Welcome back to Musical Mondays!
In case you’re new here, this column is a peek into the depths of the Musical Theatre archive, where I will showcase a few musicals that I think deserve a little more love.
They’re the smaller, niche shows that not everyone will be familiar with – and that’s the point! They deserve just as much love as the big name shows, so every second Monday I’ll list a few, give you some comparisons, and a few examples of songs for you to check out.
Standout track/s: Mr. Potato Head; I Can See Him Now; More Than Meets the Eye
You’d like this if you enjoy…: Lysistrata Jones; Dear Evan Hansen or other angsty teen musicals
Click here to listen to the Calvin Berger cast recording.
Standout track/s: I Love to Travel; The Frogs; Ariadne; It’s Only A Play
You’d like this if you enjoy…: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sondheim/Shevlove, Greek Theatre, Nathan Lane (who doesn’t!)
Click here to listen to The Frogs cast recording.
Standout track/s: Go Back Home; Alabama Ladies; Make Friends with the Truth
You’d like this if you enjoy…: The Color Purple, Ragtime, the works of Kander and Ebb
Following his award-winning Sydney Theatre Company directorial debut Constellations, STC Resident Director and Wilman Noongar…
Following successful seasons in Edinburgh, London and New York, Zinnie Harris’ acclaimed play Macbeth (An…
Joanna Murray-Smith’s must-see production Julia, documenting the lead up to Julia Gillard’s famous 2012 parliamentary…
Rehearsals are underway for Neil Simon’s classic comedy The Odd Couple which will open at…
Lights up! Discover Washington Heights at the Sydney Opera House when Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ground-breaking debut musical In the Heights…
Oliver Tompsett, acclaimed for his roles on the West End, is set to portray William…