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BWW REVIEW: Little Triangle Delivers Another Fabulous Expression of Sondheim with MER

BWW REVIEW: Little Triangle Delivers Another Fabulous Expression of Sondheim with MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

by Jade Kops — March 11, 2018
The heartbreaking story of dreams not turning out as expected plays out in Little Triangle's beautiful presentation of Stephen Sondheim's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG. ...
BWW REVIEW: Hilarious, Crass And Incredibly Clever, THE BOOK OF MORMON Opens To Roars

BWW REVIEW: Hilarious, Crass And Incredibly Clever, THE BOOK OF MORMON Opens To Roars Of Laughter In Sydney

by Jade Kops — March 11, 2018
Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone's smash hit musical, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which challenges traditional musical theatre sensibilities as it sends up organised religion and western culture's ignorance and arrogance whilst holding a heart-warming message of care and compassion was met with roar...
BWW REVIEW: Clean Contemporary Staging Of ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA Brings The Wars And Ro

BWW REVIEW: Clean Contemporary Staging Of ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA Brings The Wars And Romance Of The Ancient Worlds To Sydney To Open Bell Shakespeare's 2018 Season.

by Jade Kops — March 9, 2018
Bell Shakespeare's staging of ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA presents one of history's most famous couples and the transition from the power of Ancient Egypt to the rise of the Roman Empire....
BWW REVIEW: Nakkiah Lui's BLACK IS THE NEW WHITE Returns For An Encore Season And Mul

BWW REVIEW: Nakkiah Lui's BLACK IS THE NEW WHITE Returns For An Encore Season And Multi City Tour

by Jade Kops — March 4, 2018
BLACK IS THE NEW WHITE gives Sydney Theatre Company audiences a glimpse into a different view of contemporary Indigenous family life in a fabulously funny tale of families, politics, love and loyalty....
BWW REVIEW: Politics And Science Come Together In KILL CLIMATE DENIERS, A Contemporar

BWW REVIEW: Politics And Science Come Together In KILL CLIMATE DENIERS, A Contemporary Comic Thriller

by Jade Kops — March 4, 2018
Hilarious and thought provoking, David Finnigan's KILL CLIMATE DENIERS both entertains and engages the audience to consider their position on science and politics....
BWW REVIEW: THOMAS TALLIS' ENGLAND Opens Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's 2018 Seas

BWW REVIEW: THOMAS TALLIS' ENGLAND Opens Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's 2018 Season With A Beautiful Collection Of English Music Featuring Max Riebl

by Jade Kops — March 1, 2018
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's (ABO) Artistic Director and Conductor Paul Dyer's programming of THOMAS TALLIS' ENGLAND recreates the music Renaissance and Baroque England along with a delightful interpretation of a work written over three centuries after Tallis' death....
BWW REVIEW: The Failings Of Society To Protect Its Women Is Exposed In LETHAL INDIFFE

BWW REVIEW: The Failings Of Society To Protect Its Women Is Exposed In LETHAL INDIFFERENCE

by Jade Kops — February 27, 2018
Anna Barnes' LETHAL INDIFFERENCE, shares her observations of the justice system and society's inability to protect the victims of family violence with the aim to raise greater awareness of this problem with society and our roles within it. ...
BWW REVIEW: Fitting In And Finding The Family That Fits Your Life Is Pulled Into Focu

BWW REVIEW: Fitting In And Finding The Family That Fits Your Life Is Pulled Into Focus In STRANGERS IN BETWEEN

by Jade Kops — February 23, 2018
Director Daniel Lammin brings Tommy Murphy's award winning Australian play STRANGERS IN BETWEEN back to the Sydney stage to consider what has and hasn't changed for young people trying to find their place in society. ...
BWW REVIEW: The Balance Between Career and Caring Is Contemplated in TOP GIRLS

BWW REVIEW: The Balance Between Career and Caring Is Contemplated in TOP GIRLS

by Jade Kops — February 22, 2018
In an era when female power and rights are being asserted and America was on the verge of its first female president, Imara Savage opens Sydney Theatre Company's 2018 season with Caryl Churchill's TOP GIRLS. ...
BWW REVIEW: THE IDEA OF NORTH's Beautiful A Cappella Concert GROOVE SESSIONS Makes Fo

BWW REVIEW: THE IDEA OF NORTH's Beautiful A Cappella Concert GROOVE SESSIONS Makes For An Enjoyable Afternoon At Independent Theatre's Prelude In Tea: Song Series Concert

by Jade Kops — February 19, 2018
Australian A Capella group THE IDEA OF NORTH delighted the North Sydney audience with their performance of GROOVE SESSIONS at Independent Theatre's Prelude In Tea Song Series concert....
BWW REVIEW: Family, Fitting In and Fighting Against A Society That Sees Married White

BWW REVIEW: Family, Fitting In and Fighting Against A Society That Sees Married White Men As The Pinnacle Is Examined In SINGLE ASIAN FEMALE

by Jade Kops — February 19, 2018
Michelle Law's SINGLE ASIAN FEMALE finally puts an underrepresented portion of society on the Australian stage with a witty presentation of the challenges faced by the non-white population and women in general. ...
BWW REVIEW: The Spirit Of Joan Of Arc Is Channelled In JOAN, A Contemporary Expressio

BWW REVIEW: The Spirit Of Joan Of Arc Is Channelled In JOAN, A Contemporary Expression Of The Famous French Saint's Incredible Life

by Jade Kops — February 18, 2018
Lucy Jane Parkinson delivers a captivating performance in Lucy J Skilbeck's Award winning solo cabaret show JOAN. ...
BWW REVIEW:  MAMMA MIA! Returns To The Sydney Stage In A New Interpretation Of The Fe

BWW REVIEW: MAMMA MIA! Returns To The Sydney Stage In A New Interpretation Of The Feel Good Musical

by Jade Kops — February 17, 2018
Australian Director Gary Young has reinterpreted MAMMA MIA! for Australian audiences, delivering a fresh new take on the work, 19 years after it debuted on the West End....
BWW Album Review: MURIEL'S WEDDING (The Original Cast Recording) Effortlessly Marries

BWW Album Review: MURIEL'S WEDDING (The Original Cast Recording) Effortlessly Marries Classic ABBA Hits With Original Pop Numbers

by Tori Hartshorn — February 16, 2018
In the heyday of movies being adapted for the stage, one can't be shocked to see the ABBA infused MURIEL'S WEDDING next up to bat for the musical treatment. Based on the 1994 Australian blockbuster of the same title, MURIEL's WEDDING THE MUSICAL had its world premiere late last year thanks to the Sy...
BWW REVIEW: Visually Captivating, Ancient Mythology Is Given Contemporary Currency In

BWW REVIEW: Visually Captivating, Ancient Mythology Is Given Contemporary Currency In METAMORPHOSES

by Jade Kops — February 16, 2018
Mary Zimmerman's Award Winning METAMORPHOSES is presented with intrigue and ingenuity by Dino Dimitriadis (Director)....
BWW ALBUM REVIEW: Andrew Lloyd Webber's 70'th Birthday Is To Be Celebrated With The R

BWW ALBUM REVIEW: Andrew Lloyd Webber's 70'th Birthday Is To Be Celebrated With The Release of ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER: UNMASKED: THE PLATINUM COLLECTION

by Jade Kops — February 13, 2018
BroadwayWorld Sydney was given an exclusive taste of ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER: UNMASKED: THE PLATINUM COLLECTION ahead of it's release on 16th March 2018 through Universal Music. ...
BWW REVIEW: The Challenge Of Growing Older Plays Out in TRAVELLING NORTH

BWW REVIEW: The Challenge Of Growing Older Plays Out in TRAVELLING NORTH

by Jade Kops — February 12, 2018
Genesian Theatre starts off its 2018 season with David Williamson's TRAVELLING NORTH, a middle class story of finding love, moving on and getting older. ...
BWW REVIEW: Heartwarming And Heartbreaking, THE VIEW UPSTAIRS Transports The Audience

BWW REVIEW: Heartwarming And Heartbreaking, THE VIEW UPSTAIRS Transports The Audience To 1973 To Show How Far, Or Not, The LGBTIQ Fight For Acceptance Has Come.

by Jade Kops — February 11, 2018
Energetic, Engaging and Emotional, THE VIEW UPSTAIRS takes the audience back to a historic moment in the LGBTIQ past to give a voice to the patrons of The UpStairs Lounge in an effort to explain the past, present and future of the still repressed minority....
BWW REVIEW: VISITING HOURS Challenges The Audience to Relinquish Control As They Ente

BWW REVIEW: VISITING HOURS Challenges The Audience to Relinquish Control As They Enter A Surreal World

by Jade Kops — February 11, 2018
Asking the audience to put their trust in a team of drugged up, delusional and demented doctors and nurses, VISITING HOURS is an intriguing immersive theatre experience. ...
BWW REVIEW: A Chain Of Carnal Connection Across The Classes Come Together In FUCKING

BWW REVIEW: A Chain Of Carnal Connection Across The Classes Come Together In FUCKING MEN

by Jade Kops — February 10, 2018
Mark G Nagle brings Joe DiPietro's FUCKING MEN to New Theatre for their 2018 contribution to the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras season. ...
BWW REVIEW: Butel Is Heaven Sent In The Australian Premiere Of AN ACT OF GOD

BWW REVIEW: Butel Is Heaven Sent In The Australian Premiere Of AN ACT OF GOD

by Jade Kops — February 7, 2018
David Jeverbaum's hit play AN ACT OF GOD is a hilarious schooling by the Almighty himself on his view of mankind and the myths surrounding Christianity....
BWW REVIEW: Packemin's Production Of SHREK THE MUSICAL Is A Fun Filled Polished Produ

BWW REVIEW: Packemin's Production Of SHREK THE MUSICAL Is A Fun Filled Polished Production

by Jade Kops — February 4, 2018
The heart-warming story of acceptance and friendship comes to life in Packemin Productions' staging of SHREK THE MUSICAL. ...
BWW REVIEW: Belinda Davids Channels The Voice And Heart of A Legend In THE GREATEST L

BWW REVIEW: Belinda Davids Channels The Voice And Heart of A Legend In THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL: THE WHITNEY HOUSTON SHOW

by Jade Kops — February 3, 2018
Belinda Davids celebrates the music and memory of Whitney Houston in THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL: THE WHITNEY HOUSTON SHOW. ...
BWW REVIEW: Noni Hazlehurst Presents A Sublime Performance In Daniel Keene's MOTHER

BWW REVIEW: Noni Hazlehurst Presents A Sublime Performance In Daniel Keene's MOTHER

by Jade Kops — January 26, 2018
Noni Hazlehurst challenges the audience to consider how they judge and treat the people on the periphery of society in her fabulous performance in MOTHER....
BWW REVIEW: Sydney Symphony Orchestra Presents A Beautiful Backing To MEOW MEOW'S PAN

BWW REVIEW: Sydney Symphony Orchestra Presents A Beautiful Backing To MEOW MEOW'S PANDEMONIUM.

by Jade Kops — January 23, 2018
Australian cabaret performer Melissa Madden Gray, otherwise known as Meow Meow, returns to the Sydney Opera House to join forces with the wonderful Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) for MEOW MEOW'S PANDEMONIUM. Under the baton of conductor Iain Grandage, who also worked with Madden Grey to compose a ...
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