Poison Apple Initiative Premieres HOLIER THAN THOU at The Off Center Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2013
Poison Apple Initiative presents the premiere of HOLIER THAN THOU at The Off Center, 2211-A Hidalgo, Austin, TX, today, June 20 and June 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 and July 3, 5, 6 at 8pm.
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2013
Poison Apple Initiative presents the premiere of HOLIER THAN THOU at The Off Center, 2211-A Hidalgo, Austin, TX, today, June 20 and June 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 and July 3, 5, 6 at 8pm.
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE Takes the TexARTS Stage, 6/28-7/1
by BWW News Desk - June 18, 2013
The TexARTS Musical Theatre Academy presents this high-spirited musical romp filled with fun-loving flappers, dashing leading men and a dragon-lady of a villainess that you'll love to hate. This hilarious, high-spirited musical romp took Broadway by storm and won the Tony for Best Musical!
by BWW News Desk - June 18, 2013
The TexARTS Musical Theatre Academy presents this high-spirited musical romp filled with fun-loving flappers, dashing leading men and a dragon-lady of a villainess that you'll love to hate. This hilarious, high-spirited musical romp took Broadway by storm and won the Tony for Best Musical!
BWW Reviews: SECRET GARDEN at St. Edwards University is Haunting and Beautiful
by Jeff Davis - June 17, 2013
The last few times I've seen a production at St. Edwards University's Mary Moody Northern Theatre, I've had to remind myself that I'm viewing a show featuring a cast of mostly college students. Every time, the production is of professional quality, and their current production of The Secret Garden is no exception. All audience members are bound to be mesmerized by the physical beauty of the stagecraft and the incredible performances.
by Jeff Davis - June 17, 2013
The last few times I've seen a production at St. Edwards University's Mary Moody Northern Theatre, I've had to remind myself that I'm viewing a show featuring a cast of mostly college students. Every time, the production is of professional quality, and their current production of The Secret Garden is no exception. All audience members are bound to be mesmerized by the physical beauty of the stagecraft and the incredible performances.
BWW Reviews: Acting Soars as Writing Falls in NEXT FALL
by Jeff Davis - June 16, 2013
The reasoning behind staging a Tony Nominee for Best Play is quite easy to understand. Plays that have either been nominated for or won a Tony are easily marketable to the public. Still there is that occasional Tony nominated play that is a complete head scratcher, a play so poorly written it's baffling that it made it to Broadway in the first place, let alone snag a nomination for Best Play. Case in point: the poorly written and conceived Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts. While the Austin premiere of the play, currently staged by The Paradox Players, features some incredible performances, the incredible work of the cast still can't cover up the vast shortcomings of the text.
by Jeff Davis - June 16, 2013
The reasoning behind staging a Tony Nominee for Best Play is quite easy to understand. Plays that have either been nominated for or won a Tony are easily marketable to the public. Still there is that occasional Tony nominated play that is a complete head scratcher, a play so poorly written it's baffling that it made it to Broadway in the first place, let alone snag a nomination for Best Play. Case in point: the poorly written and conceived Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts. While the Austin premiere of the play, currently staged by The Paradox Players, features some incredible performances, the incredible work of the cast still can't cover up the vast shortcomings of the text.
ZACH Theatre Awarded Impact Austin Grant for Arts Across the Curriculum Program
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2013
ZACH Theatre has been awarded a $100,000 grant from Impact Austin - a nonprofit organization that pools annual donations from members and gives grants to local, worthy causes selected by its members - to fund the expansion of ZACH's Arts Across the Curriculum program.
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2013
ZACH Theatre has been awarded a $100,000 grant from Impact Austin - a nonprofit organization that pools annual donations from members and gives grants to local, worthy causes selected by its members - to fund the expansion of ZACH's Arts Across the Curriculum program.
Austin Playhouse Wraps 2012-13 Season with TRIUMPH OF LOVE, Now thru 7/7
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2013
Princess Leonide of Sparta has fallen hopelessly in love with Agis, the rightful heir to her kingdom. Unfortunately Agis has sworn to kill the Princess and reclaim his throne. In order to win his love, Leonide takes on a series of increasingly absurd disguises and woos not only Agis, but also his over-protective aunt and uncle. In the end she learns that true love means revealing her true self and hoping that love will indeed triumph.
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2013
Princess Leonide of Sparta has fallen hopelessly in love with Agis, the rightful heir to her kingdom. Unfortunately Agis has sworn to kill the Princess and reclaim his throne. In order to win his love, Leonide takes on a series of increasingly absurd disguises and woos not only Agis, but also his over-protective aunt and uncle. In the end she learns that true love means revealing her true self and hoping that love will indeed triumph.
Paradox Players Present NEXT FALL, Now thru 6/30
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2013
NEXT FALL takes a witty and provocative look at faith, commitment and unconditional love. Luke is a Christian. Adam is anything but. The play follows the ups and downs of this unlikely couple's relationship with sharp humor and unflinching honesty but also forces us to examine what it means to 'believe' and what it might cost us not to.
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2013
NEXT FALL takes a witty and provocative look at faith, commitment and unconditional love. Luke is a Christian. Adam is anything but. The play follows the ups and downs of this unlikely couple's relationship with sharp humor and unflinching honesty but also forces us to examine what it means to 'believe' and what it might cost us not to.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Opens Tonight at City Theatre
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2013
A mix of verbal jousting, slapstick, mischievous characters, and romance is set to bring Much Ado about Nothing, William Shakespeare's most-loved romantic comedies, to the City Theatre stage. Directed by Bridget Farias, a cast of twenty actors makes the production the largest staged Shakespeare play at City Theatre. The show runs tonight, June 13 - July 7, 2013.
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2013
A mix of verbal jousting, slapstick, mischievous characters, and romance is set to bring Much Ado about Nothing, William Shakespeare's most-loved romantic comedies, to the City Theatre stage. Directed by Bridget Farias, a cast of twenty actors makes the production the largest staged Shakespeare play at City Theatre. The show runs tonight, June 13 - July 7, 2013.
Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Austin Stages PRINCESS IDA, OR CASTLE ADAMANT, Now thru 6/23
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2013
The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Austin is proud to present its Summer 2013 Grand Production of Princess Ida, or Castle Adamant. We are performing this classic, which was Arthur Sullivan & W.S. Gilbert's eighth comic opera out of fourteen, for the first time in our history. Sullivan's score is majestic, and many consider Gilbert's libretto one of his funniest.
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2013
The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Austin is proud to present its Summer 2013 Grand Production of Princess Ida, or Castle Adamant. We are performing this classic, which was Arthur Sullivan & W.S. Gilbert's eighth comic opera out of fourteen, for the first time in our history. Sullivan's score is majestic, and many consider Gilbert's libretto one of his funniest.
Tapestry Dance Company Presents 13th Annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival, Beg. Today
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2013
Tapestry Dance Company, North America's only professional repertory tap dance company, presents its annual festival of rhythm with the 13th Annual Soul to Sole Festival today, June 12-16 with master classes, showcases and two performances at Rollins Studio Theatre at The Long Center for the Performing Arts, 701 W. Riverside Drive.
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2013
Tapestry Dance Company, North America's only professional repertory tap dance company, presents its annual festival of rhythm with the 13th Annual Soul to Sole Festival today, June 12-16 with master classes, showcases and two performances at Rollins Studio Theatre at The Long Center for the Performing Arts, 701 W. Riverside Drive.
Different Stages' NIGHT MUST FALL Opens June 21 at The Vortex
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2013
Different Stages continues its 2012 - 2013 season with Emlyn Williams's classic mystery Night Must Fall. In a bungalow in a forest in Essex lives Mrs. Bramson, a fussy hypochondriac. She pays her niece Olivia a small salary to act as her companion and the household also includes her cook, Mrs. Terence, and her maid Dora. When Dora gets pregnant, Mrs. Bramson is determined to get the boyfriend to marry her. At the same time, a woman disappears from a nearby hotel. The police begin investigations and, when Dora brings home her boyfriend Dan, Olivia immediately notices that his behavior is not quite normal. He is perpetually putting on an act and soon he worms his way into the affections of Mrs. Bramson, leaves his job as pageboy at the hotel and moves in. Then the woman's body is found - headless...
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2013
Different Stages continues its 2012 - 2013 season with Emlyn Williams's classic mystery Night Must Fall. In a bungalow in a forest in Essex lives Mrs. Bramson, a fussy hypochondriac. She pays her niece Olivia a small salary to act as her companion and the household also includes her cook, Mrs. Terence, and her maid Dora. When Dora gets pregnant, Mrs. Bramson is determined to get the boyfriend to marry her. At the same time, a woman disappears from a nearby hotel. The police begin investigations and, when Dora brings home her boyfriend Dan, Olivia immediately notices that his behavior is not quite normal. He is perpetually putting on an act and soon he worms his way into the affections of Mrs. Bramson, leaves his job as pageboy at the hotel and moves in. Then the woman's body is found - headless...
Several of BroadwayWorld's Wishlisted Shows for 2013-2014 Will Come to Central Texas
by Jeff Davis - June 10, 2013
In late December, BroadwayWorld posted Wish Lists of Musicals and Plays that should be produced in Central Texas in the 2013-2014 season. Several months later, many theater companies have announced their upcoming seasons, and some of our wish-list shows are part of the line-up.
by Jeff Davis - June 10, 2013
In late December, BroadwayWorld posted Wish Lists of Musicals and Plays that should be produced in Central Texas in the 2013-2014 season. Several months later, many theater companies have announced their upcoming seasons, and some of our wish-list shows are part of the line-up.
Comedian John Oliver Set for Bass Concert Hall, 10/25
by BWW News Desk - June 10, 2013
Comedian, writer, and actor John Oliver brings his stand up performance to Bass Concert Hall on Friday, October 25 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets for John Oliver go on sale Friday, June 21 at 10 a.m., at the following authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall ticket office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at www.livenation.com or www.TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.
by BWW News Desk - June 10, 2013
Comedian, writer, and actor John Oliver brings his stand up performance to Bass Concert Hall on Friday, October 25 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets for John Oliver go on sale Friday, June 21 at 10 a.m., at the following authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall ticket office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at www.livenation.com or www.TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.
Single Tickets for 2013-14 Texas Performing Arts Season to Go On Sale 6/14
by BWW News Desk - June 10, 2013
Single tickets to the 2013-2014 Texas Performing Arts season go on sale Friday, June 14th. In celebration, tickets to all season performances will be discounted for one day only. From midnight - 11:59 p.m. on Friday, June 14th, single tickets to all 2013-2014 season performances will be priced at 15% off face value. Tickets will be available at all authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at www.texasperformingarts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.
by BWW News Desk - June 10, 2013
Single tickets to the 2013-2014 Texas Performing Arts season go on sale Friday, June 14th. In celebration, tickets to all season performances will be discounted for one day only. From midnight - 11:59 p.m. on Friday, June 14th, single tickets to all 2013-2014 season performances will be priced at 15% off face value. Tickets will be available at all authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at www.texasperformingarts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.
BWW Reviews: Penfold Theatre's SHIPWRECKED! Is a Rousing Family-Friendly Adventure
by Jeff Davis - June 09, 2013
There are some occasions where the family fare is so well-presented that one can't help but be enchanted and enthralled. Penfold Theatre's current production of Shipwrecked! is one such occasion where children and adults are entertained and inspired by the brilliant stagecraft and the talented performers.
by Jeff Davis - June 09, 2013
There are some occasions where the family fare is so well-presented that one can't help but be enchanted and enthralled. Penfold Theatre's current production of Shipwrecked! is one such occasion where children and adults are entertained and inspired by the brilliant stagecraft and the talented performers.
BWW Reviews: REEFER MADNESS is So Funny, It Should Be Illegal
by Jeff Davis - June 09, 2013
Sometimes there's nothing as hysterical as hysteria. That's the main premise of Reefer Madness, currently produced by Doctuh Mistuh Productions, a musical satire about the dangers of marijuana. The show, which splits its run between the Spiderhouse Ballroom and the Dougherty Arts Center, is an absolute laugh riot.
by Jeff Davis - June 09, 2013
Sometimes there's nothing as hysterical as hysteria. That's the main premise of Reefer Madness, currently produced by Doctuh Mistuh Productions, a musical satire about the dangers of marijuana. The show, which splits its run between the Spiderhouse Ballroom and the Dougherty Arts Center, is an absolute laugh riot.
ATX Young Shakespeare to Stage ROMEO & JULIETA, 6/20-30
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2013
Austin Shakespeare teen company Young Shakespeare will perform Romeo and Julieta at Richard Garriott de Cayeux' replica of an Elizabethan theater, The Curtain Theater, on the shores of Lake Austin 8 pm Thursday thru Sundays June 20-June 30. This new adaptation uses Shakespeare own language peppered with contemporary Spanish language verse by Austin playwright, Rupert Reyes. The production features a mashup of contemporary costumes, Quinceañera dances and classic sword fights.
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2013
Austin Shakespeare teen company Young Shakespeare will perform Romeo and Julieta at Richard Garriott de Cayeux' replica of an Elizabethan theater, The Curtain Theater, on the shores of Lake Austin 8 pm Thursday thru Sundays June 20-June 30. This new adaptation uses Shakespeare own language peppered with contemporary Spanish language verse by Austin playwright, Rupert Reyes. The production features a mashup of contemporary costumes, Quinceañera dances and classic sword fights.
Glass Half Full Theatre and Trouble Puppet Theater to Present THE AUSTIN PUPPET INCIDENT, 6/28-29
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2013
Glass Half Full Theatre and Trouble Puppet Theater Company will present The Austin Puppet Incident (the fourth!): an evening of short puppet works from a variety of local and national puppet artists, on June 28th and 29th at 8 pm and 10 pm.
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2013
Glass Half Full Theatre and Trouble Puppet Theater Company will present The Austin Puppet Incident (the fourth!): an evening of short puppet works from a variety of local and national puppet artists, on June 28th and 29th at 8 pm and 10 pm.
BWW Reviews: Creators of The 50 Shades Parody Deserve a SPANKing
by Jeff Davis - June 07, 2013
It doesn't get much more disappointing than Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody, an incredibly misguided spoof of the equally misguided novel Fifty Shades of Grey, where every joke is predictable, expected, bland, and punctuated by ferocious dry-humping.
by Jeff Davis - June 07, 2013
It doesn't get much more disappointing than Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody, an incredibly misguided spoof of the equally misguided novel Fifty Shades of Grey, where every joke is predictable, expected, bland, and punctuated by ferocious dry-humping.
Poison Apple Initiative to Premiere HOLIER THAN THOU at The Off Center, 6/20
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2013
Poison Apple Initiative presents the premiere of HOLIER THAN THOU at The Off Center, 2211-A Hidalgo, Austin, TX, June 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 and July 3, 5, 6 at 8pm.
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2013
Poison Apple Initiative presents the premiere of HOLIER THAN THOU at The Off Center, 2211-A Hidalgo, Austin, TX, June 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 and July 3, 5, 6 at 8pm.
Tickets for BOOK OF MORMON at Bass Hall on Sale Today
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2013
The producers of the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and Lexus Broadway in Austin at Texas Performing Arts announced today that single tickets will go on sale today, June 7, 2013 at 10:00 AM.
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2013
The producers of the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and Lexus Broadway in Austin at Texas Performing Arts announced today that single tickets will go on sale today, June 7, 2013 at 10:00 AM.
Doctuh Mistuh Productions' REEFER MADNESS Opens Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2013
Doctuh Mistuh Productions has announced its upcoming production, REEFER MADNESS, THE MUSICAL. The production will be directed by Michael McKelvey (B. Iden Payne Award, Sweeney Todd and Assassins) with set design by Joe Carpenter (Mary Moody Northen Theatre), costumes by Glenda Barnes (B. Iden Payne Award, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), and lighting design by Sam Chesney.
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2013
Doctuh Mistuh Productions has announced its upcoming production, REEFER MADNESS, THE MUSICAL. The production will be directed by Michael McKelvey (B. Iden Payne Award, Sweeney Todd and Assassins) with set design by Joe Carpenter (Mary Moody Northen Theatre), costumes by Glenda Barnes (B. Iden Payne Award, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), and lighting design by Sam Chesney.
ZACH Theatre's Next Red Hot & Soul Gala Set for May 3, 2014
by BWW News Desk - June 04, 2013
Following its most successful year ever, and the first in the new Topfer Theatre, ZACH has set the 2014 date for Red Hot & Soul for May 14, 2014.
by BWW News Desk - June 04, 2013
Following its most successful year ever, and the first in the new Topfer Theatre, ZACH has set the 2014 date for Red Hot & Soul for May 14, 2014.
BWW Reviews: QUALITIES OF STARLIGHT Offers an Honest Look at Drug Abuse
by Jeff Davis - June 04, 2013
We all have secrets. We all have ways of coping with disappointment or pain. Some of those coping methods do more harm than good. None of these ideas are necessarily original, and they've all been dramatized before. However, the story of an elderly couple who secretly copes by using crystal meth is an unexpected one that has yet to be told. That's one of many reasons that makes Qualities of Starlight, the new play by Gabriel Jason Dean now playing at Vortex Rep, such a riveting and effective drama.
by Jeff Davis - June 04, 2013
We all have secrets. We all have ways of coping with disappointment or pain. Some of those coping methods do more harm than good. None of these ideas are necessarily original, and they've all been dramatized before. However, the story of an elderly couple who secretly copes by using crystal meth is an unexpected one that has yet to be told. That's one of many reasons that makes Qualities of Starlight, the new play by Gabriel Jason Dean now playing at Vortex Rep, such a riveting and effective drama.
University of Texas at Austin to Stage A LITTLE MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Musical Reading, 6/27
by BWW News Desk - June 03, 2013
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance brings Broadway talent to Austin with the new musical, A Little Midsummer Night's Dream, for a free staged reading on June 27 at the B. Iden Payne Theatre.
by BWW News Desk - June 03, 2013
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance brings Broadway talent to Austin with the new musical, A Little Midsummer Night's Dream, for a free staged reading on June 27 at the B. Iden Payne Theatre.
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