Stage Briefs

Adelaide Festival Reviews 2019

Click on the links below to read various Adelaide Festival 2019 reviews.

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Grand Finale

Zizanie

Ulster American

Foehn

Picaresque

Jacqueline McKenzie Joins Cast of Mosquitoes

Australian actress Jacqueline McKenzie will play the role of Alice in the Sydney Theatre Company's upcoming Australian premiere of Mosquitoes by Lucy Kirkwood, directed by STC Resident Director Jessica Arthur. Jacqueline assumes the role previously announced to be played by Anita Hegh, following her withdrawal the production. Jacqueline joins a cast which also features Mandy McElhinney, Jason Chong, Charles Wu and Annie Byron.   

Geraldine Turner's Gypsy Heartbreak

David Spicer reports.

Music Theatre star Geraldine Turner has been heartbroken by the cancellation of a forthcoming season of Gypsy - which is the fifth time in her career that she has been cast in the lead role, in a production of the Stephen Sondheim/Jule Styne/Arthur Laurents musical, that has been called off.

Late last week it was announced that the blockbuster pro-am production scheduled for the Q Theatre in Queanbeyan for April-May has been cancelled "with great regret."

Adelaide Fringe Reviews 2019

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Neel Kolhatkar

Renee Geyer

Homer’s Odyssey - The Musical

The 60 Four

Barnum

Simon Gallaher as Wizard in Arena Oz

Harvest Rain CEO Tim O’Connor has announced that Simon Gallaher will play the role of The Wizard in The Wizard Of Oz - Arena Spectacular touring Australia in 2019 – 2020.

Cast Announced for West Side Story on Sydney Harbour

Opera Australia has revealed the full cast for its brand new Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour production of the iconic Broadway musical, West Side Story.

Fringe World Reviews 2019

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Paper Doll

Tony Galati - The Musical

Me. Asian?

Eleanor’s Story: Home is the Stranger

Full Cast of American Psycho Unleashed

Producers BB-Arts Entertainment & Two Doors Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co have announced the remaining cast members for the upcoming Australian Premiere of AMERICAN PSYCHO - THE MUSICAL. Playing at the Hayes Theatre Co from 10 May 2019, AMERICAN PSYCHO - THE MUSICAL is based on the thriller novel by Bret Easton Ellis of the same name, which also inspired the 2000 film starring Christian Bale.

Craig McLachlan charged

The ABC is reporting that Craig McLachlan has been charged with assault and sex offences by Victoria Police.

Victoria Police confirmed to the ABC that sex crime detectives charged a 53-year-old NSW man with one count of common law assault, eight counts of indecent assault, and one count of attempted indecent assault.

According the the ABC Mr McLachlan was charged on summons to appear at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on February 8, 2019.

Aussie Aladdin on Broadway

Australian music theatre star Ainsley Melham is taking his magic carpet all the way to Broadway. After touring Australia in Aladdin -The Musical, Ainsley will make his Broadway debut in the title role of the American production at Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre on the 19th Feb.

He will be joined by fellow original Australian Cast members Michael James Scott as the Genie and Arielle Jacobs as Jasmine. Having opened the Australian production together back in 2016, this reunion sees them performing together again till mid-July ‘19.