Actor Ed O'Neill (Married with Children) and his wife, Catherine Rusoff, took in a performance of the Australian Theatre Company's Holding the Man last night at the Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles. Check out a look back at his visit below!
Highly theatrical in style, HOLDING THE MAN runs the gamut from absurdism to magical realism (including unique puppets designed by Alex "Jurgen" Ferguson) to naturalism to farce to deep drama. It is a celebration of love that speaks across generations, sexual preference and culture. It will grab your attention from the start and take you along for the roller coaster ride of your theatrical life.
Writer, actor and activist Timothy Conigrave's best-selling memoir (winner of the United Nations Human Rights Award for Non-Fiction and listed as one of the '100 Favorite Australian Books' by the Australian Society of Authors) is one of Australia's great love stories. The stage version by Tommy Murphy captures all its special magic. Producers Nick Hardcastle and Nate Jones launch their newly formed Australian Theatre Company with the Los Angeles premiere of Holding the Man, featuring an all-Australian cast and directed by veteran Hollywood acting coach Larry Moss. Opening night is May 10 at the Matrix Theatre. Scroll down to see some photos from the production!
Writer, actor and activist Timothy Conigrave's best-selling memoir (winner of the United Nations Human Rights Award for Non-Fiction and listed as one of the '100 Favorite Australian Books' by the Australian Society of Authors) is one of Australia's great love stories. The stage version by Tommy Murphy captures all its special magic. Producers Nick Hardcastle and Nate Jones launch their newly formed Australian Theatre Company with the Los Angeles premiere of Holding the Man, featuring an all-Australian cast and directed by veteran Hollywood acting coach Larry Moss. Opening night is May 10 at the Matrix Theatre.
The newly created Australian Theatre Company will launch on April 23 at an exclusive media reception hosted by Karen Lanyon, Australian Consul-General for Los Angeles.
Legally Blonde opened in Melbourne to a standing ovation that was well deserved for a particularly talented cast . This production is slick. From beginning to end it has everything a musical comedy needs. It's light, camp and fun with a clever score from Laurence O'keefe and Nell Benjamin that combines humorous lyric with catchy vibrant melodies.
As Victorians eagerly await the Melbourne premiere season of the international award-winning Broadway and West End hit LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL, the producers are delighted to announce an exciting hometown return of a beloved local lad. After a 20-year absence from performing in Melbourne, Cameron Daddo is set to return in Australia's biggest new hit musical at the Princess Theatre from 9th May 2013.
Votes are cast, polls are closed, and results have been tabulated! This was our BIGGEST year yet! After a record number of voters in over 30 regions worldwide, BroadwayWorld is VERY excited to announce the 2012 Sydney Winners! Thanks to all who voted and HUGE congrats to all the winners!
LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL is now playing in Sydney at the Lyric Theatre, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below.
Legally Blonde The Musical officially opened Thursday October 4 at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney to huge applause, roaring laughter and a well-deserved full house standing ovation.
What made news around the world this week? Check out our regional roundup for the week of September 24! Browse over to your favorite far-away city/country to see what's making news, see out productions are playing around the country and overseas and get to know new performers! Enjoy this virtual trek around the globe and stay tuned for next week's recap of regional not-to-be-missed news!
After relocating to Los Angeles almost 20 years ago, Cameron Daddo has become known for his roles on the television and the big screen but now he returns to the Australian theatre stage as Professor Callahan in Legally Blonde the Musical.
David Harris is one of Australia's most talented leading men in theatre. He is currently starring as Emmett in the Australian production of Legally Blonde the Musical and has been kind enough to give BroadwayWorld.com some insight into his career, life and the rehearsal and previews process of Legally Blonde the Musical.
Live Performance Australia (LPA) today announced the names of Award Presenters for the 41 categories for the 2012 Helpmann Awards. These include Amanda Bishop, Blake Bowden, Bille Brown AM, Bryan Brown AM, Darcey Bussell CBE, Daniel Carter, Kate Ceberano, Gerry Connolly, Li Cunxin, Cameron Daddo, Lucy Durack, Marta Dusseldorp, Amanda Harrison, Verity Hunt-Ballard, Genevieve Lemon, Matt Lee, Emma Matthews, David McAllister AM, Lisa McCune, Rob Mills, Simon Phillips, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Leo Schofield AM, The Hon. George Souris, Lyndon Terracini, Stuart Wagstaff AM, and John Waters.
From IDOL to WICKED to LEGALLY BLONDE, Rob "Millsy" Mills has come a long way since making the girls of Brentwood Secondary College cry! As we count down to the LEGALLY BLONDE opening night, here is a glimpse of Millsy's brain on musical theatre ...
Variety reports that actors Dov Davidoff, Taryn Manning, Diana Farr, Anna Louise Mountford, Ella Bowman, Cameron Daddo and Currie Graham will join the cast of the feature film ALMOST BROADWAY from Tigertail Films.
Producers Howard Panter and John Frost today announced the lead cast for the hit musical LEGALLY BLONDE, which will have its Australian Premiere at Sydney's Lyric Theatre on October 4, 2012.
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