theatre

‘Cats’ Dumped From Oscar Nomination Consideration

‘Cats’, the world’s worst movie based on the world’s worst musical, has been scratched from any Academy Award consideration.

Tagged as: Cats, Jason Derulo, pop, Taylor Swift, theatre, USA

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Hello Dolly Composer Jerry Herman Dies Age 88

by Paul Cashmere

American composer Jerry Herman, who wrote the score for the musicals ‘Hello Dolly’, ‘La Cage aux Folles’ and ‘Mame’, has died in Florida at the age of 88.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Broadway, composer, Jerry Herman, The Production Company, theatre, USA

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Melbourne’s Historic Regent Theatre Unveils $19.4 million Refurbishment

by Paul Cashmere

Theatre operator Marriner Group has unveiled its $19.4 million make-up of the historic Collins St, Melbourne theatre, The Regent.

Tagged as: Australia, Marriner Group, music industry, Regent Theatre, theatre

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J.J. Abrams Confirms First Word In New Star Wars is ‘At’

by Paul Cashmere

‘Star Wars – The Rise of Skywalker’ director J.J. Abrams has told Stephen Colbert that the first word you will hear in the new Star Wars movie is “At”.

Tagged as: Carrie Fisher, J.J. Abrams, movies, Stephen Colbert, theatre, USA

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Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell Rock Musical To Play Australian Arenas

by Paul Cashmere

Meat Loaf’s ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ creator Jim Steinman latest work ‘Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical’ will be performed in Australian arenas in June 2020.

Tagged as: Australia, Bat Out Of Hell, Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf, Paul Dainty, rock, theatre

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The Production Company Ends 21st Season With Potent ‘Ragtime’

by Paul Cashmere

‘Ragtime’ is possibly the most confronting production The Production Company has ever presented.

Tagged as: Alexander Lewis, Australia, Georgina Hopson, Jeanne Pratt, Kurt Kansley, Ragtime, The Production Company, theatre

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Electric Dreams The Musical To Be Staged In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Drew Lane’s adaptation of the 1984 movie ‘Electric Dreams’ will staged in Melbourne in November.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Drew Lane, Electric Dreams, musical, theatre

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Whoopi Goldberg To Reprise Sister Act Role for London Stage

by Music-News.com

Whoopi Goldberg will reprise her role as Deloris Van Cartier after 28 years for a London run of Sister Act.

Tagged as: Jennifer Saunders, Sister Act, theatre, UK, Whoopi Goldberg

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Jeanne Pratt AC, Chairman of The Production Company

After 21 Years The Production Company To Finish In 2020

by Paul Cashmere

The Production Company, the treasured Melbourne theatre company founded by Jeanne Pratt in 1999, will present its final performance in May 2020.

Tagged as: Australia, Jeanne Pratt, Ken Mackenzie-Forbes, Rachel Taylor, The Production Company, theatre

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Stewart D’Arietta to Perform My Leonard Cohen At Memo Music Hall Friday and Saturday

by Paul Cashmere

Stewart D’Arietta’s latest work ‘My Leonard Cohen’ is on for two nights, this Friday and Saturday, at Memo Music Hall in St Kilda.

Tagged as: Australia, Leonard Cohen, Memo Music Hall, songwriter, Stewart D'Arietta, theatre

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Renee Zellweger Records Duet With Sam Smith For ‘Judy’ Soundtrack

by Paul Cashmere

Renee Zellweger has recorded duets with Sam Smith and Rufus Wainwright for the soundtrack to the movie ‘Judy’, about Judy Garland.

Tagged as: contemporary, jazz, Judy, Judy Garland, movie, Renee Zellwegger, Rufus Wainwright, Sam Smith, theatre, USA

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Paul Slade Smith as Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory gives Melbourne a Fantasy Escape Plan #REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is wonderful evening out offering a total fantasy escape.

Tagged as: Australia, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Gene Wilder, Johnny Depp, Paul Slade Smith, theatre, Willy Wonka

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#REVIEW: The Production Company presents Thoroughly Modern Millie

by Paul Cashmere

Writing up about ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ has me torn between the great things The Production Company have once again achieved with this production and the gaping insensitivity that the show could have avoided.

Tagged as: Annie Aitken, Australia, The Production Company, theatre, Thoroughly Modern Millie

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John Foreman to Perform the Music of George Michael with 30-piece Orchestra

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne maestro, Music Director John Foreman will pair some of the Australia’s greatest vocalists with a 30-piece orchestra to perform the music of George Michael in October for ‘George Michael: Listen To Your Heart’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Andrew De Silva, Australia, Bobby Fox, Craig McMahon, George Michael, John Foreman, McMahon International, pop, Prinnie Stevens, R&B, Rob Mills, soul, theatre, ugh Sheridan, UK

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Premier Announces the Premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Moulin Rouge’

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s stage production of the hit movie Moulin Rouge will premiere in Melbourne in 2021.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge, pop, theatre

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Cats the Movie is Coming and Unlike the Theatre Show the movie actually looks good

by Paul Cashmere

Seriously, Cats the Musical has got to be the worst musical of all time. Let’s face it, Andrew Lloyd Webber got really lazy with that one. He just remade Jesus Christ Superstar … with cats.

Tagged as: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cats, Dame Judi Dench, movie, opera, Taylor Swift, theatre, UK

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Shakespeare’s Pop-Up Globe Is Heading To Perth

by Paul Cashmere

The Pop-Up Globe, a replica of the historic Shakespeare Globe Theatre in London, is heading to Perth in October.

Tagged as: Australia, classical, Live Nation, Miles Gregory, opera, Pop-Up Globe, Shakespeare, theatre

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to perform Skyfall in concert

by Paul Cashmere

The score to the 23rd James Bond movie ‘Skyfall’ will be performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as a lead-up to the still unnamed Bond 25.

Tagged as: Australia, classical, Daniel Craig, James Bond, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, movies, MSO, score, Skyfall, theatre, Thomas Newman, UK

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Helpmann Awards to feature World First Harry Potter and The Cursed Child Performance

by Paul Cashmere

When the Helpmann Awards are handed out in Melbourne for the very first time on 15 July there will be a very special world first as part of the show, the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will perform a montage from the show.

Tagged as: Australia, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Helpmann Awards, Live Performance Australia, Martin Foley, theatre

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Ben Mingay, Lucy Durack and Marcia Hines to star in Shrek The Musical

by Paul Cashmere

Shrek The Musical stars have been revealed. Ben Mingay will star as Shrek, Lucy Durack is Princess Fiona and Marcia Hines will join the Sydney cast as the Dragon.

Tagged as: Australia, Ben Mingay, John Frost, Lucy Durack, Marcia Hines, Shrek the Musical, theatre

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Tex Perkins Clocks Up 10 Years With Johnny Cash Show The Man In Black

by Paul Cashmere

Tex Perkins has with the Johnny Cash story in ‘The Man In Black – The Songs and Story of Johnny Cash’ earned a Helpmann Award and played to sell-out shows all over Australia.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, country, Johnny Cash, Tex Perkins, The Man In Black, theatre

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie Stars Announced

by Paul Cashmere

Benjamin Belsey (10 years of age, from Point Cook), Elijah Slavinskis (10, Ashburton), Edgar Stirling (10, St Kilda), Lenny Thomas (12, Bonbeach) and Lachlan Young (13, Camberwell) will play the role of Charlie Bucket in Melbourne edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Tagged as: Australia, Chocolate and the Charlie Factory, theatre

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Jason Donovan stars as Billy Flynn in Chicago

Jason Donovan to Star in next Australian Production of Chicago

by Paul Cashmere

Jason Donovan is heading to his hometown Melbourne to star in the next Australian production of Chicago.

Tagged as: Australia, Casey Donovan, Chicago, Jason Donovan, Natalie Bassingthwaite, pop, theatre

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Sydney Scores Hamilton Australian Premiere

by Paul Cashmere

Hamilton, one of the most successful new American musicals of the past decade, will have its Australian premiere in Sydney.

Tagged as: Hamilton, Hamilton the Musical, Lin-Manuel Miranda, theatre, USA

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Chris Ryan Talks About His Starring Role As Newton in Bowie’s Lazarus

by Paul Cashmere

In 2018 Jeanne Pratt’s The Production Company scored a major win for Melbourne. The company acquired the rights to David Bowie’s final work ‘Lazarus’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Chris Ryan, David Bowie, Lazarus, rock, The Production Company, theatre, UK

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Keala joins Hugh Jackman at UK Show

by Music-News.com

Hugh Jackman’s The Greatest Showman co-star Keala Settle made a surprise appearance during the opening night of his one-man show in Glasgow on Tuesday night (07May19).

Tagged as: Australia, Hugh Jackman, Keala, The Greatest Showman, theatre

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Barnum The Musical Is A Challenge Well Played

by Paul Cashmere

Let’s face it. A musical about circus superstar PT Barnum will always have an uphill battle in the shadow on one of the greatest movies in recent years Barnum starring Hugh Jackman. The musical star Todd McKenney will be compared to Jackman’s performance and the music to the Grammy winning movie soundtrack. When you compare those two, of course the movie wins.

Tagged as: Australia, Barnum the Musical, Rachel Beck, theatre, Todd McKenney

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Barry Humphries Resurrects Dame Edna for My Gorgeous Life

by Paul Cashmere

Barry Humphries has put the defibrillator on Dame Edna and brought the old chook back to life. Humphries will star Edna in his new show ‘Dame Edna My Gorgeous Life’.

Tagged as: Australia, Barry Humphries, comedy, Dame Edna, Paul Dainty, theatre

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Muriel’s Wedding The Musical is Destined to become an Australian Theatre Classic

by Paul Cashmere

‘Muriel’s Wedding The Musical’ is destined to be a global hit. This all-Australian production, based on the book by PJ Hogan, directed by Simon Phillips and with new music from Kate Miller-Heidke & Kier Nuttal, will be a great fit for Broadway or the West End one day. Right now, Melbourne is privileged to host the Australian premiere of the national tour of Muriel’s Wedding The Musical.

Tagged as: 80s, Abba, Australia, Kate Miller-Heidke, Keir Nuttall, Muriel's Wedding the Musical, Muriels Wedding, pop, theatre

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Cirque du Soliel to present Kurios for Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Cirque du Soliel’s next Australian showcase is the acclaimed ‘Kurios – Cabinet of Curiosities’.

Tagged as: Australia, Cirque du Soliel, Kurios Cabinet of Curiosities, theatre

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