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| The journey of getting a new Australian musical to the professional stage is a tough one, as none would know better in recent times than inaugural Pratt Prize winners Gary Young and Paul Keelan. When it was announced that this original Australian story was to have its premiere in Brisbane, and then enjoy a national tour, it appeared that the battle was finally getting easier. Tragically, a recent announcement has put another obstacle in their path, with the news that their current production will cease at the end of its Brisbane season, and not continue on its national tour. Peter Wyllie Johnston reports. MORE> | |
| We may think the development grass is much greener in London's West End, but not according to Naomi Edwards. This internationally experienced Australian director, returning home for a Melbourne season of her musical 'Trash', gives us an inside perspective on her London experiences. MORE> | |
| Australian Musicals.com sits down with Margaret Marshall and Simon Plant, co-curators of the eye-opening exhibition on Australian music theatre: "Making A Song and Dance", to get an insight into how they went about 'putting it together'... MORE> | |
| Selling original Australian art has always been difficult, as composer Peter Burgess found whilst researching his new work based on one of Australia's most prominent visual artists. MORE> | |
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The world premiere performance of 'Sideshow Alley', the inaugural winner of the Pratt Prize for Music Theatre, has been postponed from its intended October 2004... MORE> |
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