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Magnormos commence their Jerry Herman Tryptych at the Melbourne Recital Centre next Monday, July 4 with the popular Broadway composer / lyricist’s first musical, Milk and Honey.

This is the first of three ‘concert staged’ book-in-hand presentations over three consecutive Monday evenings. Dear World (July 11) and Hello, Dolly! (July 18) follow.

Melbourne’s newest cabaret venue ‘Downstairs At Almas’ opened in Caulfield on Monday night, featuring performances by some of Australia’s leading musical theatre and comedy acts.

Premiering acts included one of Australia’s favourite comedians Rachel Berger, musical theatre star Chelsea Gibb, the multi award-winning ‘Drags Aloud’,  the hilarious harmonies of the ‘Candy Topps’, chanteuse extraordinaire, Billie Wilde and the cabaret-inspired burlesque showcase ‘Burlesque in the Burbs’.

Sing On Through Tomorrow, The Songs of Matthew Robinson, a new musical revue featuring the songs from the decade-long career of Australian musical theatre composer/lyricist Matthew Robinson, plays a Sydney season from Thursday, 4 August to Sunday, 14 August at Sidetrack Theatre, Marrickville.

The Last Five Years, an intimate contemporary musical byTony Award-winning writer and composer Jason Robert Brown, will have a Sydney season this July at The Reginald Theatre (previously know as the Downstairs Theatre) at the Seymour Centre.

The Last Five Yearsis the story of the rise and fall of a young couple’s relationship told from both sides. Her story starts at the end of their relationship while his begins on the day they met.