618 stories by "Cassie Tongue"
From a raft of drab, superficial, vaguely entertaining major commercial musicals emerges a sharp, intelligent winner. Matilda the Musical has opened in Sydney, and the Greases and Rocky Horr…
Competition is heating up at the 6th annual Rob Guest Endowment, with a semi-finalist list of 30 of the brightest new talents in musical theatre just announced. From these 30 participants…
Whispers and the rumour mill never really die down, do they? We’ve read in just the past 24 hours about two new shows that might be on their way to Australia. Ghost the Musical We&…
Matilda the Musical is settling into its first Australian home, the Lyric in Sydney, and is gearing up for its opening night in just two days. The beloved Roald Dahl story about an extrao…
We’ve been speculating, but now it’s confirmed by everyone involved: the hit musical We Will Rock You is returning to Australia next year for a national tour. We Will Rock …
A Sunday afternoon in late winter really calls for a torch song, so don’t worry: today I have got you covered. If you don’t already know this performer: meet Elise McCann. She…
Australia is bursting with musical theatre talent, and very soon, one of our most remarkable is taking her rightful place in a very “Loud” role: Marika Aubrey will play the brash…
We could not possibly be luckier. It was announced this morning that Dame Julie Andrews herself (you know, big time musical star, you might have heard of her?) is coming to Australia to dire…
The full Australian cast of Singin’ in the Rain has been announced and Australian musical theatre fans will have a lot to cheer about " you’ll recognise a lot of the cast f…
Do you know Josie Lane? She’s appeared in Avenue Q, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and, most recently, Miracle City at the Hayes…
There’s a Pulitzer finalist play currently taking shape at the Eternity Playhouse in Sydney, the home of Darlinghurst Theatre Co. The play is Lisa D’Amour’s Detroit, and…
AÂ sense of delight is unfolding nightly in The Dog/The Cat, a new double bill comprised of a play by Brendan Cowell (The Dog) and one by Lally Katz (The Cat). Gently, thematically related…
Nick and Lincoln’s new song cycle Together Apart is being launched with a handful of music videos, an album, and a burst of excitement. There’s some real talent involved in br…
Never been to the opera? Ticket prices too high? Two patrons of Opera Australia have decided to offer $20 tickets to people who have yet to an experience an opera in either Sydney or Melbour…
Amanda Harrison's simple and fun cabaret, Up Close and Reasonably Personal, is a gentle act of distance. The cabaret form is notoriously intimate and Harrison negotiates her terms with us up…
Highway Run Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co is bringing Rent to Sydney in October. Directed by Shaun Rennie and with musical direction by Andrew Worboys, the production h…
Citing increased radio and television commitments, Alan Jones has withdrawn of the role of the Captain of the S.S American in the Sydney season of Anything Goes. The role will be be playe…
Avenue Q won the coveted Best Musical Tony Award in 2004, which was a surprise considering it was up against the intensely popular Wicked, Caroline or Change, a wonder of a work, and The Boy…
Jaz Flowers has a voice. She’s starred in the Australian tours of Hairspray and Hot Shoe Shuffle, and if you’ve been craving hearing the way she sculpts gossamer line…
Does Sir Cameron Mackintosh ever rest? His productions are internationally renowned and consistently staged " his revival of Les Miserables is even playing in Sydney right now. But we cou…
The cast of Les Misérables have sung the songs of love and revolution more than 400 times in this Australian production of the classic show, and they’re still going strong. Current…
Helen Dallimore is one of our most accomplished musical theatre performers (and directors!) You’ve seen her on stage in anything from Spring Awakening to Legally Blonde –…
The classic “splash-hit” Singin’ in the Rain musical will now open at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre in July 2016, with an all-Australian cast led, as previously reported,…
It’s Sunday afternoon in winter: we could all do with some warming up, so let’s showcase someone exuding warmth: national treasure Paul Capsis. A wonder of a performer in cabaret…
Sydney's Hayes Theatre, a dedicated small space for musical theatre and cabaret, has branched out now into school holiday, family-friendly fare. The show that marks this growth is Akio!, a d…
