Harmer’s new comedy – a club for grandparents
Comedian Wendy Harmer may be bringing the lives of grandparents to life in a new stage play she’s written called The Grandparents’ Club, but she's not a grandparent – not yet, anyway, reports HELEN MUSA.
Musical Theatre
Musical theatre reviewer BILL STEPHENS reflects on Canberra's untiring love of the show Chicago.
"It’s the totally invested performances by the large cast that set this production apart." BILL STEPHENS reviews American Idiot.
"Highway of Lost Hearts is a surprisingly uplifting play given a thoughtful production guaranteed to warm the hearts of those lucky enough to experience it," writes reviewer BILL STEPHENS.
Musical Theatre
Chicago and all that jazz is coming to Canberra
The longest-running show currently playing on Broadway, Chicago, is coming to Canberra, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Musical Theatre
Billy packs a punch physically and emotionally
BILL STEPHENS reviews the musical Billy Elliot at The Q. He says it packs a punch physically and emotionally.
Musical Theatre
Exciting West Side Story: not a dry eye in the house
"I can confidently pronounce this to be the most exciting West Side Story I’ve seen since the original one that opened at the Tivoli in 1961," says arts editor HELEN MUSA of the latest production on Sydney Harbour.
The Billy Elliot movie set the aspirations of a working-class boy against the background of the 1980s miners' strike in northeast England. Now Jarrad West, as director, is launching into Billy Elliot the Musical, reports HELEN MUSA..
When presented with the amount of skill and attention to detail that has obviously been lavished on this production, it guarantees a delightfully entertaining experience for the whole family." BILL STEPHENS reviews Bring it On: The Musical.
Billy Bourchier’s is almost the perfect story about a Canberra boy made good, writes HELEN MUSA.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA previews Canberra Philharmonic Society's latest production – Bring It On: The Musical.
Reviewer BILL STEPHENS reports that Queanbeyan Players' production of the excoriating chamber musical Next to Normal received an almost hysterical reception at its opening in the Belconnen Community Theatre on Friday night.
Canberra-born tenor and musical theatre star, Billy Bourchier, has been cast as Tony in the upcoming production of West Side Story for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, with First Nations soprano Nina Korbe as Maria.
Reviewer BILL STEPHENS has been to see the musical theatre classif “A Little Night Music” in Sydney. He describes it as a "jewel of a production, brilliantly re-imagined, superbly mounted and wonderfully performed".
"Michael (Mikelangelo) Simic was such a huge personality on stage that, at times, you could see Shortis and Simpson struggling to keep up." HELEN MUSA reviews the latest edition of "Under the Influence".
"Sekuless goes for a female and non-binary cast of some strength and numbers and the pace never slackens. And nobody waits around for a scene change. The flow, the teamwork and the energy is constant."
"This consistently well-sung production, with its attractive costumes, settings, large chorus and orchestra, succeeds in providing a delightfully entertaining evening of musical theatre," says reviewer BILL STEPHENS.
Just when you thought you'd had about as much Jane Austen as you could take, the Wharf’s scriptwriters Jonathan Biggins and Drew Forsythe have come up with "Pride in Prejudice" as the title of their satirical revue for 2023.
When the latest revival of “West Side Story” takes the stage at Gungahlin College Theatre in early October, it will be up-to-date and authentic, with a focus on Latino actor-singers.
