Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s Chronicles of an Indigenous Offspring
This is not a love letter, it’s a wake-up call
Bob Abelman
1-30 of 77 entries
Arts, May 23, 2023
Alchemy Theatre’s The Baker’s Wife
Musical’s Provençale charm and wit lie just beneath the surface
Arts, May 15, 2023
Broadway in Austin’s To Kill a Mockingbird
They had me at Sorkin
Arts, May 10, 2023
Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man
No delivery men were harmed in this one-woman show about sex
Arts, May 8, 2023
Jarrott Productions’ Mother of the Maid
Joan of Arc's life takes path less traveled but the production gets lost
Arts, April 26, 2023
Austin Playhouse's Indecent
Passionate tribute to a landmark lesbian kiss is a warning from history
Arts, April 24, 2023
Review: St. Ed’s Luchadora!
Let's get ready to stumble in this Lucha Libre drama
Arts, April 19, 2023
Review: Zach Theatre’s Roe
Revised text of the abortion rights drama proves that timing is everything
Arts, April 13, 2023
Review: 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
Arts, March 30, 2023
Review: Penfold Theatre's Vincent
Penfold Theatre proves that size matters in surprising ways when painting a portrait of Van Gogh
Arts, March 30, 2023
Review: Different Stages' The Tavern
Not to be melodramatic but, damn, this revival of George M. Cohan's comedy is a satire worth sitting through
Arts, March 23, 2023
Hyde Park Theatre's St. Nicholas
Conor McPherson revival is a retelling of a tall tale worth repeating
Arts, March 21, 2023
Review: Steel Magnolias
City Theatre finds the Southern comfort in this tear-jerking dramedy
Arts, March 16, 2023
Review: Austin Playhouse's Nightbird
A timely treatise on the space between Black America's past, present, and future
Arts, March 9, 2023
Review: Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat
If you happen to go, bring a toddler in tow
Arts, March 2, 2023
Review: Godspell
St. Ed’s turns stale water into drinkable wine
Arts, Feb. 23, 2023
Review: Broadway in Austin’s Disney’s Aladdin
Poster child for Broadway's Disneyfication still crazy entertaining
Arts, Feb. 16, 2023
Review: The Play That Goes Wrong
Physics and farce join forces to surprisingly hilarious if exhausting effect
Arts, Feb. 16, 2023
Review: The Filigree Theatre's Fire in Dreamland
This compelling drama ignites but doesn’t blaze
Arts, Feb. 9, 2023
Review: Zach Theatre & Deaf Austin Theatre’s Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
An innovative approach to a marvelous play
Arts, Feb. 5, 2023
Austin Opera’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sharp Sondheim staging could benefit from some musical raggedness
Arts, Feb. 1, 2023
Review: Jarrott Productions' The Sound Inside
An understated, intriguing page-turner
Arts, Jan. 19, 2023
Review: Vortex Repertory Co.’s Ride the Wave
All foam, no fortitude in this surfer dude play
Arts, Jan. 18, 2023
Review: Broadway in Austin’s Pretty Woman: The Musical
Imitation isn't always the sincerest form of flattery
Arts, Jan. 18, 2023
Top 10 Memorable Moments in Austin Theatre
Productions and performances, from the fantastic to the unfortunate
Arts, Dec. 15, 2022
Dueling Dickens
Two gifts to Austin audiences as Zach Theatre and Penfold Theatre present their own versions of A Christmas Carol
Arts, Dec. 15, 2022
Review: Broadway in Austin's Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
Quite the fan, I am
Arts, Dec. 8, 2022
Review: The Last Five Years
Inclusive production gives the time between love and loss a mighty voice
Arts, Dec. 8, 2022
Review: Archive Theater's A Sherlock Holmes Christmas
Should you welcome this Holmes for the holidays with seasonal cheer?
Arts, Dec. 1, 2022
Review: Austin Playhouse’s The (One-Act) Play That Goes Wrong
An evening of side-splitting schadenfreude
