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My Fair Lady review [Sydney 2016]
Crafted at the pinnacle of Broadway’s golden age, prized musical treasure My Fair Lady is meticulously restored to its original glory in this 60th anniversary production. Reversing the trend of...
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The Australian Ballet: Nijinsky review
The Australian Ballet boldly rewards their audience and dancers alike with John Neumeier’s dramatic adult fantasia Nijinsky. Performed by a company outside Hamburg Ballet for only the second time since...
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The Australian Ballet School: Showcase 2016
The Australian Ballet School presented a highly entertaining, thoughtfully selected program of pure dance for their Showcase 2016. A hallmark of the evening was the radiant joy and calm confidence of...
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Lyric Opera of Melbourne: Our Man in Havana review
Lyric Opera of Melbourne has unearthed another treasure with the Australian premiere of Malcolm Williamson’s 1963 opera Our Man in Havana. Part spy thriller, part devilish black comedy, Our Man in...
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Fawlty Towers Live review
Strong cast, expert direction and high production values elevate Fawlty Towers Live well above a mere indulgence in rose coloured nostalgia. There is an inherent risk in messing with perfection. As a...
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Aladdin the Musical review [Sydney 2016]
As dazzling a Disney stage spectacle as could possibly be imagined, Aladdin is a generous slice of music theatre heaven with rainbow sprinkles on top. While stage musical adaptations of animated Disney...
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Side Show review
Darkly dramatic musical Side Show is given an intelligent production featuring a cast of powerful singing actors. Based on the real lives of conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton, Side Show takes an...
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Victorian Opera: Four Saints in Three Acts review
In their final presentation for the year, Victorian Opera stimulates the eyes as well as the ears with abstract 21st Century choral beauty Four Saints in Three Acts. Written in 1927/28, the opera...
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The Australian Ballet: Coppélia review [Melbourne 2016]
The Australian Ballet takes audiences on a trip back in time, returning charming storybook ballet Coppélia to its original 1979 home at the Palais Theatre. In sharpest possible contrast to the abstract...
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Dream Lover the Bobby Darin Musical review
Dream direction, dream music and dream casting align to make world premiere Australian musical Dream Lover a theatrical dream come true. In classic 1957 musical The Music Man, lead character Harold...
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CLOC Musical Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar review
CLOC Musical Theatre revives Melbourne favourite Jesus Christ Superstar in an intense, imaginative, intelligent production. On par with the conceptual update of an opera, director Shaun Kingma has...
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OSMaD: The Pajama Game review
OSMaD takes audiences back to Broadway’s Golden Age, for a slick and glossy, yet respectfully traditional, new production of tuneful musical comedy The Pajama Game. With a strong book by George...
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StageArt: The Color Purple review
StageArt raises the bar again as they present a superb cast and pristine staging for the long awaited Australian season of The Color Purple. Originally staged as a lavish Broadway production in 2005,...
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Kinky Boots review [Melbourne 2016]
A dazzling production and terrific cast gloss over inherent weaknesses in Kinky Boots as the 2013 Broadway hit makes its Australian premiere. Based on a little known 2005 English film, Kinky Boots...
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Godspell review [Melbourne 2016]
The quality of the original score does its best to shine through, but the wattage of this “reimagined” staging of Godspell is severely dimmed by condensed casting and muddy focus. There is a long...
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Life Like Company: The Light in the Piazza review
Perfectly cast and handsomely staged, the Melbourne professional premiere of exquisitely romantic gem The Light in the Piazza shimmers with radiant beauty. The rare adult musical that treat its...
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Nine the Musical in Concert review
Maury Yeston’s ravishing score for Nine the Musical was finally heard in Melbourne again last night in an impeccably staged concert with a superb cast. Clearly a labour of love for all involved, the...
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Melbourne Opera: Anna Bolena review
Melbourne Opera continues their lavish presentation of Donizetti’s Tudor Trilogy with the Australian professional premiere of dramatically charged bel canto opera Anna Bolena. Donizetti’s 1830 opera...
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Ned Kelly, My Love review
In its Australian premiere season, chamber musical Ned Kelly, My Love presents a new and poignant angle on the legendary story of Ned Kelly. Writers of the hit Broadway musical Wicked have described...
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The Production Company: Dusty review
An absolutely sensational lead performance from Amy Lehpamer is a key attraction in The Production Company’s revival of 2006 Australian musical Dusty. A jukebox bio-musical, Dusty features more than...
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