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BWW Review: NEXT TO NORMAL at Chapel Off Chapel

Originally premiering on Broadway in 2009, Next to Normal was nominated for 11 Tony Awards of which it won three, including for Best Original Score. It was also awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, an award that only ten musicals have received in the 105-year history of The Pulitzer Prizes.

BWW Review: INTO THE WOODS at Meat Market

Into the Woods was vocally sublime and featured a refreshingly diverse range of performers

BWW REVIEW: Queenie van de Zandt's CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE �" ONLINE EDITION Delivers A Truly Interactive Online “Theatre” Experience

Presented just days after Melbourne’s latest lockdown lifted, Queenie van de Zandt’s CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE – ONLINE EDITION was the perfect night in for people wanting to reconnect with live performance but still a little hesitant to venture outside. 

BWW Feature: SUDDENLY: A Short New Musical

While the majority of Melbournians, myself included, spent a large portion of 2020 stuck at home pondering the meaning of life, Jordie Race-Coldrey (director, composer, lyricist and co-writer) and Dean Gild (creative producer and co-writer) created a musical made specifically for screen!

VIDEO: SIX's Catherine Parrs Cover 'Survivor' by Destiny's Child

Five of Six The Musical's Catherine Parrs have covered Survivor by Destiny's Child! Cast members featured include Vidya Makan, Maiya Quansah-Breed, Athena Collins, Danielle Steers and Amelia Walker.

Cast Announced For SUDDENLY, A New International Musical Film

New production company DHB Theatrical, today announced the complete cast of their inaugural original work, SUDDENLY: A Short New Musical.

BWW Review: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at Southbank Theatre, The Lawler

Sunday In The Park With George presented by Watch This is executed to perfection and is a must see for the 2019 Melbourne musical season.

'MISTAKES WERE MADE' A Master Class in Solo(ish) Performance

Director Dexter Bullard has fashioned Craig Wright's world premiere of MISTAKES WERE MADE into a steady-paced and impeccably acted collaboration between Michael Shannon and A Red Orchid Theatre.

'HANDS ON A HARD BODY' Doc Bound For The Musical Stage, Green And Wright To Pen Project For La Jolla

Variety reports that Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright and Broadway lyricist Amanda Green are set to bring the 1997 documentary 'Hands on a Hard Body' to the stage musical.

American Century Revives NATIVE SON 4/14 At Gunston Center

Novelist Richard Wright's searing novel Native Son aroused violent controversy from the moment it was published. The saga of a young American black man who becomes an unrepentant killer, the book was hailed as an uncompromising indictment of the nation's racial divisions and social injustice, and condemned as feeding white bigotry while excusing crime. Naturally, Orson Welles, then the most dynamic force in American theater, thought it was just the kind of story his Mercury Theater needed to tackle.