BWW Review: FOREVER PLAID is a Joyous Blast From the Past
FOREVER PLAID, a musical revue written by Stuart Ross in 1990 has been performed internationally.
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BWW Reviews: PICNIC Intriguing Look at the Power of Social Expectations
PICNIC by William Inge is a 1963 play that explores the themes of loneliness, desperation, beauty and youth.
BWW Reviews: The City Theatre Presents Moving and Memorable LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!
LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! is a play by Terrence McNally.
BWW Reviews: Summer Stock Austin Presents Charming INTO THE WOODS
Summer Stock Austin has been a part of the Austin theatre scene since 2005.
BWW Reviews: MAST is a Nightmarish Memory Play You Will Long Be Discussing
MAST, now playing at Salvage Vanguard Theatre, is a new play by paper chairs co-founder and local playwright Elizabeth Doss.
BWW Reviews: The Only Thing Better Than HAIRSPRAY... That's Free!
If you're looking for theatre during the summer, you aren't exactly short of options in Austin, Texas.
BWW Reviews: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is a 'Hunk-a You Betcha'
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is an engaging musical about a teenager with boyish charm, a big imagination and millions in forged checks who successfully poses as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer -- until an FBI agent catches up with him, and the two form an unlikely friendship.
BWW Reviews: RING OF FIRE Tells the Story of Johnny Cash Through Song
RING OF FIRE is a jukebox musical based on the music of Johnny Cash.
BWW Reviews: WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING Exquisitely Performed
Andrew Bovell's play, WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING, opens in Alice Springs, Australia in the year 2039.
BWW Reviews: 'What's Your Damage?' HEATHERS Will Blow You Away
Since I moved to Austin in 2009, I haven't been quite this blown-away with the realization of the astounding talent we have right here in our very own city.
BWW Reviews: Don't Miss THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Who out there doesn't know THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW or, at least, the film musical version, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW? Well, as it turns out, at least six people the night I went… but I digress.
BWW Reviews: THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL is a Sublimely Silly Evening
THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL is a two-act musical, written by David Nehls and Betsy Kelso.
BWW Reviews: THE OLDEST PROFESSION Misses the Mark
Paula Vogel's play, THE OLDEST PROFESSION, is set in 1981, shortly after the election of Ronald Reagan.
BWW Reviews: MOTHERS & SONS Is an Eloquent Elegy to AIDS Survivors
Terrance McNally's 2014 play MOTHERS & SONS, A Tony nominee for Best Play, touches a lot of subjects: what it means to be a family, the long road to recovery from loss, reconciliation and most of all, the great strides made by gay people in America over the last 20 years.
BWW Reviews: Austin Playhouse 'Razzle Dazzles' with CHICAGO
There are few things in this world more electrifying than watching an ensemble so beautifully rehearsed and polished to the point of perfection.
BWW Reviews: Sam Bass Presents Unnerving, Spectacularly Performed NEVER THE SINNER
The production has several aces up its sleeve, the first being John Logan's script.
BWW Reviews: THE WARS OF HEAVEN Is an Intriguing Miltonic Epic
Part I of Trouble Puppet's THE WARS OF HEAVEN, is the first part of an epic three-part saga.
BWW Reviews: GREATER TUNA – Still Funny After All These Years
It's been 30 years since we were first introduced to Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas, where the Lions Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies.
BWW Reviews: THE GRADUATE Smartly Staged by The City Theatre
THE GRADUATE is an iconic American film that was a touchstone for an entire generation.
BWW Reviews: I'M NOT RAPPAPORT Is More Than Worthy of Its Encore Production
It's become a trend, both locally and nationally, for theater companies to reprise a production several years later with the same cast.
BWW Reviews: KISS ME KATE Will Leave You Feeling Amorous
There are some shows that are ageless.
BWW Reviews: ROBBER BRIDEGROOM Needs to Steal From Slapstick Classics
The only thing more disappointing than a show that completely bombs is one that is astoundingly good in some areas but misses the mark in others.
BWW Reviews: Bet You're Bottom Dollar That Tomorrow...You'll Love ANNIE
If you asked me to pick a musical I loved based on nostalgia alone, it would be, without a doubt, Annie.
BWW Reviews: SPAMALOT an Evening of Great Grand Silliness
The labeled ingredients in the canned mystery meat known as Spam are chopped pork shoulder meat, ham meat, salt, water, modified potato starch as a binder, sugar, and sodium nitrite as a preservative.
BWW Reviews: GOD'S FAVORITE Isn't Our Favorite
GOD'S FAVORITE plays Sam Bass Theatre (600 Lee Street, Round Rock) now thru May 2nd.
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Boeing Boeing TexARTS: Theatre & Academy (9/18-10/04) |
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A Wonderful Life Georgetown Palace Theatre (11/27-12/30) |
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42nd Street Georgetown Palace Theatre (7/24-8/30) |
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Forever Dolly: The Music of Dolly Parton Penfold Theatre Company (10/22-10/23) |
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Cristian Castro El Paso County Coliseum (11/07-11/07) |
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Clue Penfold Theatre Company (9/11-10/11) |
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Patricia Vonne’s “My Heart’s Got A Mind of Its Own” official album release show The Continental Club (9/25-9/25) |
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The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity) Bass Concert Hall (6/08-6/13) |
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TCU Horned Frogs vs. West Virginia Mountaineers Amon Carter Stadium (10/24-10/24) |
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Foster The People Moody Amphitheater (10/16-10/16) |