Austria Theater Reviews

Review: DAVOR/DANACH (BEFORE/AFTER) at Theatre Spielraum
by Martin Ganeider - April 22, 2024

Davor/Danach (Before/After) is an intimate chamber musical written by Stuart Matthew Price and Timothy Knapman. It can be seen for the first time in German at the Theatre Spielraum in the heart of Vienna....

Review: ROCK OF AGES at Stadthalle Wien
by Martin Ganeider - April 14, 2024

What did our critic think of ROCK OF AGES at Stadthalle Wien?...

Review: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Raimund Theater
by Martin Ganeider - March 16, 2024

What did our critic think of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Raimund Theater?...

Review: FOOTLOOSE THE MUSICAL at Stadthalle Wien
by Martin Ganeider - February 08, 2024

What did our critic think of FOOTLOOSE THE MUSICAL at Stadthalle Wien? Remember those days when dancing in Bomont was prohibited, and we watched the young Kevin Bacon as Ren McCormack, giving it all for the sake of dancing and all the unfortunate souls in this prim little town. Of course, there wasn...

Review: WEST SIDE STORY at Volksoper
by Martin Ganeider - January 28, 2024

What did our critic think of WEST SIDE STORY at Volksoper?...

Review: CANDIDE at Museumsquartier Halle E
by Martin Ganeider - January 19, 2024

Leonard Bernstein's masterpiece, Candide, is back in Vienna for a strictly limited run. Based on Voltaire's 18th-century novel, Bernstein created a so-called comic operetta, or as some might say, a musical in an old-fashioned way. You may call it whatever you want. At the end of the evening, it is a...

Review: WORKING at MUK Theater
by Martin Ganeider - December 18, 2023

There might be no better place for a university for music and arts than in the heart of Vienna, surrounded by historical buildings where the greatest composers of all time have been strolling around. Unsurprisingly, many now-famous musical actors, like the latest newcomer, Moritz Mausser (ROCK ME AM...

Review: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Raimund Theater
by Martin Ganeider - November 21, 2023

What did our critic think of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Raimund Theater?...

Review: TICK,TICK...BOOM! at Volksoper
by Martin Ganeider - October 29, 2023

What did our critic think of TICK,TICK...BOOM! at Volksoper?...

Review: MASTER CLASS at Das Vindobona
by Martin Ganeider - October 18, 2023

December 02, 2023, would be the 100th birthday of the world's greatest opera singer, Maria Callas. What a great reason to bring back Arie Zingers Volkstheater's production from 1997 with Andrea Eckert, recreating her critically acclaimed performance, now at the stage of Wolfgang Ebner's Vindobona fo...

Review: ROCK ME AMADEUS THE FALCO MUSICAL at RONACHER THEATER
by Martin Ganeider - October 08, 2023

What did our critic think of ROCK ME AMADEUS THE FALCO MUSICAL at RONACHER THEATER?...

Review: ELISABETH IN CONCERT at Schönbrunn Castle
by Martin Ganeider - June 30, 2023

What did our critic think of ELISABETH IN CONCERT at Schönbrunn Castle? The dramatically touching story about Austria's famous Empress Elisabeth is back for a three-night Open Air Concert in Schönbrunn's grand forecourt....

Review: NONNSENSE at TSCHAUNER BÜHNE
by Martin Ganeider - June 19, 2023

What did our critic think of NONNSENSE at TSCHAUNER BÜHNE? Let's get Tschaunern, Vienna's most famous impromptu stage, kicked off the 2023 season with Dan Goggin's Musical Comedy, Nonnsense. ...

Review: DIRTY DANCING THE ORIGINAL LIVE ON TOUR at WIENER STADTHALLE
by Martin Ganeider - June 14, 2023

What did our critic think of DIRTY DANCING THE ORIGINAL LIVE ON TOUR at WIENER STADTHALLE? 'No one puts baby in a corner.' One of the most iconic movie quotes of all time, embossed by Patrick Swayze as Johnny Castle. The movie became a phenomenon, but it took years to convince Eleanor Bergstein to t...

Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR IN CONCERT at Raimund Theater
by Martin Ganeider - April 01, 2023

What did our critic think of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR IN CONCERT at Raimund Theater?...

Review: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at LANDESTHEATER LINZ
by Martin Ganeider - March 22, 2023

What did our critic think of NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at LANDESTHEATER LINZ?...

Review: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH at DAS VINDOBONA
by Martin Ganeider - January 11, 2023

What did our critic think of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH at DAS VINDOBONA? The Glam-Rock Musical Sensation with Music and Lyrics by Stephen Trask and a Book by John Cameron Mitchell is back in Austria for a limited run at the Vindobona. What a way to start the year. After Hedwig's first appearance in ...

Feature: Best Theatre of 2022 For Austria & Germany
by Martin Ganeider - December 27, 2022

Let's call it a year. Recovering from the pandemic episode, home alone, only connected via Video Calls, (more or less) entertained by living room concerts instead of spending a night out at the theatre, we got the opportunity to enjoy various shows over Austria and Germany. We returned to the theatr...

Review: HARRY POTTER THE EXHIBITION at METAstadt Vienna
by Martin Ganeider - December 19, 2022

What did our critic think of HARRY POTTER THE EXHIBITION at MetaStadt Vienna?...

Review: DINNER BEFORE CHRISTMAS at Das Vindobona
by Martin Ganeider - December 03, 2022

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!...

Review: TONI MÖRWALD PALAZZO at Spiegelpalast Wien
by Martin Ganeider - November 12, 2022

What did our critic think of TONI MÖRWALD PALAZZO at Spiegelpalast Wien? DINNER IS READY!...

Review: THE DANUBE SYMPHONY at Wiener Musikverein
by Martin Ganeider - November 06, 2022

What did our critic think of THE DANUBE SYMPHONY at Wiener Musikverein?...

Review: DISNEY'S THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME at Ronacher Theater
by Martin Ganeider - October 09, 2022

Disney's THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, based on Victor Hugo's novel, directed by Scott Schwartz, is this year's second grand opening from the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien after REBECCA. Another Opus Magnum for Austrias Musical Capitol....

Review: REBECCA THE MUSICAL at Raimund Theatre
by Martin Ganeider - September 23, 2022

REBECCA, the musical about love and obsession reaching from beyond the grave, is back! Daphne Du Maurier's novel has been adapted several times successfully for stage and screen, like Alfred Hitchcock's Academy-Awarded Version or the late Netflix Adaption with Lily James and Armie Hammer. Silvester ...

Review: DAS VINDOBONA SEASON PRESENTATION at Das Vindobona
by Martin Ganeider - September 07, 2022

What did our critic think of DAS VINDOBONA SEASON PRESENTATION at Das Vindobona? Summer is coming to an end, and theatres all over the country are ready to welcome back their audiences. So did Wolfgang Ebner, head of DAS VINDOBONA, a place already known for its diversly entertaining program....