Category: Comedy
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London Week Two
Two new musicals, two existing musicals and two play revivals, mixing off and on West End productions – it was a nice mix this week, including a pleasant surprise and a clanker of a show. Here are some mini-reviews in chronological order The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: The Musical (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★★ Book &…
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London Week One
I hit the ground running in London, thanks to a bunch of theatre-loving friends who were keen to catch shows or take me to shows they loved. Here are some mini-reviews in chronological order… Groundhog Day (Old Vic) ★★★★★ Book by Danny Rubin. Music & lyrics by Tim Minchin. The Old Vic. 20 May – 19…
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Happy Days (Melbourne Theatre Company) ★★★★1/2
Written by Samuel Beckett. Melbourne Theatre Company. 1 May – 10 June, 2023. There seems to be a natural melding of elements in Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of Samuel Beckett’s 1961 classic, Happy Days. As if somewhere between Judith Lucy’s life as a comedian and Beckett’s existential outlook the show has landed in a sweet-spot…
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Clyde’s (Ensemble Theatre) ★★★1/2
Written by Lynn Nottage. Australian Premiere. Ensemble Theatre. 5 May – 10 June, 2023. Lynn Nottage, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, comes to the stage with a lot of expectations. Her new comedy, Clyde’s, hits Australia with a reputation of being the most staged play in America last year. There’s clearly something good here. In…
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The Divine Miss Bette (Darlinghurst Theatre Company) ★★★★★
Written and performed by Catherine Alcorn after Bette Midler. Darlinghurst Theatre Company. Eternity Playhouse Mar 29 – Apr 1, 2023. From gay bathhouses to Broadway and beyond, Bette Midler has performed everywhere. Everywhere that is, except downtown Darlinghurst, but Catherine Alcorn is here to, um, plug that hole in her schedule with The Divine Miss…
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On A Clear Day You Can See Forever ★★★★
Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, Music by Burton Lane, Revised and Adapted by Jay James-Moody. Squabbalogic & Seymour Centre. 17 Mar – 15 Apr, 2023 My full review is up on The Queer Review.
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Collapsible ★★★★
Written by Margaret Perry. Old Fitzroy Theatre. Mar 9 – Apr 1, 2023. Read my review over on The Queer Review.
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Bernhardt/Hamlet ★★★★
Written by Theresa Rebeck. Melbourne Theatre Company. 4 Mar – 15 Apr, 2023. Read my full review over on The Queer Review.
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Sex Magick ★★★★
Written by Nicholas Brown. Griffin Theatre Company. 17 Feb – 25 Mar, 2023. Part of Sydney WorldPride. Read my review over on The Queer Review.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ★★★1/2
Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Leo Robin. Book by Anita Loos and Joseph Fields. Hayes Theatre. 16 Feb – 18 Mar, 2023 Read the full review on The Queer Review.
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