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Murder for Two (Hayes Theatre) ★★★★★
Music & book by Joe Kinosian, lyrics & book by Kellen Blair. Hayes Theatre. 4 Aug – 3 Sep, 2023. I’m just going to come out and say what I’m thinking. Murder for Two is the best thing I’ve seen at the Hayes Theatre in years. It’s exactly the kind of show the venue is…
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The Weekend (Belvoir St Theatre) ★★★1/2
Adapted by Sue Smith, based on the novel by Charlotte Wood. Belvoir St Theatre. 5 Aug – 10 Sep, 2023. The Weekend… No, not that one… No, no, not that one either… Definitely not that one! Not after watching The Idol! Anyway, The Weekend, the stage adaptation of Charlotte Wood’s novel now on at Belvoir…
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Interview: Seann Miley Moore star of Miss Saigon.
I got to have a quick, but far reaching conversation with Seann Miley Moore about Opera Australia’s upcoming production of Miss Saigon at the Sydney Opera House. Gender, race, musicals – it’s all in there. Read the interview over on The Queer Review.
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Constellations (Sydney Theatre Co.) ★★★★1/2
Written by Nick Payne. Sydney Theatre Company. 28 Jul – 2 Sep, 2023. A beekeeper and an astrophysicist meet and fall in love. A beekeeper and an astrophysicist meet and don’t fall in love. A beekeeper and an astrophysicist meet and fall in love but it’s complicated. Don’t worry, if you search through the multiverse…
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Jailbaby (Griffin Theatre Co.) ★★★1/2
Written by Suzie Miller. Griffin Theatre Company. 7 Jul – 19 Aug, 2023. Playwright Suzie Miller has crammed a lot into 80 minutes with Jailbaby, her third new play staged in two years (after Anna K and RBG: Of Many, One last year). The story of AJ, a cocky youth who gets thrown into the…
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The Turn of the Screw (Seymour Centre) ★★★1/2
Written by Richard Hilliar (after Henry James). Tooth & Sinew and Seymour Centre. 21 Jul – 12 Aug, 2023. Henry James’ classic gothic horror novella has been given an extra layer of psycho-sexual intrigue in writer/director Richard Hilliar’s new stage adaptation that blurs the line of reality right up to the final minutes and keeps…
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Forgetting Tim Minchin (Belvoir 25a) ★★★★
Book, music and lyrics by Jules Orcullo. Belvoir Street Theatre. 12-29 July 2023. Ooh what a cheeky little show this is! It had me all living off the scrappy underdog vibe and then [SPOILERS]. I love a meta-musical about musicals as much as the next theatre nerd, but to add this much heart into it…
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On The Beach (Sydney Theatre Co.) ★★★★1/2
Adapted for the stage by Tommy Murphy. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute. Sydney Theatre Company, Roslyn Packer Theatre. 18 Jul – 12 Aug, 2023. On The Beach opens with a tableaux of 60s beach-side bliss, all pastels, buff bodies and short shorts. Soak in the eye candy because things get darker from here.…
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The Hero Leaves One Tooth (KXT on Broadway) ★★★1/2
Written by Erica J. Brennan. KXT on Broadway. 14 – 29 July, 2023 Fucked up dinner parties are a theatrical staple. Get a bunch of characters around a table and let their personal drama’s play out as subtext, hidden by polite behaviour… at least at first. That basic premise gets turned into a speculative, body-horror-infused…
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City of Angels (Hayes Theatre) ★★★1/2
Music by Cy Coleman, Lyrics by David Zippel and Book by Larry Gelbart. Hayes Theatre. 23 Jun – 23 Jul, 2023. Cy Coleman’s City of Angels is possibly my favourite musical, it’s definitely in the top five. A sparkling, jazzy score filled with wickedly saucy lyrics and melodies only a professional could master. A book…
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