Prepare to be spellbound! The 10th Anniversary Australian tour of the international musical theatre blockbuster Wicked opens at Melbourne's Regent Theatre tonight 10 May in front of a star studded audience. Broadway's #1 show for an unprecedented ten consecutive years, Wicked has been declared 'A Cultural Phenomenon' by Variety and 'The Best Musical of the Decade' by Entertainment Weekly.
With esteemed careers spanning 60 to 70 years long, actors Dame Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones will bring the magic of the stage to movie theaters across the country this June. Screenvision and Broadway Near You have partnered to make the stage production of the Pulitzer-Prize winning Driving Miss Daisy available in more than 500 movie theaters in the U.S. and Canada beginning June 4. Click below to watch a trailer for the production!
With esteemed careers spanning 60 to 70 years long, actors Dame Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones will bring the magic of the stage to movie theaters across the country this June.
Prepare to be spellbound! The 10th Anniversary Australian tour of the international musical theatre blockbuster WICKED opens at Melbourne's Regent Theatre on Saturday 10 May in front of a star studded audience. Broadway's #1 show for an unprecedented ten consecutive years, WICKED has been declared "A Cultural Phenomenon" by Variety and "The Best Musical of the Decade" by Entertainment Weekly.
Prepare to be spellbound! The 10th Anniversary Australian tour of the international musical theatre blockbuster Wicked opens at Melbourne's Regent Theatre on Saturday 10 May in front of a star studded audience. Broadway's #1 show for an unprecedented ten consecutive years, Wicked has been declared 'A Cultural Phenomenon' by Variety and 'The Best Musical of the Decade' by Entertainment Weekly.
Opera Australia and John Frost, producers of the hit musical The King and I, have announced a partnership with the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) that will see this lavish and opulent production deliver much needed funds to Australia's preeminent child health research institute.
Leading Australian theatre producer John Frost is 'thrillified' to announce that the role of the Wizard in the 2014 Melbourne and Sydney seasons of the Broadway musical is Australian musical theatre icon Reg Livermore.
The award-winning musical theatre blockbuster WICKED is set to thrillify Brisbane audiences next year when it returns as part of the 10th Anniversary Australian tour. WICKED Australian Co-Producer John Frost today announced that the Brisbane season of WICKED will open at QPAC's Lyric Theatre on 15 February 2015 for a strictly limited season, and tickets will go on sale on 23 June 2014.
It will be a right royal Easter and beyond in Brisbane as The King and I presented by Opera Australia and John Frost opens as a glittering national premiere at the Queensland Performing Arts Center (QPAC) on Saturday 19 April 2014.
Leading Australian theatre producer John Frost and Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini today announced additional cast members for their 2014 production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic Broadway musical The King and I.
As internationally renowned director Gale Edwards leads MTC's Ghosts into the second week of rehearsals, the Company is excited to learn that after more than 130 years, Ibsen's classic thriller has proved yet again to be a vital and exciting piece of theatre.
Live Performance Australia (LPA) has today announced that revered theatre producer John Frost has been named the 2014 JC WILLIAMSON AWARD recipient. The JC WILLIAMSON AWARD is the foremost honour that the Australian live entertainment industry can bestow. The award recognises individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the Australian live entertainment and performing arts industry and shaped the future of our industry for the better.
After electrifying sold out seasons in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, and soon to open in Perth and Adelaide, producer John Frost today announced that Australia's Number One Party Musical GREASE is coming to Hobart with the full professional cast. Tasmanian audiences will have the opportunity to experience the high-energy, smash hit musical that has taken the rest of the country by storm and includes such unforgettable songs as You're The One That I Want, Grease Is The Word, Summer Nights, Hopelessly Devoted To You, Sandy, Greased Lightnin' and many more.
A week before the three month season of GREASE closes in Melbourne on March 30, the entire season has sold out. Over 400,000 Australians, including more than 160,000 people in Melbourne, have enjoyed the production since it opened on January 2 this year. Producer John Frost is thrilled, saying, "GREASE is one of the most successful shows ever staged in Melbourne; the entire three month season has sold out. It's one of the highest selling productions ever at Her Majesty's Theatre, and one of the fastest selling shows to play in Melbourne. Rarely have I seen audience reaction like the one we get every night for GREASE, with everyone in the aisles dancing and singing along. GREASE truly is Melbourne's Number One Party Musical!"
While emerald green confetti were slowly falling from midair and soap bubbles floated right near the stage door at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, photographer Jude Ng and videographer JM Ballaran, captured on their cameras on closing night, Sunday, March 9, a large crowd of Filipino fans of WICKED singing in unison one of most famous duets from the musical, 'For Good.' For the fans, it was their 'musical' way of showing how grateful they were for the Australasian touring cast, led by Jemma Rix (Elphaba), Suzie Mathers (Glinda), Steve Danielsen (Fiyero), Emily Cascarino (Nessarose), and Edward Grey (Boq), who starred in the sensational seven-week run of WICKED in Manila.
ONCE, the multi award-winning stage musical that has captivated audiences in London, New York and Dublin, will soon make its Australian premiere, opening at Melbourne's Princess Theatre on 4 October 2014.
John Frost and Opera Australia have announced the 27 children who have been cast in roles for the Brisbane season of the award winning production, The King and I, playing in Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) Lyric Theatre, Brisbane from 13 April 2014.