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‘This is the era for women’s stories’: director Blazey Best updates Andrew Lloyd Webber

‘This is the era for women’s stories’: director Blazey Best updates Andrew Lloyd Webber

Actor-turned-director Blazey Best shines a light on how things have changed for women with the late 70s classic Tell Me On a Sunday.

  • by Ali Gripper

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Colins Friels and Kerry Armstrong are astonishing in this new play
★★★★½
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Colins Friels and Kerry Armstrong are astonishing in this new play

Our reviewer give their verdict on acts all over town from the Rocky Horror Show, Grease, classical offerings and latest STC production.

  • by John Shand and Peter McCallum
‘An inspiration’: Sydney’s newest Sandy pays tribute to Olivia Newton-John

‘An inspiration’: Sydney’s newest Sandy pays tribute to Olivia Newton-John

Grease, the musical Olivia Newton-John made famous, opens for the first time in over a decade at the Capitol Theatre.

  • by Helen Pitt
‘A dream come true’: New Eliza ready to Burn in Hamilton’s Australian return

‘A dream come true’: New Eliza ready to Burn in Hamilton’s Australian return

Some fresh faces will join the cast of the massively popular show when it makes its return to the stage later this year.

  • by Helen Pitt
Wicked’s extravagance is a sight to behold in this return to Oz

Wicked’s extravagance is a sight to behold in this return to Oz

After nine years, the fanfare and pomp of Broadway blockbuster Wicked is back in Melbourne.

  • by Sonia Nair
Frothy, syrupy and plastic: Clever story can’t save & Juliet from samey songs
★★
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Frothy, syrupy and plastic: Clever story can’t save & Juliet from samey songs

The cumulative effect of Max Martin’s songs is excruciating.

  • by John Shand
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His music has changed the world but who is the man behind Wicked?

His music has changed the world but who is the man behind Wicked?

As the cast prepares for the Melbourne run, composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz wishes his record-breaking show was not quite so timely.

  • by Kerrie O'Brien
Marry me, Juliet? Yeah nah, this is not that kind of musical

Marry me, Juliet? Yeah nah, this is not that kind of musical

All it took was a knock to the head for Schitt’s Creek writer David West Read to reimagine the story of Shakespeare’s teenage heroine.

  • by Louise Rugendyke