Theatre Review: The Baron’s Men Presents Romeo and Juliet

The Curtain Theatre’s BYOB outdoor production is a magical night out

"...shore of Lake Austin. This is the rustic Curtain Theatre, which has no curtain, but hosts the Baron’s Men..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Theatre Review: Always a Boy Is Never a Bore

Ground Floor Theatre production offers a tender trans portrayal

"...Ground Floor Theatre..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Theatre Review: Born With Teeth

Marlowe’s mad and Shakespeare’s sad in Austin Playhouse production

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Cabaret

UT's Cabaret is a risky departmental production sufficiently primed as postelection catharsis

"...CabaretB. Iden Payne Theatre, through Nov. 14..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

Crowns

The Zachary Scott Theatre Center production of Crowns sings a joyous hosanna to the African- American tradition of the church hat

"...CrownsZachary Scott Theatre Center Kleberg Stage, through Nov. 14..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Waiting on Godot

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"...Waiting on GodotHyde Park Theatre, through Nov. 20..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Metamorphoses

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"...MetamorphosesMary Moody Northen Theatre, through Nov. 21..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Austin Shakespeare Festival's second bout with 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in four years offers much by way of manic disposition, but not much by way of substance

"...landed at UT in September, and Mary Moody Northen Theatre's full-blown version later this winter bookend the current Austin..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Dracula: A Woman Scorned

With Dracula: A Woman Scorned, a gender-swapped variation on the classic vampire tale, it's tough to tell if a chick & a dude productions were going after sleepless nights or camp

"...Dracula: A Woman ScornedHyde Park Theatre, through Oct. 23..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Review: Ground Floor Theatre’s Jack & Aiden

Queer musical gets to the intimate, sexy heart of a relationship

"...My review of Jack & Aiden: a musical so nice, I..."

Dec. 12, 2023 Arts Post by James Scott

Review: Street Corner Arts' The Gulf

Simple narrative hides its power in what it doesn't say

"...joke; nor is it the beginning of a bad review. It’s what Audrey Cefaly’s The Gulf is about, plain..."

Dec. 15, 2022 Arts Post by Shanon Weaver

Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s Caught

Theatrical bait and switch drives this intriguing, infuriating play

"...This review will be brief, not because there’s so little to..."

Aug. 28, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Review: Penfold Theatre’s Box

Audacious retelling of an equally audacious life

"...Over its past 14 seasons, Penfold Theatre has been on a mission to give audiences “fresh..."

June 28, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Review: Zach Theatre's The Thin Place

Horror makes a rare and successful excursion to the stage

"...Horror in the theatre can be challenging to execute...."

Nov. 15, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Alchemy Theatre’s The Baker’s Wife

Musical’s Provençale charm and wit lie just beneath the surface

"...Old, failed Broadway musicals seem to be Alchemy Theatre’s forte of late. Last season included Mack & Mabel,..."

May 15, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Review: City Theatre's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

A perfect measure of schadenfreude on the rocks, with an angst chaser

"...These days, productions at the City Theatre feel like a litmus test for one's ability to..."

April 18, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

I've Never Been So Happy

The Rude Mechs' musical tall tale leads to a song that leaves your jaw on the floor

"...It would do no good to write a conventional theatre review of the Rude Mechanicals' production of I've Never..."

April 29, 2011 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Review: Penfold Theatre's Vincent

Size matters when painting a portrait of Van Gogh

"...a one-act, one-man play currently being staged by Penfold Theatre – does precisely that. Vincent's life story is told..."

March 31, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Broadway in Austin's Six

Flash over formidability defines this pop historical fiction

"...Revisionist history that resonates with current politics. Color-conscious casting..."

Oct. 4, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Review: Zach Academy’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Young performer program shows Austin’s acting future is bright

"...first musical put on by Zach Academy, the Zach Theatre’s private performing arts education program for Austin’s burgeoning youth..."

Nov. 7, 2023 Arts Post by Jasmine Lane

Disney’s Newsies

The Broadway strike musical occupies Zilker Hillside Theatre spectacularly

"...in 2012 and is currently being staged by Zilker Theatre Productions. It tells the tale of charismatic Jack Kelly..."

July 15, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Steel Magnolias

City Theatre finds the Southern comfort in this tear-jerking dramedy

"...Harling's Steel Magnolias, currently being staged by the City Theatre, is a mani-pedi of a play set exclusively in..."

March 17, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Zach Theatre's Heisenberg

In Simon Stephens' play, we observe the unlikely pairing of two people as an experiment in risk and change

"...It's unusual, I imagine, for a theatre review to begin with an explanation of Heisenberg's Uncertainty..."

July 6, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

UT Department of Theatre & Dance's Building the Wall

UT Department of Theatre & Dance rushes to get Robert Schenkkan's timely political drama onstage

"...that it's hard to write anything – even a review – that won't seem dated by next week. Hey,..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Review: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 Scales Down Tolstoy’s Masterwork

War and Peace goes pop in new Zach Theatre production

"...That’s not to say that the current Zach Theatre production of Dave Malloy’s 2017 Tony-award-winning electropop opera redux..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Review: Penfold Theatre’s ‘Art’

New version of Yasmina Reza’s satire remains hysterically timely

"...One of the loveliest gifts a theatregoer can receive is to see a production fully realize..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Post by Jasmine Lane

Review: Berlin

At last complete, Jason Lutes' graphic novel is a masterpiece

"...with Lutes can be found here. Now, here's a review of his novel...."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Post by Jesse Sublett

Anton Nel, Piano, With Martin Burke, Actor

A tremendously memorable day of music that showed the breadth of Nel's skills

"...laughter from the audience. (I know this isn't a theatre review, but forgive me for using this occasion to..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Review: Ground Floor Theatre’s Jenna & the Whale

Biblically inspired world premiere is a minor miracle

"...several small miracles concurrently on display in Ground Floor Theatre’s Jenna & the Whale...."

Aug. 22, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Hadestown 

Headfirst, straight to a Hell of a good time

"...stage at the show’s future home, the Walter Kerr Theatre...."

Sept. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

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