Broadway in Austin’s Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations
Like any jukebox musical, it all comes down to the songs
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Bob Abelman, March 30, 2023
Penfold Theatre's Vincent
Penfold Theatre proves that size matters in surprising ways when painting a portrait of Van Gogh
Bob Abelman, March 30, 2023
Different Stages' The Tavern
Not to be melodramatic but, damn, this revival of George M. Cohan's comedy is a satire worth sitting through
Bob Abelman, March 23, 2023
St. Nicholas
Conor McPherson revival is a retelling of a tall tale worth repeating
Bob Abelman, March 21, 2023
Steel Magnolias
City Theatre finds the Southern comfort in this tear-jerking dramedy
Bob Abelman, March 16, 2023
Nightbird
A timely treatise on the space between Black America's past, present, and future
Bob Abelman, March 9, 2023
Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat
If you happen to go, bring a toddler in tow
Bob Abelman, March 2, 2023
Broadway in Austin’s Disney’s Aladdin
Poster child for Broadway's Disneyfication still crazy entertaining
Bob Abelman, Feb. 16, 2023
The Play That Goes Wrong
Physics and farce join forces to surprisingly hilarious if exhausting effect
Bob Abelman, Feb. 16, 2023
In the Beginning
Do gynoids dream of inflatable sheep in this wild woman dum dum show?
Wayne Alan Brenner, Feb. 9, 2023
The Filigree Theatre's Fire in Dreamland
This compelling drama ignites but doesn’t blaze
Bob Abelman, Feb. 9, 2023
Zach Theatre & Deaf Austin Theatre’s Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
An innovative approach to a marvelous play
Bob Abelman, Feb. 5, 2023
Flood of Spirits
World premiere conjures up a haunting evening
Richard Whittaker, Feb. 3, 2023
Austin Opera’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sharp Sondheim staging could benefit from some musical raggedness
Bob Abelman, Feb. 1, 2023
Jarrott Productions' The Sound Inside
An understated, intriguing page-turner
Bob Abelman, Jan. 19, 2023
Vortex Repertory Co.’s Ride the Wave
All foam, no fortitude in this surfer dude play
Bob Abelman, Jan. 18, 2023
Broadway in Austin’s Pretty Woman: The Musical
Imitation isn't always the sincerest form of flattery
Bob Abelman, Jan. 18, 2023
Street Corner Arts' The Gulf
Simple narrative hides its power in what it doesn't say
Shanon Weaver, Dec. 15, 2022
Dueling Dickens
Two gifts to Austin audiences as Zach Theatre and Penfold Theatre present their own versions of A Christmas Carol
Bob Abelman, Dec. 15, 2022
The Last Five Years
Inclusive production gives the time between love and loss a mighty voice
Bob Abelman, Dec. 8, 2022
Archive Theater's A Sherlock Holmes Christmas
Should you welcome this Holmes for the holidays with seasonal cheer?
Bob Abelman, Dec. 1, 2022
Austin Playhouse’s The (One-Act) Play That Goes Wrong
An evening of side-splitting schadenfreude
Bob Abelman, Nov. 23, 2022
Different Stages Theatre's Water by the Spoonful
A teaspoon of gravitas, tablespoon of heart is the perfect recipe for this Pulitzer winner
Bob Abelman, Nov. 23, 2022
Austin Shakespeare's Sense and Sensibility
Putting the pedal to the metal bolsters Jane Austen’s classic work
Bob Abelman, Nov. 17, 2022
Glass Half Full Theatre's Yamel Cucuy
Modern-day Mexican folktale rallies against things that go bump in the night
Bob Abelman, Oct. 27, 2022
Georgetown Palace Theatre's Cabaret
A risky and risqué staging opens the company’s season of stalwart productions
Bob Abelman, Oct. 20, 2022
Jarrott Productions' The Pact
This new, locally sourced play cleverly covers its dark comedy center with a thick sitcom coating
Bob Abelman, Oct. 13, 2022
Zach Theatre's The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Theatrical elements combine for a “perfect goddamn story”
Shanon Weaver, Oct. 6, 2022
Different Stages Theatre's Shining City
As with all Conor McPherson plays, the devil is in the details
Bob Abelman, Sept. 29, 2022
Broadway in Austin’s Hadestown
Headfirst, straight to a Hell of a good time
Bob Abelman, Sept. 22, 2022
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