Top 10 Memorable Moments in Austin Theatre
Highs and lows from Austin’s stages in their first real post-pandemic year
Bob Abelman
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Arts, Dec. 14, 2023
Broadway in Austin's Six
Flash over formidability defines this pop historical fiction
Arts, Oct. 4, 2023
Review: Austin Playhouse's The Norwegians
Revised revisiting of this dark comedy remains a guilty pleasure
Arts, Sept. 28, 2023
Review: Zach Theatre's The Girl Who Became Legend
World premiere of epic Americana folktale delights young and old
Arts, Sept. 21, 2023
Review: Deaf Austin Theatre's The Laramie Project
Enhanced American Sign Language adds depth, dimension to “testimony’s ambitious sister”
Arts, Sept. 14, 2023
Review: Alchemy Theatre's Pipeline
Weak choices undermine the hard-hitting angst that drives this play
Arts, Sept. 14, 2023
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
Arts, Sept. 7, 2023
Review: Georgetown Palace’s The Sound of Music
Production captures the core of an old-fashioned musical
Arts, Sept. 5, 2023
Review: Hyde Park Theatre's Caught
Theatrical bait and switch drives this intriguing, infuriating play
Arts, Aug. 31, 2023
Hyde Park Theatre’s Caught
Theatrical bait and switch drives this intriguing, infuriating play
Arts, Aug. 28, 2023
Ground Floor Theatre’s Jenna & the Whale
Biblically inspired world premiere is a minor miracle
Arts, Aug. 22, 2023
Review: Georgetown Palace Theatre's The 39 Steps
An aerobic workout for the cast, a delightfully mindless experience for the audience
Arts, Aug. 10, 2023
Review: Beyond August Productions' God of Carnage
A good play about bad behavior, made even better by a great production
Arts, Aug. 3, 2023
Review: The Stage Austin's The Real Inspector Hound
The director, not the dead guy, is the victim in Tom Stoppard’s critique of critics
Arts, July 27, 2023
Shrewd Productions’ Small Steps
Intriguing maiden voyage for local playwright’s campy sci-fi romp
Arts, July 25, 2023
Wise Guy Theater Co.’s Dead.
Theater becomes theatre as Fallout comedy club experiments with drama
Arts, July 12, 2023
Hyde Park Theatre’s Radio :30
Riveting revival of a dark comedy overcomes an outmoded script
Arts, July 11, 2023
Review: Different Stages’ The Art of Martyrdom (A Comedy)
For one of the season's best comedies, get thee to a nunnery
Arts, June 30, 2023
Penfold Theatre’s Box
Audacious retelling of an equally audacious life
Arts, June 28, 2023
Review: Zach Theatre's Noises Off
Even after 40 years, Michael Frayn’s backstage farce is fun, not funny
Arts, June 22, 2023
Review: Broadway in Austin’s Hairspray
This may be the big hair state, but does this musical go too big?
Arts, June 14, 2023
Austin Playhouse’s Big Fish
This charming fish tale is small in scale but huge in heart
Arts, June 13, 2023
The Importance of Being Earnest
The air’s a tad thin in this production of Oscar Wilde’s work
Arts, June 8, 2023
Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s Chronicles of an Indigenous Offspring
This is not a love letter, it’s a wake-up call
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
