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NEW MUSICALS AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCED

A new initiative dedicated to the production of original Australian music theatre was launched on July 17 in Sydney through the support of the Australia Council Music Board and Century Venues - New Musicals Australia.

Meeting Deborah Kerr: Part One

To celebrate the opening of The Production Company’s The King and I at the State Theatre in Melbourne, Stage Whispers reviewer Geoffrey Williams recalls meeting the actress who made Mrs Anna famous.

In 1979, one of my favourite actresses - Deborah Kerr - arrived in Melbourne to star in Frank Harvey's play The Day After The Fair at the Comedy Theatre. I was fifteen years old ... and it became my mission to meet her.

Sydney Premiere of [title of show]

Independent Sydney producer Squabbalogic's Sydney premiere of Off-Broadway and Broadway hit [title of show] opened at the Seymour Centre on July 14, following the successful Australian premiere staged earlier this year by Melbourne based production company Magnormos.

Yes, [title of show] is the title of the show. Read on.

Australia’s Newest Merry Widow - Lehar Operetta’s Leading Lady

When Antoinette Halloran sweeps onto the Queensland Conservatorium Theatre stage as Hanna Glawari in Franz Lehar’s immortal The Merry Widow she’ll finally be graduating, as she puts it, “from little girls to women.” Up until now her impressive career has seen her play all of the young girl roles: Adine in The Elixir of Love, Pamina in The Magic Flute, Josephine in H.M.S. Pinafore and Gianetta in The Gondoliers amongst others.

Kiss of the Spider Woman

An intimate production of multiple Tony Award winning Kander and Ebb musical Kiss of the Spider Woman reaches the stage first at Darlinghurst Theatre, from July 8.

Director Stephen Colyer discusses what attracted him to Kiss of the Spider Woman.

HAIRSPRAY THE MUSICAL CAST ANNOUNCED

The nine Australian principal cast members of Hairspray The Musical, to open at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne, on Saturday 2 October, have been announced.

CABARET - An Evening With Caroline O’Connor - A Musical Life

Adelaide Cabaret Festival. Dunstan Playhouse. June 25-26 Interview by Matt Byrne

Buderim Playwright Takes Out Top One-Act Play Honours.

Local Buderim based playwright Bruce Olive took home top honours in Noosa Arts Theatre’s National One-Act Playwriting Competition during June, winning Best Play with his chilling drama God Willing.

Mr Olive beat a very competitive field of 55 entries from right around Australia, and took home $2500 prize money.

Inspired by the Mumbai Hotel bombings, God Willing explores the motivations behind terrorist activities. A young female terrorist grapples with her conscience as she holds a pregnant aid worker hostage.

Aussies Invade the West End.

David Spicer reports on a remarkable purple patch for Australian producers in London.

Wicked's Final Sydney Bow Announced

More than twelve months after its spectacular Sydney Premiere, the curtain will come down on Wicked at the Capitol Theatre for the last time on September 12, 2010. “After more than two astonishing years in Australia, 866 glorious performances seen by well over a million people, it will be time for WICKED to close,” said John Frost, Australian Co-Producer of Wicked. “Sydneysiders have only 12 more weeks to see one of the most successful shows in theatre history at the most perfect theatre it could play in, the glorious Capitol Theatre.”

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