Sweet Amy’s been dreaming of playing Charity
Sweet Charity, coming soon to The Q, is one of those tricky things, a "thoughtful" musical, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
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"It’s all delightfully silly, but remarkably, in all the threatening chaos, WS Gilbert’s story gets told... and Arthur Sullivan’s music is respected." BILL STEPHENS reviews the wickedly silly laugh fest that's The Pirates of Penzance.
When actor Jay Laga'aia steps on The Playhouse stage as The Pirate King in the Gilbert & Sullivan classic, The Pirates of Penzance, he'll be doing what he likes best – interacting with audiences, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"Guys & Dolls is rarely seen on a football stadium-sized arena, and it could hardly match the power and the passion of grand opera on which Handa Opera was based," writes reviewer HELEN MUSA.
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Opera Australia’s bringing La Bohème to Canberra
In a piece of good news for opera-starved Canberrans, Canberra Theatre has announced a professional production of Puccini’s La Bohème for July, reports HELEN MUSA.
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Newsboys, remember them? In Arts in the City this week, HELEN MUSA reports there's a new musical about them coming up. But first the auditions.
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Marvellous Dreamcoat comes with visual and aural surprises
BILL STEPHENS reviews Canberra Philharmonic Society's colourful production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
“Every director has a list of shows that they’d like to see happen and I've got that list,” says Kelda McManus, director of Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for Canberra Philharmonic Society.
"The musical is given a playful, cartoon-like production, by first-time Queanbeyan Players director Tijana Kovac." BILL STEPHENS reviews Bubble Boy.
The writers of Titanique have played fast and loose with facts for this cleverly conceived concoction that tells the probably untrue story of what really happened on the Titanic before it hit the iceberg. BILL STEPHENS reviews Titanique.
Continuing its impressive run of refreshingly lesser-known musicals, Queanbeyan Players is about to present an unlikely show about a boy who grows up in a bubble, reports HELEN MUSA.
Friends gathered at the Canberra Repertory Theatre on Wednesday to celebrate and reminisce about the life of one of their most admired and respected members, Norma Robertson, reports BILL STEPHENS.
"It’s hard to think of a more perfect subject for an opera than the story of Las Vegas entertainers Siegfried and Roy," writes reviewer BILL STEPHENS.
"With a funny, moving and imaginative production of an engaging mini-musical, ACT Hub rounds out a year of outstanding and provocative productions." BILL STEPHENS reviews Tick, Tick…Boom!
So famous is Jonathan Larson's musical, Rent, seen at the Canberra Theatre in June, that many people have forgotten it’s not his only work for the stage. ACT Hub’s end-of-year production of Tick, Tick… BOOM! will put paid to that view.
"A visceral response to the opening chords of the lone guitarist spotlit high above the stage, heralded a sense that this production was going to be something special," writes reviewer BILL STEPHENS.
"A clever production destined to be remembered as being among Queanbeyan Players' best." Reviewer BILL STEPHENS is quite taken by Nice Work If Your Can Get It!
"It is complicated and gloriously silly and gets even sillier as the storyline pursues evermore outrageous and unlikely situations demanding all common sense be abandoned." BILL STEPHENS reviews Peter and the Starcatcher at The Playhouse.
"In this first iteration, Only Everything offers much to enjoy as an evening of entertaining and pleasingly performed musical theatre. However, it also feels like a work in progress." writes reviewer BILL STEPHENS.
