Mr Darcy’s niece (sort of) has the word on Jane
The show Promise and Promiscuity, described by the Irish Times as “a posthumous collaboration with Jane Austen”, is the brainchild of actor Penny Ashton, reports HELEN MUSA.
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Disney has cut parts from its orchestra and replaced them with synthesised keyboard technology, leaving local musicians out of a job.
"This was a classy, well-paced, high-energy show highlighted by outstanding dancing from a young, multi-talented cast." IAN McLEAN reviews Footloose.
Footloose: The Musical returns to Canberra in a new production – bigger, bolder and more explosive than ever before – at the Royal Theatre, May 8-10.
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Hopson gives a luminous performance in Anastasia
"It is the casting of the legendary Nancye Hayes as the Dowager Empress, a role that could have been written for her, that makes this production one not to be missed." BILL STEPHENS reviews Anastasia, playing at the Sydney Lyric Theatre.
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The riotous romp when Juliet goes to Paris
"This quality, high-energy, fun and funny production of boy-band bangers and girl power was well deserving of the rowdy wolf whistles and enthusiastic standing ovation it received." SAMARA PURNELL's been to see & Juliet.
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Nakita promises music, movement and energy
When she hooks up by phone to Sabrina Live! star Nakita Clarke at home in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, HELEN MUSA gets more than she bargained for.
What if Juliet didn’t die? What if she lived, and went on to have a life of her own? They're the questions posed in & Juliet, a joyous theatrical remix of Shakespeare’s best-known love story of star-crossed lovers, reports HELEN MUSA.
"It's a night of theatre that will make you laugh until your cheeks ache." BILL STEPHENS reviews The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, a show from the Canberra Philharmonic Society.
"If you’re looking for a special treat to celebrate the end-of-holidays, then this production of Cinderella is highly recommended," writes reviewer BILL STEPHENS.
If the art of pantomime is dead, that’s more than jazz singer and music director Leisa Keen knows, and she’s the mover and shaker behind a new Cinderella panto at The Q.
BILL STEPHENS remembers musical theatre star Toni Lamond, who died in Sydney on November 29. She was 93.
"Here You Come Again is a must-see for Dolly Parton fans, as well as those seeking an evening of memorable musical theatre," writes reviewer BILL STEPHENS.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA reviews Shortis and Simpson’s satirical show, Well May We Say.
BILL STEPHENS reviews 9 to 5: The Musical.
The joint is jumping when HELEN MUSA turns up at the Queanbeyan Uniting Church Hall to see Queanbeyan Players rehearsing their next production, Dolly Parton’s musical 9 to 5.
"Four outstandingly talented performers were just brilliant in their interpretation of this cleverly written parody of musical theatre." Reviewer IAN McLEAN has an awesome evening at Musical of Musicals, The Musical.
After sell-out seasons in 2009 and 2013, Everyman Theatre is remounting its Broadway parody The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!), reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
A 60-minute synthesis of the cult musical, Newsies, which is based on a 1992 film and inspired by the real-life newsboy strike of 1899 in New York City, is about to take the stage in Canberra for the first time, reports HELEN MUSA.
