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Jacqueline Bublitz Jacqueline "Rock" Bublitz is a Melbourne-based writer who saw a local production of Annie aged 5, and was never quite the same. Since that first transformative experience, she has been lucky enough to experience musical theatre all over the world. Many of her favourite productions have played right on her doorstep here in Melbourne, and she loves this about her creative home town. In addition to a day job in media, Rock has just completed her first novel, 'The Memory of Stars'. She also blogs about life and love at www.bodyremember.com (where she shamelessly mines the world of musical theatre for inspiration!).




BWW Recap: Saints & Sinners Try Not to Unravel on THE GOOD WIFE's 'Tying The Knot'
BWW Recap: Saints & Sinners Try Not to Unravel on THE GOOD WIFE's 'Tying The Knot'
April 28, 2014

For anyone questioning the show's sustainability after Josh Charles' sudden departure - and I'm not blaming you! - these subsequent episodes have provided an emphatic answer. Without Will. And in no small part because of Will. The Good Wife just keeps getting better.

BWW Interview: Once Before I Go - New York-Bound David Harris Talks Solo Show TIME IS A TRAVELLER
BWW Interview: Once Before I Go - New York-Bound David Harris Talks Solo Show TIME IS A TRAVELLER
April 21, 2014

David Harris is a boy from Oz. He's a good-looking, easy-going, hard-working country boy. Who just happens to possess a voice that can stop your heart a little. It's a voice that has, over the course of two decades, taken him on a journey from Lycra-wearing, high-school outsider, to charismatic leading man of the Australian musical theatre stage. And now New York is calling ...

BWW Interviews: Australian Performer Rachael Beck Releases First Solo Album, THIS GIRL
BWW Interviews: Australian Performer Rachael Beck Releases First Solo Album, THIS GIRL
March 15, 2014

Australian performer Rachael Beck has now added another achievement to her impressive CV - solo recording artist. This month marked the debut of This Girl, a ten-track album that journeys from Sondheim to Rihanna, right through to Beck's own composition, the closing track, Perfect Day.

A Peek Behind the Curtain into the World of 'Do You Hear The People Sing?' is My BroadwayWorld Highlight of 2013
A Peek Behind the Curtain into the World of 'Do You Hear The People Sing?' is My BroadwayWorld Highlight of 2013
January 5, 2014

Headlined by Michael Ball and Lea Salonga, two of musical theatre's biggest stars, the chance to go behind the scenes of Do You Hear The People Sing? in Shanghai was an opportunity not to be missed.

A Heart Full of Cause - Lea Salonga to Headline a Special Do You Hear The People Sing? Benefit Concert in Manila
A Heart Full of Cause - Lea Salonga to Headline a Special Do You Hear The People Sing? Benefit Concert in Manila
December 29, 2013

Fresh off the successful opening of the Asia-Pacific tour of Do You Hear The People Sing? in Shanghai, international musical theatre stars Lea Salonga, David Harris and Marie Zamora will reunite in Manila for two special benefit concerts to aid victims of Typhoon Yolanda.

BWW Reviews: All the Tears! All the Stars! A Moving DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING? in Shanghai
BWW Reviews: All the Tears! All the Stars! A Moving DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING? in Shanghai
December 6, 2013

All the tears! All the stars! as Lea Salonga and Michael Ball headline a moving Do You Hear The People Sing? in Shanghai.

This Is Your Brain On Musical Theatre - The Grease Edition!
This Is Your Brain On Musical Theatre - The Grease Edition!
October 27, 2013

This is your brain on Greased Lightning! BWW catches up with the kids from Rydell High in a special edition of This Is Your Brain On Musical Theatre.

BWW Interviews: This Is Your Brain On Musical Theatre with the Wicked and Wonderful Jemma Rix
BWW Interviews: This Is Your Brain On Musical Theatre with the Wicked and Wonderful Jemma Rix
October 13, 2013

Elphaba is one of the great female roles of modern times, and she requires a powerhouse performer to portray her. Only the best get to try it, and Australia's Jemma Rix has nailed it more than 800 times since taking on the role. Here, she shares a little of her brain on musical theatre - and tells us what she thinks makes Wicked such a strong, special show.

BWW Interviews: This is your Brain On Musical Theatre with DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS' Matt Hetherington
BWW Interviews: This is your Brain On Musical Theatre with DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS' Matt Hetherington
October 14, 2013

As he prepares for opening night of DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS at Sydney's Theatre Royal, Matt Hetherington took some time out to share a little of his brain on musical theatre - and what it's like to play one of comedy's great roles.

Michael Ball and Lea Salonga Headline DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING? in Shanghai, 11/27
Michael Ball and Lea Salonga Headline DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING? in Shanghai, 11/27
September 17, 2013

Australian producer Enda Markey presents a stellar international cast in the Asia-Pacific premiere of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?

BWW Reviews: Naked Truths at Finucane & Smith's GLORY BOX: PARADISE
BWW Reviews: Naked Truths at Finucane & Smith's GLORY BOX: PARADISE
July 15, 2013

At the beginning of this performance, Finucane, the sinewy master of these ceremonies, quips that three elements are required for art and its audience - passion, liquor and unrealistic expectation. There is no doubt my expectations are high after the revelation that was their 2012 Melbourne show. But it is dry(ish) July for this reviewer, so I'm approaching this new show with said expectation and passion, only.

BWW Reviews: GYPSY - Curtain Up On A Once In A Lifetime Theatre Experience
BWW Reviews: GYPSY - Curtain Up On A Once In A Lifetime Theatre Experience
July 10, 2013

Get yourself a ticket to GYPSY, and get it right now. Because if you have an interest in musical theatre, or any theatre at all, you owe it to yourself to experience Caroline O'Connor as Mama Rose.

BWW Reviews: Idina Menzel - Barefoot and Firmly Centre Stage in Melbourne
BWW Reviews: Idina Menzel - Barefoot and Firmly Centre Stage in Melbourne
July 2, 2013

From the WIZARD OF OZ/WICKED opening number right through the encores, the gorgeously refurbished Hamer Hall resounded with appreciation for Idina Menzel in this, her first Melbourne show, and the last concert of her first ever Australian tour.

This Is Your Brain On Musical Theatre: 10 Questions with Idina Menzel
This Is Your Brain On Musical Theatre: 10 Questions with Idina Menzel
June 16, 2013

On the eve of her first ever concert tour of Oz, Idina Menzel gives us a peek into her brain on musical theatre. Find out her first musicals crush, the night she'd most like to go back to, and which song she considers the saddest to sing ...

BWW Reviews: GENESIS TO BROADWAY Has A Lofty And Admirable Goal
BWW Reviews: GENESIS TO BROADWAY Has A Lofty And Admirable Goal
June 15, 2013

The problem with GENESIS TO BROADWAY is how interesting its proposition is. You find yourself leaning forward, wanting to know more when a particular anecdote is shared, only for it to be replaced by another brief story - like a medley where your favourite song is cut off that moment too soon.

BWW Interviews: Caroline O'Connor Takes Her Turn as Mama Rose in Melbourne
BWW Interviews: Caroline O'Connor Takes Her Turn as Mama Rose in Melbourne
June 14, 2013

It is curtain up in Melbourne for The Production Company as they celebrate their 15th anniversary by welcoming back one of their best and brightest to headline an American classic.

BWW Interviews: Life Has Become a CABARET For Showcase Winner Bradley McCaw
BWW Interviews: Life Has Become a CABARET For Showcase Winner Bradley McCaw
June 11, 2013

Bradley McCaw is the first to admit he was no cabaret aficionado when he started. It was others who recognised the art form might be a perfect fit for this talented performer. The winner of the '2012 Australian Cabaret Showcase' still considered himself primarily an actor and singer back in the early days, fresh off touring the world with the Australian super-group 'The Ten Tenors'.

Southern 'Summer' Stages - BWW's Top Picks for the Melbourne Winter!
Southern 'Summer' Stages - BWW's Top Picks for the Melbourne Winter!
June 14, 2013

It's that time again! As the temperatures drop here in Melbourne, we find the best ways for Southern Hemisphere theatre lovers to stay warm and entertained. From hit shows to much-loved revivals, through flying visits from a Broadway legend - Melbourne has much to get us through the winter months!

This Is Your Brain on Theatre - BWW Q&A with ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Star Owain Arthur
This Is Your Brain on Theatre - BWW Q&A with ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Star Owain Arthur
May 26, 2013

'I'm going to enjoy this acting business!' - Owain Arthur, star of the hit show ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS knew he was in the right business from a young age. In town for the Melbourne season of the smash National Theatre production, we put our 'This is your Brain' questions to him and find out just how he came to that conclusion!

BWW Interviews: Julie Andrews is Practically Perfect on Her First Trip to Australia
BWW Interviews: Julie Andrews is Practically Perfect on Her First Trip to Australia
May 18, 2013

For so many of us, Julie Andrews loomed large in our childhoods, a constant presence through repeated viewings of those two iconic films, MARY POPPINS, and THE SOUND of MUSIC. In this way, it is hard to believe that it's the first time Julie Andrews has ever actually been on Australian soil. She is so familiar to us, so much a part of the collective childhood experience that one feels like she must have been here before.



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