The conductor and Broadway expert explains the thinking behind "historically informed" musicals.

A new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical is headed for Melbourne and Sydney, but the lead casting draws some negative comment.

A bright and brilliant new musical comedy about the power of live performance and the ways we chase our dreams.

Opera Australia will bring back its 2019 production of West Side Story, the most successful staging in Handa Opera history.

Zahra Newman magnificently delivers Billie Holiday in all her forms in this engrossing metamusical showcase.

Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall's musical Bananaland opens at Brisbane Festival. They say write what you know, so that's what they did.

Zahra Newman discusses growing up in Jamaica, playing Billie Holiday on stage, and her regret at not playing an instrument.

Sisters Courtney and Emily Monsma will perform alongside each other in one of their dream musicals, and it feels like it was meant to be.

Zoë Ventoura, Anthony Warlow and Lucy Maunder to star in the touring production of Chicago. "We're all jumping off the deep end together," says Warlow.

Sondheim's throat-slashing musical gets a razor-sharp production, with a fine double act from Ben Mingay and Antoinette Halloran at its dark heart.

After its cancellation in 2021, the rollicking new musical is about to open – and with Norman Gunston as ringmaster, anything is possible.​

The latest arts appointments and departures.