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Austin Playhouse's She Loves Me
This old-fashioned rom-com musical oozes charm and earns its Pollyanna platitudes
"...If the musical She Loves Me were any more adorable, it would..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Arts Review by Bob Abelman

Summer Stock Austin's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
This musical succeeds on the infectious energy of every member of its enthusiastic cast
"...a second, he'd catch you. While attending Summer Stock Austin's production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Summer Stock Austin's Carnival
The production offers impressive spectacle, but the musical's treatment of women is still a problem
"...Lili, the protagonist of the musical Carnival, is the very definition of an ingénue: young,..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

On the Stage, On the Screen: Austin's Theatres Embrace a Virtual Future
Ahead of Austin Playfest and the All Together Now! Revue, directors and producers discuss the challenges and potential they've found online
"...The rumors of the death of virtual theatre have been greatly exaggerated...."

Nov. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Summer Stock Austin's A Shoe Story
Allen Robertson and Damon Brown's new musical reinvents "The Elves and the Shoemaker" as a timely tale of refugees but in a clever, playful way
"...as their ears. Just as in the duo's prior musicals for Summer Stock Austin (The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Tortoise..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin's Paramount Theatre Turns 100
As the grande dame of Austin theatres turns 100, it matters more than ever
"...What we cherish now as the grande dame of Austin theatres had at that point about as much life..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Review: Austin Opera’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sharp Sondheim staging could benefit from some musical raggedness
"...Fleet Street won the 1979 Tony Award for Best Musical. But with 85% of its dark, dramatic storyline sung,..."

Feb. 1, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Remarkable Women Working in Theatre
"...the iceberg of women working behind the scenes in Austin. This is something that makes me proud to live..."

Sept. 16, 2003 Postmarks

UT Department of Theatre & Dance: Gotta sing! Gotta dance!
The new Musical Theatre Pilot Project aims to prepare UT undergrads for belting for Broadway
"...If you seek entertainment of the musical theatre variety in the Austin area, you probably go..."

April 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2003-2004
The full list of nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art
"...together to recognize the year's most exceptional work in theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art. On Saturday, May..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Playwright’s Final Play Might Have Died With Him, but a Community Joined Together to Ensure Its Survival
Saving Jason Tremblay’s Gretel! The Musical
"...in that he lived it. Two years ago, the Austin playwright had begun work on a new project for..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Behind the Scenes of Legally Blonde the Musical at Zilker Park
The cast and crew gear up for the 65th annual free summer musical at Zilker’s Hillside Theater
"...find the company of Zilker Park’s 65th annual summer musical, Legally Blonde the Musical, in the middle of one..."

July 12, 2024 Arts Feature by Aaron Sullivan

Review: Zach Theatre’s A Christmas Carol
Boisterous but shallow jukebox musical of the Dickens classic misses opportunities
"...Despite the decidedly un-wintry air, Zach Theatre has rolled out its yearly production of A Christmas..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Arts Feature by Jasmine Lane

Staging Human Resources: The Musical Despite the Pandemic
Mallory Schlossberg knew she'd face challenges staging her new musical now, but she decided to just do it and figure it out
"...in the day, all you needed to stage a musical was your uncle's barn and the let's-put-on-a-show, gee-golly gumption..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Arts Feature

Broadway in Austin Announces 2024-25 Season
Corn, kindness, and the boy who never grew up come to the Bass
"...The best of Broadway keeps making its way to Austin, with Texas Performing Arts announcing the titles for its..."

March 5, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Zach Theatre & Deaf Austin Theatre’s Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
An innovative approach to a marvelous play
"...animated mid-20th century Disney film, and a live-action made-for-TV musical penned by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein..."

Feb. 5, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Review: Alchemy Theatre’s Mack & Mabel
Intimate staging bests Broadway’s Hollywood tragedy
"...Watching a musical, any musical, is always a bit weird at first...."

May 26, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced
The Critics Table's picture-perfect year
"...Members of the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of stage productions,..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Ground Floor Theatre's Fun Home
Lisa Scheps’ production is invested with a level of care that makes this musical memoir movingly familiar
"...cough), Fun Home is a rare treat. The full-length musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel's sardonic, unflinchingly honest graphic memoir..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

2017 Payne Theatre Award Nominees
E.A. Poe musical Nevermore leads the way with 11 noms
"...the B. Iden Payne Awards Council Monday. When the theatre group announced the nominees for the 2016-17 season, Doctuh..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin Classical Music
The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here
"...throw you. In the context of classical music in Austin, it doesn't mean formal. It doesn't mean stodgy. It..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hideout Theatre's Grand Misery
This improvised send-up of the musical Les Miz is as much fun as the real show is serious
"...I haven't had as much fun with Schönberg's tragic musical since – that is, until I attended Grand Misery...."

Feb. 8, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Big Gay Musical Brings Queer Comedy to Austin
You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll leave dusted in glitter.
"...queers? Then you’re in luck, because a big gay musical is debuting in Austin this week. Every Saturday from..."

July 11, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Courtney Naquin

Paramount Theatre Announces Fall/Winter Performances
Shinyribs, Ira Glass, and Potted Potter all on the horizon
"...to want to spend some time ogling the Paramount Theatre’s newly announced fall/winter lineup...."

May 31, 2018 Events Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Theatre Refuses to Fade in 1995 And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
The past 12 months saw some of Austin's
"...which moved from its longtime home at 607 Trinity; theatre artists Norman Miller and TJ Gaudette, who passed away..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Arts Feature

Review: Zach Theatre's Head Over Heels
The Go-Go's get the jukebox musical treatment by way of Shakespearean bawdiness
"...a striking moment at the talk-back after the entertaining Austin debut of Head Over Heels, the Go-Go's jukebox musical..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Arts Feature by Joe Gross

Robert Faires’ Top 10 Treasures in Theatre of 2018
It was a year in which theatre making the political personal left the deepest impressions
"...imagination, community, and generosity, in the best spirit of Austin...."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Theatre Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Musical: The Aerial Show
Sky Candy brings Buffy the Musical to the skies
"...Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Musical: The Aerial Show. “The title literally says it all...."

July 12, 2024 Arts Feature by Aaron Sullivan

Review: Doctuh Mistuh’s Lizzie: The Musical
America’s most infamous axe murderer gets a riot grrrl makeover
"...its contemporary obsessions. And, almost inevitably, it became a musical: Lizzie: The Musical...."

July 18, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Hideout Theatre's Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After shows how to put on a Disney-inspired musical: improv edition
"...When I learned that Hideout Theatre would be doing a show called Happily Ever After..."

July 10, 2015 Arts Feature by Alexa Harrington

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