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Musicals
How Jersey Boys changed star Cameron MacDonald's life in more ways than one
"These boys had no right to succeed, but they did. There's an element of that to me and my career."
- by Nicole Elphick
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'You'll kill yourself': Virginia Gay on the risks and rewards of Calamity Jane
Virginia Gay was performing in Calamity Jane in Canberra last week, when a woman in the audience implored her to stop.
- by Louise Rugendyke
Robyn Archer review: A dangerous dance on volcano's lip
Robyn Archer revisits the Weimar Republic's anti-fascist anthems by way of a timely warning of history repeating itself.
- by John Shand
Mamma Mia! Here Jayde goes again
Jayde Westaby said goodbye to her career on the London stage to raise her son in Australia and she's never looked back.
- by Nathanael Cooper
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Arts
Rocky Horror returns with an elephant in the room
Producers appear to be playing it safe but have cleared the slate on this classic musical.
- by Cameron Woodhead
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Arts
ABBA tribute has enduring charm
The jukebox musical returns to Melbourne just in time for the film sequel.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Baz Luhrmann
Moulin Rouge! stage adaptation opens in America
The show is testing the waters in Boston before an expected opening on Broadway in 2019.
- by Nathanael Cooper
Performing arts
The next opera on Sydney Harbour will be a musical
Opera Australia is again courting controversy with a surprising production for the Harbour
- by Nathanael Cooper
Mamma Mia! The film and musical stage production arrive together
A new production of the Mamma Mia! musical opens this week in Melbourne – just ahead of a sequel to the movie.
- by John Bailey
Abba tribute act began life at The Tote in Collingwood
Bjorn Again have a performing career longer than the act they pay tribute to.
- by John Bailey
Performing arts
Falling in love with Esther
On stage Esther Hannaford plays some of theatre's most larger-than-life characters, off-stage Nathanael Cooper finds she couldn't be more different.
- by Nathanael Cooper