Vienna is not only a great place to see an opera or listen to classical music, but also a prime location for theater addicts. For most foreign tourists, however, the major flaw of an evening at the theater is that it is, well, in German...

For those who speak German, Vienna's top theaters are:

Burgtheater
1st district
Dr.-Karl-Lueger-RingM
Metro: U3 Herrengasse or U2 Rathaus
Tel: 51444 - 4145
http://www.burgtheater.at (in German)

Volkstheater
7th district
Neustiftgasse 1
Metro: U2, U3 Volkstheater
Tel: 5247263
http://www.volkstheater.at (in German)

Akademietheater
3rd district
Lisztstraße 1
Metro: U4 Stadtpark
Tel: 51444 - 4740
http://www.burgtheater.at (same web page as the Burgtheater)

Theater in der Josefstadt
8th district
Josefstädterstraße 26
Metro: U2 Lerchenfelderstraße
Tel: 42700
http://www.josefstadt.org/index.html (in German)

You can buy your tickets online for "Burgtheater", "Akademietheater", and the "Theater in der Josefstadt".

If you do not speak German, but still insist on going to the theater in Vienna, head for the "Vienna's English Theatre". As you might guess, performances are in English!

Vienna's English Theatre
8th district
Josefsgasse 12
Metro: Lerchenfelderstraße
Tel: 4021260 - 0
http://www.englishtheatre.at/