Stage Briefs

Heathers Musical For Hayes

Showqueen Productions and Working Management in association with Hayes Theatre Co present Heathers The Musical from July 16 to August 9, 2015, directed by Trevor Ashley, with musical direction by Bev Kennedy and choreography by Cameron Mitchell.

CATS: West End Revival to Tour Australia

Following its season in London’s West End, the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical CATS comes to Australia for a strictly limited season, opening in Sydney on 30 October 2015 then touring to Hobart, Melbourne and Brisbane. Tickets go on sale on Friday 24 April.  CATS is touring to Adelaide and Perth in 2016 with dates and booking information to be released at a later date. 

Bring It On The Musical

Bitingly relevant, sprinkled with sass, and inspired by the hit film, Bring It On The Musical takes audiences on a high-flying journey filled with the complexities of friendship, jealousy, betrayal and forgiveness.

Bring It On The Musical will be presented at NIDA Theatres, Kensington playing from Saturday 27 June to Thursday 9 July 2015, produced by Supply Evolution.

A Long Way From Broadway - Episode 1. I Can't I have Rehearsals.

Stage Whispers is excited to support a new theatre web comedy series .... A Long Way From Broadway.

The series tells the story of a small town New Zealand musical theatre society.

Each episode will center around a musical number that celebrates what it is to participate in musical theatre.

Episode 1: I Can't I have rehearsals.

 

 

 

VIOLET: Australian Premiere

Blue Saint Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co will premiere the 2014 Broadway revival of Violet in Australia, with Samantha Dodemaide in the title role.

Violet is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and libretto by Brian Crawley based on the short story The Ugliest Pilgrim by Doris Betts. It tells the story of a young disfigured woman who embarks on a journey by bus from her farm in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, all the way to Tulsa, Oklahoma in order to be healed.

DARYL SOMERS TO STAR IN MUSIC THEATRE COMPANY DEBUT

Daryl Somers is set to return to the spotlight in a new production of the all-singing, all-dancing Hot Shoe Shuffle.

The Triple Gold Logie-winning star of Hey Hey it’s Saturday, Family Feud and Dancing With the Stars joins the cast for the debut production of South West Sydney’s newest independent theatre group Birdie Productions.

Gerry Connolly Joins Anything Goes in Brisbane and Melbourne.

Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini AM and theatre producer John Frost AM today (March 19, 2015) announced that actor, comedian and impressionist Gerry Connolly would join the cast of their upcoming production of Anything Goes to play the Captain of the S.S. American during the Melbourne and Brisbane seasons.

2015 REGINALD SEASON OF INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIONS

The performing arts centre of the University of Sydney, the Seymour Centre, has launched its 2015 Reginald Season.

The fifth Reginald season sees an expansion of the relationship the Seymour has built with two of Sydney’s award-winning independent theatre companies, Sport for Jove and Squabbalogic Independent Musical Theatre, each company presenting two works in the season.

From Broadway to La Scala

From Broadway to La Scala will tour Australia with a series of performances across Australia from September 2 – 26, 2015.

From Puccini to Rodgers and Hammerstein, Bizet to Gershwin and Verdi to Cole Porter, this concert experience will feature many of the greatest songs, arias and duets ever composed.

Tenor David Hobson and bass baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes will join musical theatre star Lisa McCune and the soprano Greta Bradman with a blend of classical elegance and theatrical glamour.

Victorian Premiere of Sondheim on Sondheim

A great year for Melbourne Sondheim fans looks set to continue with the Victorian premiere of Sondheim on Sondheim at the Melbourne Recital Centre in May 2015.