All stories by Sean McLoughlin on BroadwayStars

Monday, June 1, 2020

Sydney Festival announces new festival director for 2022 by Sean McLoughlin

The board of Sydney Festival has today announced the appointment of their new Festival Director for 2022, Australian curator and

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Sunday, May 31, 2020

Arts Centre Melbourne set for a staggered reopening in June by Sean McLoughlin

Arts Centre Melbourne will begin welcoming Victorians back to its Theatres Building, under the iconic spire, in time for the

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:21PM
Friday, May 29, 2020

Watch the West End stars sing the hit tune ‘My Shot’ from HAMILTON by Sean McLoughlin

Miriam-Teak Lee, Jocasta Almgill, Melanie La Barrie, Genesis Lynea and Gabriela Garcia sing hit number “My Shot” from Hamilton. Watch

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Thursday, May 28, 2020

The Actors’ Equity Association announces guiding principles for Broadway’s reopening by Sean McLoughlin

The Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), also referred to as Actors’ Equity is a North American labor union which represents the

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WHO’S YOUR BAGHDADDY performing online by Sean McLoughlin

During the current Covid-19 restriction, the arts community has been compelled to move their creativity online due to the inability

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:02PM

The Crown’s Claire Foy and Matt Smith reunite in online virtual event by Sean McLoughlin

London: The Old Vic theatre has announced a new online initiative staring The Crown’s Claire Foy and Matt Smith in

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Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Prince Charles highlights distress on the arts by Sean McLoughlin

The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles has echoed his concern over the state of the British arts industry highlighting the

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Riverside Theatres Digital presents YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE by Sean McLoughlin

Stay home and hear your favourite musical theatre tunes with Helpmann award winner Luke Joslin and friends! Following the announcement

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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

What lessons can we learn from South Korea, where theatre has remained open by Sean McLoughlin

As theatres across the globe ushered in indefinite closures, theatres in South Korea have remained largely open. In Japan there

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:42PM
Monday, May 25, 2020

Arts Centre Melbourne’s Big Night In announce new lineup for Episode 5 by Sean McLoughlin

Australian pop icons and ARIA Hall Of Fame inductees, Human Nature, much-loved drag performer Courtney Act and musical theatre power

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Sunday, May 24, 2020

The Reservoir Room – Australia’s newest virtual venue by Sean McLoughlin

Multi-award-winning Australian entertainer Catherine Alcorn has not been idle during the COVID-19 isolation period having joined forces with Sydney TV/Film

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Sydney Fringe goes global by Sean McLoughlin

Sydney Fringe cancels 2020 Festival and reveals plans to partner with leading international Fringe Festivals for a global digital Fringe

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:50PM
Friday, May 22, 2020

Being one of the hardest hit industries, when will theatres reopen? by Sean McLoughlin

With restrictions starting to ease around the nation there has been a weary yet optimistic approach to Australia’s COVID-19 reopening

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Thursday, May 21, 2020

Smash: A New Musical announces Broadway run by Sean McLoughlin

Smash is an American TV musical drama created by Theresa Rebeck and Robert Greenblatt for the NBC. With Steven Spielberg

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Arts Centre Melbourne is calling for Victorian-based emerging composers to apply for its award-winning mentorship program 5x5x5: Memory by Sean McLoughlin

Victorian-based emerging composers under the age of 30 can now apply for award-winning Arts Centre Melbourne mentorship program, 5x5x5. The

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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Tune into ‘Ensemble Theatre Conversations’ about relationships and intimacy by Sean McLoughlin

Sydney: Ensemble Theatre has announced the latest ‘Ensemble Conversations’ for people to stay connected to the theatre. This week you

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For those baking and eating too much in isolation right now by Sean McLoughlin

When Melbourne Australia based Actress, Lara Bianca Pilcher experienced the arts industry closures, she took on the creative challenge of

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:59PM

Sydney Theatre Company Announces A Live Reading of No Pay? No Way! by Sean McLoughlin

Sydney Theatre Company has announced the next phase of Sydney Theatre Company Virtual, a live reading of Marieke Hardy’s brilliant

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

From NYC with LOVE by fellow Aussie Kurt Phelan by Sean McLoughlin

This Friday, May 22 from 8pm USA/EST will be a one-night only event cabaret with award-winning multi-national artist Kurt Phelan

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Support Act Wellbeing Helpline now available to all arts workers! by Sean McLoughlin

Support Act is delighted to announce that its Wellbeing Helpline has been expanded beyond the music and theatre industries to now incorporate

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Win $8000 in the Noosa Arts Theatre One Act Play Festival 2021 by Sean McLoughlin

Calling All Writers Entries are now being accepted for The Noosa Arts Theatre National One-Act Playwriting Competition, which attracts entries

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Rebuilding Australia’s creative industries after COVID-19: More than an economic imperative by Sean McLoughlin

The shock felt by Australia’s cultural sector during the coronavirus pandemic cannot be overstated – theatres, art galleries, music venues

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:20AM
Monday, May 18, 2020

The Hatch Lab, a brand new Musical Theatre Residency Program for writers and composers by Sean McLoughlin

The Hatch Lab was created to assist Australian artists in their development of new musicals and provide much needed support

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:10PM

Shakespeare’s Globe theatre on the brink of insolvency by Sean McLoughlin

Englands Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is on the brink of insolvency due to the economic impact caused by COVID-19. The pandemic

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:51PM

Calling creative artists and writers: 2021 creative arts fellowships are now open by Sean McLoughlin

The National Library of Australia’s Creative Arts Fellowships offer practising artists and writers the opportunity to develop an artistic concept

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:16AM
Sunday, May 17, 2020

The only Australian performing a lead role in the only major production in the world by Sean McLoughlin

Australian performer Claire Lyon has found herself in the unprecedented situation of starring in the only major production in the

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Broadway extends shutdown to September 6 by Sean McLoughlin

Amidst the ongoing health crisis the Broadway League have announced their decision to offer refunds or exchanges for any tickets

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:48PM

Andrew Lloyd Webber raises half a million dollars for the Actor’s Fund by Sean McLoughlin

With COVID-19 enforced lockdowns keeping theatres dark across the globe, institutions such as the National Theatre, Metropolitan Opera and the

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:58AM
Thursday, May 14, 2020

Watch the National Theatres BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES for 1 week by Sean McLoughlin

In this week’s streaming, 2017’s Barber Shop Chronicles, the Nigeria-born, U.K.-based playwright Inua Ellams looks at the interactions of African

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:00PM
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Paris Opera Ballet Brisbane season postponed by Sean McLoughlin

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) officially confirmed today that its International Series season of the acclaimed Paris Opera Ballet would not proceed

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:00AM
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Watch American Ballet Theatre: Together Tonight for 48 hours only by Sean McLoughlin

For 80 years the American Ballet has danced all around the world, however for the first time they will be

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