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Ian Nisbet caught up with the Australian cast of Mary Poppins during rehearsals, and found out what really makes the show fly.

Based on the beloved books by Australian author, actress, and journalist Pamela Lyndon Travers OBE, and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film, Mary Poppins the musical has all the classic songs from the movie as well as some new inclusions.

Anthony Warlow wowed group bookers on Tuesday Night with a beautiful rendition of two songs from the new musical Dr Zhivago, which will have its main stage world premiere in February next year in Sydney.

The musical, with a score by Lucy Simon, the composer of The Secret Garden, had a try-out at the La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego, California, in May 2006.

But the chance to have Anthony Warlow play the leading man, interest from Producer John Frost, and more effective cost structures has led to Sydney scoring the main-stage premiere.

As The Production Company’s The King and I at the State Theatre in Melbourne enters the second week of its season, Stage Whispers reviewer Geoffrey Williams continues the story of his meeting the actress who made Mrs Anna famous.

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.