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Sarah Snook accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play for The Picture of Dorian Gray on Sunday in New York.

‘Means so much for a little Australian girl’: Sarah Snook leads Aussie Tonys triumph

Snook has won the Tony Award in New York for best leading actress for her critically acclaimed role in The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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Sarah Snook will reprise her role as Dorian Gray on Broadway next year.

Sarah Snook’s Dorian Gray was a West End triumph. Now it’s heading to Broadway

Having wowed audiences in London, the Succession star is set to take on New York in the brilliantly reimagined Oscar Wilde tale.

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Will Bartolo stars in La Boite’s <i>IRL</i> as a gay teen with a Disney Princess fixation.

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Oscar Wilde is one of history’s most celebrated playwrights.

‘I have only my genius to declare’: The wit and wisdom of Oscar Wilde

As The Importance of Being Earnest opens at Sydney Theatre Company, we look back at the writer’s genius, with help from actor Helen Thomson.

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