Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (MTC) – musical theatre review
The turbulent life of jazz singer Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan) is on show in
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Saltpillar Theatre) – musical theatre review
Talk about playing mind games with words. Seventeen years after MTC staged this Tony Award winning
New music round-up (for w/e 20 October 2023)
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week
Laugh Track (The National) – music review
I never thought that The National would embrace the concept of a surprise album, but
New music round-up (for w/e 13 October 2023)
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week
Matador, sabor de amor (Melbourne Fringe Festival) – theatre review
Sensual and alluring, Matador combines scantily clad performers with pulsating English and Spanish beats, and
Australian Carnage: Live at the Sydney Opera House (Nick Cave and Warren Ellis) – music review
“This is a joyful song,” says Nick Cave by way of introduction to “Breathless,” a
Songs for a New World (Chapel Off Chapel) – musical theatre review
Hardly a conventional musical, The Tony Award-winning Songs for a New World* is thematic. It
Elvis: A Musical Revolution (Athenaeum Theatre) – musical theatre review
Elvis lives. I dare say many the world over would hope that isn’t just a
Chess: The Musical (The National Theatre) – musical theatre review
Subterfuge and skullduggery abound, with the Russians and the Allies at loggerheads during the Cold