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THE HEART SELLERS and More Join Austin Playhouse 2025-26 Season
by BWW News Desk - June 27, 2025
Austin Playhouse has expanded its 2025-26 Season lineup with three additional shows, including The Heart Sellers. Learn more about the season and see how to purchase tickets.
Zach Theater to Launch National Search For New Leader Of Renowned Advanced Training Program
by BWW News Desk - June 27, 2025
Zach Theater, the longest-running professional theater in Texas, announced the start of a national search for an Associate Director of Advanced Training for its conservatory-style youth training programs.
Cast Set for AMY AND THE ORPHANS at Ground Floor Theatre
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
Ground Floor Theatre has revealed the cast for the Texas premiere of Amy and the Orphans written by Lindsey Ferrentino. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
Performa/Dance to Present ANTHROPOCENE This August
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
Performa/Dance will celebrate its 10th season with ANTHROPOCENE, an ambitious new dance theater work that interrogates, with equal doses of humor, anxiety, grief, and wonder, how we became comfortable with the end of the world.
Review: PROOF at Georgetown Palace Playhouse
by Sabrina Wallace - June 23, 2025
Proof at Georgetown Palace Playhouse is a thoughtful production with a clever set full of glowing equations. Patti Maisano leads with heart, and Gerry Stamatelatos adds charm as Hal. Small space, big questions. #ATXTheatre #BWW
Review: TARTUFFE at City Theatre Austin
by Sabrina Wallace - June 23, 2025
Tartuffe at City Theatre Austin is a fast, funny take on Molière’s classic. Modern setting, old-school text, sharp satire. Still scary how easily we fall for false prophets, on stage and in real life. #ATXTheatre #BWW
Interview: Cast And Director of PROOF at Georgetown Palace Playhouse
by Sabrina Wallace - June 20, 2025
Award-winning Proof finds a new staging at Georgetown Palace Playhouse this summer under the direction of Jesse Drollette. #mentalillness #genius #maths #BWW
Review: H.M.S. PINAFORE by Gilbert And Sullivan Austin At MacTheatre
by Sabrina Wallace - June 18, 2025
Gilbert & Sullivan Austin's H.M.S. Pinafore sets sail with sharp satire, standout ensemble work, & pitch-perfect wit. Highlights: “When I Was a Lad” + a Cousin who steals every scene. Victorian absurdity never felt so fresh. Anchors ahoy!
WAITRESS Extends at the Zach Theater
by BWW News Desk - June 17, 2025
 Zach Theater has extended its run of the Tony-nominated musical Waitress, with a book by Jessie Nelson and music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles. Learn more here!
Photos: City Theatre Austin's TARTUFFE Enters Final Two Weekends of Performances
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2025
City Theatre Austin is in full summer swing with its lively new production of Tartuffe, Molière’s razor-sharp classic comedy, now playing through June 29 at Genesis Creative Collective. Check out photos of the production.
Austin Playhouse Announces Lineup for 2025 Festival of New Texas Plays
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2025
Austin Playhouse has announced the lineup for its annual Festival of New Texas Plays, returning June 21–22, 2025. The festival showcases new works-in-progress by Texas-based playwrights and continues the company’s commitment to nurturing original voices through readings, commissions, and world premieres.
Spotlight: LES BALLETS TROCKADERO at The Long Center
by BWW Special Offer - June 11, 2025
Les Ballets Trockadero at the Long Center on June 29. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo brings its internationally beloved troupe of male dancers to the Long Center on June 29 to perform a brilliant combination of skillful pointe work and hilarious parodying of classical ballet favorites like Swan Lake.
ZACH Theatre Unveils Cast of Immersive THE WIZARD OF OZ
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2025
ZACH Theatre has revealed full casting and creative team details for its upcoming production of The Wizard of Oz, running August 13–September 21, 2025 in the Topfer Theatre.
2025/2026 Texas Performing Arts Season Announced
by Joni Lorraine - June 10, 2025
Texas Performing Arts just unveiled a dazzling 2025–26 season featuring Lang Lang, Alvin Ailey, Carrie Rodriguez, and more! Tickets Go On Sale Friday, June 13 at 10 AM, so check it out!
Art Spark Texas Honors 2025 Artist of the Year Award Recipients
by BWW News Desk - June 10, 2025
Art Spark Texas has named the recipients of the 2025 Artist of the Year Awards, which celebrate the creative achievements of Texas artists with disabilities whose work exemplifies innovation, inclusion and social impact.
REVIEW: FAT HAM at the Austin Playhouse
by Lynn Beaver - June 07, 2025
A bold, hilarious, and deeply moving reimagining of Hamlet. Austin Playhouse’s Fat Ham is a theatrical triumph—perfectly cast, brilliantly directed, and bursting with heart, humor, and power. Don’t miss this unforgettable ride.
Casts Set for THE TOXIC AVENGER: THE MUSICAL and PRETTY FILTHY at Doctuh Mistuh Productions
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2025
Doctuh Mistuh Productions has revealed the casts for two Austin premieres: the off-Broadway hit, The Toxic Avenger: The Musical and Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards Best Musical nominee, Pretty Filthy. Learn more!
KMFA Classical 89.5 To Participate in The Declaration Project with Lara Downes
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2025
KMFA Classical 89.5 is partnering with The Declaration Project, a national arts and humanities initiative led by renowned pianist and cultural advocate Lara Downes. Learn more!
Casts Set for MARY POPPINS and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Summer Stock Austin
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2025
Impact Arts has cast and creatives for Summer Stock Austin 2025 including the family musical Mary Poppins based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film as well as the 1977 rock opera sensation Jesus Christ Superstar.
Georgetown Palace Theatre 2026 Season to Celebrate Historic 100-Year Anniversary
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2025
The Georgetown Palace Theatre has revealed its 2026 season, marking the 100-year anniversary of the historic Springer Stage with a lineup of twelve productions that highlight themes of music, mystery, dance, diversity, peace, love, and laughter.
Art Spark Texas Theater Internship Opens Doors for Young Disabled Artists
by BWW News Desk - June 03, 2025
Art Spark Texas is launching a new Summer Break Theater Internship Program, offering paid, hands-on technical theater experience to young adults with disabilities.
Review: FOR THE PLEASURE OF SEEING HER AGAIN at Different Stages Repertory At The Vortex
by Sabrina Wallace - June 01, 2025
Directed with heart, performed with soul, For The Pleasure of Seeing Her Again is a luminous tribute to mothers, memory, and the quiet magic of everyday life. #ATXTheatre #BWW
Review: GRAND HOTEL at The Alchemy Theatre At Zach
by Sabrina Wallace - June 01, 2025
Grand Hotel is a reminder that even in the most gilded rooms, behind the velvet curtains and crystal chandeliers, the true drama lies in the lives of those passing through—and in what they leave behind. #ATXTheatre #BWW
Review: SINCE WE’VE NO PLACE TO GO at The Rosette
by Sabrina Wallace - May 29, 2025
Since We’ve No Place to Go trades Hallmark holiday tropes for something messier, funnier, and deeply human. Real performances with heat and heart. Now playing through 6/1. #ATXTheatre #BWW
Austin Shakespeare’s Young Shakespeare Will Perform CYMBELINE
by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2025
Austin Shakespeare’s acclaimed teen company Young Shakespeare will return this summer with a magical and adventurous production of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline.

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