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BWW Review: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's 2016 Season Opener MAURICE STEGER: REC

BWW Review: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's 2016 Season Opener MAURICE STEGER: RECORDER REVOLUTIONARY Is A Sensational Showcase Of the Simple Instrument.

by Jade Kops — February 25, 2016
The energetic, engaging and enthusiastic Maurice Steger joins with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra to delight audiences with the amazingly complex music that he can produce from the seemingly simple instrument for RECORDER REVOLUTIONARY....
BWW Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Is A Fabulously Fun Feast For The Senses

BWW Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Is A Fabulously Fun Feast For The Senses

by Jade Kops — February 24, 2016
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, the dark and twisted rock musical about love, desire and a mysterious pot plant thrilled the opening night audience at Hayes Theatre....
BWW Review: GODSPELL REIMAGINED Revives The Classic Rock Opera For A New Generation

BWW Review: GODSPELL REIMAGINED Revives The Classic Rock Opera For A New Generation

by Jade Kops — February 10, 2016
Stephen Schwartz (Music and Lyrics) and John-Michael Tebelak's (Book) popular 70's Rock Opera is refreshed and revived in 2015 with GODSPELL REIMAGINED....
BWW Review: GHOST THE MUSICAL - Visual Effects Enhance a Well Written Show

BWW Review: GHOST THE MUSICAL - Visual Effects Enhance a Well Written Show

by Tim Carney — February 8, 2016
With some spectacular visual effects and thrilling performances, Ghost the musical opened at the Regent Theatre last night in front of an appreciative audience. From the outset Jon Driscoll's video projections set the scene for what is a particularly clever musical both optically and emotionally. Wh...
BWW Review: MEOW MEOW'S LITTLE MERMAID

BWW Review: MEOW MEOW'S LITTLE MERMAID

by Jacqueline Bublitz — January 30, 2016
If you've ever seen Meow Meow perform, you know she's going to tell you something about herself that will ultimately feel a little bit like your own revelation - and so it goes with MEOW MEOW'S LITTLE MERMAID, a tale she might book-end with an assertion about happiness, but fills with sadness, disco...
BWW Review: The Sydney Symphony Orchestra Joins With Diana Krall For The Sydney Leg O

BWW Review: The Sydney Symphony Orchestra Joins With Diana Krall For The Sydney Leg Of Her WALLFLOWER WORLD TOUR

by Jade Kops — January 28, 2016
Diana Krall's deep smoky jazz fills Sydney Opera House's Concert Hall as she teams up with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra on the first Australian stop of her WALLFLOWER WORLD TOUR....
BWW Review: SYDNEY FESTIVAL Meow Meow 's LITTLE MERMAID Ponders The Eternal Struggle

BWW Review: SYDNEY FESTIVAL Meow Meow 's LITTLE MERMAID Ponders The Eternal Struggle To Find Everlasting Love

by Jade Kops — January 13, 2016
Weimar inspired cabaret star Meow Meow (Melissa Madden Gray) brings her poignant philosophical ponderings of love to the SYDNEY FESTIVAL with her interpretation of the Hans Christian Andersen's LITTLE MERMAID....
BWW Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - Warlow Keeps 'Tradition' Alive!

BWW Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - Warlow Keeps 'Tradition' Alive!

by Leanne Marsland — January 8, 2016
After much anticipation, applause fills the Princess Theatre as the stage is lit to reveal the wonderful Anthony Warlow as Tevye on opening night in the new Australian production of Fiddler On The Roof!...
BWW Review: GEORGY GIRL - The Seekers Musical

BWW Review: GEORGY GIRL - The Seekers Musical

by Tim Carney — December 23, 2015
A new Australian musical had its world premiere last night and Georgy Girl - The Seekers musical is a show that will do Australians and theatre in this country proud. Based on the life of the Seekers, the first Australian band to achieve overseas success, the jukebox musical weaves timeless classics...
BWW Review: The Heartwarming, Moving, And Fabulously Fun, THE SOUND OF MUSIC Opens To

BWW Review: The Heartwarming, Moving, And Fabulously Fun, THE SOUND OF MUSIC Opens To Standing Ovation In Sydney

by Jade Kops — December 18, 2015
The London Palladium production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Frost, David Ian and The Really Useful Group, has come to delight Australia, starting in Sydney....
BWW Review:  The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra And Choir Celebrates The Season Wit

BWW Review: The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra And Choir Celebrates The Season With NOËL! NOËL!

by Jade Kops — December 17, 2015
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir and soloist Emma Birdsall combine to create beautiful music that spans the centuries as they celebrate the Christmas Season with NOËL! NOËL!...
BWW Review:  Daniel Assetta Awarded 2015 ROB GUEST ENDOWMENT AWARD at GRAND FINAL CON

BWW Review: Daniel Assetta Awarded 2015 ROB GUEST ENDOWMENT AWARD at GRAND FINAL CONCERT in Sydney

by Jade Kops — November 10, 2015
The ROB GUEST ENDOWMENT AWARD GRAND FINAL CONCERT saw six finalists compete for the coveted award that honours Rob Guest - OBE, one of Australia's finest musical theatre performers....
BWW Review:  AUDRA McDONALD SINGS BROADWAY with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Is A St

BWW Review: AUDRA McDONALD SINGS BROADWAY with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Is A Stunning Interpretation Of Beautiful Music

by Jade Kops — November 7, 2015
Sydney audiences were treated to a wonderful selection of music from shows from 1922 to 2010 as AUDRA McDONALD SINGS BROADWAY with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra....
BWW Review: NEVER DATE A SONGWRITER

BWW Review: NEVER DATE A SONGWRITER

by Tim Carney — October 22, 2015
? Shanon D Whitelock has had an extensive career touring the world as a musical director. His skill as a song writer is on display in his latest solo show Never Date a Songwriter, a song cycle of various relationships experienced by Whitelock in his life to date. Set in the kitsch backdrop of...
BWW Review: COMPANY at fortyfivedownstairs

BWW Review: COMPANY at fortyfivedownstairs

by Brodie Paparella — September 21, 2015
A well-advised investment in real talent to professionally execute a boutique production is what made Watch This' Company an enjoyable experience. George Furth's book allows so much room for interpretation around Sondheim's tunes, that it would be all too easy to steep the content in self-indulgent ...
BWW Review:  Melita Rowston's 6 DEGREES OF NED KELLY Is A Fabulous Blend of Family St

BWW Review: Melita Rowston's 6 DEGREES OF NED KELLY Is A Fabulous Blend of Family Stories, Australian History And An Obsession with Shit Tourism

by Jade Kops — September 5, 2015
Melita Rowston unearths a national fascination and a multitude of stories that may or may not be true as she investigates her personal family connection to the legendary Australian bushranger in 6 DEGREES OF NED KELLY...
BWW Review: NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT

BWW Review: NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT

by Tim Carney — August 17, 2015
The Production Company produced one of its finest shows in recent memory with George and Ira Gershwin's Nice Work If You Can Get It. As the production notes state 'This bubbling 1920s-era musical sparkles with extravagant dance numbers, glittering costumes and a delicious love story between a wealth...
BWW Review: MARK NADLER IN A NUTSHELL Brought The House Down

BWW Review: MARK NADLER IN A NUTSHELL Brought The House Down

by Barry Lenny — August 14, 2015
Mark Nadler showed just what can be done with a fine piano....
BWW Reviews: **To Be Updated LIVE** HELPMANN AWARDS 2015 Announced At Sydney's Capito

BWW Reviews: **To Be Updated LIVE** HELPMANN AWARDS 2015 Announced At Sydney's Capitol Theatre **To Be Updated LIVE**

by Jade Kops — July 26, 2015
2015 HELPMANN AWARDS ***THIS ARTICLE WILL BE UPDATED LIVE ON MONDAY 27TH JULY 2015***...
BWW Reviews: WEST SIDE STORY- Tonight! The Show Must Go On!

BWW Reviews: WEST SIDE STORY- Tonight! The Show Must Go On!

by Leanne Marsland — July 13, 2015
Amongst the array of wonderful shows that The Production Company has brought to the stage, West Side Story, the adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, is without a doubt a triumph! Celebrating their 50th show, with what is often deemed as the best written musical of all time with book by Arth...
BWW Reviews:  Rob Mills' First Foray Into Cabaret, ROB MILLS IS 'SURPRISINGLY GOOD' I

BWW Reviews: Rob Mills' First Foray Into Cabaret, ROB MILLS IS 'SURPRISINGLY GOOD' Is That And So Much More.

by Jade Kops — June 26, 2015
Newcomer to the Cabaret stage, Rob Mills proves that he is just as suited to the intimate genre as the big musical stages and television with his cabaret ROB MILLS IS 'SURPRISINGLY GOOD'....
BWW Reviews:  Mills Sisters, Juliet and Hayley Play Feuding Faded Stars In The Hilari

BWW Reviews: Mills Sisters, Juliet and Hayley Play Feuding Faded Stars In The Hilarious LEGENDS As It Tours Australia

by Jade Kops — June 24, 2015
Making LEGENDS a family affair, Producer John Frost's latest show teams Hayley Mills, Juliet Mills and Maxwell Caulfield in the update of James Kirkwood's 1986 comedy....
BWW Reviews: HELPMANN AWARDS 2015 NOMINATIONS Announced Across Australia

BWW Reviews: HELPMANN AWARDS 2015 NOMINATIONS Announced Across Australia

by Jade Kops — June 22, 2015
Tonight, the countdown to the 2015 HELPMANN AWARDS began with the announcement of the 2015 HELPMANN AWARDS Nominees....
BWW Reviews: ANYTHING GOES, A De-Lovely Delight Hits Melbourne!

BWW Reviews: ANYTHING GOES, A De-Lovely Delight Hits Melbourne!

by Leanne Marsland — June 2, 2015
With the audience abuzz before even entering the theatre, this ship was set to sail - full steam ahead for the opening night of the new Australian production of Cole Porter's Anything Goes!...
BWW Reviews: HANDING DOWN THE TUNES Documents A Continuing Family Tradition

BWW Reviews: HANDING DOWN THE TUNES Documents A Continuing Family Tradition

by Barry Lenny — April 7, 2015
The documentary, Handing Down the Tunes, made by Ken Lynam, details the life, times and music of the great Irish musician, Tommy McCarthy...
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