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Nominees Announced for the 2025 Green Room Awards

Image: The Cast of Candide. Photographer: Charlie Kinross

The Green Room Awards Association has announced the nominees for the 42nd Annual Green Room Awards.  

The most nominated productions this year include GROUNDHOG DAY (11 nominations), CANDIDE (9 nominations), 37 (8 nominations), MY BRILLIANT CAREER (8 nominations) and COUNTING & CRACKING (7 nominations).

Matilda Awards 2024: A Theatrical Triumph of Diversity and Creativity

Image: Host Sean Choolburra

Kitty Goodall reports

Full Cast of Beetlejuice The Musical Summoned

Dust off your Ouija boards and polish your gravestones Melbourne, because Michael Cassel Group, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, and Langley Park Productions have just summoned the full line-up for the Australian premiere of Beetlejuice The Musical, hitting Melbourne’s Regent Theatre this May.

Hadestown – One Helluva Show.

Image: Abigail Adriano, Christine Anu and Noah Mullins in Hadestown. Photographer: Lisa Tomasetti

PRETTY WOMAN: The Musical to Premiere in Brisbane

Image: Bryan Adams at Pretty Woman announcement. Photo RDW Photography

Singer-songwriter Bryan Adams, who wrote the music and lyrics for PRETTY WOMAN: The Musical, alongside Jim Vallance, was in Brisbane today (Friday 14 February) to make the official announcement that the Broadway and West End musical, based on the popular Rom-Com starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, will have its Australian premiere at QPAC in Brisbane in October 2025.

Casting Announced for The Producers at Hayes Theatre

Image: Jordan Shea, Alexandra Cashmere, Anton Berezin and Des Flanagan in The Producers (c) James Reiser

Mary Poppins lands in Darwin

Image: The cast of Superstar Productions’ Mary Poppins in rehearsal (supplied).

 

In Conversation With Playwright Betty Sweetlove

Image: Betty Sweetlove photographed by Karina White.

Geoffrey Williams spent some time with Mparntwe (Alice Springs)-based playwright Betty Sweetlove, whose first play The Nestmakers will enjoy its world premiere season at Darwin’s Brown’s Mart Theatre in March.

Original Yellow Wiggle Greg Page Joins Annie Cast

Producer John Frost for Crossroads Live today (Jan 29) announced the role of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the upcoming Broadway musical Annie will be played by Greg Page, the original Yellow Wiggle in the children’s entertainment group, The Wiggles. The new Australian production plays at the Capitol Theatre from 25 March, before moving to Melbourne’s Princess Theatre from July.

Seymour Centre Celebrates 50 Years With 2025 Season

Image: Cowbois, photo by Pollyanna Nowicki

Sydney’s Seymour Centre’s 50th year begins with the launch of the annual Seymour Season, a set of five events including three international plays and two locally produced works, presented in partnership with independent Australian theatre companies.

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