Wednesday, January 22, 2014
The Turk in Italy arrived in Sydney last night in grand style in a new, groundbreaking production directed by Simon Phillips and designed by Gabriela Tylesova. A flop for most of its lifetim…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:48PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 16, 2014
Prepare to enter Falsettoland as the Darlinghurst Theatre presents a beloved Broadway classic for the 2014 Sydney Mardi Gras Festival. If you have never heard of the musical Falsettos you co…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Aussie Theatre can exclusively announce that after a twenty-nine year absence, Australia will host a revival of the smash hit Broadway musical La Cage aux Folles. It seems the best of times …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:09PM[SHARE]Monday, January 13, 2014
With the full cast of the highly anticipated Global Creatures next major production Strictly Ballroom the musical finally announced, Aussie Theatre's David Allen recently caught up with the …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:15PM[SHARE]In a tragic turn of events, world class hypnotist and ensemble member of the Illusionists 2.0 has fallen to his death from a balcony in Pyrmont. The world class magic show Illusionists 2.0 i…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:35PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 9, 2014
Come February 16, one of the biggest theatrical ventures ever staged in Oz will ring down the curtain for the final time. After nine spectacular months in the Regent Theatre, King Kong will …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:45PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 8, 2014
David Harris is set to prove that his perfection knows no bounds when he co-headlines later this year in a charity concert to benefit the victims of the Hurricane Haiyan which devastated the…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:35PM[SHARE]2014 can now be marked as the year the Australian Cabaret Showcase came of age. Re-christened the International Cabaret Contest and with a record number of applicants auditioning from Austra…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:34PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 22, 2013
Broadway starlet Sarah Bakker recently became the first Australian actress to play the role of Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera in New York. To celebrate the occasion, Sarah (a tru…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:32AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 19, 2013
The Sydney Theatre Award nominations for 2013 were announced this week as part of the annual selection of shows by eight of Sydney’s most respected Theatre critics. Over thirty-seven d…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:36PM[SHARE]It seems Tamsin Carroll is not alone in making her presence felt in the UK music theatre scene. A quintet of Australian talent was recently directed alongside world class performers by two t…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:44AM[SHARE]Friday, December 6, 2013
With the 2012 – 2013 musical theatre season now largely behind us, and with the majority of shows announced for 2014, here is AussieTheatre’s guide to the shows that will close o…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:51AM[SHARE]Monday, December 2, 2013
It was announced this morning by Baz Luhrmann in conjunction with Global Creatures that the search for an actress to play the coveted role of Fran in Strictly Ballroom the musical is over. V…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 24, 2013
Something you rarely get to see on the concert stage is two leading men sharing the bill " let alone two leading men from two different genres. Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn are a dream dou…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:57PM[SHARE]Saturday, November 23, 2013
It was announced yesterday by music theatre uber-producer Cameron Mackintosh that his eagerly awaited West End reboot of the smash hit musical Miss Saigon will include Australian stage super…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:53PM[SHARE]Friday, November 15, 2013
It has been reported by BroadwayWorld.com that legendary Broadway diva Bernadette Peters is to embark on a world tour for 2014 that will include a series of concert dates throughout Australi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:26PM[SHARE]Monday, November 11, 2013
Last night it was announced by Producer John Frost and Opera Australia’s artistic director Lyndon Terracini that their co-production of The King and I will have a new King in Melbourne…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:10PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 7, 2013
With rehearsals looming and opening night less than five months away, Baz Luhrmann has announced the leading man for Strictly Ballroom the musical will be Thomas Lacey. 20 year old Lacey wil…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:03AM[SHARE]Monday, November 4, 2013
While the world of YouTube sensations continues to expand, one comedic actress from the States has not looked back in over half a decade. Comedienne Colleen Ballinger created the online act …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:25PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 29, 2013
The Wharf Revue has established its place as a longstanding feature iof the Sydney Theatre scene. A show renowned for its insightful satire and clever vaudevillian construct, it’s a hi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:21AM[SHARE]Friday, October 25, 2013
On Monday October 28 the Sydney City Recital Centre in Angel Place will play host to a one night only concert that has grown to become one of the most notoriously spectacular music theatre e…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:48AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 20, 2013
AussieTheatre’s David Allen spoke with Tom Handley from the cast of WICKED about the show and understudying Fiyero… Tom Handley is no stranger to the cast of Wicked and to the ro…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 13, 2013
No longer one more dawn or one more day of waiting, the cast of Boublil and Schonberg's Les Miserables for Melbourne in 2014 has finally been announced at a glittering publicity event at in …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:03PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 12, 2013
The horror musical is one of the most notorious sub genres of the art form " and easily the most susceptible for disaster. For every Sweeney Todd and Jekyll & Hyde, there is a Dance of t…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:00PM[SHARE]Friday, October 11, 2013
Amanda Harrison is easily one of the most popular leading ladies in Australian music theatre. On Thursday she returned to a Sydney stage at Slide Lounge to a rapturous welcome and proved onc…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:18PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 9, 2013
The 2014 Australian Music Theatre Workshop has announced a truly star studded line up for 2014. Including some of the most talented and successful people the industry has to offer, the works…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:50PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 8, 2013
It was announced last week that legendary Australian singer-songwriter, feminist icon and Queen of 70′s Pop Helen Reddy will come out of retirement to tour Australia in 2014. Having st…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 1, 2013
He Said, She Said debuted at the Sydney fringe festival in 2012, and by popular demand it returned in 2013 for a follow-up performance to see how the story develops for a young urban couple …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:43PM[SHARE]Monday, September 30, 2013
There is always a risk when producing the work of a storyteller that is as widely available and vastly popular as Agatha Christie. The first lady of suspense and the mastermind behind some o…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:59PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 26, 2013
There’s no question at all that two icons of the entertainment business came together tonight in a full force collision of talent. Cirque du Soleil is a legendary creative force of our…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:20PM[SHARE]Monday, September 23, 2013
The debut New Zealand season of Stephen Schwartz’s Wicked is now in full swing and AussieTheatre’s David Allen has been speaking with the cast of this thrillifying producti…
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