Review: WICKED THE MOVIE at Cinemas
by Martin Ganeider - December 12, 2024
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 friendsh...
Review: BOOK PRESENTATION CASPAR RICHTERS MEMOIRS at DAS VINDOBONA
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...
Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN! at Landestheater Linz
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....
Review: TONI MÖRWALD'S PALAZZO at Spiegelpalast
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...
Review: DIE DREI VON DER TANKSTELLE at Metropol
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...
Review: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH at DAS VINDOBONA
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!...
Review: 1000 JAHRE TSCHAUNER at Tschauner Bühne
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...
Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Volksoper Wien
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...