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BWW Review: Agape Theatre's BONHOEFFER'S COST Sheds Light in The Shadows
A powerful study in standing by principle at a time when it is most needed. We can all take value in understanding what it means to care for those of us who are different....
BWW Review: NUNSENSE Irreverently entertains at The City Theatre in Austin, TX
The somewhat obscure 1985 musical NUNSENSE, is now playing at The City Theatre on the east side of Austin. Holding the title of the second longest-running Off-Broadway show in history, NUNSENSE will delight all audiences, but has the best entertainment value for the catholic-lite audience. Taking pl...
BWW Review: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS - Austin Shakespeare's Hilarious Take On The Bard
Austin Shakespeare continues its 34 year tradition of bringing free Shakespeare to Zilker Park with an hilarious take on THE COMEDY OF ERRORS....
BWW Review: MY BIG FAT BAHOOKIE Tackles the Human Experience in Austin, TX
Currently playing at The Vortex Theatre, MY BIG FAT BAHOOKIE challenges the treatment and attitude our modern culture has towards people who 'dont fit inside the box'. The box being no big fat 'bahookies'. This original work is written, directed and narrated by Lorella Loftus. The Vortex Theatre is ...
BWW Review: MADAM BUTTERFLY - Austin Opera Thrills With Stunning Production
MADAM BUTTERFLY by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa is a work of tragic beauty in the hands of Austin Opera....
BWW Review: ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID: A Hilarious Trip Down the Aisle
Always a Bridesmaid is now running at the newly renovated Palace Playhouse in Georgetown,Texas through May 14th. This play is a comical journey of four friends and their high school promise to always be in each other's weddings, no matter how many times. At first glance the play reads like a chick ...
BWW Review: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Vocally Soars in Austin
Now playing at the Bass Concert Hall through April 30th, is the 1986 classic Phantom of the Opera. This Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, still running on Broadway as the longest running show in Broadway's history, has you humming as you leave the theater. Although many people criticize Andrew Lloyd Web...
BWW Review: MAN OF LA MANCHA Dares to Dream at The Georgetown Palace Theatre
The show, for those unfamiliar, is inspired by the seventeenth century literary masterpiece Don Quixote and its author Miguel de Cervantes. It is not a faithful retelling of that work, but rather presented as a play within a play as we see Cervantes himself and his fellow prisoners performing his s...
BWW Review: THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU: A FEVER DREAM STEEPED IN BLOOD is a Riveting Tour de Force
THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU: A FEVER DREAM STEEPED IN BLOOD is presented by The Paladin Theatre Company. Written, directed, and performed by Charles P. Stites, this one-man play is an adaptation of the H.G. Wells science fiction classic. The play first premiered at Frontera Fest in 2014 and later moved...
BWW Review: An Esteemed SENSE AND SENSIBILITY at Austin Playhouse
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY is well executed, entertaining, and quite worthy of attention....
BWW Review: Jarrott Productions THE HERD
Tolaro has brought together a fine cast for an intimate look at a family we can all understand in THE HERD....
BWW Review: Chanel Impresses as Billie Holiday in LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL
LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL is a play with music by Lanie Robertson, recounting key events in the life of Billie Holiday. The play originally premiered in 1986 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, and soon played Off-Broadway. The play opened on Broadway in 2014. The play covers the ...
BWW Review: PERFECT MENDACITY a Dark Delight
It's the rare person who has never told a lie. Who hasn't pondered whether you could train yourself to beat a lie detector? What situation would bring you to lie? Would you lie if saving yourself or your loved one was at stake? Is it possible to craft a perfect lie? In Jason Wells' PERFECT MENDACITY...
BWW Review: CABARET is sultry and enticing at Mary Moody Northern Theater
CABARET playing at the Mary Moody Northern Theater at St. Edward's University is a vibrant, poignant and heart breaking rendition that the department has tackled with a wonderful spirit....
BWW Review: AS YOU LIKE IT - Excellent Shakespeare In An Idyllic Setting
William Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT, by The Baron's Men and playing at The Curtain Theatre is an excellent production in a perfectly idyllic setting. Arguably Shakespeare's most complicated comedy, AS YOU LIKE IT, may not be as beloved as MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING or A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM but in t...
BWW Review: UNDERGROUND a Taut Psychological Political Thriller
UNDERGROUND, a taut new psychological and political thriller by Lisa B. Thompson, is currently in its World Premiere production at The VORTEX. UNDERGROUND examines African American activists, artists, and intellectuals and how they have responded from the Civil Rights Movement to the Black Lives Mat...
BWW Review: MRS. MANNERLY is a Sweetly Comic Story of Youth
MRS. MANNERLY, a memory play by Jeffrey Hatcher, takes inspiration from the playwright's memories of a childhood etiquette class that he took at the tender young age of ten. Walking with an etiquette book balanced on your head, learning complex table settings with a confounding array of flatware and...
BWW Review: BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL Is A Stylish Evening of Wit and Musical Memories
BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL is a jukebox musical that tells the story of the early life and career of Carole King with a book by Douglas McGrath, using songs that she wrote, often together with Gerry Goffin, and other contemporary songs by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector and others. Th...
BWW Review: HAMLET - Redux In Rep With Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead At City Theatre
William Shakespeare's HAMLET is arguably one of the most universally popular plays ever written, but it's only one half of Redux in Rep at City Theatre. Along with ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD by Tom Stoppard, a play that comically deconstructs the iconic tragedy, the combination of the two...
BWW Review: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD - Redux In Rep With Hamlet At City Theatre
Tom Stoppard's ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD opened last week at City Theatre alongside Shakespeare's HAMLET in REDUX IN REP, both shows with the same cast on alternate nights....
BWW Review: CIRQUE DU SOLEIL'S OVO at HEB Center In Cedar Park is Family Friendly Thrills and Laughs
Cirque du Soleil's OVO, currently playing at the HEB Center in Cedar Park is an immersive family friendly evening of acrobatic thrills wrapped up is a sweet and funny clown bug love story. The show is a look at an insect ecosystem teeming with life. The acrobats are dressed as insects and the acts, ...
BWW Review: JOHN Is A Dark Comedic Gem
JOHN, a new play by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Annie Baker, is now receiving a Southwest Premiere production at Hyde Park Theatre, under the direction of Ken Webster. The production is so exceptional on so many multiple levels that I am likely to wear out my thesaurus. This is not the first p...
SXSW 2017 COVERAGE: BEHIND THE CURTAIN: TODRICK HALL Premieres at SXSW Film
BEHIND THE CURTAIN: TODRICK HALL takes a look at making of a musical starring Todrick Hall and a host of characters. It explores the dreams of a young gay African American man growing up in Texas and how he overcame many obstacles in his life....
Review: GONDAL - New Play Misses The Mark, But Shows Promise
GONDAL is presented by the University of Texas at Austin's Theatre and Dance department, as part of UT New Theatre showcase. Now in its tenth year, UTNT presents newly created works of theatre from UT graduate playwrights. Created to facilitate these emerging artists, UTNT serves as the jumping off ...
BWW Review: ROBOT DADDY - A Must See Rocking Multi-Media Experience
Celebrating their 20th anniversary production with ROBOT DADDY, Electronic Planet Ensemble (ELP) gives an exciting performance at The Vortex theatre....
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42nd Street Georgetown Palace Theatre (7/24-8/30) |
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The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity) Bass Concert Hall (6/08-6/13) |
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Jesus Christ Superstar Georgetown Palace Theatre (5/29-7/05) |
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John Cameron Mitchell: Hedwig 25th Anniversary Movie Tour Emo's Austin (8/05-8/05) |
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Stage Blood by Charles Ludlam The VORTEX (6/26-7/11) |
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And Then There Were None Georgetown Palace Theatre (8/21-9/20) |
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Swan Lake by International Ballet Stars in Austin, TX Bass Concert Hall (4/03-4/03) |
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Jack Johnson at Germania Insurance Amphitheater Germania Insurance Amphitheater (8/29-8/29) |
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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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