Four talented performers tell the stories of a number of iconic women from history in Belvoir St Theatre’s latest production.
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Van Badham and Richard Wise have created a stunning two-hander about an ultimate first-date disaster, and finding connection despite differences.
The theatre, dance and music works at this year’s festival have helped fulfil a three-pronged vision from some two decades ago.
There is a stark contrast in box office figures between musical films that market themselves as ‘musicals’ and those that don’t.
This new comedic musical is not just a dramatisation of the events of 1975, it is also an attempt to understand our maddening political culture.
There is a great track record of musical theatre tackling political material. Bloom seems too afraid of its own subject material to truly tackle the issues.
I’m happy again: A pandemic-induced move to virtual music theatre presents a paradigm shift for the genre, yet reveals surprising benefits in facilitating new access to music in community.
The nine shows include two 2022 Tony Award nominees – and three more Broadway productions are set to open in coming months.
Although a Grammy win for a TikTok musical was a first, musical theatre has always circulated through networks of media, popular culture and fandom.
First staged in 2008, Shane Warne: The Musical is an overwhelmingly faithful rendering of Warne’s life, staging both his triumphs and his downfalls.
To the famous composer, the gun serves not as a tool of self-defense, but as an instrument of self-expression and self-realization.
The ten-time Tony winning production has finally hit Australian stages. It remains faithful to its flamboyant parent movie but features a revamped score and a fiercely talented local lineup.
Over numerous letters, Dr Phoebe Rumsey found a great man who understood the pain and joy of “Being Alive”.
A fierce lyricist and sophisticated composer, Sondheim is responsible for some of musical theatre’s most iconic productions.
One of Sondheim’s greatest achievements was his ability to write women that actors want to play. His works have singularly elevated the Broadway diva – of all ages.
Some concertgoers reported being so moved by their first concerts in nearly two years that they wept with joy – a testament to the power of this unique form of human communion and connection.
Fans of divas like Judy Garland formed complex social networks and communities around their fandom that were also about joy and celebration.
Gen Z have been collaboratively writing Ratatouille the Musical on TikTok – but what do the terms of service say about who owns the art?
It may have a diverse cast but it erases the Black and Indigenous people who were there in the room and relegates women to the sidelines.
Hamilton – soon to stream as a film – has been hailed as radical. But it’s true to the traditions of the American musical – the pursuit of truth, freedom and the American dream.
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Lecturer in Musical Theatre, Griffith University
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer Musical Theatre, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor in Voice, Opera and Stagecraft, Director Music Theatre, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne
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Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor of Music and Music Theory, Columbia University
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Paul Eliadis Chair of Classics and Ancient History, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Drama and Film Education, Anglia Ruskin University
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Department of Music and Media, University of Surrey
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Professor of History, Wesleyan University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor, Critical Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
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Associate Professor, History, Macquarie University
