618 stories by "Cassie Tongue"
The Lion King has been a smash hit production with Australian audiences. It did extremely well in its first run, and now it’s in its second, comfortably touring around Australia and…
It’s a miracle! Today the Royal Shakespeare Company, Louise Withers, Michel Coppel and Michael Watt announced that Matilda the Musical will move down to Melbourne’s Princess T…
The Rob Guest Endowment annual gala concert will take place on Monday November 9, where six finalists " emerging stars of Australian musical theatre " will take the stage at Sydney's Lyric T…
The Rob Guest Endowment annual gala concert will take place on Monday November 9, where six finalists " emerging stars of Australian musical theatre " will take the stage at Sydney’s L…
It’s one of those enduring standards, the kind of song an artist can build a complex narrative from just with their phrasing. It’s “Meadowlark,” and this afternoon is…
High Society is not a high point in programming at Sydney’s Hayes Theatre. Cole Porter is a witty, lively, sensitive and influential writer, and his songs are highly universal but not,…
It’s a love song to life, love, and being outside the ordinary, a cult musical that left an indelible mark on the musical theater landscape. It’s Rent, and it’s coming t…
Shaun Rennie is directing a new production of Rent at Sydney’s increasingly influential Hayes Theatre from 8 October – 1 November, and it’s shaping up to be a really int…
Andrew Cook has been having something of a moment. From understudying major parts in King Kong and Moonshadow to landing a featured role in Strictly Ballroom and blowing audie…
Once is a gem of a show, a musical that unfolds gently and poignantly. It’s romantic but not sentimental, quietly sad and yearning and essential. The Australian production of Once p…
Some of the finest performers in Australia will be coming to the Seymour Centre’s Sound Lounge on Monday 29 September to raise their voices for the AusCam Freedom Project. The evening …
The Rob Guest Endowment finalists for 2015 have been announced: these are the best of the best emerging performers in Australia. The winner will be decided at a gala concert, where each of t…
Remember Smash? The short-lived drama about putting on a Broadway show? The first season focused most heavily on Bombshell, a new Marilyn Monroe musical being written, most delightfull…
A brand new production of Fiddler on the Roof is coming! Starring Anthony Warlow as Tevye, the production will play a 6 week season in Melbourne at the Princess Theatre, and then 6 weeks …
Australian Entertainment Industry workers attempt suicide more than double the rate of Australia’s general population " 5 – 7 more times. Road crew members contemplate suicide al…
The Goodbye Girl has been tapped as the next show to receive the Neglected Musicals staged reading treatment: Tyran Parke will direct this Neil Simon/Marvin Hamlisch/David Zippel confection …
Sunday afternoon: where the most serious thing you should have to deal with is probably something like some great musical theatre song-and-dance. We’ve got you covered. Here’s Na…
At a showcase on Sunday 30 August in North Sydney, ten opera and classical singers performed with great passion in hopes of being one of the five finalists selected to compete in the IFAC Au…
A new Australian song cycle is always good news. Getting to hear it on an album might be even better news, so everyone across the country can access it. And now one has been released! Togeth…
Leticia Cáceres has a chillingly cerebral directorial vision for Death and the Maiden, Ariel Dorfman's 1990 play written from and premiering within the still profusely bleeding wound of C…
In the 2013/14 season, La Traviata was the most performed opera in the world, and it consistently ranks in the top ten of similar lists. Verdi's enduring masterwork is never too far away fro…
Zindzi Okenyo is an explosion of creativity. Just this year, you might have seen her (among other things!) on stage in Griffin Theatre’s Masquerade, Darlinghurst Theatre Co’…
He is one of the biggest stars in the world " just an “O” short of an EGOT " and he’s bringing a five-city arena concert tour, Broadway to Oz, to Australia. It’s H…
The Australian cast of the brand new production, Georgy Girl – the Seekers Musical, was announced today with members of The Seekers in attendance. The cast announcement was made …
It’s Sunday, so why not wander over to one of Australia’s biggest, most sensitive voices and have a listen? Casey Donovan might be best known for winning the second season of …
