Austria Theatre Newsroom

The Prix Ars Electronica is the world’s most established competition for media art. The four winners have now been selected and will be awarded the coveted Golden Nica as well as up to 10,000 euros in prize money.

Le Malade Imaginaire found its way to the Musical stage. As hypochondriacs surround us nowadays and every patient is googling their symptoms, instead of asking a professional, only to find out they should have died yesterday (according to their search), why not transform the old play into a comedy Musical, or....?

What did our critic think of ROCK ME AMADEUS at Ronacher?

Moritz Mausser, Vienna's latest Newcomer, is starring as Hans Hölz, aka FALCO, in the latest VBW in-house production- ROCK ME AMADEUS-THE FALCO MUSICAL. While the show ends after two successful and mostly sold-out seasons, it's time to sit down and chat with the show's Leading Man.

Jason Mraz comes to Wiener Stadthalle in September. Jason Mraz is a two-time GRAMMY Award winning singer/songwriter and Songwriters Hall of Fame Honoree.

HORIZONS - the spectacular new show from HOLIDAY ON ICE is coming to Wiener Stadthalle. HORIZONS brings the diversity and fascination of the big city to the ice in a spectacular way.

The Rose is coming to Wiener Stadthalle this month. The performance is set for 11 June 2025. Learn more about this upcoming concert and find out how to get tickets here!

HitSquad Records released Frank Wildhorn's Wonderland, loosely based on Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, which had its German-speaking Premiere in September 2024 at the Landestheater Linz.

The Salzburg Festival, one of the world's most prestigious performing arts events, returns from July 18 to August 31, 2025, offering a rich program of opera, drama, and concerts in the historic city of Salzburg, Austria.

 Frank Wildhorn will return to Vienna for a spectacular one-night-only concert event. Under the title 'Frank Wildhorn – Live in Concert', the open-air setting of Theater im Park will serve as the backdrop for an evening of world-class music.

Follies, Stephen Sondheim’s timeless masterpiece is a unique work of musical theatre. Much more than a simple musical comedy, but nonetheless it has its elements. It is a brave attempt to confront the audience not only with their own weaknesses, but also with their shared memory, as the musical simultaneously evokes and bids farewell to a faded era, a defining element of American culture, the revue theater of the 1920s and 1930s.

The 80s are back in town, and we are invited into the legendary Bourbon Room to enjoy small-town Girl Sherrie (Inga Krischke) falling in love with Drew Boley (played by the amazing Matthias Trattner) and witness their roller-coaster relationship.

American Ballet Theatre announced that Principal Dancer Cassandra Trenary will depart the Company at the conclusion of the 2025 Metropolitan Opera House season to join the Vienna State Opera Ballet.

At the end of the 1920s, Berlin experiences an artistic heyday, the era of the great UFA sound films, and people flock to the cinemas. After Hitler's 'seizure of power' in 1933, UFA came under the pressure of Propaganda Minister Goebbels. Jewish artists are dismissed, and their films are banned. The young music student Fritz is supposed to collaborate with the famous composer Werner Richard Heymann to adapt a planned new music film for propaganda purposes.

Die Legende vom „Fliegenden Holländer“ übt auf Dalands Tochter Senta eine ungeheure Faszination aus. Sie fühlt sich dazu auserkoren, diesen Mann – der auf ewig dazu verdammt ist, das Meer zu kreuzen und nach wahrer Liebe zu suchen – zu erlösen.

What did our critic think of THE STORY OF MY LIFE DIE GESCHICHTE MEINES LEBENS at Theater Spielraum?aMarch 19, 2025, marks the Opening Night for Neil Bartrams (Lyrics and Music) and Brian Hill's (book) Chamber Musical, THE STORY OF MY LIFE (Die Geschichte Meines Lebens- translated by Daniel Große Boymann) at the charming Theater Spielraum in Vienna.

Unter dem niedlichen deutschen Titel Das schlaue Füchslein wurde und wird diese 1924 uraufgeführte Oper von Leoš Janáček gerne als drolligputzige Reihung von Anekdoten aus dem Tierreich erzählt.

Etwas ist verschoben in der Welt: Kinder fallen wie tot von ihren Stühlen; ein Komiker rutscht auf einer Bananenschale aus und kann nicht mehr damit aufhören; die Zeit ist aus den Fugen; Seltsames, Unheimliches geschieht.

Der deutsche Komponist Alois Bröder, dem Linzer Publikum bereits bekannt durch seine Oper Unverhofftes Wiedersehen, widmet sich in seinem neuen Werk Novellen des italienischen Literaturnobelpreisträgers Luigi Pirandello und formt dabei zwei Operneinakter zu Spiegelbildern der Leidenschaft in all ihren Schattierungen.

Laura Oswald & Raphael Binde bring the fast-paced and charming musical dramedy ELISE & PAUL to the stage in Vienna for the first time as a two-person show.

The final curtain for one of Austria's most famous Actors, the legendary Otto Schenk, who sadly passed away on January 9th, has fallen on the probably most prestigious stage, Vienna's St. Stephans Cathedral, in the heart of Austrias beloved capitol. Otto Schenk has been a theatrical institution that inspired and entertained generations, a legend, on and off-stage.

The critically acclaimed revue is hitting the road and stopping in Vienna for a strictly limited run. Ages ago, Berlin was the center of the world, with its Night Clubs, Bars, and the famous Admiralspalast with its Conférenciers the Variety 'Admiral' (played by Simon Stockinger, well-deserved Winner of the 2024 BroadwayWorld Austria Award for  Best Supporting Performer in a Musical). It has been a time full of good music, loads of dancing, liquor, and huge Variety shows; the world danced through Berlin and the doors into the Admiralspalast, the world's melting pot, where everyone wanted to be a part of.

Culinarical 8.0. Wolfgang Ebner's Musical and Dine Dinner show is back for another season, with famous songs from movies. Shortly after the WICKED phenomenon hit movie theatres worldwide, choosing the movie theme for this year's run was smart.

Winners have been announced for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Austria Awards! The 2024 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Kleine Ursache – große Wirkung: Da genügt ein simpler Apfel, um die gesamte – damals freilich noch überschaubare – Menschheit bis zum Jüngsten Tag ins Unglück zu stoßen.