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High hopes to make Muriel's Wedding a musical to ears beyond Aussie shores
Could Muriel Heslop's musical debut in Sydney be the first step towards the global stage?
Could Muriel Heslop's musical debut in Sydney be the first step towards the global stage?
The multiple Tony Award-winning smash hit production written by Cyndi Lauper opens in Melbourne next month. What the world needs now is Kinky Boots, sweet Kinky Boots.
Overseen by the fabled 1956 Broadway production's Eliza Doolittle – Dame Julie Andrews – this 60th anniversary staging of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's My Fair Lady is a fabulous museum exhibit.
New production of Ben Elton classic has a killer cast and a few tweet and twerk jokes to boot.
The veteran musical theatre composer on why he hasn't been tempted to go back to purely instrumental writing.
The ABBA jukebox musical will be starting its Australian tour in Canberra next year.
A droll showbiz lampoon, full of killer one-liners and highly confected backstage farce, with an occasional moment of genuine poignancy thrown in.
Tony Llewellyn-Jones and the rest of the cast are being directed by the original Eliza Doolittle, Dame Julie Andrews.
Stage managing a major theatre production is about solving problems before they happen, but what happens when a crash landing stops the show.
Canberra Philharmonic Society's production of the 1930s musical is escapism at its best.
If Aladdin had songs as good as the sets it would be one of the great musicals. Instead it is immensely entertaining, astoundingly good to look at, and will slay the kids.
The musical is based on the life of the stage star Fanny Brice with a score featuring the hit songs People and Don't Rain on My Parade.
It's an ambitious undertaking tackling this tale of obsession and revenge but this ANU student production has a lot of talent and commitment involved, both on and off stage.
The Cole Porter Depression-era musical has plenty of evergreen songs and dance numbers to keep audiences entertained.
Funny Girl featured in The Production Company's debut season in 1999. Since then, the company Jeanne Pratt founded has flourished, which makes this revival an enticing prospect.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning show is given an impressive production in its Canberra premiere.
This chamber version of the mammoth musical that foundered on Broadway is still a massive undertaking. Were the acting and staging as strong as the singing, it would be a brilliant show.
We'll never know what Jonathan Church would have cooked up had he felt able to serve three years at the helm of the Sydney Theatre Company. Singin' in the Rain suggests, we've probably missed out on a lot of fun.
In the world of showbiz, Alasdair Elliott is the guy who can rain on your parade. He can turn a sunny stage musical into a wash out.
I can't imagine today's crop of digital native sub-tweens will be much whimsified by the Atomic Age anxieties exhibited by Linus, Lucy, Schroeder, Sally and Charlie.
Capitalising on the phenomenal success of the musical Wicked, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra is calling together a coven of music theatre's leading ladies.
Phoenix Players present a Pulitzer Prize-winning musical about a woman's struggle with bipolar disorder.
Tickets to Broadway sensation Hamilton are already eye-wateringly expensive, but how about $134,000 for two front row seats?
Matilda The Musical leads Helpmann Award nominees with 13 nods, followed by Opera Australia with 10 and Melbourne Theatre Company with eight.
The music and lyrics in this play are a real let-down – a witch's brew of uninspired pop and samey vaudeville. What fun there is to be had in the show comes to the fore through David Wynen's direction.
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