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Deborah Jones (The Australian)
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"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> |
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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> |
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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> |
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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> |
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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> |
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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> |
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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> |
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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> |
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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> |
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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> |
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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>
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