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Calamity Jane review [Melbourne]
Whip crack away! The Deadwood Stage has made a very special trip down from Sydney to deliver this rollicking hit production of Calamity Jane to the musical-loving theatregoers of Melbourne. Scouts have...
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The Australian Ballet: Murphy review
The Australian Ballet honours and celebrates their extraordinary 50-year association with Australian living legend and national treasure Graeme Murphy in the lovingly curated new mixed program, Murphy....
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StageArt: Bare the Musical review
A slick production, excellent direction and an incredibly talented cast elevate the material on offer as cult favourite Bare makes a return to the Melbourne stage. Having played around the world since...
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Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: La Bohème review
Opera Australia neatly balances the spectacular with the intimate as the seventh season of firmly established opera attraction Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour turns its sights on one of the world’s most...
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In The Heights review [Sydney]
It’s Sydney’s turn to discover the joys of In The Heights, and this electric new production is the ideal introduction. Actually, it is just the lucky few organised ticket buyers of Sydney who will be...
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Once On This Island review [Broadway]
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s 1990 musical Once On This Island is back on Broadway in an immersive, in-the-round production that brims with warmth and invention. Director Michel Arden notes the...
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My Fair Lady review [Broadway 2018]
The jewel in the crown of Broadway’s golden age, My Fair Lady is masterfully revived by director Bartlett Sher and his dream team of collaborators. **Check back later for production images** A Hymn to...
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Met Opera: Luisa Miller review
Verdi’s Luisa Miller may be on lower rotation than many of his other works, but the casting of three operatic superstars presents the work in its very best light. Over ten years since its last...
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Mean Girls review
A guilty pleasure that leaves the audience on a giddy high, Mean Girls is set to be the next Broadway smash propelled by the box office power of teenaged girls. With the cult classic 2004 film as...
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The Band’s Visit review
Gently understated and leisurely paced The Band’s Visit is the antithesis of the current Broadway musical, and is all the richer for it. Based on 2007 arthouse movie The Band’s Visit, the new musical...
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SpongeBob SquarePants the Broadway Musical review
So riotously colourful that it makes The Lion King look noir, SpongeBob SquarePants the Broadway Musical is a giddily gleeful confection of music and movement that rightfully takes its place as a fully...
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Disney: Frozen the Broadway Musical
Disney has clearly spent a fortune on white hot property Frozen the Broadway Musical, and yet the new musical is lukewarm at best. While the massive success of recent Disney production Aladdin the...
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Met Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor review
International soprano Jessica Pratt treats the New York audience to her signature role as she sings Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor for the first time at Metropolitan Opera. Mary Zimmerman’s 2007...
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Carousel review [Broadway 2018]
Cherished classic Carousel returns to Broadway in this handsome, impeccably cast revival. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s groundbreaking 1945 musical still resonates today thanks to its timeless theme of...
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Papermill Playhouse: The Sting review
In its world premiere season at charming New Jersey venue Papermill Playhouse, Broadway-bound musical The Sting is a slick, classy affair. Mounting a musical adaptation of the classic 1973 film The...
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Opera Australia: La Traviata review [Melbourne 2018]
Opera Australia opens their 2018 Melbourne season with a brightly polished revival of cherished Verdi masterwork La Traviata. A perennial favourite with audiences, Elijah Moshinsky’s 1994 production...
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Opera Australia: Tosca review [Melbourne 2018]
Melbourne welcomes sumptuous soprano Latonia Moore in a glorious performance, as Opera Australia revives their spectacular production of Tosca. John Bell’s 2013 staging is a prized jewel in Opera...
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Opera Australia: Don Quichotte review
Melbourne hears Massenet all too rarely, making Opera Australia’s presentation of Don Quichotte all the more of a treat. A showcase for Italian superstar bass Ferruccio Furlanetto, Don Quichotte is...
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CLOC Musical Theatre: Strictly Ballroom the Musical review
Bursting with vibrant colour and spectacular dance, CLOC Musical Theatre’s new production of Strictly Ballroom the Musicalis a visual feast. Top marks to CLOC Musical Theatre for putting their...
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The Wizard of Oz review [Melbourne 2018]
Ever-emerald classic The Wizard of Oz gleams with the polish of new designs, new humour and even new songs. Revived to capitalise on the mania for Wicked, this 2011 London Palladium production is...
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