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Another Song and Dance

 

Deborah Jones (The Australian)

 

"YOU could say that the first musical was performed in Australia in 1796. In his Sydney theatre, thought to have seated a cosy 120 people..."   MORE>

Crossing Over

 

Peter Pinne

"Crossing over - John Edwards seems to have no trouble doing it on television, likewise Latin music stars seem to manage the transition into mainstream pop..." MORE>

For some serious R&R

The Fourth Phillip Parsons Memorial Lecture

 

 

Richard Wherret

 

"It is my pleasure to deliver the fourth Philip Parsons Memorial Lecture. My purpose here is to argue the case for Research and Risk-taking in..."     MORE>

It's Australian - and it's good!

 

John Thomson

 

"At the Princess Theatre, Melbourne, exactly 70 years ago this month, on 23 December 1933, the curtain rose on the 'gala world premiere' of Collit's ...."     MORE>

Making a Song & Dance

 

Susan Horsburgh

"IN an exuberant show of boy power, four blokes spanning a 40-year age range are high-kicking and pelvis-thrusting their way across a St Kilda stage,"   MORE>

Musical Notes

 

Peter Pinne

"With the recent opening in Hamburg, Germany, of the Australian developed musical version of the hit movie Dirty Dancing, and the imminent launch of John..."   MORE>

Music Theatre In Australia

 

Tony Sheldon

"The most popular, and subsequently the most financially successful form of theatre in Australia must be the musical comedy.  Since the beginning of this century..."   MORE>

Ned, Juanita and the gang

 

John Thomson

"Several Australian musicals have won popular acclaim in recent years. Shout! (the story of Johnny O’Keefe) premiered in Melbourne in January 2001, ran for nearly..."    MORE>

This Show Has It All

 

John Mangan

"It was like the climax of a musical. The crowd was hushed, the tension palpable, the envelope was opened, the winner announced, suddenly Marina Prior..."    MORE>

Who's Turn Is It To Shout?

The Crisis in Australian Musical Theatre

 

Peter Fitzpatrick

"What crisis, you may ask?  In the last two years, Australian musical theatre has produced two spectacular hits, The Boy from Oz and Shout!, which..."   MORE>

Will 'The Freak' follow Chu Chin Chow onto the musical stage of Australia?

John Thomson

 

John Thomson explores Australian musicals that have been produced overseas, and discovers some that have never been seen in Australia.   MORE>