Straight To The Point

Flops part two

Before starting the second column on this topic, I must add that the amount of commercial musical flops as opposed…

14 years ago

Aussie flops

I think we learn a lot from examining history. It repeats itself you know! (more…)

14 years ago

Where’s the microphones

I can remember as a callow youth in the early 60s being in a high school production of Oklahoma. Being…

14 years ago

Poppins and Helpmanns

Theatre in Australia has been dominated by two major events in the last week; the opening of Mary Poppins in…

14 years ago

Venue shortage a serious issue

I was so pleased to see Bryce Hallett’s article in the Sydney Morning Herald last Saturday, highlighting a problem everyone…

14 years ago

A tough choice for actors

In the last week I have been looking around the fringe theatre scene in Sydney. Often a vibrant and exciting…

14 years ago

More previews please

When a show opens on Broadway, especially a big musical, it is normal practice to have up to 28 previews…

14 years ago

A festival that leads the way

There is nothing more enjoyable when returning to some journalism for the first time for a while, to be able…

14 years ago

Wicked cast presents magical night In The Woods

After sitting enraptured for three and a half hours during last Monday night's performance of Into The Woods, (a one-off one night…

14 years ago

Calling All Angels

For those of you who heard B@B last weekend, this article will come as no surprise. For those of you…

14 years ago