The musical phenomenon CHICAGO has finished its run at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre and has its final stops in Australia – Adelaide and Canberra. The longest-running show now playing on Broadway, this scorching hot masterpiece includes a dazzling score that includes “All That Jazz,” “Cell Block Tango” and “Razzle Dazzle.” Created by the musical theatre talents of John Kander, […]

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Capital Theatre, Sydney.13 June 2024. Chicago opened to standing ovation in Capitol Theatre Sydney this week. This iconic musical, written by John Kander and Fred Ebb, returns to the stage this winter for a wonderful night out at the theatre. Lauded in its time as “the finest piece of stage satire ever written by an American” (W […]

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In a rehearsal studio, a lean man with white hair stands, feet apart, arms at his sides, relaxed but poised, ready for anything, his chin lowered, a direct gaze at eye level into the distance. Opposite him a woman in a black t-shirt, and black rehearsal skirt and black heals is working to replicate this […]

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Murder, greed, corruption, exploitation, adultery, treachery … and All That Jazz … so begins the international multi-award-winning musical, Chicago. The sizzling show is returning to Australia this year featuring a star-studded cast, with tickets on sale from 14 August. Chicago will play at Crown Theatre, Perth from November, the Lyric Theatre QPAC from January 2024, and at […]

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It is with deepest pride, and greatest pleasure that we introduce to you Matt West, director and choreographer of Beauty and the Beast. Having landed in Australia only weeks ago, West is deep into rehearsals for the Australian Premiere on Wednesday 14 June, at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney. Get ready to have a ball! […]

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Sydney Lyric at The Star, Sydney.3 December 2020. After what seemed like an eternity, Sydney audiences are once again eagerly sitting in theatres for the first large scale musical theatre production to open in Australia since the COVID-19 closures: PIPPIN! The exclusive limited-edition season of the acclaimed Broadway hit at Sydney Lyric at The Star is a joyous […]

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Looking at the girls who had been in the callback for PIPPIN, patiently waiting on the outdoor balcony of The Star, they were all wearing a mixture of different requisite masks, having had their temperatures checked and keeping a measured 1.5 metre distance from one another. There was no doubt that this was no usual audition. […]

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Producers John Frost and Suzanne Jones, along with Foundation Theatres and The Star, have announced that the Tony Award-winning hit musical PIPPIN will reopen the Sydney Lyric Theatre at The Star for an exclusive season from 24 November. Full of extraordinary acrobatics, wondrous magical feats and soaring songs from the composer of Wicked, PIPPIN is Broadway’s high-flying, death-defying hit Broadway […]

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Melbourne-based Manilla Street Productions is a theatre production company specialising in musical theatre and dramatic works. The company already has a long list of production credits with more to come. They have returned to the National Theatre in Melbourne in 2020, with a brand new show, Amazing Grace, New York New York. This spectacular and innovative new creation celebrates all things […]

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State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne.19 December 2019. Melbourne is hosting the latest iteration of the musical Chicago produced by John Frost of The Gordon Frost Organisation, which has bought behemoth musicals such as The Book of Mormon, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Australia. Starring Jason Donavan, Casey Donavan, and Natalie Bassingthwaighte, and Alinta Chidzey, this […]

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