TexARTS to Present Thriller WAIT UNTIL DARK
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2017
The TexARTS Professional Series presents Wait Until Dark, the groundbreaking thriller that follows a blind woman who finds herself the victim of scheming conmen and in the middle of a murder.
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2017
The TexARTS Professional Series presents Wait Until Dark, the groundbreaking thriller that follows a blind woman who finds herself the victim of scheming conmen and in the middle of a murder.
Calling All Foodies...it's Time for TASTE OF THE HILL COUNTRY
by BWW News Desk - October 17, 2017
If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, now's the time! This year's Taste of the Hill Country will again be held at the Lakeside Pavilion in Marble Falls today, October 17, 6-8 p.m.
by BWW News Desk - October 17, 2017
If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, now's the time! This year's Taste of the Hill Country will again be held at the Lakeside Pavilion in Marble Falls today, October 17, 6-8 p.m.
Photo Flash: City Theatre Austin Kicks Off Season with THE MOUSETRAP
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2017
THE MOUSETRAP. City Theatre opens its 12th season with Agatha Christie's true classic of all whodunit mysteries.
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2017
THE MOUSETRAP. City Theatre opens its 12th season with Agatha Christie's true classic of all whodunit mysteries.
BWW Review: RENT Touring Production A Near Perfect Presentation
by Frank Benge - October 15, 2017
RENT is a rock musical with music, lyrics and book by Jonathan Larson. It won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize. The Broadway production closed on September 7, 2008 after a 12-year run of 5,123 performances, making it one of the longest running musicals of all time. The success of the show led to several national tours and numerous foreign productions and in 2005, it was adapted into a motion picture featuring most of the original cast members. This current touring production is the 20th anniversary production of Larson's re-imagining of Puccini's La Boh me. RENT follows an remarkable year in the lives of seven impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in New York City's East Village during the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, while under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. With its inspiring message of joy and hope in the face of fear, RENT is a timeless celebration of friendship and creativity, and a reminder to measure our lives with the only thing that truly matters love.
by Frank Benge - October 15, 2017
RENT is a rock musical with music, lyrics and book by Jonathan Larson. It won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize. The Broadway production closed on September 7, 2008 after a 12-year run of 5,123 performances, making it one of the longest running musicals of all time. The success of the show led to several national tours and numerous foreign productions and in 2005, it was adapted into a motion picture featuring most of the original cast members. This current touring production is the 20th anniversary production of Larson's re-imagining of Puccini's La Boh me. RENT follows an remarkable year in the lives of seven impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in New York City's East Village during the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, while under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. With its inspiring message of joy and hope in the face of fear, RENT is a timeless celebration of friendship and creativity, and a reminder to measure our lives with the only thing that truly matters love.
London's Hit Ghost Story WOMAN IN BLACK to Appear in Austin for Halloween
by BWW News Desk - October 13, 2017
Penfold Theatre, 7 Towers Theatre and Austin Scottish Rite Theater present Woman in Black October 13-30.
by BWW News Desk - October 13, 2017
Penfold Theatre, 7 Towers Theatre and Austin Scottish Rite Theater present Woman in Black October 13-30.
BWW Review: Ethos and Vortex Give Perfect Power to VAMPYRESS
by Joni Lorraine - October 11, 2017
VAMPYRESS is a near perfect production of the highest caliber.
by Joni Lorraine - October 11, 2017
VAMPYRESS is a near perfect production of the highest caliber.
Fifth House Ensemble Makes Music an Interactive Experience at Texas Performing Arts
by BWW News Desk - October 11, 2017
You wake alone, surrounded by miles of burning, sprawling desert, and soon discover the looming mountaintop that is your goal. Faced with rolling sand dunes, age-old ruins, caves, and howling winds, your passage will not be an easy one. A cloaked avatar, you travel and explore this ancient, mysterious world alone, or with a stranger you meet along the way. While the goal is to get to the mountaintop, the experience is the discovery of who you are, the story of this place, and your purpose.
by BWW News Desk - October 11, 2017
You wake alone, surrounded by miles of burning, sprawling desert, and soon discover the looming mountaintop that is your goal. Faced with rolling sand dunes, age-old ruins, caves, and howling winds, your passage will not be an easy one. A cloaked avatar, you travel and explore this ancient, mysterious world alone, or with a stranger you meet along the way. While the goal is to get to the mountaintop, the experience is the discovery of who you are, the story of this place, and your purpose.
WaterTower Theatre Announces Pay It Forward with Pay What You Can
by BWW News Desk - October 10, 2017
WaterTower Theatre Artistic Director, Joanie Schultz, today announced the Pay It Forward with Pay What You Can initiative. Beginning with Pride and Prejudice's Pay What You Can preview performance (October 15th, 2017, 2:00pm) WaterTower Theatre will donate all proceeds from PWYC performances to various causes in need. ThePride and Prejudice PWYC proceeds will benefit the Alley Theatre's recovery from damages sustained during Hurricane Harvey.
by BWW News Desk - October 10, 2017
WaterTower Theatre Artistic Director, Joanie Schultz, today announced the Pay It Forward with Pay What You Can initiative. Beginning with Pride and Prejudice's Pay What You Can preview performance (October 15th, 2017, 2:00pm) WaterTower Theatre will donate all proceeds from PWYC performances to various causes in need. ThePride and Prejudice PWYC proceeds will benefit the Alley Theatre's recovery from damages sustained during Hurricane Harvey.
Austin Film Fest Announces I, TONYA, Jim Gaffigan, Robert Townsend & More
by Emily Bruno - October 10, 2017
Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference (AFF), the premier film festival recognizing the writers' contributions to film, television, and new media, announced today a late addition to its film slate. I, TONYA, the darkly comedic tale of American figure skater Tonya Harding and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history, will serve as AFF's second Closing Night Film. Directed by Craig Gillespie, I TONYA stars Margot Robbie as Harding, Sebastian Stan as her ex-husband Jeff Gillooly, and Allison Janney as Harding's acid-tongued mother. Writer Steven Rogers will be in attendance for the screening.
by Emily Bruno - October 10, 2017
Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference (AFF), the premier film festival recognizing the writers' contributions to film, television, and new media, announced today a late addition to its film slate. I, TONYA, the darkly comedic tale of American figure skater Tonya Harding and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history, will serve as AFF's second Closing Night Film. Directed by Craig Gillespie, I TONYA stars Margot Robbie as Harding, Sebastian Stan as her ex-husband Jeff Gillooly, and Allison Janney as Harding's acid-tongued mother. Writer Steven Rogers will be in attendance for the screening.
Calling All Foodies...it's Time for TASTE OF THE HILL COUNTRY
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2017
If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, now's the time! This year's Taste of the Hill Country will again be held at the Lakeside Pavilion in Marble Falls on Tuesday, October 17, 6-8 p.m.
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2017
If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, now's the time! This year's Taste of the Hill Country will again be held at the Lakeside Pavilion in Marble Falls on Tuesday, October 17, 6-8 p.m.
Chase Padgett in 6 GUITARS Comes to Eisemann Center 11/4
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2017
Eisemann Center Presents 6 GUITARS performed by Chase Padgett at the Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Drive in Richardson, Texas on Saturday, November 4, 2016 at 7:30 pm in the Bank of America Theatre. 6 GUITARS is a pitch perfect blend of music, comedy and characters. A single performer, Chase Padgett, portrays six different guitar playing characters each sharing their own style of music Blues, Jazz, Rock, Classical, Folk and Country. Chase Padgett is returning to the Eisemann Center for a full performance after appearing as a guest artist at the 2017-2018 Season Preview Party this past May.
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2017
Eisemann Center Presents 6 GUITARS performed by Chase Padgett at the Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Drive in Richardson, Texas on Saturday, November 4, 2016 at 7:30 pm in the Bank of America Theatre. 6 GUITARS is a pitch perfect blend of music, comedy and characters. A single performer, Chase Padgett, portrays six different guitar playing characters each sharing their own style of music Blues, Jazz, Rock, Classical, Folk and Country. Chase Padgett is returning to the Eisemann Center for a full performance after appearing as a guest artist at the 2017-2018 Season Preview Party this past May.
Lyndie Moe as Maureen in RENT on Tour
by Kathy Strain - October 09, 2017
It's hard to believe that RENT is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. But, from its debut on Broadway to the present, audiences have loved this great show that tackles important issues but at the same time manages to connect with the audience. BWW recently caught up with Lyndie Moe who is playing Maureen in the touring production. Moe shared with us her passion for the musical and why she relates to her character so well.
by Kathy Strain - October 09, 2017
It's hard to believe that RENT is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. But, from its debut on Broadway to the present, audiences have loved this great show that tackles important issues but at the same time manages to connect with the audience. BWW recently caught up with Lyndie Moe who is playing Maureen in the touring production. Moe shared with us her passion for the musical and why she relates to her character so well.
BWW Review: RHINOCEROS St. Edwards Stages Smartly Stylish Satire
by Frank Benge - October 09, 2017
RHINOCEROS was written by Eug ne Ionesco in 1959 and staged for the first time in 1960. Considered by many scholars as one of the best examples of The Theatre of the Absurd, this label was, in later years, rejected as too interpretatively narrow. Over the course of three acts, the inhabitants of a small town in France turn into rhinoceroses. Only one human resists this mass metamorphosis and that is the central character, B renger, portrayed in this production by Blake Browning. He is an everyman figure who is criticized first for his drinking, lateness, and unkempt appearance and later for his paranoid obsession with the rhinoceroses. The play is widely considered a criticism of the spread of Fascism and Nazism in Europe preceding World War II. It examines such themes as conformity, mass political movements, mob mentality, logic and morality.
by Frank Benge - October 09, 2017
RHINOCEROS was written by Eug ne Ionesco in 1959 and staged for the first time in 1960. Considered by many scholars as one of the best examples of The Theatre of the Absurd, this label was, in later years, rejected as too interpretatively narrow. Over the course of three acts, the inhabitants of a small town in France turn into rhinoceroses. Only one human resists this mass metamorphosis and that is the central character, B renger, portrayed in this production by Blake Browning. He is an everyman figure who is criticized first for his drinking, lateness, and unkempt appearance and later for his paranoid obsession with the rhinoceroses. The play is widely considered a criticism of the spread of Fascism and Nazism in Europe preceding World War II. It examines such themes as conformity, mass political movements, mob mentality, logic and morality.
Different Stages Season Begins with THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2017
Different Stages opens its 2017 - 2018 season with Carson McCullers' beautiful adaptation of her novella The Member of the Wedding.
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2017
Different Stages opens its 2017 - 2018 season with Carson McCullers' beautiful adaptation of her novella The Member of the Wedding.
BWW Review: Filigree Theatre Delivers Icy BETRAYAL
by Joni Lorraine - October 05, 2017
Filigree Theatre Delivers Icy BETRAYAL
by Joni Lorraine - October 05, 2017
Filigree Theatre Delivers Icy BETRAYAL
The Back Pack Presents FELT UP
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2017
The Back Pack is proud to present their upcoming show, and next installment of the Back Pack Presents Series, Felt Up.
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2017
The Back Pack is proud to present their upcoming show, and next installment of the Back Pack Presents Series, Felt Up.
Groundwork Music Project Announces Annual Fall Family FUNRAISER
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2017
Groundwork Music Project is hosting an afternoon of music and fun at Cherrywood Coffeehouse on Sunday, October 22nd from 3 to 6pm. The event will feature live music from Groundwork Music Orchestra and students, Tameca Jones, Walker Lukens, and more. The Fall Family FUNraiser will also include face painting, balloon animals, and a silent auction. Each ticket purchased will also enter attendees into a raffle with chances of winning gift certificates to several of Austin's premiere restaurants.
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2017
Groundwork Music Project is hosting an afternoon of music and fun at Cherrywood Coffeehouse on Sunday, October 22nd from 3 to 6pm. The event will feature live music from Groundwork Music Orchestra and students, Tameca Jones, Walker Lukens, and more. The Fall Family FUNraiser will also include face painting, balloon animals, and a silent auction. Each ticket purchased will also enter attendees into a raffle with chances of winning gift certificates to several of Austin's premiere restaurants.
Bernadette Nason and TEA IN TRIPOLI Stage Work Becomes Book Memoir
by Frank Benge - October 04, 2017
In 2011, Bernadette Nason wrote and performed her one-woman show, TEA IN TRIPOLI, which was about the fifteen months she spent in Libya in 1984-85. The overwhelmingly positive reaction led to four award nominations: Best Actress, Best Original Script, and two for Best Production. This encouraged Nason to turn the show into a book. The end result is 'Tea in Tripoli: A Memoir' which is now available in paperback and electronic form from Amazon.
by Frank Benge - October 04, 2017
In 2011, Bernadette Nason wrote and performed her one-woman show, TEA IN TRIPOLI, which was about the fifteen months she spent in Libya in 1984-85. The overwhelmingly positive reaction led to four award nominations: Best Actress, Best Original Script, and two for Best Production. This encouraged Nason to turn the show into a book. The end result is 'Tea in Tripoli: A Memoir' which is now available in paperback and electronic form from Amazon.
BWW Review: SINGIN' IN THE RAIN Tap Happy Film Classic Delightfully Reimagined
by Frank Benge - October 04, 2017
Who isn't familiar with SINGIN' IN THE RAIN? The classic MGM film musical is arguably a perfect film musical, full of great songs, amazing dancing and memorable characters. Setting out to put this film on stage is a monumental task that requires a faithful enough recreation that it doesn't disappoint a legion of fans, yet has to be it's own original stage creation. Now playing on ZACH Theatre's Topfer Stage is a delightful version that manages to pay just the right amount of tribute while being thrillingly entertaining in its own right.
by Frank Benge - October 04, 2017
Who isn't familiar with SINGIN' IN THE RAIN? The classic MGM film musical is arguably a perfect film musical, full of great songs, amazing dancing and memorable characters. Setting out to put this film on stage is a monumental task that requires a faithful enough recreation that it doesn't disappoint a legion of fans, yet has to be it's own original stage creation. Now playing on ZACH Theatre's Topfer Stage is a delightful version that manages to pay just the right amount of tribute while being thrillingly entertaining in its own right.
Kate Beckinsale, Val Kilmer & More Set for Wizard World Comic Con Austin This November
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2017
Momoa, Simmons, Glau, Staite and Maher are scheduled to appear on Saturday and Sunday, November 18-19; the others above will be on hand all three days.
by BWW News Desk - October 04, 2017
Momoa, Simmons, Glau, Staite and Maher are scheduled to appear on Saturday and Sunday, November 18-19; the others above will be on hand all three days.
WaterTower Theatre Appoints Nine New Board Members and a Slate of New Executive Officers
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2017
WaterTower Theatre has announced the election of nine new Board Members, as well as a new slate of Officers. The Board voted unanimously to install the following Executive Committee Officers: President Paul Shultz, Vice President Stan Graner, Vice President Grace Daniels, Treasurer Philip Longacre, and Secretary Karol Omlor.
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2017
WaterTower Theatre has announced the election of nine new Board Members, as well as a new slate of Officers. The Board voted unanimously to install the following Executive Committee Officers: President Paul Shultz, Vice President Stan Graner, Vice President Grace Daniels, Treasurer Philip Longacre, and Secretary Karol Omlor.
BWW Review: THE WOLVES A Powerful Tale of Female Camaraderie
by Frank Benge - October 02, 2017
THE WOLVES is a 2016 play by Sarah DeLappe that looks at the experiences of nine high school girls during their soccer warmups. All of the play takes place during these successive warmups, where they navigate big questions and wage tiny battles like a pack of adolescent warriors. This portrait of life for this group of girls who just want to be winners at soccer is wise, witty and ultimately, heartbreaking. This is DeLappe's first play and it received the American Playwriting Foundation's inaugural Relentless Award and was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
by Frank Benge - October 02, 2017
THE WOLVES is a 2016 play by Sarah DeLappe that looks at the experiences of nine high school girls during their soccer warmups. All of the play takes place during these successive warmups, where they navigate big questions and wage tiny battles like a pack of adolescent warriors. This portrait of life for this group of girls who just want to be winners at soccer is wise, witty and ultimately, heartbreaking. This is DeLappe's first play and it received the American Playwriting Foundation's inaugural Relentless Award and was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Nominations Now Open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Austin Awards!
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2017
Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards! Regional productions, touring shows, community theatre and more are all included, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. Our local editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31.
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2017
Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards! Regional productions, touring shows, community theatre and more are all included, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. Our local editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31.
BWW Review: DRINKING HABITS - Palace Playhouse Presents Hilarious Comedy
by Lynn Beaver - October 02, 2017
The Georgetown Palace Playhouse has audiences rolling in the aisles with classically drawn farce DRINKING HABITS by Tom Smith.
by Lynn Beaver - October 02, 2017
The Georgetown Palace Playhouse has audiences rolling in the aisles with classically drawn farce DRINKING HABITS by Tom Smith.
BWW Review: A CHORUS LINE - TSU's Musical Is Sensational
by Lynn Beaver - October 02, 2017
Texas State University's celebrated Department of Theatre and Dance produces game changing musical A CHORUS LINE with sensational style.
by Lynn Beaver - October 02, 2017
Texas State University's celebrated Department of Theatre and Dance produces game changing musical A CHORUS LINE with sensational style.
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