With regular Sydney home, Joan Sutherland Theatre, closed for most of this year for multi-million dollar renovations, Opera Australia has curated an alternative series of events at other Syd…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMGrand in scale yet intimate in detail, Melbourne Opera’s lavish, confident and lovingly polished production of Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin is an immensely satisfying experience.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:00PMWhile the production standards and much of the work by the cast will be sure to please crowds of theatregoers, there is a significant missed opportunity in the absence of an engaging and log…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMClever creative artistry and bountiful talent make for a compelling production of The Coronation of Poppea in this mighty achievement from Lyric Opera of Melbourne.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMQuite possibly the best rock musical you’ve never heard, heroic 1990 rock opera Paris is given a starry concert staging that serves both to return the epic work to public prominence
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMAs the world laments its current political choices, the myriad life choices of composer-turned-film-producer Franklin Shepherd unfurl before our eyes as the musical addresses the question �…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMBrimming with imaginative details, Victorian Opera’s beautifully realised staging of Cunning Little Vixen is a real charmer. A touching tale of the circle of life, Janáček’s deceptivel…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMReturning to the Melbourne stage less than two years after its premiere, David McAllister’s production of The Sleeping Beauty can be appreciated not just for its luxuriously lavish staging…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTracing the key moments in a pair of relationships, 2009 off-Broadway musical Ordinary Days furtively engages audience interest and affection in its four characters, illustrating the beauty …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMAs a swift and tasty sampler of the inimitable style of current Broadway master Lin-Manuel Miranda, the pocket-sized musical blends familiar musical theatre tropes with “hard hitting” Am…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMGraeme Murphy’s Nutcracker does far more than tell The Story of Clara, celebrating the backstory of vision, passion and talent that formed the bedrock for our modern, 55-years-young compan…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMLook at the old girl now, fellas. Mrs Dolly Levi, born Gallagher, is back on the Melbourne stage in a glossy, if somewhat scaled down, production of Golden Age classic Hello, Dolly!.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMLook at the old girl now, fellas. Mrs Dolly Levi, born Gallagher, is back on the Melbourne stage in a glossy, if somewhat scaled down, production of Golden Age classic Hello, Dolly!. Back in…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:48PMShining, shimmering, splendid, Aladdin transports audiences on a magic carpet ride to a whole new world of kaleidoscopic intensity. Looking pleasingly pristine and perfectly polished in Her …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:14AMWinner of seven 2007 Tony Awards, Spring Awakening has inexplicably never had a professional Melbourne season. With a cast of a little over a dozen performers, this edgy, abstract musical is…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWhile many a non-Disney musical can be lost in the mighty Regent Theatre, the perspective in Oliver Smith’s scenic designs is given room to breathe in the cavernous auditorium. For audienc…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMStaged on a grand scale and blessed with an army of powerhouse singers, the production is well suited to reaching the far corners of the National Theatre’s sizable auditorium. CLOC matches…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMCrafted in the late 19th century, the pair of short operas are textbook examples of the verismo style. Leoncavallo wrote Pagliacci in response to Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, hence cre…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMProving that lightning can indeed strike the same place twice, Victorian Opera’s concert presentation of La Sonnambula was another unforgettable evening of bel canto brilliance showcasing …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMEmotionally sharp, gorgeously sung and spectacular to behold, Opera Australia’s new Carmen is a production to be treasured. The second collaboration between Opera Australia and veteran dir…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMAhead of its time in 1966, Cabaret startled audiences by merging a traditional book musical with the avant-garde stylings of a concept musical, a form that producer/director Harold Prince wa…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMOperas are no use sitting in dog-eared scores on the shelf. Operas are made to be heard and experienced and enjoyed. Blancke Knochen Opera takes Massenet’s score for sumptuously melodious …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThe Shanghai Ballet’s highly traditional production of Swan Lake is distinguished by the exquisite use of a huge corps de ballet of angelic dancers. In the late 1990s, international choreo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMShining, shimmering, splendid, Aladdin transports audiences on a magic carpet ride to a whole new world of kaleidoscopic intensity. Looking pleasingly pristine and perfectly polished in Her …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMAfter creating a sensation in a four-night run at New York City Center last October, the stars aligned for the production to transfer to Broadway for an all too brief season. This revival of…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMEntering the space, the Imperial Theatre auditorium and stage are unrecognisable, reconfigured into an immersive arena without any trace of a traditional proscenium arch.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMA glossy, if rather slender, new musical, War Paint is a chance to luxuriate in the performances of a pair of Broadway’s greatest divas. Two-time Tony Award winners Patti LuPone and Christ…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMAs dainty and delectable as a well-cooked soufflé, the new stage musical Amélie is a feather-light confection of pure charm. Based on the affectionately remembered 2001 film, Amélie focus…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMBroadway producers have taken blue chip title Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which had mixed reviews in London, and diminished it to the point where it almost seems to be some sort of el…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMreturned WWII serviceman forms a swing band to win a national competition, finding love along the way with his best friend’s widow. Although this description gives the sense that the ensui…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMPremiering in 1964 at the tail end of the Golden Age of Broadway, Hello, Dolly! benefited immensely from the finely honed experience of its original creative team. The musical won a whopping…
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