Outdoor Concert Kicks Off the Zach Theatre Season

Music, moonlight, and Mickey Mouse thrills audience and performers alike

"...Break out your Mickey Mouse ears and dancing shoes. Zach Theatre is back with Songs Under the Stars, a..."

March 4, 2022 Arts Feature by Dina Barrish

Zach Theatre Cancels Remaining Performances of A Christmas Carol

Omicron surge means show will not return after initial cancelation

"...More bitter news for Austin's theatregoers: Zach Theatre has announced that its production of A..."

Dec. 28, 2021 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

ZACH Theatre Announces Schedule Changes to Its 2021-22 Season

Rocky Horror makes ZACH debut, Cat in the Hat delayed

"...Amid recent surges in Central Texas COVID-19 cases, ZACH Theatre has announced extensive changes to their 2021-22 season...."

Jan. 18, 2022 Arts Post by Sage Dunlap

Zach Theatre Lands Terrence McNally World Premiere

Tony-winning playwright revises Fire and Air into new drama

"...Zach Theatre was happy enough to be presenting the second-ever..."

March 5, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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

Zach Theatre's Evita

Zach Theatre's polished revival offers food for thought in this season of campaigns and debates

"...this season of political campaigns, it's interesting to see the rise and fall of a past leader, one who..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Kathy Valentine Swaps Stages for Zach Theatre's New Show Head Over Heels

Jukebox musical features the greatest hits of the Go-Go's

"...Theatres are filled with jukebox musicals, but not many productions..."

July 6, 2023 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Zach Theatre Cancels Christmas Carol Performances

Show plans to return Dec. 29

"...With the Omicron surge in full effect, theatres around the nation..."

Dec. 23, 2021 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The X Files' Mitch Pileggi at Zach Theatre

What conspiracy brought X-Files star Mitch Pileggi back to Austin, Zach, and Walter Skinner all at the same time?

"...24, while more than 16 million viewers were getting their first look at Walter Skinner in more than seven..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Zach Theatre's Ann

This revival of Holland Taylor’s play replaces Ann Richards the Lone Star icon with the everyday Texan who faced challenges head-on

"...Crockett. As expected, seeing Richards brought to life on Zach's Topfer Theatre stage was a complex experience, one that..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Zach Theatre's Dracula

Strong performances and Broadway-level design fill this entertaining version of the Bram Stoker vampire tale

"...with Bram Stoker's novel Dracula begins and ends with The Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror" parody, I was in an..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Zach Theatre's Hedwig and the Angry Inch

This revival gives the trans singer's identity crisis a punk lullaby with rockin' style

"..."Spectacular" is the word that springs to mind at the first glimpse..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Zach Theatre's Singin' in the Rain

This stage take on the silver-screen musical really comes alive when it breaks free of the familiar film's grip

"..."The sun's in my heart ..."..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Challenge of Playing Living People in Zach Theatre's Notes From the Field

The cast discusses how hard it can be getting into the skin of living people in Anna Deavere Smith’s play

"..."It's impossible to talk about the criminal justice system, mass incarceration, without talking about education."..."

March 1, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

Zach Theatre's Sunday in the Park With George

Zach relalizes the Sondheim musical with near flawless execution but has little in the way of emotional reward

"...a man painting. His model, Dot, is standing in the sun. She feels hot and stiff and she has..."

June 15, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Review: Zach Theatre’s Roe

Revised text of the abortion rights drama proves that timing is everything

"...I found myself in a bar after seeing Zach Theatre's opening night performance of Lisa Loomer's Roe. The..."

April 14, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Zach Theatre & Deaf Austin Theatre’s Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella

An innovative approach to a marvelous play

"...turned into a medieval illuminated manuscript, opera and ballet, Brothers Grimm fairy tale, animated mid-20th century Disney film, and..."

Feb. 5, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Zach Theatre's The Santaland Diaries

A new creative team energizes a Zach Theatre holiday tradition

"...When Martin Burke, longtime star of Zach Theatre's annual production of The Santaland Diaries, officially hung..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Zach Theatre's A Christmas Carol

This slick and polished musical adaptation of the Dickens classic serves up holiday cheer in abundance

"...We all know the story of A Christmas Carol – or we should,..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Zach Theatre

A $500,000 challenge grant supports a spot that Juliet would really love

"..."My bounty is as boundless as the sea,..."

May 20, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Review: Zach Theatre's Head Over Heels

The Go-Go's get the jukebox musical treatment by way of Shakespearean bawdiness

"...There was a striking moment at the talk-back after the..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Arts Feature by Joe Gross

Zach Theatre's A Night With Janis Joplin

This re-created rock concert with the legendary singer is so good, it may be better than the real thing

"...There's something I've never said in all my years of..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Zach Theatre's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

This dazzling production takes us inside the mind of a crime-solving teen on the spectrum

"...Imagine a game of Clue in which the victim is a white fluffy dog named Wellington, the..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Review: Zach Theatre's The Inheritance, Part 1

Epic in length and ambition, this portrait of gay life in the 21st century is stunning

"...The Inheritance, Part 1 is stunning. It’s the kind of..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Zach Theatre’s The Sound of Music

New production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic tries to forget the Julie Andrews film, and finds new political relevance

"...Although The Sound of Music began as a 1959 Broadway production..."

July 1, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Zach Theatre's Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone

A masterful tribute to the father of the Great American Songbook

"...sound known as jazz. Arguably, no one put all these elements together with the flair, finesse, elegance, and panache..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Zach Theatre's Once

This musical disarms the cynicism of our age with the sweet story of a guy and a girl who bond over music

"...Maybe it's all the goings-on of 2018 casting a pall over every single..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Zach Theatre's Mary Poppins

Great singing and dancing make Dave Steakley's staging soar, but a spoonful of calm would help the spectacle go down

"...Seeing Mary Poppins is one of the more disjointed theatrical experiences of this year. One could..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Zach Theatre's In the Heights

This production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical brings us the life and pride of an immigrant neighborhood at an important time

"...Maybe it shouldn't be so unique, this musical In the Heights. There should be probably lots of other artistically..."

June 16, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

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