Global Creatures’ King Kong to open on Broadway next year
Harry Potter writer and Eddie Perfect hope to help breathe new life into the animated musical gorilla.
May 18, 2017
Australia Council dishes out $7.2 million for 270 arts projects
Sydney Chamber Opera and Legs on the Wall are among the big winners in the latest funding round.
May 17, 2017
Marina Prior is heading back where she belongs
Australia’s musical theatre icon is still glowin’, still crowin’, and still goin’ strong.
May 15, 2017
Emma Matthews makes her musical debut at the Hayes
The soprano plays Melba in a new musical, while David Campbell and Toby Francis also star in Hayes shows.
May 8, 2017
Former arts editors, actors and opera stars protest Fairfax cuts
The arts sector is up in arms over management proposals to decimate arts coverage at SMH and The Age.
May 8, 2017
Nancye Hayes: “I’ve never been very ethereal as a dancer”
Now musical theatre royalty, Nancye Hayes reminisces about her first radiogram and why she’d never make a ballerina.
May 5, 2017
Arts Centre Melbourne welcomes new government funding
The venue's CEO has applauded the Andrews Government’s $40 million investment for infrastructure upgrades.
May 4, 2017
ACO’s Mountain headlines Limelight’s May 2017 issue
Richard Tognetti's new odyssey leads a line up including Brett Dean's Hamlet, Orwell's 1984, Messiaen's Turangalîla and more.
May 2, 2017
Anthony Warlow to star in The Wizard of Oz
The yellow brick road winds its way back to Australia in Andrew Lloyd Webber's London Palladium production.
May 1, 2017
Review: The Bodyguard (John Frost, Lyric Theatre, Sydney)
Greatest soundtrack ever saves musical thriller teetering into camp.
April 28, 2017
Review: Big Fish (RPG Productions)
A delightful small-scale production of the touching (if somewhat sentimental) Broadway musical.
April 27, 2017
Jerry Mitchell boots Kinky into Sydney
The director-choreographer talks about working on Kinky Boots and his next "biggie" with Jennifer Lopez.
April 19, 2017
The Broadway reviews for Groundhog Day are out
Despite an injury to its leading man, Tim Minchin's new musical has opened to mostly good reviews, with some raves.
April 18, 2017