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Musicals
Crowd ban squeezes arts sector as stage shows, festivals cancelled
Measures to halt coronavirus spreading have cancelled Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as one theatre producer hits out at the government ban.
- by Josh Dye and Broede Carmody
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Slushy love story a bridge too far
Robert James Waller's novel was always going to be a hard ask to make into a musical - and this proves it.
- by John Shand
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'It’s all about the clippity clops': Spamalot returns for encore run
On paper, it sounds too ridiculous to make sense - a musical featuring coconuts, knights and a killer rabbit - but if you add “Spamalot” it all comes together.
- by Louise Rugendyke
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The Bridges of Madison County unpacks middle-aged love
Ian Stenlake doesn't believe tearjerker should be a dirty word. "There's an innate beauty in writing about such a powerful love.”
- by Nicole Elphick
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Home-grown Cinderella musical Midnight has hopes of a fairytale ending
A new stage musical in development for four years wil open in Melbourne in June - with ambitions to travel far beyond its birthplace.
- by Karl Quinn
Stage shows
'I've got to get this job': A Chorus Line lays bare the pleasure and pain of performers
More than 40 years after it first premiered, A Chorus Line's stories of triumph and struggle still ring true for a new generation of performers.
- by Louise Rugendyke
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Musical theatre with a heart: Billy Elliot's touching return
Some technical hitches aside, this Melbourne show is a welcome evening of delightful entertainment and gritty drama.
- by Cameron Woodhead
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Shrek takes the stage for a fun, forgivably silly romp
Spectacular puppetry, broad humour and effervescent silliness abound ... though it's a shame Shrek's ears don't wiggle.
- by Cameron Woodhead