618 stories by "Cassie Tongue"
Bad Jews, Joshua Harmon’s play about family, love, faith, and the fights that bind " a biting comedy with heart " is heading to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. We caught up with…
The Detective’s Handbook, a new Australian musical about to debut at Sydney’s Hayes Theatre,  is the result of when a former rapper develops an obsession with the golden ag…
Parramatta’s Riverside Theatres is presenting Daffodils, a bittersweet love story direct from New Zealand " featuring the biggest hits from our Kiwi neighbours’ songbook. …
What happened to Squabbalogic? The staunchly independent boutique musical theatre company used to feel vital, maybe even radical. Led by artistic director Jay James-Moody (very smart, someti…
Replay, a small and surprisingly ambitious new play by Philip Parsons Playwriting Award winner Phillip Kavanagh, studies the way a single decision can make, or break, a life. Three brothers,…
Opera tickets can get very pricey very past, so it’s nice to hear some affordable ticketing news today, and this time it concerns one of the biggest spectacles in the Sydney social cal…
After a successful joint venture presenting a semi-staged production of Of Thee I Sing! in 2015, indie musical theatre company Squabbalogic and the Sydney Philharmonic choir are set to…
Fiddler opened on Broadway in 1964, the same year as Funny Girl, Hello Dolly! and Man of La Mancha. It was an exciting time in musical theatre history, where stories were starting to beco…
On the opening night of the UK's Almeida production of King Charles III in Sydney, a uniquely Australian reaction rippled through the audience. "It's Will and Kate," said a character, and la…
This afternoon, director Simon Phillips, producer John Frost and NSW Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres gathered at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney to announce the two …
Eddie Perfect and Ali McGregor have announced the programming for their first Adelaide Cabaret Festival, and amongst the stars in the line-up is Megan Hilty, direct from Broadway. Perhaps be…
Tap really takes advantage of a dancer's showmanship: it's as much about how well you sell it as it is about what you can actually do. Untapped 'taps in' to that facet of tap dancing with a …
All Good Things is the final installment of ATYP's The Voices Project, where a series of monologues for seventeen year olds " all by young people " are presented under the wharf. The mono…
Hayes theatre, SydneyWith their thrilling and creative revival, Dean Bryant and his team continue to make American musicals devastatingly relevant to local audiencesAlmost all of the musical…
We Will Rock You, the musical featuring a book by Ben Elton and the music of legendary band Queen, is well known for its musical numbers. And we have here your first taste of the new Austral…
Today at the Oxford Art Factory in Sydney, media gathered to hear the announcement of the cast of We Will Rock You, the musical by Queen and Ben Elton. This is the second outing of the sh…
Squabbalogic fundraises in style: for one night only (February 29) at the Seymour Centre in Sydney, they will present a staged reading of a musical theatre classic. Which classic? Who knows!…
Emily Milledge carries within her a hint of the extraordinary. She crosses over from plays to musicals and back again, often carrying with her a sincere, curious intensity. Who else but Emil…
Director Shane Anthony is bringing The Whale to life at Sydney’s beloved black box, The Old Fitz Theatre, in conjunction with the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. It opens tonight…
This Sunday, let’s take it way back to some serious Australian entertaining legends: Ted Hamilton and Toni Lamond. This footage is taken from In Melbourne Tonight, a variety show th…
Last year Sydney Theatre Company staged The Present, a new adapatation by Andrew Upton of Anton Chekhov’s first play, Platonov. The production was incredibly popular and the r…
In Sydney, the week kicked off with the Sydney Theatre Awards " awards given by a panel of professional theatre critics (disclaimer: I’m one of them) " held, as always, in Paddingto…
Today, Matthew Management in association with Hayes Theatre Co announced the the cast of XANADU, the musical based on the beloved cult movie from the 1980s, which will play in Sydney from…
Tonight the winners of the 2015 Sydney Theatre Awards were announced. A record 36 Awards were presented, shared between 19 productions which played in Sydney during the calend…
The Rabbits, a new operatic adaptation of Shaun Tan and John Marsden’s picture book composed by Kate Miller-Heidke and libretto by Lally Katz, is a beautiful-looking piece of art. I…
