbert & Sullivan Austin’s The McAdo
Spry rewrite of the classic operetta swaps kimonos for kilts
Bob Abelman, June 16, 2022
Romance and Petty Theft in Community Klepto
Author Kelly I. Hitchcock steals your heart away
Jasmine Lane, June 9, 2022
Review: Penfold Theatre Co.'s A War of the Worlds
All’s Wells that ends Welles in this innovative reenvisioning of a radio sci-fi landmark
Wayne Alan Brenner, June 9, 2022
Ronnie Earle, Gangbuster
Jesse Sublett revisits Austin’s criminal past in Last Gangster in Austin
Jay Trachtenberg, June 9, 2022
Inside the Seventies Weed Business in Wild Times in Old Austin
Dazed, confused, and profitable
Jay Trachtenberg, June 9, 2022
Review: Austin Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Less-than-magical production salvaged by a night of unexpected spontaneity
Bob Abelman, May 12, 2022
Review: Zach Theatre's Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch
Surprisingly minimalist adaptation of beloved kids book still enchants
Bob Abelman, May 5, 2022
Review: Austin Playhouse’s The Catastrophist
Aptly timed return to the stage for a meditation on science and risk
Ellen Daly, March 31, 2022
Review: TexARTS Theater's Sweeney Todd
Despite fruitless tweaks to the storytelling, this is a tale that still has bite
Bob Abelman, Feb. 24, 2022
Review: Snow in Our Potties! (The Storm Made Us Do It)
New children’s book is a lighthearted memoir of Winter Storm Uri that teaches kids how to help
Katherine McNevins, Feb. 10, 2022
Street Corner Arts' Strange, But Perfect
World premiere is a delightful treatise on the stuff of which friends are made
