So the bad news has struck that Next to Normal has been pulled (for reasons that are not clear in the press release from the producers). Well, I am very sorry, but I think everyone who knows anything about commercial theatre in this country will know that the Capitol Theatre was…
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So they are letting it go and not trying to fix it. Officer closes July 1 and it seems won’t be seen on these shores again. How disappointing, but then I can imagine the show has been losing money so badly over the last few weeks that the idea of closing it, making…
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Is it really only a few days since An Officer and a Gentleman opened at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney isn’t it? Or could I have dreamt the extraordinary series of events that have followed the opening of this new musical? Well, first of all the show opened, I saw…
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Time to look at a few new (and newish) show biz related products… Mother’s Day has just gone, and now is the time when new music theatre and show biz items appear on the marketplace either in stores or on the internet to buy. I guess the thinking behind show biz…
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Les Solomon questions the validity of reality tv talent shows and laments artists’ search for ‘fame’ in his latest column…
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It seems like yesterday that every theatre producer was bemoaning the inability to bring certain productions to Australia due to a shortage of theatres in our key capitals (mainly Sydney and Melbourne). So why have so many of said theatres been dark for a good part of the end of…
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One of the worst pieces of showbiz news I have heard lately is that the classic Oak Room cabaret lounge in the iconic Algonquin Hotel in New York has closed. This room has played host to some of the greats of cabaret around the world and the room, like the…
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For some people, seeing old movies can take them back to a time and place and replicate a moment in their lives. For me, it can be theatre. Sadly, I have often been very disappointed to go back to a new production of a favourite musical and be sadly disappointed…
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Seeing as though the Festive Season is fast approaching, I thought I’d run through some recent Cd and DVD releases which actors and show biz fans might find appropriate as stocking stuffers.
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