You know you’re at a musical about a living legend when the audience turns up dressed as her. Sparkles, spangles, cowboy hats – and dozens of Dolly lookalikes – filled the theatre for Here You Come Again last night. This …
The Company of Dramatic Arts (CODA) a highly active cooperative has brought Louisa May Alcott’s much-loved novel Little Women to life in the intimate space of Chippen St Theatre, and what a heartfelt production it is. Though it runs close …
Above: Adam Noviello in the role of Yitzhak. Image: Shane Reid.
The diverse origin of any cult rock musical – as with Plato’s progressive origins of love – must be treated with respect and capable kid-to-complex-adult gloves. What once worked …
Above: The Loading Dock Theatre accommodated this showcase of music from Australian Musicals well.
We’ve all seen them. On reality TV competitions. In shows like GLEE. Those prodigious queers finding comfort despite everything in the warm hug of musical theatre. …
Annie, the mischievous little orphan made famous by the original comic strip, has been singing about the promise of tomorrow and the sun coming out for nearly half a century on stages around the globe. She remains as cheerful, courageous, …
Leonard Bernstein is best known for composing the musical “West Side Story”. Yet, whilst working on this score, he was simultaneously working on another musical, “Candide” which has just opened in a new production by Opera Australia at the Sydney …
The opening performance of Richard O’Brien’s ROCKY HORROR SHOW demonstrated with clear abundance that Sydneysiders have maintained their affection for this raunchy musical. The
revival, in celebration of its 50th anniversary, is directed by Christopher Luscombe and has
returned to …
&JULIET – THE MUSICAL is now playing at the SYDNEY LYRIC THEATRE until 12th July 2024. Laugh-out-loud and clever heart-warming love story, of self-discovery, and is highly entertaining. This addictive coming-of-age jukebox musical, is set in London, Verona, Paris, in …
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra are well known for their collaborations with artists of other disciplines. With the chaos of the past few years, many showbiz projects around the world were put on the shelf for a better day. One of the …
Above and Featured image: Rhianna Mc Court played the role of switchboard supervisor Grace Banker in this musical. Photo credit : Jane Duong.
This excellent musical contains slick storytelling, a plethora of connected style genres and the need for precise …