Image: Liam Head, Robyn Nevin, Kurtis Papadinis, Shewit Belay, Todd McKenney, Adam Murphy in WICKED. Photographer: Hugh Stewart
On behalf of his co-producers Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone, John Frost for Crossroads Live announced the lead cast in the Broadway Blockbuster musical WICKED, which flies into Australia’s Emerald City at the Sydney Lyric from 25 August.
Image: 2023 Australian cast of The Rocky Horror Show. Photographer: Daniel Boud.
No wonder she is excited by the 50th birthday production - Stage Whispers’ Coral Drouyn has seen The Rocky Horror Show (and Picture Show) more than 30 times with eight different Franks.
Darlinghurst Theatre Company has announced the cast of the Australian premiere of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, which opens at Eternity Playhouse on 9th July, running until 20th August. Directed by Dean Drieberg (Hamilton) Tony Award nominated electro-pop opera is based on a scandalous slice of Tolstoy’s War and Peace.
A Revival of Grease is set to debut as Melbourne’s summer musical at Her Majesty’s Theatre from January 2024 and the Capitol Theatre, Sydney from March 2024!
The cast of Cameron Mackintosh's new Australian production of Boublil and Schönberg's musical Miss Saigon, premiering at the Sydney Opera House in August has been announced.
Leading the cast is Abigail Adriano as Kim, Seann Miley Moore as the Engineer, Nigel Huckle as Chris, Kerrie Anne Greenland as Ellen, Nick Afoa as John, Laurence Mossman as Thuy, and Kimberley Hodgson in the role of Gigi.
Image: Jodie Comer in Prima Facie. Photographer: Helen Murray.
Playwright Suzie Miller’s unique blend of legal nous, firebrand feminism and great story-telling has seen her works performed on the world’s smallest and greatest stages. Martin Portus spoke to the Australian playwright ahead of her Broadway debut.
Theatrical agent Les Solomon pines for large scale commercial revivals of musicals from the 1940s to the 1980s.
I enjoyed seeing a rather magical production of La Cage Aux Folles, the wonderfully rich gay themed Jerry Herman musical that won the Tony Award back in 1984, which is returning this week at the State Theatre in Sydney.