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Review: WILD HORSES at Penfold Theatre


by Joni Lorraine - March 11, 2026

The effervescent Jennifer Coy Jennings has become so synonymous with the role of Woman in WILD HORSES here in Austin, that the mind is thrown off to see other faces out there on the interwebs when researching the play. ...

Review: PRIVATE LIVES at Bandwagon Arts


by Sabrina Wallace - March 07, 2026

Bandwagon Arts gives Noël Coward’s Private Lives a modern twist at Ground Floor Theatre. Ex-spouses Elyot and Amanda collide on neighboring honeymoon balconies, and chaos follows. Quick wit, messy romance, and socialites behaving badly keep this classic comedy humming....

Review: DEATHTRAP at The Wimberley Players


by Sabrina Wallace - March 03, 2026

The Wimberley Players production of Deathtrap is a smart psychological thriller about ambition, legacy, and deception. The beautiful, restrained set supports suspense, and the strong cast shines all the way through....

Review: REEFER MADNESS, THE MUSICAL at Austin Community College


by Sabrina Wallace - March 03, 2026

Reefer Madness at ACC is a ferocious, laugh-out-loud takedown of moral panic, powered by fearless performances and razor-sharp satire. Campy, chaotic, and uncomfortably timely. Playing thru March 14th, 2026...

Review: WITCH at HYDE PARK THEATRE


by Sabrina Wallace - February 24, 2026

Hyde Park’s production of WITCH is sharp, funny, and quietly ferocious. A Devil with a grin, a witch that questions the status quo, a town built on bargains, and ambition that bites back. You’ll leave checking your own contracts. Through March 21st. ...

Review: THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL at City Theatre Austin


by Sabrina Wallace - February 24, 2026

Some plays rush. In Horton Foote’s award-winning play, The Trip to Bountiful, longing feels biblical, and patience gets tested, and City Theatre’s production reminds you how to sit still. Judith Laird is all steel beneath fragility, as an aging mother chasing the ghost of her childhood home. But...

Review: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS at ZACH


by Joni Lorraine - February 19, 2026

What did our critic think of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS at ZACH?...

Review: BEEHIVE: THE 60S MUSICAL at TexArts


by Sabrina Wallace - February 17, 2026

Big hair, bigger voices, and zero apologies. Beehive: The 60s Musical at TexARTS is pure jukebox joy: love songs turn into liberation anthems, wigs rise as the decade unfolds, and seven powerhouse women keep the audience laughing and singing along. Profound? No. A ridiculously good time? Abso-freaki...

Review: URINETOWN at Mary Moody Northen Theatre


by Sabrina Wallace - February 14, 2026

Urinetown now playing at MMNT - A musical so funny it hits like a warning. Corporate greed, drought, revolt—and the water still runs out. Laugh. Think. Repeat....

Review: SWING! at Georgetown Palace Theatre


by Sabrina Wallace - February 14, 2026

Swing! at Georgetown Palace Theatre proves that when the set disappears, the rhythm takes over. A bare stage, a blazing live band, powerhouse vocals, and choreography that fills every inch of space. The audience was tapping along all night, me included. Theatre adapts, communities rally, and the sho...

Past Shows

Doubt: A Parable
Doubt: A Parable
Oct 12 – Nov 4, 2018

John Patrick Shanley's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama brings a gripping storm of suspicion and scandal where no simple truths or answers exist. Set...

The Who's Tommy
The Who's Tommy
Sep 7 – Sep 30, 2018

A boy's journey from pain to triumph is a sensory-defying rock and roll experience. Based on the iconic 1969 rock concept album, The Who's Tommy...

The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
Aug 10 – Sep 2, 2018

Frank Galati’s groundbreaking stage adaptation of John Steinbeck’s masterpiece of American literature. The powerful story of the Joad family and their flight from the dust...

Playhouse Creatures
Playhouse Creatures
Jul 13 – Aug 5, 2018

An Austin premiere production. In 1663, Charles II reopens the England theatre playhouses and, for the first time, women are able to take the stage....

Ruthless! The Musical
Ruthless! The Musical
Jun 15 – Jul 8, 2018

Some people will do anything to become a star…ANYTHING! Joan Crawford meets Auntie Mame in this award-winning, stage mother of all musicals, off-Broadway triumph, written...

All My Sons
All My Sons
May 11 – Jun 3, 2018

How far would a man go to protect his family from the past? Arthur Miller’s award-winning stage classic tells the story of patriarch Joe Keller,...

As You Like It
As You Like It
Apr 13 – May 6, 2018

“All the world’s a stage!” proclaims William Shakespeare in his most famous romantic comedy. Exiled under threat of death, the irresistible heroine Rosalind, escapes into...

Bad Jews
Bad Jews
Mar 16 – Apr 8, 2018

BAD JEWS. Family and faith are not always kosher. Joshua Harmon’s acclaimed comedy asks questions about what you really choose to believe…when you’re chosen. The...

Noises Off
Noises Off
Feb 16 – Mar 11, 2018

Called the funniest farce ever written, Michael Frayn’s Noises Off is the most outrageous comedy about putting on a comedy. With rollicking wildness centering on...

Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya
Jan 12 – Feb 4, 2018

Anton Chekhov’s most revered work of hope, love, and loss in an exhilarating Austin premiere. When a retired professor and his beautiful young wife are...

Christmas Belles
Christmas Belles
Dec 1 – Dec 30, 2017

Christmas-time in the Lone Star State - but the Futrelle sisters of Fayro, Texas, are not exactly in a festive mood. Frankie is overdue with...

The Seafarer
The Seafarer
Nov 3 – Nov 26, 2017

The Austin premiere play about luck, the past, and the power of friendship. It’s Christmas Eve, Dublin, and in their rundown childhood home, where Sharky...

The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap
Oct 6 – Oct 29, 2017

City Theatre opens its 12th season with Agatha Christie’s true classic of all whodunit mysteries. The scene is set when a group of unsuspecting guests...

Omar Phoenix in Concert
Omar Phoenix in Concert
Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2017

After a sold-out weekend of explosive performances in January 2017, renowned violinist, singer, and showstopping performer Omar Phoenix returns with an exhilarating experience in sound,...

CHICAGO
CHICAGO
Aug 18 – Sep 10, 2017

Give ‘em the old razzle dazzle in the smash hit musical which is sure to deliver! Chicago has everything that makes Broadway great: a universal...

August: Osage County
August: Osage County
Jul 21 – Aug 13, 2017

Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best New Play, Tracy Lett’s dark comedy centers around the Weston family, who all come...

The Normal Heart
The Normal Heart
Jun 30 – Jul 16, 2017

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....

The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew
Jun 2 – Jun 25, 2017

Shakespeare's most famous comedy battle of the sexes! City Theatre heats up the summer with the popular Shakespearean comedy that pits the strong-willed Kate against...

Nunsense
Nunsense
May 5 – May 28, 2017

Get thee to a nunnery with the hit musical comedy filled with so much sisterly love and good cheer that it has audiences for over...

Tartuffe
Tartuffe
Apr 7 – Apr 30, 2017

Hypocrisy, greed, seduction, betrayal in the best of Moliere’s most famous farce. Under the religious cloak of piety, the lecherous, menacing, arch-hypocrite title character schemes...

Redux in Rep: Hamlet with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Redux in Rep: Hamlet with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Mar 10 – Apr 2, 2017

Both famous in classic tragedy and modern comedy, two classics of the theatre performed in a full repertory production, and rotating each night with the...

Three Tall Women
Three Tall Women
Feb 17 – Mar 5, 2017

Earning a Pulitzer Prize and three Best Play awards, Edward Albee has created a masterwork of modern theater. Three Tall Women is a beautiful and...

Crimes of the Heart
Crimes of the Heart
Jan 13 – Feb 5, 2017

Even an imperfect family is family enough. This rings true in Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy, spinning the zany story of a dysfunctional southern family,...

Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Nov 18 – Dec 18, 2016

Perfect for the holidays, this Neil Simon fast and furious comedy hit will keep you in stitches all night. Inspired by Simon’s own early days...

Glengarry Glen Ross
Glengarry Glen Ross
Oct 14 – Nov 6, 2016

Lie. Cheat. Steal…all in a day’s work. Everyone plays the angle in David Mamet’s brilliantly written examination of the competitive and cut-throat world of sales....

Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors
Aug 19 – Sep 11, 2016

Feed the need for musical hilarity with this screamingly funny, gleefully twisted, out-of-this-world hit musical. Little Shop has devoured the hearts of theatre goers for...

The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie
Jul 28 – Aug 14, 2016

Written by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Tennessee Williams, it is one of the greatest plays of the 20th century and a classic of the American...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Jun 24 – Jul 17, 2016

Let the mischief and merriment begin in this sizzling summer reimagining of Shakespeare’s most popular romantic comedy. In just one fantastic enchanted forest night, four...

Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Mar 11 – Apr 3, 2016

William Inge’s American classic where eight snowbound strangers stranded at a Midwest diner get a full serving of love, longing and loneliness. Cherie’s a hard-up...

A Man for All Seasons
A Man for All Seasons
Feb 12 – Mar 6, 2016

Politics is a dangerous place for a good man. That warning looms in the shadows of Robert Bolt’s legendary award-winning drama. Based on the fascinating,...

The Boys Next Door
The Boys Next Door
Jan 14 – Feb 7, 2016

The hilarious and heartwarming play focuses on the lives of four mentally handicapped men who live together under the watchful eye of their sincere, yet...

Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias
Nov 20 – Jan 3, 2016

The lovely ladies of Truvy’s Beauty Salon are back this holiday season! Robert Harling’s wisecracking and wise southern hit comedy serving up life, love, and...

The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
Oct 23 – Nov 15, 2015

Hailed by critics and audiences, an ingenious and wildly comic romp poking antic fun at the more ridiculous aspects of show biz and the corny...

Love Alone
Love Alone
Oct 2 – Oct 18, 2015

Opening City Theatre’s 10th anniversary season, the Austin premiere play by Deborah Salem Smith pulls no punches as it lays bare the emotions of two...

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Aug 28 – Sep 20, 2015

Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight! This joyous, musical romp through Rome has desperate lovers, scheming neighbors, and secrets behind every toga. A Funny Thing is considered...

The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
Jun 12 – Jul 5, 2015

Oscar Wilde’s delicious comedy confection follows the romantic misadventures of two English cads who devise a double life in order to impress the strong-willed women...

Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot
May 15 – Jun 7, 2015

Named by The New York Times as “the most important play of the 20th Century,” Samuel Beckett’s timeless masterpiece is a noble and moving work...

The Graduate
The Graduate
Apr 17 – May 10, 2015

Benjamin's got excellent grades, very proud parents and, since he helped Mrs. Robinson with her zipper, a fine future behind him....A cult novel, a classic...

Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Feb 20 – Mar 15, 2015

William Shakespeare’s timeless political thriller portrays the life and death struggle for power as honor, envy and patriotism collide. Caesar's political genius, military prowess and...

Farce of Nature
Farce of Nature
Oct 24 – Nov 16, 2014

From the successful writing team that brought you Dearly Beloved, Christmas Belles, and The Dixie Swim Club, comes the Texas premiere of the newest, Jones...

Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
Jul 18 – Aug 10, 2014

Edmund Rostand’s enduring masterwork about the power of love, the art of wordplay and the joy of finding what you've always wanted right under your...

Psycvho Beach Party
Psycvho Beach Party
Jun 27 – Jul 13, 2014

Surf’s up as Psycho Beach Party hangs ten this summer! Playwright, actor, director, drag queen legend, Charles Busch mashes up Gidget beach party surfer films,...

TWELFTH NIGHT
TWELFTH NIGHT
May 30 – Jun 22, 2014

Worlds collide in William Shakespeare's enchanting and much-loved comedy. In the household of Olivia, two campaigns are being quietly waged - one by the lovesick...

A DELICATE BALANCE
A DELICATE BALANCE
May 2 – May 25, 2014

Written by American playwright Edward Albee and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The New York Times says “Edward Albee, the leading playwright of...

The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple
Mar 7 – Mar 30, 2014

The Tony Award-winning comedy classic of famously mismatched roommates Oscar and Felix! When recently failed marriages force slovenly Oscar to share an apartment with fastidious...

The Whipping Man
The Whipping Man
Feb 14 – Mar 2, 2014

TIED BY FAITH. BOUND BY FREEDOM. The Civil War has ended. Into the chaos of war-torn Richmond, comes a wounded Jewish Confederate officer who finds...

Grease
Grease
Aug 23 – Sep 15, 2013

GREASE. The one that you want is back! The No. 1 electrifyin’ musical GREASE will rock 'n roll its way into Austin this summer! So,...

12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men
May 16 – Jun 9, 2013

One man will make a difference in Reginald Rose’s classic courtroom drama TWELVE ANGRY MEN Coming to Austin’s City Theatre May 16 – June 9...

Moon Over Buffalo
Moon Over Buffalo
Mar 21 – Apr 14, 2013

Ken Ludwig’s madcap comedy MOON OVER BUFFALO comes to Austin March 21 – April 14 If comedies are your favorite choice of theatre, then Moon...

Othello
Othello
Feb 21 – Mar 17, 2013

OTHELLO. William Shakespeare’s timeless tale of love, deceit, jealousy and murder. One of literature’s most tragic heroes squares off against his greatest villain in a...

Over the River and Through the Woods
Over the River and Through the Woods
Nov 29 – Dec 23, 2012

The City Theatre Company Proudly presents Over the River and Through the Woods Opening November 29 – December 23, 2012 Come home for the holidays...

Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Oct 25 – Nov 18, 2012

The City Theatre Company presents Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean written by Ed Graczyk October 25 – November 18....

Vampire Lesbians of Sodom
Vampire Lesbians of Sodom
Oct 26 – Nov 17, 2012

Written by the playwright of Psycho Beach Party, Die Mommie Die and The Tale of the Allergists Wife, the satirical farce Vampire Lesbians of Sodom...

Moonlight and Magnolias
Moonlight and Magnolias
Oct 4 – Oct 21, 2012

Having already started filming a movie adaptation of Gone with the Wind, legendary Hollywood producer David O. Selznick comes to the conclusion that the screenplay...

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