Culture
Musicals
How Diablo Cody turned Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill into a musical
The Broadway hit, based on Alanis Morissette’s seminal album, will reopen Sydney’s Theatre Royal in September.
- by Robert Moran
Latest
Phantom set to return to Melbourne just in time for summer
The Phantom of the Opera is coming back to Melbourne in November, to join a bulging slate of premium commercial theatre.
- by Catherine Lambert
Opinion
Hamilton
Hamilton is coming. Here’s how to give it your best shot
This is what you need to do to be prepared to see the smash Broadway musical when it comes to town.
- by Jenna Price
Turning symptoms into songs, here comes COVID-19 the musical
The musical, created by bestselling novelist Jodi Picoult, includes scenes called Fever, Aches, Swelling and Irritation, Fatigue and Shortness of Breath.
- by Elisabeth Egan
‘People said the movie musical will never be successful again’: Baz Luhrmann on why the critics were wrong about Moulin Rouge
Almost exactly 20 years after the movie had its world premiere opening the Cannes Film Festival, the director remembers how much negativity he faced making it.
- by Garry Maddox
★★★★
Review
Think you know musicals? This brilliant show breaks all the rules
Turning Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel Fun Home into a musical was a triumph over improbability.
- by John Shand
★★★★
Review
I’m embarrassed to admit I really enjoyed The Wedding Singer
The show is feelgood fluff but it has infectious energy, fun music and impressive choreography.
- by Cameron Woodhead
COVID left her barely able to walk. This week she dances again
Professional dancer Romy Vuksan was struck by a severe bout of COVID-19 that left her gasping for breath. She feared she would never take a bow on stage again.
- by Nick Miller
Big names deliver vocal splendour in this preposterous musical
An army of pop stars - including Natalie Bassingthwaighte delivering a brilliant rendition of I Know Him So Well - can’t quite disguise Chess’s flawed plot.
- by Cameron Woodhead
‘A beautiful kind of symmetry’: Phantom of the Opera coming to Sydney
Josh Piterman has landed the lead role in Opera Australia’s production of the Phantom of the Opera, to be shown at the Sydney Opera House from September.
- by Amelia McGuire
‘I’ll call you back’: how Des Flanagan learnt he had the role of 2021
The 26-year-old from Beechworth was auditioning for another part when he got the news he’d been dreaming of.
- by Lindy Percival