Review: Georgetown Palace Theatre's Cabaret

A risky and risqué staging opens the company's season of stalwart productions

"...The iconic musical Cabaret, currently being staged by Georgetown Palace Theatre, takes us to the Kit Kat Klub in..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Theatre Review: Georgetown Palace Theatre’s Cats

Cozy musical comfort in a purrfect classic

"...Georgetown Palace Theatre, that’s who...."

Aug. 30, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Review: Georgetown Palace Theatre's The 39 Steps

An aerobic workout for the cast, a delightfully mindless experience for the audience

"...pointless" to amuse himself. So he goes to the theatre...."

Aug. 11, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: The Play That Goes Wrong

Physics and farce join forces to surprisingly hilarious effect in this Georgetown production

"...if the playwrights and the good folks at Georgetown Palace Theatre had studied physics between drama classes and put..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Georgetown Palace Theatre's Evita

In this engaging production, the saga of Eva Perón is told with immediacy and power

"...firsthand, the action of the story. At the Georgetown Palace Theatre's engaging new production, Guevara, played commandingly by Steve..."

June 28, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

Review: Georgetown Palace Theatre's The Sound of Music

It may be paint-by-number, but this production captures the core of an old-fashioned musical

"...In that staging of The Sound of Music, Zach Theatre director Dave Steakley went rogue by tweaking the classic..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Georgetown Palace’s The Sound of Music

Production captures the core of an old-fashioned musical

"...In that staging of The Sound of Music, Zach Theatre director Dave Steakley went rogue by tweaking the classic..."

Sept. 5, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Day Trips: The Majestic Theatre

Take the majestic tour

"...Majestic Theatre Happy Hour Tours in San Antonio take a deep..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Quesoff Wants You, Garbo’s Grabs Another Brick-and-Mortar, Local Foods Debuts Downtown, Lazarus Revamps the Former Coldtowne Theatre, and Ooooh, That Bourbon Brawl

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...you do recover, sitting there in the well-appointed dinner palace that opened on June 16 within the JW Marriott..."

June 24, 2022 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Quesoff Wants You, Garbo’s Grabs Another Brick-and-Mortar, Local Foods Debuts Downtown, Lazarus Revamps the Former Coldtowne Theatre, and Ooooh, That Bourbon Brawl

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...you do recover, sitting there in the well-appointed dinner palace that opened on June 16 within the JW Marriott..."

June 22, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Life at the Cha-Cha Palace

Stephen MacMillan Moser takes a trip down the yellow brick-laid, disco ball-lit memory lane in the world of Austin's Seventies Disco scene.

"...to the nightclub tradition at the time, new cha-cha palaces, with bigger and better dance floors and bigger and..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Bright Lights, Little City

It's maybe silly to fix a personality on a place, but something happens when you hook a left onto Austin Ave. and drive into Georgetown's historic district. Everything slows down, just a little bit, and then there's that marquee, neon and spangly, lighting up downtown. Welcome to the Palace.

"...... which shouldn't matter, but does nonetheless. Inside the theatre, two young girls have claimed front row center, in..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

America's Sweetheart

Georgetown's Palace Theatre celebrates a weekend of Mary Pickford films.

"...When Georgetown's Palace Theatre first opened its doors in February 1926, the..."

June 6, 2003 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'

The Georgetown Palace Theatre tours its hit musical to the State Theatre

"...Okay, Austin, since you've yet to visit the Georgetown Palace Theatre, the Georgetown Palace Theatre is coming to you...."

Aug. 19, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

The Georgetown Palace's Dirty Rotten is anything but

"...State Theatre, 719 Congress, 472-5470..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Twice That Jazz

Double the mayhem, double the heat when Austin Playhouse and Georgetown Palace both stage Chicago

"...with the recent release of performance rights to regional theatres, the rush is on to stage it locally. Exhibit..."

May 29, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Of Thee I Sing (and Dance)

The musical is America's gift to theatre, and here's the local state of the union

"...in which our nation was founded? After all, musical theatre, like jazz, is one of America's contributions to world..."

July 20, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...was outstanding in dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre in that span and announced the nominees for the..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Christmas Carol: The Musical

Though touching, this homespun production was inconsistent

"...A Christmas Carol: The MusicalGeorgetown Palace Theatre, 810 S. Austin Ave., Georgetown, 512/869-7469, www.georgetownpalace.org Through..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Annie Get Your Gun

At the Palace, Irving Berlin's ode to showmanship is a tribute to community theatre at its best

"...Palace Theatre, 810 S. Austin Ave., Georgetown, 512/869-7469 www.georgetownpalace.com Through..."

July 20, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Few Good Men

The Georgetown Palace production isn't always effective, but it gets at the continued relevance of Aaron Sorkin's script

"...A Few Good MenGeorgetown Palace Theater, 810 S. Austin Ave., Georgetown, 512/869-7469 www.georgetownpalace.com Through..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Free Night of Theater: The List

These Central Texas theatre companies are offering free tickets as part of the national Free Night of Theater campaign

"...Baker Theatre: The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie; Baker Theater, 216 S...."

Oct. 7, 2005 Arts Feature

Five Faces of Frankenstein

This Halloween, Austin serves up five freaky takes on Mary Shelley's mad doctor and his monster

"...Trouble Puppet Theatre Artistic Director Connor Hopkins thought Frankenstein would make a..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Notable Theatrics of 2011

Recalling how scoundrels, amphibians, and grace brightened Austin stages in 2011

"...2) 'THE BOOK OF GRACE' (Zach Theatre) Pulitzer-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks' searing glimpse of a family's..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Peking Opera Blues

Deception and betrayal in culture and politics take center stage in this splendid narrative that shifts between farce and violence, suspense and emotionality.

"...a stash of stolen jewels; and the daughter of theatre owner (Yeh), who longs to be an actress in..."

April 23, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

How Austin's Performing Artists Are Reopening Their Spaces

After months behind screens, the folks who run the city's theatres, concert halls, and comedy clubs are welcoming audiences back inside

"...ersatz arts space on your computer but from actual theatres, concert halls, and comedy clubs?..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In Memoriam: Ken Johnson

Remembering the versatile theatre artist, who died March 2

"...One of Austin's most versatile theatre artists and a key player in elevating both the..."

March 8, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Sing 2

Animated singing animals sequel is bear-able (geddit?)

"...of things, isn’t saying that much. In this one, theatre-loving koala Buster Moon’s (McConaughey) new show palace is going..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Being There

"...show again?” asked my mother over the phone. The Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, I’d thought, where last November..."

Nov. 19, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Shrek the Third

The big, green cash machine has finally run dry, perhaps not of box-office power but most assuredly of the caustic wit that made the first two films so winning.

"...jilted by Fiona and now reduced to doing dinner theatre, stages a palace coup with the assistance of fairy..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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