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BWW Review: RAGTIME a Work of Great Power and Beauty Brilliantly Executed
RAGTIME is a 1996 musical about the American experience at the turn of the 20th century with a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty. The score is inspired by the musical styles of the period and includes marches, cakewalks, gospel and, of course, ragtime. Ba...
BWW Review: Hilarious Touring Production of THE BOOK OF MORMON Packed With Talent
THE BOOK OF MORMON is a satirical musical with book, lyrics, and music by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Parker and Stone, the creators of the long running Comedy Central animated series South Park, along with Lopez, the co-composer/co-lyricist of Avenue Q and Frozen, have created a show ...
BWW Review: VIOLET Charms at St. Edwards
VIOLET is a 1997 musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by Brian Crawley. It's based on the short story 'The Ugliest Pilgrim' by Doris Betts. The musical first premiered Off-Broadway in 1997 and won the Drama Critics' Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award as Best Musical, it was la...
BWW Review: Danko Delivers Dynamic Debilitating Dark Descent in GROUNDED
GROUNDED is a 2012 drama from George Brant that won the National New Play Network's 2012 Smith Prize and the Fringe First award at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Street Corner Arts production of the play is the first time his work has been done in Austin since he graduated with an MFA in Writin...
BWW Review: THE SMARTEST GIRL IN THE WORLD Charms Audiences at Austin Playhouse
THE SMARTEST GIRL IN THE WORLD is a must-see production for kids of all ages. With a funny, heartwarming story and engaging characters that rival any superhero this show is the perfect family theatre experience. Run don't walk to catch this story that is truly one of a kind....
BWW Review: MOAN THEM BLUES Soothes the Soul of patrons at The Sahara Lounge in Austin, TX
Highlighting the old time blues and soul style of Bessie Smith AKA The Empress of The Blues, MOAN THEM BLUES provides a different style of theatrical entertainment. Essentially a one woman show starring Toni Ringgold, with her piano man sidekick Jawbone (played by Ke'Aier Mufasa Denson), the reminis...
BWW Review: Capital T's I AND YOU Waxes Poetic
King and Benefield are promising young actors and Alexander holds promise as one of Austin's new directors....
BWW Review: SELF PORTRAITS Performs a Different Show Every Night in East Austin, TX
Venturing into East Austin as a theatre- goer is bound to deliver the more experimental artists and their creations within Austin's theatre community. Blurring the lines between performance and therapy/social commentary, Bottle Alley Theatre Company present SELF PORTRAITS. An ensemble-driven collect...
BWW Review: DEARLY DEPARTED - Light Comedy Perfection
I admit freely that I'm a huge fan of silly. I love English television comedy most because the Brits have a way of making fun of themselves in the most outrageously ridiculous situations, they never take comedy seriously. The Georgetown Palace Playhouse's production of DEARLY DEPARTED, while far fro...
BWW Review: Immerse Yourself in the Magic of PERFORMANCE PARK
PERFORMANCE PARK is an interactive and immersive theatre piece, conceived and directed by Bonnie Cullum, that transforms the Vortex compound into a choose-your-own-experience environment where you are free to wander and pick what you will watch, what games you will play and the order in which you ex...
BWW Review: YANKEE TAVERN - Different Stages Knocks It Out Of The Park
YANKEE TAVERN by prolific playwright Steven Deitz, is a labyrinthine journey through the mind of conspiracy theorist Ray (Bill Karnovsky). Through all the crazy scenarios Ray spouts, there may just be a kernel of truth....
BWW Review: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE A Love Letter to Theatre
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE is a 2014 stage adaptation by Lee Hall of the 1998 Academy Award winning film by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard of the same name. It was first created under the auspices of Disney Theatrical Productions and Sonia Friedman Productions. The story concerns an imaginary love affair inv...
BWW Review: Razor Sharp Black Comedy THE SECRETARY Turns the Gun Debate On Its Head
THE SECRETARY is a world premiere comedy by Kyle John Schmidt that shines a dark and wry light on America's love affair with guns. Initially developed at the Ingram New Play Lab at Nashville Repertory Theatre and workshopped earlier this season at Hyde Park Theatre, this razor sharp black comedy get...
BWW Review: A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER a Stylish, Witty Comic Musical Romp
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER is a 2014 musical comedy, with a book and lyrics by Robert L. Freedman and music and lyrics by Steven Lutvak. This winner of four Tonys, including Best Musical, is based on the 1907 novel 'Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal' by Roy Horniman. The novel...
BWW Review: BAD JEWS a Brutal and Vicious Familial Battle
BAD JEWS is a 2012 play by Joshua Harmon that is billed as a dark comedy. Harmon says his inspiration for the play came 'after attending a service in which grandchildren of Holocaust survivors were invited to speak.' When the beloved patriarch of a New York Jewish family dies, he leaves behind a tre...
BWW Review: WHITE RABBIT, RED RABBIT is an Exercise in Manipulation
WHITE RABBIT, RED RABBIT has been called a play. This experiment in audience participation is an experience that has become a global sensation that no one is allowed to talk about. The award-winning playwright, Nassim Soleimanpour, is Iranian. While he himself has been censored in his homeland, this...
BWW Review: Beth Leavel Charms in KICKING AND SCREAMING at Austin Cabaret Theatre
Beth Leavel, Tony Award winner for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, winner of the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, and Outer Critics Circle Award winner for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for playing Beatrice Stockwell in The Drowsy Chaperone, recently br...
Rude Mechanicals Actually Fix TROILUS AND CRESSIDA with FIXING TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
The Rudes fixed Troilus and Cressida and we follow the actors right where they take us....
BWW Review: RED SCARE Leaves a Solid Foundation behind at The Dougherty Arts Center in Austin, TX.
The title RED SCARE, refers to a time in America following World War II, when the promotion of widespread fear of communism, anarchism and radical leftism was spreading and seeping into the American dream....
BWW Review: GOODNIGHT MOON is Delightful Entertainment
GOODNIGHT MOON is delightful children's entertainment and sure to please any young fans of the original story. Brown's beloved tale is beautifully reimagined by Zach Theatre and provides non-stop fun the whole family will enjoy. Be sure to check out the petting zoo on your way into the theatre for s...
BWW Review: THE CURATE SHAKESPEARE AS YOU LIKE IT - A Silly Take On The Bard
The Baron's Men are well known for their faithful presentations of the works of William Shakespeare. They have, for years, treated the Bard's plays with a fulsome reverence, including strict adherence to Elizabethan period costume and traditional interpretation of material. This production is an abr...
BWW Review: MAME - Classic Steps Onto The Palace Stage
Classic stage spectacle, MAME by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee with lyrics by Jerry Herman, makes its way to the Georgetown Palace Theatre to take away the winter blues and get your toes tapping....
BWW Review: Texas Light Opera Inagural Production of THE LAST FIVE YEARS is a Winner
THE LAST FIVE YEARS is a 2001 off-Broadway musical by Jason Robert Brown that took the author's own failed marriage to Theresa O'Neill as inspiration for this intimate yet powerful musical. It was also adapted into a film in 2015. The story is a look at the five-year relationship between Jamie Welle...
BWW Review: Ken Webster Gives Tour de Force Performance in WAKEY WAKEY
'Is it now? I thought I had more time.' So begins Will Eno's new play WAKEY WAKEY, currently receiving a regional premiere production at Hyde Park Theatre. It is, in fact, only the second production of Eno's new work. These first words are spoken by Guy (Ken Webster), a man who is coming to terms wi...
BWW Review: AGENT ANDROMEDA: THE ORION CRUSADE Comical Camp Cosmic Circus Caper
AGENT ANDROMEDA: THE ORION CRUSADE answers that age old question: 'what would the love child of Cirque du Soleil and Flesh Gordon look like?'. The answer is this riotously funny burlesque science fiction production that is part brilliant aerial work and part circus spectacle. The piece may have been...
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Every Brilliant Thing Georgetown Palace Theatre (6/19-7/19) |
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The Robber Bridegroom The Alchemy Theatre (5/29-6/14) |
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Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic Bastrop Opera House (5/22-5/31) |
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John Cameron Mitchell: Hedwig 25th Anniversary Movie Tour Emo's Austin (8/05-8/05) |
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RTP – The Rush Tribute Project at Abraham Chavez Theatre Abraham Chavez Theatre (6/10-6/10) |
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Destination by George Ayres Trinity Street Playhouse (5/14-5/31) |
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The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity) Bass Concert Hall (6/08-6/13) |
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Jack Johnson at Germania Insurance Amphitheater Germania Insurance Amphitheater (8/29-8/29) |
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Swan Lake by International Ballet Stars in Austin, TX Bass Concert Hall (4/03-4/03) |
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And Then There Were None Georgetown Palace Theatre (8/21-9/20) |
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