AUSTRIA THEATER SHOWS - PLAYS

by Martin Ganeider - November 27, 2024

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 ple...

by Martin Ganeider - November 23, 2024

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

by Martin Ganeider - November 17, 2024

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....

by Martin Ganeider - October 24, 2024

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 Spiegelp...

by Martin Ganeider - October 11, 2024

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...

by Martin Ganeider - September 25, 2024

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!...

by Martin Ganeider - June 28, 2024

Let's have a blast with Elisabeth the Musical-Concert Version for the fourth and last time in the picturesque courtyard of Schönbrunn Palace....

by Martin Ganeider - June 13, 2024

100 Years Tschauner, the latest Theater Comedy revue at Vienna's most famous impromptu stage, is the chosen production to kick off this year's Tschauner Season in the heart of Ottakring. It's the 115th anniversary, celebrating 115 years of delightful entertainment and countless unforgettable theatre...

by Gabor Szilagyi - May 22, 2024

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s eternal holiday favourite musical, The Sound of Music is so much more than a stage incarnation of the legendary, multi-award winner movie. The current German language version from Volksoper Wien is a faithfully produced, serviceably staged, beautifully sung performance, a r...

by Martin Ganeider - April 22, 2024

Davor/Danach (Before/After) is an intimate chamber musical written by Stuart Matthew Price and Timothy Knapman. It can be seen for the first time in German at the Theatre Spielraum in the heart of Vienna....