Marney McQueen isRosa Waxoffski , beauty therapist to the stars. Along with her world-renowned pianist Boris Longschlongadongski (musical director Mark Jones), her show is a celebration of …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:08AMAnother Opera Australia and John Frost co-production, another big cast announcement! Following in the footsteps of OA and Frost’s previous successful co-productions including South Pac…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:16PMShe’s going to be singing “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” as Mother Abbess in the 2015 national tour of The Sound of Music, and while she might not be musical theatre’s…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:32AMAkio! will be Hayes Theatre Co’s first production aimed for both kids and kids at heart (ages 8-13 and then up, up, up), and they have programmed it in July, just in time for the scho…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:32PMA group of guys have gathered to play cards in Oscar Madison’s filthy apartment. With all that mess, is it any wonder his wife left him? And how exactly does clean-freak guest Fleix Un…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:18PMMean Girls compared school environments to the animal kingdom, but now schools can really get their majesty of the wild on: Disney’s The Lion King JR and Disney’s The Lion King KIDS ar…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:18PMGraeme Murphy’s take on Puccini’s Turandot has returned. Set to open on 24 June, it will star American soprano Lise Lindstrom at the head of an international cast. Turandot &#…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:51PMAustralian cast recordings are a rare beast indeed, so it’s a momentous occasion that last week, the live cast recording of Miracle City was released. Even more momentous: it reached…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:46PMSure, she played Ethel Merman and tackled the show’s eponymous number in the Cole Porter biopic De-Lovely, but now it’s happening: Caroline O’Connor will play Reno Sweeney…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:30AMSheridan Harbridge’s Songs for the Fallen had extremely successful seasons in both Sydney and Brisbane in 2013, and now it has been invited to spice up the 2015 New York Music Theatr…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:44PMStalker: The Musical is a new Australian work, written by Alex Giles, David Russell, and New York based Australian composer Andy Peterson, and this show is going place – it’s jus…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:24PMIn arts news from overnight, Sydney Festival has announced that Wesley Enoch will be their incoming Festival Director. He will serve a three-year tenure from 2017 – 2019, taking the re…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:59PMFresh from starring in Dogfight, Luigi Lucente is about to bring his show Jim Morrison: Kaleidoscope to the Hayes Cabaret season. Written and musically directed by Lucente, it’s a …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:36PMThis Sunday, we’re going to go into one of the more absurd, creatively rich corners of Australian musical theatre as we celebrate artist and performer iOTA. You might know him from Smo…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:47AMNorthern Rivers Performing Arts (NORPA)’s The HOME Project is opening at the Prague Quadrennial of Design and Space! The HOME Project is one of eight Australian works selected to fea…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:18PMJeremy Youett has only been in New York for four years, but he’s already co-produced a five Tony Award-nominated show: The Visit, starring Chita Rivera. Since it’s nominated for…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:25PMThere’s a reason that Sport for Jove have so thoroughly caught the eye of critics and audiences in Sydney. Their fresh, open-hearted, contemporary approach to classics (largely Shakespeare…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:58PMThe House of Ramon Iglesia sits comfortably in the Old Fitz season, a seemingly odd choice that has settled into place very well indeed. Helmed by Anthony Skuse, the play – which opened at…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:00PMJohn Misto’s The Shoe-Horn Sonata is Sandra Bates’ swan song. In her final year as Artistic Director of the Ensemble Theatre, she is, along with Lorraine Bayly, reprising her performance…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:04PMThe House on the Lake, a fine, twisting thriller by Aidan Fennessy, has opened at Griffin’s SBW Stables Theatre following a season in Perth. In the play, David (Huw Higginson) and Ali…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:29AMSundays, man. Sundays are tough. The working week is calling all over again. But fear not – I’m here to help you out again with another great video of Australian musical stars li…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:26AMActor, screenwriter, librettist and playwright Kate Mulvany is the latest recipient of Sydney Theatre Company’s (STC) Patrick White Playwrights’ Fellowship. The Fellowship, now…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:00PMCabaret season is just around the corner and in Sydney that means the Hayes. Now in its second year, the Hayes Theatre Co Cabaret season will bring cabaret acts, masterclasses, talks and mor…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:18AMThe most theatrical burst of Irish dance on stages anywhere is heading to Australia this September with a new staging of Michael Flately’s Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games. The show…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:40AMAs part of the Hayes Theatre Co Cabaret Season 2015, the company and venue will play host to a few special events aimed at bolstering and supporting the local musical theatre cabaret industr…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:11PMDo you hear the people (of Queensland) sing? Queensland Premier and Arts Minister Annastacia Palaszczuk announced today that Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed new production of Les Misérabl…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:15AMHayes Theatre Co has only been operating for 18 months. Since their first production – the runaway smash hit re-imagining of Sweet Charity, directed by Dean Bryant and starring Verity…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:43AMIt’s the end of the weekend already? It goes by far too quickly. But don’t worry, Sunday afternoon means one last moment of pleasure by way of a gorgeous local voice taking us to…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:30AMAnother week is looming, but let’s take a moment and relax and listen to rising star Luigi Lucente. He’s travelled across the country in shows like Grease, The Rocky Horror Show…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:31AMAccording to Playbill.com, leading man David Harris (Miss Saigon, Wicked, Legally Blonde) is set to play Jean Valjean at the Connecticut Repertory Theatre. The production will be directed by…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:51PMDogfight, with a book by Peter Duchan and music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, premiered off-Broadway in 2012. Now having its Australian premiere at the Hayes Theatre in Sydney,…
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