BWW Reviews: CHESS at The Production Company - Checkmate
Gale Edwards' Production of Chess is without a doubt one of the best shows of the year and has to be one of the greatest of the show since its West End opening in 1986.
Melbourne, Australia Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Melbourne, Australia.
BWW Reviews: Rhonda Burchmore Sizzles in CRY ME A RIVER
Let's not beat around the bush, Rhonda Burchmore is a sultry sizzling smouldering smoking hot siren.
BWW Reviews: 5pound Theatre's THE BLUE ROOM
David Hare's The Blue Room is a study of sexual desire through the interconnecting web of life.
Inside the Melbourne Cabaret Festival
Over the past 3 weeks the Melbourne Cabaret Festival has been entertaining audiences.
BWW Reviews: THE NUTCRACKER ON ICE - An Energetic, Engaging Take on a Winter Classic
Back in the 1980's I harboured a small ice dancing obsession.
BWW Reviews: THE PRODUCERS - All It's Cracked Up to Be
Having never seen The Producers, but having heard so much about it, I was genuinely excited to see a performance of this show on a stage.
BWW Reviews: The Art of being Babs - SIMPLY BARBRA at Chapel off Chapel
As the world's most acclaimed Barbra Streisand impersonator, Steven Brinberg is so SIMPLY BARBRA that the star once sent him in her place when she couldn't attend a party.
BWW Reviews: A Curious, Clever Journey with MISFIT and CABARET WHORE
If cabaret holds up a mirror, it is the fun house kind.
BWW Reviews: GLORY BOX - The Burlesque Hour's Latest Treasure is Sexy, Twisted and So Much More ...
Finucane & Smith's GLORY BOX is the latest incarnation of The Burlesque Hour, the Australian cabaret that has gone on to redefine - defy even - the genre around the world.
BWW Reviews: Moonshadow in Melbourne - Haunting
It is so hard to know what to make of last nights world premiere of Yusef/Cat Stevens musical Moonshadow.
BWW Reviews: The Sun Fails to Shine on ANNIE in Melbourne
A polite smattering of applause rang around The Regent Theatre at the conclusion of last nights opening of Annie.
BWW Reviews: MARY POPPINS - Actually Perfect
A rousing standing ovation met the cast of Mary Poppins at the conclusion of their opening night in Perth on Saturday night.
BWW Reviews: Dance 10, Show 3 - A CHORUS LINE at Her Majesty's Theatre
On January 26 1974 the first taped session of a group of dancers was recorded at the Nickolaus Exercise Centre in New York.
BWW Reviews: Tom Tom Crew - Outrageously Raw and Adrenaline-Inducing
Walking into the Forum Theatre last night was like walking into the latest, funkiest nightclub and then taking a very legal dose of the world class Australian Tom Tom Crew.
BWW Reviews: NYTW's AFTERMATH is Completely Captivating at Malthouse Theatre
Theatre is designed to educate and The New York Theater Workshop's production of Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen's Aftermath is a lesson that forces us to learn.
BWW Reviews: LadyNerd - A Cabaret
Directed by Jay James-Moody and with musical direction by Mark Chamberlain, LadyNerd is Keira Daley's cabaret tribute to some of history's greatest and most pioneering minds, from Marie Curie to Amelia Earhart, via lesser known lady nerds including the woman who invented Liquid Paper: Bette Nesmith
BWW Reviews: HOLD THE PICKLE - The Perfect Mix of Creative and Real
Hold The Pickle, a one woman autobiographical journey through Rachel Berger's fascinating upbringing, can be summed up simply in one word.
BWW Reviews: THE MOUSETRAP - And the killer is...You better get to Adelaide's Arts Theatre to find out!!
Agatha Christie's THE MOUSETRAP, playing Adelaide's Arts Theatre from 1 - 17 September.
BWW Reviews: HAIRSPRAY Rocks Sydney's Lyric Theatre
Energetic, fun-loving, and dynamic, HAIRSPRAY is still delighting audiences at the Lyric Theatre, Star City in Sydney, as this reviewer saw while attending the show on Wednesday, 27 July.
BWW Reviews: Production Company's ANYTHING GOES - a Throwback to Musical Theatre's Golden Age
You forget just how good the Golden Age of Musical Theatre is when you are saturated by contemporary shows in today's evolving theatre world.
Twisted Broadway Hits Melbourne for Oz Showbiz Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Melbourne's Musical Theatre community came together at The BMW Edge on Monday night in a celebration of togetherness for a wonderful cause.
BWW Reviews: TURNS at Arts Centre Melbourne; But What is the Point?
Turns Starring Nancye Hayes and Reg Livermore at the Arts Centre Melbourne
BWW Reviews: THE SUM OF US Makes Australian Premiere
The Australian Premiere of David Stevens' play The Sum of Us opened in Melbourne this week.
BWW Reviews' Great Talent In Adelaide: Mark Nadler, Lisa Hunt, Gillian Cosgriff
The Adelaide Cabaret Festival brings a vast variety of entertainment to South Australia.
BWW Reviews: LOVE NEVER DIES Impresses in Melbourne
A lack of enthusiasm embodied me as I entered the Regent Theater on Saturday night for the Australian opening of Love Never Dies, the sequel to Andrew LLoyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera.
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Society Viva Melbourne (5/01-4/25) PHOTOS |
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Steel Magnolias The Athenaeum (7/23-8/09) |
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A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music and Dance Sensation The Union Theatre, Wonthaggi (9/22-9/22) |
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Saplings - Art Centre Melbourne The Show Room (7/31-8/01) |
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Dance Palace Luna Park (8/06-8/30) |
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Monty Python's Spamalot The Athenaeum (9/16-10/11) |
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PAW Patrol™ Live! "Race to the Rescue" Margaret Court Arena (8/22-8/23) |
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A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music and Dance Sensation - 10 Sep 2026 The Art House (9/10-9/10) |
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A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music and Dance Sensation Ulumbarra Theatre (9/19-9/19) |
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Mackenzie Arts Centre Melbourne (7/23-8/09) |