As of today, more than 100 titles have been announced or otherwise disclosed for the 2009 - 2010 theatre season in Austin and nearby.
It's a rich mix of classic and modern theatre, dramas and comedies, new works and familiar ones.
There are a few entertaining overlaps. For example, productions of Our Town by Thornton Wilder will play in succession at the University of Texas and at the Zach Scott Theatre in April-May, 2010, probably responding in part to the success of the New York revival of that show. Different Stages will do Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth in late 2009.
The perennial Nunsense continues its trail through the region, debuting at Tex-Arts Lakeway this September-October, to offer a comparison with recent productions at the Georgetown Palace and at the City Theatre. Going one better, the Georgetown Palace will mount Nunsense II (The Second Coming) in January-February 2010, reportedly with the same cast that played in Nunsense (I).
The ALT compendium list published below covers September 2009 through the end of 2010. Productions announced include Shakespeare (Measure for Measure, Hamlet, and King Lear), Arthur Miller (After the Fall and All My Sons), Agatha Christie (The Mousetrap and The Spider's Web), Sarah Ruhl (Eurydice and Dead Man's Cell Phone), Beckett, Brecht, Chekhov, Goldoni, Pinter, Shaw, Strindberg, Tennessee Williams, and Steven Dietz's Becky's New Car. And lots more.
Two musicals by Stephen Sondheim are scheduled -- A Little Night Music and Into The Woods. Sondheim himself will appear at the Long Center on November 12 to engage in an unscripted conversation with Austin actor and writer Robert Faires.
AustinLiveTheatre.com expects to continue publishing a detailed Theatre Calendar with production information, venues and times for current offerings and those for the upcoming 30 - 60 days. Click on the ALT calendar icon to see what's available now.ALT will keep updating its listing in calendar format of the full 2009 - 2010 season.
Click for ALT's A-Z LISTING OF PRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCED TO DATE FOR AUSTIN AND NEARBY
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