531 stories by "Erin James"
AussieTheatre Exclusive AussieTheatre have teamed up with the gang at Twisted Broadway to exclusively announce the stellar cast of Twisted Broadway 2014, Australia’s zaniest charity co…
There is a parallel to be drawn between the life and career of David Harris -Australia’s favourite leading man in music theatre – and that of the great Peter Allen. Both country …
The Australian cast of Once The Musical have been confirmed, just over one month before the company of ‘quadruple threats’ begin rehearsals in Melbourne. Members of the cast, …
According to Playbill.com, Strictly Ballroom The Musical is set to produce a limited EP recording of songs from the show. Global Creatures have reportedly told Playbill.com that a “rel…
On Saturday July 5, the cast and crew of Les Miserables, The King and I, Wicked and The Rocky Horror Show celebrated Melbourne’s East End Theatre District’s ‘full houseR…
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s 10 time Tony Award winning musical Passion is coming to Arts Centre Melbourne this November, and tickets are now on sale! Presented by the new indep…
It seems 2014 is the year for Independent Theatre – and that’s certainly something to celebrate. With an incredible amount of companies across the country producing non-commercia…
Les Miserables opened last night with a large fanfare (and an even larger opening night party at the Forum on Flinders Street) marking a very special moment in the world of major music…
Wasting no time after a star studded opening gala at Her Majesty’s Theatre last night, Producer Cameron Mackintosh today announced today Les Miserables will transfer to the Capitol The…
BREAKING NEWSÂ Opera Australia’s Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini and John Frost from GFO have announced that international star Jason Scott Lee has withdrawn from the Melbourne s…
The Sydney Morning Herald have reported that Australian director Simon Phillips (Love Never Dies, Priscilla) will direct the stage adaptation of 1996 comedy movie The First Wives Club …
It was announced today that writer, director and performer Jonathan Biggins and the Wharf Revue team will host the 2014 Helpmann Awards ceremony at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney. Set to take…
He’s the most successful, influential and powerful producer in the world, according to the New York Times, and he’s in Melbourne this week in preparation for the highly anticipat…
This is just a little something to brighten your weekend… The stars of WICKED the musical made this fun little video on their way to the theatre last week, and we couldn’t resist…
The gang at Circus Oz are back in Melbourne, under the heated big top at Birrarung Marr and Belinda Strodder stopped by to take these incredible images for our AussieTheatre readers – …
Live Performance Australia (LPA) have confirmed that the 2014 Helpmann Awards Nominations Announcements will be held concurrently at 6 venues across the country on Monday July 14. Sydney, Me…
After years of preparation, it has been confirmed that Sydney will gain a Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre) degree, rivalling that of VCA and WAAPA. The dynamic game changer will be led by Da…
It was announced today that Opera Australia have released Georgian opera singer Tamar Iveri from her contract with the company, confirming she will not be performing as Desdemona in Ot…
BREAKING NEWS It’s been 10 years since the world premiere of Dirty Dancing opened in Sydney at the Theatre Royal and today producer John Frost has confirmed that the show will return t…
Erin James spoke with Euan Doidge exclusively about his debut album Let It Sing and his role in Les Miserables, set to preview tomorrow at Her Majesty’s Theatre. Talking with Euan Doid…
It’s that time of year again. The rumblings on message boards and forums have already begun about Australia’s 2015 music theatre season, with many already having their say abo…
Look out Melbourne, Twisted Broadway is returning to the Arts Centre Playhouse in 2014, celebrating five fabulous years! The gender-bending musical theatre event is Australia’s fast…
Sunday night is, for the most part, the theatre world’s ‘Friday.’ It is the day we theatre folk come home, pour a glass of wine and reflect on the week that has been.…
Strictly Ballroom will be making its way to Melbourne next year with a season now confirmed to commence at Her Majesty’s Theatre in January 2015, 9 months after its world premiere in S…
The King and I opened at in Melbourne this week starring Jason Scott Lee and Lisa McCune. Belinda Strodder was at the Princess Theatre for AussieTheatre on Thursday to capture these…
