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Friday, September 6, 2024

Crones in Cabaret: the funny, brave women for whom age is just a song and dance number by Kelly Burke

Aged between 60 and almost 90, this Australian collective are staging fiery, funny, irreverent and ultimately celebratory shows about very serious topics Sign up for Guardian Australia’s b…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PM
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Venice Biennale: regional Australian theatre company wins prestigious Golden Lion by Kelly Burke

Geelong’s Back to Back receives lifetime achievement award for work that ‘blows away’ prejudice and ‘makes disability a tool of artistic inquiry’ Get our weekend culture and lifest…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02AM
Friday, June 23, 2023

Sarah Snook to play Dorian Gray as hit Australian production heads to London’s West End by Kelly Burke

The Succession star will take over role from actor Eryn Jean Norvill in The Picture of Dorian Gray, which toured Australia to sell-out audiences Succession star Sarah Snook will headline the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:49AM
Sunday, February 26, 2023

‘Nobody can go back – we all face jail’: the dissident theatre company opening Adelaide festival by Kelly Burke

Belarus Free Theatre currently face years in prison if they return home. Now living in exile, they’re bringing their show Dogs of Europe to Australia Get our weekend culture and lifestyle …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00AM
Thursday, September 1, 2022

Queering the Iliad: the Brisbane show bringing big spectacle – and big love – to an ancient story by Kelly Burke

Two of Australia’s most visually inventive companies are reclaiming the romance between Achilles and Patroclus in a new show, Holding Achilles Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email F…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49AM
Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Ballet star Laura Fernandez on fleeing Russia and starting over: ‘I couldn’t discuss the war any more’ by Kelly Burke

In April, the half-Ukrainian dancer left Moscow and her position as the Stanislavsky Theatre as her family hunkered down in Mariupol. Ahead of a performance in Sydney, she talks about her fu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PM
Tuesday, March 9, 2021

From plague puns to isolation creation: what Shakespeare teaches us about pandemic life by Kelly Burke

After 60 years with the Bard, John Bell reflects on how the playwright turned home quarantine into a source of productivity As live performance venues reopen in Australia and move towards f…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic