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Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Austria Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

It's the most anticipated movie of the year. We have been waiting for a long time to experience the transfer from the stage version to the silver screen. With all the social media buzz, it's hard to escape WICKED THE MOVIE (Part 1). Still, apart from the Cynthia  Erivo/Ariana Grande exhibit friendship, the movie has a lot to offer. Directed by Jon M. Chu (who from now on should direct musical movie versions firsthand), you will find dozens of familiar faces, former  WICKED cast members, as well as hidden easter eggs, both in motion and music (if you want to get spoilers, check youtube).

Voting is now open for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Austria Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Caspar Richter, the long-time musical director of the most valuable musical orchestra in Europe, the VBW Orchestra, who left us in February 2023, was working on his memoirs with author Christine Piswanger-Richter, to release the final work on September 16, his 80th birthday. It would have been a pleasure, but Richter left our theatrical world and passed away in February 2023.

What did our critic think of RICHARD O'BRIEN'S ROCKY HORROR SHOW at Museumsquartier WIen?

SOMETHING ROTTEN! opens in Linz for its German Language Premiere. The show, written by Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick, and John O'Farrell, is presented in German for the first time.

Prepare for Christmas at the romantic Christmas Market before Vienna's Schönbrunn Palace. This time, the entire Ehrenhof is transformed into a Christmas Village. Schönbrunn Group, together with Imperial Markets, created this new Christmas experience.

This year’s winners of the CultTech x Ars Electronica Award were honored on November 5, 2024, at the inaugural CultTech Summit in Vienna – a two-day event for leading personalities at the intersection of art, technology and business.

Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Austria Awards. Don't miss Thursday's October 31st deadline!

As the leaves display their vibrant fall colors and Christmas approaches, it's time for the PALAZZO season in Vienna. The beloved dinner show has returned, nestled in the heart of the city's famous amusement park, the Wurstelprater. This year's theme differs from previous experiences in the Spiegelpalast (not as scary as proclaimed), yet the artistic essence remains true to what the Dinner Show series is renowned for.

Whether in Carmen, La bohème or Tosca - a children's choir is often an indispensable part of an opera production and brings verve to the stage. The Vienna State Opera enables vocally gifted children from the age of 8 to enter the world of opera.

Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Austria Awards. Don't miss next week's October 31st deadline!

There are just two weeks left to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Austria Awards. The 2024 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

CATS will be performed at Musiktheater Linz from July 9 to August 3, 2025, presented by Landestheater Linz, ATG Entertainment, and David Ian for Crossroads Live.

Based on the famous German Musical movie from the 1930s starring Willy Fritsch, Oskar Karlweis, the legendary Heinz Rühmann, and Lilian Harvey, the stage adaptation is coming to Vienna's Metropol after a successful run at the Schloss Weitra Festival. The story is about three friends, Aris Sas (Willi), Vincent Bueno (Hans), and Benjamin Rufin (Kurt), who went from wealthy gentlemen to broke fellows who even have to sell their beloved car and start working at a filling station to afford a living. All three fall in love with Lili, the charming (and wealthy) customer. Everything is set for an entertainingly funny evening at the Metropol.

This wicked establishment called Vindobona is humbled to present HEDWIG for the 24/25 season. This rampant, genderqueer, eastern Berlin Rock-Singers story is a Gift for Musical theatre: loud, nasty, sexy, profoundly moving, and—long story short— it rocks!

In diesem generationsübergreifenden Projekt sind Theaterenthusiast*innen ab 12 bis 99 Jahren eingeladen, mit Künstler*innen der Wiener Staatsoper ihr eigenes Stück zu entwickeln und vor Publikum aufzuführen. 

Kinder und Erwachsene tauchen in dieser neukomponierten Oper gemeinsam in das magische Universum von ICH, DU und NOE ein.

After saying goodbye to tropical nights and hello to colorful autumn, it is time to return to the theatre in Austria. There is plenty to look forward to if you can grab tickets. Linz is kicking off the season with something extraordinary, Frank Wildhorn's first German production of WONDERLAND, with the fantastic Daniela Dett (Broadwayworld Award Winner 'Best Performer In A Musical') as Everheart/ Queen of Hearts.

Oper*ette ist Popkultur. Was die Gesellschaft aufreibt, saugt sie auf und spuckt es in schönsten Tönen von der Bühne – zu allen Zeiten. Brechen die Don Giovannis (oder Donna Giovannas) nicht heute die virtuellen Herzen auf Dating-Apps? Ist Siegfried nicht das körperliche Idealbild des Influencers (»#Maschine«, »#workout«)?

Nominations are now open for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Austria Awards. The 2024 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

In honor of the 60th anniversary of the Sound of Music, Saltzburg, Vienna, is gearing up to host a large celebration including musical acts, a gala dinner with the Von Trapp family, and more, according to NPR. Find out what's planned and how to get in on the celebration.

Ob bei Carmen, La bohème oder Tosca – ein Kinderchor ist oft unverzichtbarer Bestandteil einer Opernproduktion und bringt Schwung auf die Bühne. Die Wiener Staatsoper ermöglicht gesanglich begabten Kindern ab dem 8. Lebensjahr den Einstieg in die Opernwelt. 

Kinder und Erwachsene tauchen in dieser neukomponierten Oper gemeinsam in das magische Universum von ICH, DU und NOE ein.

Die türkische Sängerin Gaye Su Akyol nimmt das Publikum in ihrem Kleinbus in einer neu entwickelten Oper mit zu einer glitzernd-glamourösen Musiktheater-Rebellion über Ressentiment und Respekt, Unterdrückung und Freiheit.