Seen by three million, streamed by over 350 million and with fans all around the world, singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s West End and Broadway musical Hadestown will make its Australian premiere at Theatre Royal Sydney in February 2025.
Presented by Opera Australia and JONES Theatrical Group, Hadestown won eight Tony Awards when it opened on Broadway in 2019, including Best Score and Best Director and is still playing to packed houses five years later.
Anna O’Byrne and Marina Prior will star in a lavish concert presentation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel in September.
Set in a seaside town in Maine, the musical follows the love story of Billy Bigelow, a handsome but troubled carousel barker, and Julie Jordan, a young mill worker. Anna O’Byrne and Marina Prior will play the leading roles of Julie Jordan and Nettie Fowler.
Rhonda Burchmore has been confirmed to join Casey Donovan and Genevieve Lemon in the cast of Sister Act.
Rhonda will star as Sister Mary Lazarus in the Australian premiere of Sister Act when it opens at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney from August and the Regent Theatre in Melbourne from November.
Joshua Robson Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co has announced the cast members who will be joining the production of Little Women, based on Louisa May Alcott’s timeless novel at Hayes Theatre Co from 12 July. Tickets are available from www.hayestheatre.com.au
Coral Drouyn talks to writer/composer Paul Hodge about his TWO Musicals due to hit the stage in 2024, including Black Box, which opens at QPAC on May 10th,
To paraphrase Oscar Wilde’s Lady Bracknell, “To have one musical staged is good fortune, to have two sounds like sheer talent!”
Chicago was the last big musical on Anthony Warlow’s bucket-list. Now on a national tour playing Billy Flynn, the 62-year-old has revealed that he thought his opportunity to play the star lawyer had passed. David Spicer reports, in association with the podcast ‘Stages with Peter Eyers’.
Following seasons in London as well as an extensive tour of North America, the Olivier Award-winning reimagined production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’sJesus Christ Superstarwill arrive in Australia later this year.
