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Get ready for the Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2023 Fundraising Gala, honoring Broadway and West-End icon Caroline O'Connor and Producer Neil Gooding. Join in for an evening of performances and celebrations, showcasing Australian stories and artists in NYC. Tickets and tables are still available for purchase.

Brisbane Festival and Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) will stage the world premiere season of BANANALAND, a musical comedy by two of Australia’s most talented contemporary composers and featuring a stellar cast and creative team.

Co-Artistic Directors & Executive Producers Mark Barford, Connor Delves & Jillian Geurts has announced Caroline O'Connor as an honoree for the Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2023 Gala.

Following the success of her previous, sold-out one-woman shows, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, THE SHOW GOES ON and SONGS FOR NOBODIES (a hit in both Australia and London), Bernadette Robinson is returning to Australian stages with the World Premiere of her post-pandemic solo tour-de-force, DIVAS.

Brisbane Festival, in association with Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), has announced it will stage the world premiere season of Bananaland, a brand-new musical comedy by two of Australia’s most talented contemporary composers. 

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) has announced the joyful and jubilant season of DIVAS from 20 to 23 July 2023 in the Playhouse. 

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the cast and creative team for Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express by Ken Ludwig, directed by Casey Hushion. See performance dates and learn how to purchase tickets!

A wonderful new course for musical theatre performers has been announced. The Broadway & West End Experience is a five-day intensive program for aspiring music theatre performers aged from 12 to 35.

PRISCILLA LA REGINA DEL DESERTO torna a Milano, al Teatro Arcimboldi, dall'1 marzo a 10 anni dal debutto italiano. Un ritorno in grande stile che riporta in scena i tre primi protagonisti nostrani: Antonino Angiolillo nel ruolo di Tick/Mitzi, Simone Leonardi nel ruolo di Ralph/Bernadette e Mirko Ranù nel ruolo di Adam/Felicia.

Even before the new film noir-themed lyric video of her transformation of the “Goldfinger” theme into a sultry lounge-jazz ballad had its world premiere on Ron Hart’s “Rock and Roll Globe” website, which normally rarely covers jazz, it was already grabbing attention.

For the 38th  Adelaide Writers' Week, writers from around the world will come together in the Pioneer Women's Memorial Gardens to celebrate the art and craft of writing: from the issues that keep us awake at night, to the finer points of grammar, as they explore the theme Truth Be Told.

Frantic and fun, inventive and intriguing, Alfred Hitchcock’s trailblazing thriller North by Northwest is boldly re-imagined for the stage.

Following a triumphant Australian premiere, Global Creatures(producer of Moulin Rouge! The Musical) will present the New York lab of Muriel's Wedding The Musical, which kicked offSeptember 15 and continues September 16.

Frantic and fun, inventive and intriguing, Alfred Hitchcock’s trailblazing thriller North by Northwest is boldly re-imagined for the stage.

Potter’s Daughter released their debut album, “The Blind Side,” in August 2018. In 2019 they released two singles; “Blood and Water,” featuring Annie Haslam (Renaissance) as guest artist, and the holiday single, “This Winter’s Child,” which was composed for the “MRR Holiday” album. The EP will be available digitally and on CD.

The legendary Simon Phillips (TOTO, Protocol) returns as percussionist and musical co-producer of the new album, while the lead vocalist on this release will again be one of the most popular names in rock music: Ronnie Romero (Rainbow, MSG). The album comes just two months after their biggest adventure, Eurovision Song Contest.

Melbourne Theatre Company's new boutique musical Come Rain or Come Shine, an adaptation of Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro's comic short story of the same name, will have its world premiere on Friday 24 June at Southbank Theatre.

The latest in The Phantom of the Opera Broadway casting news. Jordan Donica, who made his Broadway debut in PHANTOM playing 'Raoul,' will return to the role beginning Sunday, May 29 for a limited engagement.  Maree Johnson will return to the Broadway cast as 'Madame Giry' on Monday, May 16 and more.

Over 200 guests attended the April 4th event, which was co-chaired by Michele Fabrizi and Celia Soehner, Esq. The night also featured musical performances by Pittsburgh Opera’s award-winning Resident Artists.

What a joy to see an enormous production of The Phantom of the Opera on Sydney harbour against the city skyline. And enormous is the word. The stage is 2.5 times larger than any indoor Australian stage.