Tony Awards
Viola Davis: ‘I’m a woman of a beautiful age – a perfect 59’
She’s been named one of our generation’s greatest actors, but it’s offscreen when the multi-award winner feels her best.
- by Laura Craik
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Dancing mermaids and salty pirates: The show that revels in being ‘something Netflix can’t do’
It won five Tony awards, now the hit Broadway show Peter and the Starcatcher has been given an Australian makeover.
- by Lenny Ann Low
The role that Audra McDonald, Broadway’s GOAT, would kill to play
The superstar holds six Tony awards, two Grammys and an Emmy. If only there were an award for tap dancing while seven months pregnant.
- by Cassidy Knowlton
Girl power, female friendship, women in the lead: Yeah, that’s Wicked
In an era of Barbie, Taylor Swift and the Matildas, the musical’s messages are more relevant than ever.
- by Louise Rugendyke
Topol, worldwide star of Fiddler on the Roof, was Mossad spy: family
A month after the death of the Israeli actor, his family have lifted the lid of his secret double life as a spy for Mossad.
- by Rob Harris
Viola Davis becomes EGOT winner after landmark Grammy triumph
Viola Davis’ Grammy win on Monday makes her the 18th person, and third black woman, to claim an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony.
- by Billie Eder
Who’s who in Hamilton? An insider’s guide to the smash-hit musical
As Lin-Manuel Miranda’s celebrated musical comes to Melbourne, we meet the people whose stories shaped America.
- by Louise Rugendyke
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How did Dear Evan Hansen go from Broadway hit to screen miss?
The show won the Tony Awards for best musical and best score in 2017 but the movie is underwhelming. I blame the fiddlers.
- by Paul Byrnes
Australian musical Moulin Rouge makes Tony Awards history
The stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film is the first Australian production to win the coveted award for best musical, along with nine others.
- by Catherine Lambert
‘It’s insane’: Moulin Rouge! The Musical! is the tonic Melbourne needs
There’s a giant elephant in the room at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre. And for once, it’s not COVID-19.
- by Louise Rugendyke
Planning to see Hamilton? Make sure you pay attention to the costumes
With thousands of buttons and metres of fabric, and a unique feature, the costumes in the Australian production of Hamilton are all nearing completion.
- by Nathanael Cooper
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