The latest theatre news from Austin — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Austin Tea Party will present COME HUNGRY, an immersive fashion and performance art production at East Side Performing Arts Center, blending live runway, dance, music, spoken word, and a staged multi-course dining experience.
Austin audiences will have plenty of opportunities to travel the world without leaving their seats during Texas Performing Arts' newly announced 2026/27 season.
The Robber Bridegroom is a wildly entertaining evening of bluegrass, folklore, romance, and comedy.
For more than a decade, Josh Wechsler and Jen Young Mahlstedt have helped shape the future of young performers in Central Texas.
Austin Shakespeare's Young Shakespeare program opens its 19th annual summer production in June, presenting William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
Senbla and SEGA announced Sonic Live In Concert, a new concert experience celebrating 35 years of the franchise, with US and UK premieres featuring a live orchestra, rock musicians, and vocalists performing music from across the Sonic universe.
Georgetown Palace Theatre will present the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar on the historic Springer Stage in Georgetown, Texas, directed by Jamie Rogers.
At first, Wakey, Wakey feels like an eccentric conversation filled with dry humor and scattered thoughts.
Funny, warm, and painfully relatable, Austin Playhouse’s Erma Bombeck: at wit's end transforms domestic chaos into razor-sharp comedy.
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts will present Jalen Baker, Musiqa, and more for its Houston Is Inspired series, showcasing performances rooted in Houston's culture and neighborhoods.
In Dillon Christopher Chitto’s PUEBLO REVOLT, now playing at Ground Floor Theatre, history breathes through two brothers standing at the edge of revolution.
StageMag, the digital show program platform from BroadwayWorld, launched its new PDF Editor to all producers and stage managers using the service.
City Theatre Austin will present Lorraine Hansberry's A RAISIN IN THE SUN, directed by Lisa Jordan, as part of the 2026 Austin Juneteenth Celebration and the company's 20th Anniversary Season.
Zach Theater has revealed the cast and creatives for Annie.
The North American Tour of THE NOTEBOOK announced 26 new cities for its upcoming season, including stops in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, and Houston, after welcoming over 500,000 patrons since its launch.
The Alchemy Theatre will present The Robber Bridegroom, a bluegrass musical by Alfred Uhry and Robert Waldman, at The Whisenhunt at Zach Theater in Austin, featuring live onstage musicians and an immersive concert-style staging.
BroadwayWorld has just learned that the Tony Award winning and Grammy Award nominated musical, and the most nominated production of the 2024/2025 Broadway season, DEATH BECOMES HER, will conclude its Broadway run.
The Wiz at Bass Concert Hall delivers dazzling visuals, standout performances, and plenty of personality.
The 2025–2026 Austin theatre season was bold, adventurous, thought-provoking, and funny as heck.
Glass Half Full Theatre has announced FRUTOS DE LA MUERTE, a devised play following a young Guatemalan woman navigating political turmoil through fungi, science, and indigenous wisdom, performed at Ground Floor Theatre in Austin.
City Theatre Austin revisits Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple with nostalgic charm, a detailed lived-in set, and an entertaining ensemble led by Darwin Ragsdale and Zachary Gamble.
Kenny Williams and Roderick Sanford return to The Topfer at Zach Theater in Austin for a one-night-only concert featuring Broadway selections and soul classics, back after a sold-out engagement.
BroadwayWorld recently caught up with actor and singer Dana Cimone LaFreniere, currently appearing as Dorothy in the national tour of THE WIZ, about stepping into a production that understands exactly what audiences cherish about this groundbreaking musical while still daring to ask what THE WIZ sou
On Tuesday night, Topfer Theatre was packed for Zach Theater’s 2026-2027 season announcement, and honestly, seeing that many people come out on a school night to celebrate regional theatre felt wonderful.
The 13th Annual Heller Awards for Young Artists (HAYAs) took place last night, May 6, 2026, for the first time at Bass Concert Hall, the home of Broadway in Austin, presented by Texas Performing Arts and co-produced by Impact Arts.
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Rock of Ages TexARTS (7/10-8/09) |
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The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity) Bass Concert Hall (6/08-6/13) |
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Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella McCullough Theatre (7/23-8/09) |
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Foster The People Moody Amphitheater (10/16-10/16) |
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Anything Goes Bastrop Opera House (7/17-8/02) |
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The Unknown Tour Julie Rogers Theatre (11/07-11/07) |
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Fool For Love The Stage Austin (7/10-8/02) |
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Austin City Limits Music Festival: Weekend One – 3 Day Pass Zilker Park (10/02-10/11) |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream City Theatre Austin (7/24-8/09) |
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Sally & Tom Zach Theater (7/22-8/23) |
