Frank Wo/Men Collective Debuts TISKETTASKET in Austin
by BWW News Desk - July 05, 2017
Tiskettasket, an interactive physical theatre show centered around multi-purposing food. In a series of overlapping vignettes, this performance channels absurdity in many forms, allowing the audience to engage head-deep in fruitful, full-bodied episodes of goof.
by BWW News Desk - July 05, 2017
Tiskettasket, an interactive physical theatre show centered around multi-purposing food. In a series of overlapping vignettes, this performance channels absurdity in many forms, allowing the audience to engage head-deep in fruitful, full-bodied episodes of goof.
Photo Flash: The City Theatre Austin Presents THE NORMAL HEART
by BWW News Desk - July 05, 2017
THE NORMAL HEART. Larry Kramer's searing drama about the public and private indifference to the AIDS plague and one man's fight to awaken the world to the crisis.
by BWW News Desk - July 05, 2017
THE NORMAL HEART. Larry Kramer's searing drama about the public and private indifference to the AIDS plague and one man's fight to awaken the world to the crisis.
Pulitzer Prize Winning Composer Henry Threadgill to Play Concert
by BWW News Desk - July 02, 2017
For over forty years, Henry Threadgill has been celebrated as one of the most forward-thinking composers and multi-instrumentalists in American music. The New York Times has called him 'perhaps the most important jazz composer of his generation.' Born in 1944 in Chicago, Threadgill was an early member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM).
by BWW News Desk - July 02, 2017
For over forty years, Henry Threadgill has been celebrated as one of the most forward-thinking composers and multi-instrumentalists in American music. The New York Times has called him 'perhaps the most important jazz composer of his generation.' Born in 1944 in Chicago, Threadgill was an early member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM).
The Hill Country Community Theatre presents 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2017
The Hill Country Community Theatre presents "9 to 5: The Musical".
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2017
The Hill Country Community Theatre presents "9 to 5: The Musical".
BWW Review: PETER PAN - An Entertaining Evening
by Lynn Beaver - June 29, 2017
Lake Travis Musical Theatre production, the iconic 1954 musical PETER PAN, makes for an entertaining evening.
by Lynn Beaver - June 29, 2017
Lake Travis Musical Theatre production, the iconic 1954 musical PETER PAN, makes for an entertaining evening.
Devin Finn and Nick Kier of Theatre Synesthesia
by Frank Benge - June 28, 2017
One of Austin's most innovative theatre companies is Theatre Synesthesia, which has been recently recognized with awards from both BroadwayWorld and the Austin Critic's Table. We had an opportunity to sit down with two of the company founders, Devin Finn and Nick Kier to find out more about this company that, of late, has been creating so much buzz in the Austin theatre community.
by Frank Benge - June 28, 2017
One of Austin's most innovative theatre companies is Theatre Synesthesia, which has been recently recognized with awards from both BroadwayWorld and the Austin Critic's Table. We had an opportunity to sit down with two of the company founders, Devin Finn and Nick Kier to find out more about this company that, of late, has been creating so much buzz in the Austin theatre community.
Whatsinthemirror? to Present ROSE UNIVERSITY: FIRST SEMESTER at Santa Cruz Theatre
by BWW News Desk - June 27, 2017
Whatsinthemirror? will present Rose University: First Semester, a limited performance of the new developmental piece.
by BWW News Desk - June 27, 2017
Whatsinthemirror? will present Rose University: First Semester, a limited performance of the new developmental piece.
SXSW Launches 2018 with PanelPicker Proposals, Film Submissions and More
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2017
South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals has launched its 2018 season with the opening of PanelPicker programming proposals, Film Festival submissions, and Music Showcasing Artist applications for next year's event.
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2017
South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals has launched its 2018 season with the opening of PanelPicker programming proposals, Film Festival submissions, and Music Showcasing Artist applications for next year's event.
Mermaids and Oddities Take the Stage in CRAVE BLUE
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2017
A mermaid exhibition. A strange lake in the middle of West Texas. Ice cream in multiple flavors. MouthRadio presents Crave Blue, a new play by Sarah Loucks, directed by Ann Marie Dorr. Part roadside attraction, part dark comedy, Crave Blue follows a group of West Texas women who dress up as mermaids to pay the bills. Conspiracy and desire collide when a man claims to see a real life mermaid in the lake. As tourists pollute the town, three minimum-wage mermaids must risk everything to uncover the secrets within the lake, and the secrets within each other.
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2017
A mermaid exhibition. A strange lake in the middle of West Texas. Ice cream in multiple flavors. MouthRadio presents Crave Blue, a new play by Sarah Loucks, directed by Ann Marie Dorr. Part roadside attraction, part dark comedy, Crave Blue follows a group of West Texas women who dress up as mermaids to pay the bills. Conspiracy and desire collide when a man claims to see a real life mermaid in the lake. As tourists pollute the town, three minimum-wage mermaids must risk everything to uncover the secrets within the lake, and the secrets within each other.
BWW Review: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE at Gilbert And Sullivan Austin
by Joni Lorraine - June 22, 2017
Since 1976 the Gilbert and Sullivan Austin has dedicated itself to providing the city with the works of Gilbert and Sullivan not so much by reinvention but by recreating how a production might have been staged originally. There is a respect due this sort of commitment, and the audience in attendance this last Saturday when I viewed the production, showed theirs in a true sense of a special occasion. I can recall the respect I was expected to display, and the authentic excitement I felt anytime I attended a play or musical back in the day. Back in the Ice Age, when I simultaneously became a teenager and discovered theatre, it was considered an event just shy of your cousin's wedding to attend the theatre. People got dressed up, showed up on time and applauded civilly after each musical number back then. Why, no one stood for an ovation even unless the production was spot on literally flawless.
by Joni Lorraine - June 22, 2017
Since 1976 the Gilbert and Sullivan Austin has dedicated itself to providing the city with the works of Gilbert and Sullivan not so much by reinvention but by recreating how a production might have been staged originally. There is a respect due this sort of commitment, and the audience in attendance this last Saturday when I viewed the production, showed theirs in a true sense of a special occasion. I can recall the respect I was expected to display, and the authentic excitement I felt anytime I attended a play or musical back in the day. Back in the Ice Age, when I simultaneously became a teenager and discovered theatre, it was considered an event just shy of your cousin's wedding to attend the theatre. People got dressed up, showed up on time and applauded civilly after each musical number back then. Why, no one stood for an ovation even unless the production was spot on literally flawless.
BWW Review: BARE - ATP's Youthful Pop Opera Stunningly Beautiful
by Lynn Beaver - June 19, 2017
Austin Theatre Project's current production BARE, playing at the Trinity Street Theatre, is a work of love and stunning beauty.
by Lynn Beaver - June 19, 2017
Austin Theatre Project's current production BARE, playing at the Trinity Street Theatre, is a work of love and stunning beauty.
BWW Review: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA - Rarely Seen Shakespeare Brilliantly Presented
by Lynn Beaver - June 17, 2017
Something For Nothing Theatre Company has a reputation for performing little known Shakespearean works on a shoestring budget, this year it's TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, and it's brilliant.
by Lynn Beaver - June 17, 2017
Something For Nothing Theatre Company has a reputation for performing little known Shakespearean works on a shoestring budget, this year it's TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, and it's brilliant.
Cast Announced for 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL at The Hill Country Community Theatre
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2017
The Hill Country Community Theatre is delighted to announce principal casting for the final show of its 2016-17 season, "9 to 5: The Musical".
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2017
The Hill Country Community Theatre is delighted to announce principal casting for the final show of its 2016-17 season, "9 to 5: The Musical".
TexARTS Youth Academy presents THE LITTLE MERMAID, JR.
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2017
Join us "Under the Sea" for TexARTS Youth Musical Theatre Academy's production of The Little Mermaid, Jr. Performances are scheduled for June 23 & 24 at the Kam & James Morris Theatre at TexARTS (2300 Lohman's Spur, Suite 160 Austin, Texas 78734).
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2017
Join us "Under the Sea" for TexARTS Youth Musical Theatre Academy's production of The Little Mermaid, Jr. Performances are scheduled for June 23 & 24 at the Kam & James Morris Theatre at TexARTS (2300 Lohman's Spur, Suite 160 Austin, Texas 78734).
THE NORMAL HEART, Larry Kramer's Acclaimed Drama Opens 6/30
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2017
The City Theatre is excited to announce a special summer theatre event presentation of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart. Described as "riveting theatre," this moving, funny, raw, and thought-provoking examination of the fight during the AIDS epidemic, is one of the most successful plays in modern American theatre and deserving of production in every community that believes in the power in and equality of all its citizens. The production runs June 30 - July 16.
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2017
The City Theatre is excited to announce a special summer theatre event presentation of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart. Described as "riveting theatre," this moving, funny, raw, and thought-provoking examination of the fight during the AIDS epidemic, is one of the most successful plays in modern American theatre and deserving of production in every community that believes in the power in and equality of all its citizens. The production runs June 30 - July 16.
Photo Flash: First Look at Young Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT, Opening Tonight!
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2017
For its 9th season, Young Shakespeare, Austin Shakespeare's teen company, will transform Richard Garriott de Cayeux's outdoor Curtain Theater (7400 Coldwater Canyon Drive) into the Forest of Arden for a production of the romantic comedy As You Like It. Featuring auditioned actors performing Shakespeare's beautiful poetry, As You Like It will run Thursdays through Sundays at 8 pm, tonight, June 15, through June 25, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2017
For its 9th season, Young Shakespeare, Austin Shakespeare's teen company, will transform Richard Garriott de Cayeux's outdoor Curtain Theater (7400 Coldwater Canyon Drive) into the Forest of Arden for a production of the romantic comedy As You Like It. Featuring auditioned actors performing Shakespeare's beautiful poetry, As You Like It will run Thursdays through Sundays at 8 pm, tonight, June 15, through June 25, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
BWW Review: Shrewd Productions' THE REVOLUTIONISTS - Where the Women Reign
by Joni Lorraine - June 15, 2017
If every Reign of Terror turned out like this one, I suspect we'd revolt more often.
by Joni Lorraine - June 15, 2017
If every Reign of Terror turned out like this one, I suspect we'd revolt more often.
BWW Review: IN THE HEIGHTS - ZACH Wows With Modern Classic
by Lynn Beaver - June 14, 2017
ZACH Theatre,Austin's premier regional theatre wows with their current production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony winning first musical with book by Quiana Agra Hudes.
by Lynn Beaver - June 14, 2017
ZACH Theatre,Austin's premier regional theatre wows with their current production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony winning first musical with book by Quiana Agra Hudes.
39 STEPS, STATE FAIR, THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR and More Set for HCCT's 2017-18 Season
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2017
Hill Country Community Theatre announces its 2017-18 season. Featuring five productions, the season includes the new musical comedy 'Senior Moments', a holiday musical 'A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol', the thriller/comedy '39 Steps', the comedy 'The Red Velvet Cake War', and Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical 'State Fair'. This marks HCCT's 32nd year.
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2017
Hill Country Community Theatre announces its 2017-18 season. Featuring five productions, the season includes the new musical comedy 'Senior Moments', a holiday musical 'A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol', the thriller/comedy '39 Steps', the comedy 'The Red Velvet Cake War', and Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical 'State Fair'. This marks HCCT's 32nd year.
HCCT Youth present ALICE IN WONDERLAND JR. the Musical
by BWW News Desk - June 08, 2017
HCCT's Youth Summer Theatre Program presents the musical "Alice in Wonderland Jr." Cottonwood Shores/Marble Falls/Horseshoe Bay, TX - Things are getting "curiouser and curiouser" as the Hill Country Community Theatre tumbles through the rabbit hole and into a strange world when its Youth Summer Theatre Program presents the musical "Disney's Alice in Wonderland Jr.", running June 22 - 25.
by BWW News Desk - June 08, 2017
HCCT's Youth Summer Theatre Program presents the musical "Alice in Wonderland Jr." Cottonwood Shores/Marble Falls/Horseshoe Bay, TX - Things are getting "curiouser and curiouser" as the Hill Country Community Theatre tumbles through the rabbit hole and into a strange world when its Youth Summer Theatre Program presents the musical "Disney's Alice in Wonderland Jr.", running June 22 - 25.
Hill Country Community Theatre Announces 2017-18 Season
by BWW News Desk - June 08, 2017
- Hill Country Community Theatre announces its 2017-18 season. Featuring five productions, the season includes the new musical comedy "Senior Moments", a holiday musical "A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol", the thriller/comedy "39 Steps", the comedy "The Red Velvet Cake War", and Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "State Fair". This marks HCCT's 32nd year.
by BWW News Desk - June 08, 2017
- Hill Country Community Theatre announces its 2017-18 season. Featuring five productions, the season includes the new musical comedy "Senior Moments", a holiday musical "A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol", the thriller/comedy "39 Steps", the comedy "The Red Velvet Cake War", and Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "State Fair". This marks HCCT's 32nd year.
PETER PAN Flies to Lago Vista this Summer
by BWW News Desk - June 06, 2017
'Peter Pan' is Lake Travis Music Theatre's (LTMT) 2017 offering for a summer stock show. Anyone familiar with Peter Pan knows that he flew everywhere in the story and took his young friends with him, in this delightful, magical tale.
by BWW News Desk - June 06, 2017
'Peter Pan' is Lake Travis Music Theatre's (LTMT) 2017 offering for a summer stock show. Anyone familiar with Peter Pan knows that he flew everywhere in the story and took his young friends with him, in this delightful, magical tale.
BWW Review: THE EFFECT Delivers A Powerful Message Powerfully Performed
by Frank Benge - June 05, 2017
Set in a drug study lab at Rauschen Pharmaceuticals, where volunteers are taking the experimental antidepressant RLU37; THE EFFECT, a new play by Lucy Prebble, examines two couples and the effects this new drug has on them. The play is not only a powerful and darkly funny indictment of Big Pharma, this ultimately deeply moving play examines such topics as sanity and neurology while also looking into such ideas as fate, and touching on the inevitability of physical attraction in a closed environment. The final question you are left with is who is really in charge of your destiny. Is it you or is it your brain? Prebble has written a very intelligent play that manages quite successfully to walk the thin line between comic and tragic. She is looking squarely at the question of what makes us who we are. This is black comedy of the highest order which requires skilled performers and a skilled director to pull off successfully. Happily, this production has those necessities in spades.
by Frank Benge - June 05, 2017
Set in a drug study lab at Rauschen Pharmaceuticals, where volunteers are taking the experimental antidepressant RLU37; THE EFFECT, a new play by Lucy Prebble, examines two couples and the effects this new drug has on them. The play is not only a powerful and darkly funny indictment of Big Pharma, this ultimately deeply moving play examines such topics as sanity and neurology while also looking into such ideas as fate, and touching on the inevitability of physical attraction in a closed environment. The final question you are left with is who is really in charge of your destiny. Is it you or is it your brain? Prebble has written a very intelligent play that manages quite successfully to walk the thin line between comic and tragic. She is looking squarely at the question of what makes us who we are. This is black comedy of the highest order which requires skilled performers and a skilled director to pull off successfully. Happily, this production has those necessities in spades.
BWW Review: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW at City Theatre Misses The Mark With The Bard
by Lynn Beaver - June 04, 2017
William Shakespeare's comedies have become a staple of summertime theatre the world over. City Theatre's production of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW is one of several of the Bard's best playing in Austin in the next few weeks. Unfortunately this lackluster presentation misses the mark on multiple levels.
by Lynn Beaver - June 04, 2017
William Shakespeare's comedies have become a staple of summertime theatre the world over. City Theatre's production of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW is one of several of the Bard's best playing in Austin in the next few weeks. Unfortunately this lackluster presentation misses the mark on multiple levels.
BWW Review: GUYS AND DOLLS at Austin Playhouse is Lighthearted Fun.
by Lacey Cannon Gonzales - June 01, 2017
GUYS AND DOLLS is presented by Austin Playhouse as part of their 2016-2017 season. Directed by Don Toner and with musical direction by Susan Finnigan, this musical theatre gem tells the story of rolling the dice and taking a gamble on love. The musical, based on two short stories by Damon Runyon, originally premiered on Broadway in 1950 with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It went on to win the Tony in 1950 for Best Musical and was later adapted into the 1955 film starring Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando.
by Lacey Cannon Gonzales - June 01, 2017
GUYS AND DOLLS is presented by Austin Playhouse as part of their 2016-2017 season. Directed by Don Toner and with musical direction by Susan Finnigan, this musical theatre gem tells the story of rolling the dice and taking a gamble on love. The musical, based on two short stories by Damon Runyon, originally premiered on Broadway in 1950 with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It went on to win the Tony in 1950 for Best Musical and was later adapted into the 1955 film starring Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando.
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