theatre

Elton John’s Billy Elliot Musical Is Returning To Australia

by Paul Cashmere

‘Billy Elliot the Musical’ will return to Australia in April 2019.

Tagged as: Australia, Billy Elliot The Musical, Elton John, theatre

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Harry Connick Jr To Star In The Sting Musical

by Paul Cashmere

Harry Connick Jr will perform a limited run of shows starring in The Sting before it heads to Broadway.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Broadway, Harry Connick Jr, jazz, theatre, USA

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Melissa Tkautz Joins The Cast Of Sleeping Beauty

by Paul Cashmere

Melissa Tkautz has joined the cast of ‘Sleeping Beauty – A Knight Avenger’s Tale’ was the Good Fairy.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Melissa Tkautz, pop, Sleeping Beauty, theatre

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Vika Bull Is Bringing At Last The Etta James Story Back To Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Vika Bull is coming home for ‘At Last: The Etta James Story’ for a limited run of performances at Arts Centre Melbourne.

Tagged as: Australia, blues, Etta James, soul, theatre, Vika Bull

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Todd McKenney Replaces Craig McLachlan For Melbourne Season Of Rocky Horror Show

by Paul Cashmere

Todd McKenney will play Frank N’Furter in the Melbourne season of the Rocky Horror Show following the departure of Craig McLachlan after the ABC’s ‘trial by media’ stunt.

Tagged as: Australia, Craig McLachlan, Frank N' Furter, Rocky Horror Show, theatre, Todd McKenney

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Adalita, Phil Jamieson and Sarah McLeod share the roll of St Jimmy in American Idiot the Musical. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

American Idiot Is Not A Show For Everyone REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

I just didn’t get American Idiot. Is the background on this show based on Mel Brooks ‘The Producers’, about a company that tries to make money by producing a sure-fire flop … but then it takes off?

Tagged as: 90s, American Idiot, Australia, Green Day, Linden Furnell, rock, theatre, USA

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American Idiot Star Sacked The Day Before Opening Night In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

American Idiot star Linden Furnell has been sacked from the Australian production of the show the day before opening night in Melbourne.

Tagged as: American Idiot, Australia, Green Day, Linden Furnell, rock, theatre

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Beautiful The Carole King Musical Is Some Kind Of Wonderful

by Paul Cashmere

The incredible feeling you get from watching ‘Beautiful The Carole King Musical’ is of being a fly on the wall in music history.

Tagged as: Australia, Beautiful, Carole King, Esther Hannaford, Josh Piterman, Lucy Maunder, Mat Verevis, Michael Cassel, Mike Bosner, theatre

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Australia’s Global Creatures Company Has Five Productions For 2018

by Noise11.com

Australian company Global Creatures will have five shows in production around the world in 2018.

Tagged as: Australia, Carmen Pavlovic, Global Creatures, King Kong, Moulin Rouge, Muriels Wedding, theatre, Walking With Dinosaurs

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The Production Company Announces It’s 2018 Season

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s theatre crown jewel The Production Company has revealed the three shows for the 2018 season.

Tagged as: A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder, Aliyce McCann, Anna O'Byrne, Australia, Ben Mingay, Bobby Fox, Jeanne Pratt, Oklahoma, Richard Piper, Robin Niven, simon gleeson, The Boy From Oz, The Production Company, theatre

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Tex Perkins A Day On The Green, 2013, Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Tex Perkins To Take The Man In Black On Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Tex Perkins will take his The Man In Black show on tour across Australia.

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

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Craig McLachlan in Rocky Horror Show; Photo Ros O'Gorman

Craig McLachlan Is Suing The ABC, Fairfax and Christie Whelan-Browne And It Is Going To Get Ugly

by Paul Cashmere

Actor/singer Craig McLachlan is going after the ABC, Fairfax Media and fellow actor Christie Whelan-Browne for assassinating his career in what we be a very ugly legal battle.

Tagged as: Australia, Christie Whelan Browne, Craig McLachlan, Rocky Horror Show, theatre

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Priscilla Queen Of The Desert Is Giving An Upgrade For Its 2018 Season

by Paul Cashmere

The return of ‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’ works because the producers were smart enough to stick with the plot but modernise the music.

Tagged as: Australia, Michael Cassel, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, theatre, Tony Sheldon

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Frank N Furter Understudy Adam Rennie Replaces Craig McLachlan In The Rocky Horror Show

by Paul Cashmere

Craig McLachlan’s understudy Adam Rennie will play Frank N Furter in the remaining performances of The Rocky Horror Show in Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Adam Rennie, Australia, Craig McLachlan, rock, Rocky Horror Show, theatre

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Craig McLachlan, Rocky Horror show, Frank N furter

Craig McLachlan’s Career In Tatters Signals An Industry In Desperate Need Of Change

by Paul Cashmere

Sexual misconduct allegations against entertainer Craig McLachlan have signalled the urgent need for the Australian entertainment industry to clean its act up.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Craig McLachlan, pop, The Rocky Horror Show, theatre

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Bette Midler Is Enjoying A Good Book Today

by Paul Cashmere

Music legend Bette Midler is having a lot of fun today at trump’s expense. She just can’t put Michael Wolff’s ‘Fire and Fury’ down.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Bette Midler, contemporary, Donald Trump, jazz, theatre, USA

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David Campbell as Bobby Darin in Dream Lover - The Bobby Darin Musical State Theatre NYE 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

David Campbell Brings Bobby Darin To Life In Dream Lover

by Paul Cashmere

‘Dream Lover: The Bobby Darin Musical’ is an Australian creation and a theatrical masterpiece. Frank Howson created the stage play with his cousin John-Michael with a result destined for Broadway.

Tagged as: 60s, Australia, Bobby Darin, David Campbell, Dodd Darin, Dream Lover, Frank Howson, Marina Prior, Sandra Dee, theatre

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Sarah McLeod And Adalita Join American Idiot Cast

by Noise11.com

Sarah McLeod of The Superjesus and Adalita, formerly of Magic Dirt, have been announced to play opposite Phil Jamieson in the Australian production of Green Day’s American Idiot.

Tagged as: American Idiot, Australia, Chris Cheney, Green Day, Phil Jamieson, rock, Sarah McLeod, theatre

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Melbourne’s Shakespeare Pop-up Globe Extends Until The End Of January

by Paul Cashmere

The Pop-up Globe, Melbourne’s most unusual entertainment event, has been so successful that it has been extended a further two weeks in January.

Tagged as: Australia, Live Nation, Pop-Up Globe, Shakespeare, theatre

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Barry Gibb, Rod Laver Arena, 2013, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11

The Story of The Bee Gees To Become Broadway Musical

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Universal Pictures has announced that they have acquired the life story of the Bee Gees which they will develop, through their theater division, into a Broadway musical.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Barry Gibb, Bee Gees, Broadway, theatre, USA

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Marina Prior Joins Cast Of Dream Lover

by Noise11.com

Marina Prior, one of Australia’s greatest musical theatre performers of the 21st century, will join the cast of ‘Dream Lover – The Bobby Darin Musical’ for the Melbourne season in December.

Tagged as: 60s, Australia, Bobby Darin, Dream Lover, Marina Prior, pop, theatre

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Green Day’s American Idiot Plays Australia January to April

by Noise11.com

Green Day’s American Idiot musical will travel Australia from January 2018.

Tagged as: 90s, American Idiot, Australia, Green Day, Phil Jamieson, rock, theatre, USA

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Rob Mills, Paul Capsis, Paulini Gather For Twisted Broadway

by Noise11.com

Twisted Broadway, the one-night charity show featuring the songs from Broadway, has revealed Rob Mills, Paul Capsis and Paulini will perform at the 2017 event.

Tagged as: Australia, Paul Capsis, Paulini, Rob Mills, theatre, Twisted Broadway

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REVIEW: ‘The Bodyguard’ Is Too Much Whitney

by Paul Cashmere

The Bodyguard has all the right ingredients. It just has the wrong formula.

Tagged as: Australia, Paulini, Prinnie Stevens, The Bodyguard, theatre, Whitney Houston

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Shakespeare’s Pop-Up Globe Crowned With Spectacular Onion Dome

by Paul Cashmere

Shakespeare’s Pop-up Globe Theatre in at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl received its crown jewel this morning … the spectacular Onion Dome.

Tagged as: Australia, Live Nation, Pop-Up Globe, Shakespeare, theatre, UK, William Shakespeare

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Tina Arena To Star In Australian Production Of Evita

by Noise11.com

Tina Arena has scored the role of Eva Peron in the 2018 Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita.

Tagged as: Australia, Evita, pop, theatre, Tina Arena

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Jeff Duff To Perform Bowie Show Again

by Noise11.com

Jeff Duff will do more of his ‘Ziggy – The Songs of David Bowie’ shows in September and November.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, David Bowie, Jeff Duff, rock, theatre

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The Production Company Creates A Thoroughly Modern Jesus Christ Superstar

by Paul Cashmere

For the 2017 version of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ The Production Company have excelled to create a totally modern version of the classic rock opera that is worthy of touring if they so desired.

Tagged as: Alinta Chidzey, Australia, Jesus Christ Superstar, opera, Rob Mills, rock, The Production Company, theatre, Zoy Frangos

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An Exact Replica Of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre To Bring Bill Back To Life In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Australian audiences are about to witness Shakespeare plays exactly as they were originally staged in London from 1599-1614. An exact replica of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is to be built at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne.

Tagged as: Australia, Live Nation, Michael Coppel, Pop-Up Globe, theatre, William Shakespeare

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