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An Officer and a Gentleman, directed by Simon Philips and co-written by Douglas Day Stewart and composer and lyricist team Ken Hirsch and Robin Lerner, made its world premiere performance on May 18 at the Lyric Theater in Sydney, Australia. Check out highlights from the musical below!

An Officer and a Gentleman, directed by Simon Philips and co-written by Douglas Day Stewart and composer and lyricist team Ken Hirsch and Robin Lerner, made its world premiere performance on May 18 at the Lyric Theater in Sydney, Australia. Despite the hype of the much anticipated musical, which is believed to have Broadway aspirations, the production was received with little enthusiasm by many critics (revisit the Review Roundup here). Now, the movie and show's scribe, Douglas Day Stewart, has taken to the media to defend the piece in an open letter in The Australian against their negative reaction.

An Officer and a Gentleman, directed by Simon Philips and co-written by Douglas Day Stewart and composer and lyricist team Ken Hirsch and Robin Lerner, made its world premiere performance on May 18 at the Lyric Theater in Sydney, Australia. Let's see what the critics had to say.

According to a report by Variety, more and more musicals, such as An Officer and a Gentleman, which opened in its world premiere today, May 19 at the Lyric Theater in Sydney, are using Australia has a stepping stone to larger Broadway and West End productions.

Producers John Frost and Sharleen Cooper Cohen, along with NSW Minister for Tourism, Major Events and the Arts, George Souris, today welcomed the full cast and crew of the new musical An Officer and a Gentleman to their first day of rehearsals, ahead of the World Premiere on 18 May, 2012 at the Sydney Lyric Theatre, The Star.

LET MY PEOPLE COME - The Party!, Earl Wilson, Jr.s ultra-hot sexual musical revue adapted from his precedent setting, barrier-breaking 1970s hit show, opens Monday, April 19 at 5 and 8 PM, for a three-week engagement at New York City's popular Ritz Bar and Lounge, 369 West 46th Street, in Manhattan.

LET MY PEOPLE COME - The Party!, Earl Wilson, Jr.s ultra-hot sexual musical revue adapted from his precedent setting, barrier-breaking 1970s hit show, opens Monday, April 19 at 5 and 8 PM, for a three-week engagement at New York City's popular Ritz Bar and Lounge, 369 West 46th Street, in Manhattan.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party presented the return of Tony Award-winning actress/singer Christine Ebersole in concert on Monday, May 4 at 7pm. The evening was a continuation of the award-winning series, Broadway at Birdland.