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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Sydney Lyric Theatre, Sydney.22 May 2022. On May 15, the acclaimed award-winning Mary Poppins flew into the Sydney Lyric Theatre, dazzling audience members across all generations. The supercalifragilisticexpialidocious new production, adapted from the beloved stories by Australia’s own Pamela L. Travers, and the original film of the world’s favourite Nanny, filled the stage with exhilarating […]

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James Cutler and Joshua Robson Productions are thrilled to announce a special and unique online concert which will shine a light on the Australian musical theatre industry and support performers whose livelihoods have been impacted by the COVID-19 arts shutdown. LIGHTS UP ON THE ARTS [HOME DELIVERY] will be held on Monday 11 May from 7pm. Over […]

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By Kristy Johnson of Dance Informa. They play love interests Kenickie and Rizzo, yet this is not the first time the musical theatre stars have been joined at the hip. The two met at university 10 years earlier and are now relishing the chance to work side by side in the energetic and lively stage […]

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Packed with explosive energy and performed by an all-star cast, GREASE returns to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in a live production that’s truly ELECTRIFYIN’! So get ready to dust off your leather jackets, pull on your bobby-socks and take a trip to the 1950s as “bad boy” Danny and “the girl next door” Sandy fall in love all over […]

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Lyric Theatre, Sydney February 2011 By Elizabeth Ashley ‘Things might go bump in the night and if we happen to have a train wreck…but Anthony Warlow will be performing tonight!’  This unusual statement was how the director introduced the much-anticipated musical –Dr Zhivago – at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney. The new production has had […]

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