Friday, April 6, 2018
Verdi's Luisa Miller may be on lower rotation than many of his other works, but the casting of three operatic superstars presents the work in its very best light.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 5, 2018
The jewel in the crown of Broadway's golden age, My Fair Lady is masterfully revived by director Bartlett Sher and his dream team of collaborators.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 1, 2018
It's Sydney's turn to discover the joys of In The Heights, and this electric new production is the ideal introduction.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 31, 2018
A relatively simple, yet affecting and inspiring show, Broadway's Once On This Island is ideal for family audiences.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 29, 2018
Opera Australia neatly balances the spectacular with the intimate as the seventh season of firmly established opera attraction Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour turns its sights on one of the mo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 27, 2018
A slick production, excellent direction and an incredibly talented cast elevate the material on offer as cult favourite Bare makes a return to the Melbourne stage.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 24, 2018
The Australian Ballet honours and celebrates its extraordinary 50-year association with Australian living legend and national treasure Graeme Murphy in the lovingly curated new mixed program…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Whip-crack-away! The Deadwood Stage has made a very special trip down from Sydney to deliver this rollicking hit production of Calamity Jane to the musical-loving theatregoers of Melbourne.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM[SHARE]Friday, March 9, 2018
It may be the first day of autumn, but the smiles of a summer night can be enjoyed in this welcome revival of the rapturously melodic musical A Little Night Music.
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Transplanting a punk pop album onto a musical theatre stage proves an inspired concept as Melbourne embraces the electric energy of Green Day's American Idiot.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 1, 2018
Revelling in its crassness, Hand to God is as deliberate in its intent to shock as it is obvious. A very strong local cast adds to the attraction of this Australian premiere.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM[SHARE]Monday, February 26, 2018
A musical to be cherished, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical arrives in pristine form, packed with lively singing talents who have honed their roles to theatrical perfection.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00PM[SHARE]Friday, February 23, 2018
With a vocal talent that can only be described as phenomenal, Bernadette Robinson returns to the stage in tailor-made new crowd pleaser, The Show Goes On.
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Nostalgia aficionados may enjoy the trip down memory lane of Gilligan's Island the Musical, but the talented cast and crew deserve better material in future stage outings.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 8, 2018
Tristan and Isolde is an unmissable event that exponentially deepens the debt of gratitude owed by local operagoers to roaring lion Melbourne Opera.
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Perfectly suited to a boutique scale production, cherished Broadway musical Falsettos shines in this intimate, meticulously directed new staging.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 4, 2018
Having been embraced upon the world stage, Priscilla Queen of the Desert makes a welcome return home for a tenth-anniversary victory lap of Australia.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 24, 2018
A joyful celebration of the power of embracing what makes a person special, Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre, London is one of the most exciting new British musicals in …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 23, 2018
This performance of Peter Wright's highly traditional production of Giselle brought a significant role debut, as young Australian Benjamin Ella premiered as Albrecht, which is the biggest ro…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM[SHARE]Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of its creation, this pristine revival of Matthew Bourne's Cinderella is a very welcome choice for Sadler's Wells annual Matthew Bourne winter season.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 21, 2018
With a focus on Andrew Lloyd Webber's sumptuously melodious score, the new chamber-sized production of The Woman in White avoids the excesses of the original staging, allowing the gripping V…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 20, 2018
The final performance of Rigoletto for the current season thrilled opera lovers around the nation and the world via cinema relay. Viewed live at the Royal Opera House, the performance had a …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM[SHARE]Everyone's favourite tap dance musical is back on the West End, and, really, shouldn't 42nd Street always be playing somewhere in the world at any given time?
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 16, 2018
It may be difficult to see the action on stage, but at least the music sounds glorious, with Vienna State Opera presenting a Don Giovanni blessed with uniformly strong vocals and the finest …
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The world's hottest musical arrives in London in a pristine production that is matched by a gleaming, newly renovated West End theatre that is far superior to the show's Broadway home.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, January 13, 2018
A stage musical of Pinocchio sounds like a brilliant idea, but all the magical stagecraft in the world cannot save a show if the book is weak.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM[SHARE]Friday, January 12, 2018
A decade after the mega-budget follow-up to The Producers flopped on Broadway, Mel Brooks is back with a scaled down Young Frankenstein, this time on London's West End. The sets may be small…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Girl from the North Country may have scored a slew of five-star reviews during its Old Vic Theatre world premiere season, but on the West End stage, it's a case of The Emperor's New Clothes,…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 11, 2018
Menier Chocolate Factory once again proves that bigger isn't better, presenting a lively, immersive staging of classic 1980 musical Barnum.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Zurich Opera House is one of the great gems of the world opera scene. Grandly situated lakeside, it holds pride of place in the city, with a massive public space stretching out before it.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Armed with "the muscles of twenty men and the brains of twenty mussels", Bananaman is here to save the residents of Acacia Road, and Bananaman the Musical is here to save off-West End theatr…
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