Culture
Musicals
It’s big, it’s yellow and it’s about to take centre stage
Veteran designer Brian Thomson knows a thing or two about making an impact on the giant over-water stage at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair.
- by Nick Galvin
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Be our guest: Why this performance of Beauty and the Beast will be ‘relaxed’
Live theatre can be overwhelming for some autistic people. So this weekend, a beloved musical is adapting its magic for an accessible show.
- by Brittany Busch
She wrote down her Disney dream as a joke. Three years later it came true
What two friends began as a lockdown project has led to performing their favourite songs from childhood on some of the most prestigious stages in Australia.
- by Elizabeth Flux
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An award-winning ‘anti-musical’ by the writer of Hamilton is headed to Melbourne
In The Heights has had a storied history in Australia – now the popular production is returning to Melbourne.
- by Will Cox
Forget the pirouette: How the ‘golden boy’ of ballet conquered the King of Pop
Considered one of the finest ballet dancers of his generation, Christopher Wheeldon had to throw out the rulebook when choreographing MJ The Musical.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Bryan Adams musical will open in Brisbane
The musical adaptation of smash hit movie Pretty Woman will make its Australian debut in Brisbane, but will it be a sure thing?
- by Nick Dent
In this ‘impossible’ musical the cast has to do the lot
Jay Laga’aia had to take on more than saying “Argghh!” when he accepted the role of the Pirate King in a new production of The Pirates of Penzance.
- by John Shand
‘Still so many questions’: Getting inside the head of Michael Jackson
Roman Banks reflects on what it takes to play the King of Pop in MJ: The Musical.
- by Thomas Mitchell
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