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News and Features
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Stephen Schwartz Workshop for Australian Musical Theatre Writers
Calling all composers: Come play the Festival of Broadway.
Lloyd Webber’s New Phantom - Soon to Haunt West End and World Stages
With new Lloyd Webber musical Love Never Dies opening in the West End...
Latest Reviews
Girl meets boy. Girl concocts elaborate lie to seduce boy. Girl finds herself up to her ears in a drugs bust. Farce ensues. Canberra Rep is in top form with ...
WOMADelaide 2010 – Sounds of the Planet
Set amongst the majestic Moreton Bay Figs of Adelaide’s Botanic Park, ...
Jigsaws by Jennifer Rogers
This Western Australian play was one of a surge of locally written plays of late, and...
STAGE on DISC by Peter Pinne - November / December, 2009
Sister Act (First Night CAST CD107) is currently London’s biggest hit....
DEFYING GRAVITY – WHERE THE MILLIONS ARE BEING SPENT ON WICKED.
David Spicer spoke to Brian Downie, the Technical Director of the musical...
The Court Theatre, Christchurch
In the picturesque town of Christchurch a professional theatre company has set...
How to Study on Broadway.
Imagine being able to study with Broadway performers during the day and see them on...
THE CHANGING FACE OF OUR MAJOR PERFORMING ARTS CENTRES.
Researchers from Griffith University have been investigating changes afoot in...
Stage Heritage and History
In his research, Stage Whispers editor Neil Litchfield has found many tales of the exploits of early theatrical tours around regional Australia and New Zealand.
Leann Richards reports on how the whiff of backstage shenanigan’s made the front page in 1901, when actors used their skills in a courtroom drama of love and jealousy.
Neil Litchfield interviewed Toni Lamond for Stage Whispers about her astonishing career shortly after the announcement of her Green Room Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008.
