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Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright has died aged 95.

Joan Plowright, English actor of dazzling versatility, dies at 95

Tony Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, famed for her roles in “kitchen sink” dramas on stage, and the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died.

  • Adam Bernstein

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Tony-winning actor and singer Audra McDonald at Hamer Hall

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The superstar holds six Tony awards, two Grammys and an Emmy. If only there were an award for tap dancing while seven months pregnant.

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Sheridan Adams stars as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the musical Wicked.

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.

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Chaim Topol in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2015.

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Viola Davis has become an EGOT.

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.

  • Billie Eder
Jason Arrow as Alexander Hamilton.

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.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Ben Platt (left) and Julianne Moore play mother and son in Dear Evan Hansen.

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.

  • Paul Byrnes
Bill Damaschke and Carmen Pavlovic accept the award for Best Musical for Moulin Rouge! The Musical.

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.

  • Catherine Lambert

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