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What did our critic think of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR IN CONCERT at Raimund Theater?

What did our critic think of NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at LANDESTHEATER LINZ?

We all know the three magical words in the theatrical world, 'It's Opening Night'! The excitement, the jitters, the murmurations in the lobby and the auditorium before the curtain rises for something new.

The German Musical Community is grieving the loss of one of the VBW's founding fathers, Caspar Richter, who passed away last night. Richter has been involved in productions like A Chorus Line, Les Miserables, The Phantom Of The Opera, Freudiana, Elisabeth, Mozart, Jekyll, and Hyde, Chicago, Rebecca, and Mel Brooks, The Producers, to name a few. Our Musical World wouldn't have been the same without his second-to-none passion.

What did our critic think of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH at DAS VINDOBONA? The Glam-Rock Musical Sensation with Music and Lyrics by Stephen Trask and a Book by John Cameron Mitchell is back in Austria for a limited run at the Vindobona. What a way to start the year. After Hedwig's first appearance in 2006, starring Andreas Bieber in the Leading Role and Anke Fielder as Yitzhak and the highly acclaimed production at the Landestheater Linz with Riccardo Greco in Heels and Ariana Schirasi-Fard as his Backup-Singer it's Drew Sarich together with his wife Ann Mandrella, to tell the story of Hansel Schmidt and his Angry Inch.

Ready for a new year full of splendid shows and numerous Opening Nights. Here is my short list of some of this year's recommendable shows you can't miss.

Let's call it a year. Recovering from the pandemic episode, home alone, only connected via Video Calls, (more or less) entertained by living room concerts instead of spending a night out at the theatre, we got the opportunity to enjoy various shows over Austria and Germany. We returned to the theatre, enjoying the atmosphere, the smell, and everything a night out offers.

What did our critic think of HARRY POTTER THE EXHIBITION at MetaStadt Vienna?

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

What did our critic think of TONI MÖRWALD PALAZZO at Spiegelpalast Wien? DINNER IS READY!

Baz Luhrmann's masterpiece found its way to the stage back in 2019 and took audiences and critics by storm. The multi-awarded piece has finally arrived in the German Musical cosmos, ready to shine!

What did our critic think of THE DANUBE SYMPHONY at Wiener Musikverein?

What a splendid title for a Christmas Concert! It has been a while since Caspar Richter conducted the VBW Musical Christmas Concerts, something everyone was looking forward to, a highlight of the festive season. Christmas without a Musical Concert wouldn't be the same. It must have been last year, during a conversation with Mr. Richter about Musical Christmas and the possibility of creating something like this at the Vindobona.

Some of St. Margarethen's Musical Stars gather together for a concert away from the breathtaking Quarry. MUSICAL STARS- THE CHRISTMAS SHOW takes place at the Kongress Zentrum Eisenstadt on December the 4th. Tertia Botha, Ana Milva Gomes, and Marjan Shaki, together with Thomas Weissengruber present an Evening full of Christmas spirit, with songs, poems, love, and laughter, accompanied by David Schieber on the piano. Nothing better than a Christmas Concert, and what's not to love about Christmas, the summer of the soul in December, accompanied by festive and joyful Christmas songs performed by some of the finest voices in the country.

Disney's THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, based on Victor Hugo's novel, directed by Scott Schwartz, is this year's second grand opening from the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien after REBECCA. Another Opus Magnum for Austrias Musical Capitol.

Lin-Manuel Miranda's HAMILTON brought up a never before seen hype on Broadway. A Musical about America's Ten Dollar Founding Father. What sounds like a School Lesson became one of Broadway's fascinating and top-selling shows. A multi-awarded Musical revolution and still the hottest ticket in town. How might a show connected to US History, full of complex rap and hip-hop rhymes, work in a different country with a foreign native language?

REBECCA, the musical about love and obsession reaching from beyond the grave, is back! Daphne Du Maurier's novel has been adapted several times successfully for stage and screen, like Alfred Hitchcock's Academy-Awarded Version or the late Netflix Adaption with Lily James and Armie Hammer. Silvester Levay (Music) and Michael Kunze (Book and Lyrics) brought up a Musical Version of Du Maurier's gothic thriller back in 2006.

What did our critic think of DAS VINDOBONA SEASON PRESENTATION at Das Vindobona? Summer is coming to an end, and theatres all over the country are ready to welcome back their audiences. So did Wolfgang Ebner, head of DAS VINDOBONA, a place already known for its diversly entertaining program.

J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter is still fascinating to audiences old and young. The fascinating Wizarding World, with all its magical surprises and thrilling adventures, is a place everyone would love to visit. Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment, Imagine Exhibitions, and EMC Presents have chosen Vienna for the enormous European Premiere of Harry Potter-The Exhibition. After opening the Never Seen Before Exhibit at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia earlier this year, Vienna is getting ready for some spellbinding magic.