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Broadway’s crisis is no longer a whisper

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s warning should not be dismissed as the lament of a theatrical grandee. Broadway’s punishing economics are making…

3 days ago

The Tony Awards Are Not About Numbers, They Are About The Story Broadway Wants To Tell

The Tony Awards are never just about who gave the best performance or which production had the most dazzling design.…

2 months ago

Curtain Calls and Carry-On Bags: How Sydney Became Australia’s New Theatre Pilgrimage Site

Once upon a time, Australians travelled interstate for beaches, festivals or sporting finals. Now, they are packing a carry on…

5 months ago

Schmigadoon! Was Too Musical for the Algorithm, and That’s Exactly Why It Mattered

There is something quietly tragic about the way Schmigadoon! ended. Not because it failed, but because it succeeded in exactly…

6 months ago

Australian Theatre in 2025, A Year When Ambition Trumped Safety

Australian theatre in 2025 did not play it safe, and that is precisely why it mattered. Across stages large and…

7 months ago

Splitting WICKED into two films was the right call

I went into Part 1 expecting bloat. I came out convinced the two-film experiment, sorry, the two film experiment, is…

11 months ago

Love Never Dies – But Lists Do: My Definitive (and Now Far-More-Long-Winded) Ranking of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Greatest Songs

I’ve been a Lloyd Webber tragic since 1993, when my Year 3 class took a trip to see the Joseph…

1 year ago

How Immersive Entertainment Became Britain’s Billion-Pound Gold Rush

Scroll through Instagram on any weekend and the pattern is unmistakable. Instead of selfies outside the Odeon or ticket stubs…

1 year ago

When Wolverine Meets Thoroughly Modern Millie: Why We Cannot Look Away from Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster

Remember when celebrity love stories followed a predictable arc that started at an awards show and ended in a mutual…

1 year ago

The Real Comedy of Errors: How JD Vance’s Cheap Shot at Broadway Exposes a Deeper Hypocrisy

Vice‑President JD Vance thought he was being clever when he fired off a throw‑away gag conflating Les Misérables with Sweeney Todd before accompanying Donald…

1 year ago