Tag: review
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People Will Think You Don’t Love Me (KXT Broadway) ★★★★
It’s a horror trope we know well. The protagonist has a transplant (a heart, a brain or an arm usually) and they become possessed by the original owner’s spirit…
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August: Osage County (Belvoir) ★★★★★
“Thank God we can’t tell the future. We’d never get out of bed.”
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Sweat (Sydney Theatre Co) ★★★
Of the Pulitzer Prize winning plays on Sydney stages right now, STC’s Sweat and Belvoir’s August: Osage County, you can guess which one I’d rewatch last.
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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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Oscar (Australian Ballet) ★★★★½
Through the opulent beauty of choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and composer Joby Talbot’s original ballet, Oscar, presents Oscar Wild’s story through a romantic lens with an eye on his legacy.
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MQFF 2024 Reviews
Once again I’m reviewing films at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival this year for The Queer Review. I’ve consolidated my reviews (and those by other Queer Review reviewers) here so they sit in the one place.
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The Inheritance, Parts 1 & 2 (Seymour Centre) ★★★★½
Grab a cushion and strap yourself in for a literary, theatrical marathon because The Inheritance has finally come to Sydney!
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New York Mini-Reviews p4: The Plays
I actually DID buy a very expensive ticket to see Robert Downey Jr’s Broadway debut in McNeal, but after the mediocre reviews I decided to sell the ticket and use that money to pay for three other shows. A move I’m still happy about.
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The Female of the Species (Old Fitz) ★★★½
The Female of the Species, is filled with laughs with a literate edge, poking fun at celebrity intellectuals, feminism, gullible consumers and turn of the century gender politics.
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Sunday (Sydney Theatre Co) ★★★★★
Like its lead character, Sunday Reed, the play has opinions and is more than happy to share them.
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