Category: Musical
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Top 10 Shows of 2024
Out of all the Sydney shows I saw, I’ve put together my personal Top Ten. These are all shows that I really enjoyed and which have stayed with me through the year.
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Looking Ahead to the 2025 Season
Sydney’s major theatre companies have announced their 2025 seasons and there is a lot to pick over.
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Wicked: Part 1 (Cinemas) ★★★½
Let us be glad! Let us be grateful! The film adaptation of the stage adaptation of the book based on the earlier children’s story has finally premiered.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Capitol Theatre) ★★★★½
Jesus Christ Superstar is back and it’s louder, flashier, sweatier and glitterier than ever before.
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Dear Evan Hansen (Sydney Theatre Co) ★★★★½
Dear Evan Hansen is a shamelessly mawkish show of radio-friendly pop hits… that’s not a flaw, that’s its superpower.
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Flat Earthers: The Musical (Griffin/Hayes) ★★½
What threw me was the fact this was a co-production between Hayes and Griffin, leading me to expect something with a slightly higher IQ than what we get.
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Joker: Folie à Deux (Cinema) ★★★
Joker: Folie à Deux is, make no mistake, a movie musical! It’s just not like one you’ve probably seen before, replacing the usual comedic beats with violence and psychological tension.
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Sunset Boulevard (Silvie’s Version) (Sydney Opera House) ★★★★½
I wanted to see Silvie Paladino in the role of Norma Desmond. So I trundled down to the Opera House on a balmy autumnal Sydney night for another hit of old Hollywood.
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Titanique (The Grand Electric) ★★★★
It’s all seamen and Céline fucking Dion in Sydney at the moment. Full review on The Queer Review.
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Definitely NOT A Hungry Game: A Parody Musical (Sydney Fringe) ★★★
Dramafreak Productions are deconstructing and generally taking the piss out of the book trilogy that became a film quadrilogy that spawned a prequel but is for legal reasons definitely not Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series.
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