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Lead Cast and More Cities for Jesus Christ Superstar

The lead cast for the Australian tour of the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar has been revealed. The producers have also announced a Perth season of the production from February at Crown Theatre and a Melbourne season at the Princess Theatre from March.

STAGE WHISPERS MAGAZINE: JUL/AUG 2024 EDITION OUT NOW!!!

IN THIS EDITION

Getting In On The Act

Casey Donovan and Rhonda Burchmore get into Sister Act habits.

Marina’s Prior Engagements

Leading Lady Marina Prior’s brilliant career and her role in Carousel: A Concert.

Cracking the Big Apple

Big Aussie play Counting and Cracking now Broadway bound.

Full Cast Announced for In The Heights

The 19-strong cast bringing In the Heights to the Sydney Opera House this winter has assembled in the rehearsal room, ahead of the season opening on Saturday 20 July, 2024.

Annie Returns to Australia in 2025

The ever-popular Broadway musical Annie returns in 2025, playing Sydney’s Capitol Theatre from March in a new production directed by Karen Johnson Mortimer and produced by John Frost for Crossroads Live.

Tickets go on pre-sale from 22 July. Waitlist now at anniemusical.com.au to be first in line to purchase tickets.

The Not So Odd Couple

Image: Todd McKenney and Shane Jacobson in The Odd Couple. Photographer: Pia Johnson.

Dear Evan Hansen Casting and Tour Dates Announced

Following an exhaustive national search, Sydney Theatre Company and Michael Cassel Group have revealed the majority of the cast of the Australian premiere of Dear Evan Hansen premiering at STC’s Roslyn Packer Theatre from October 12. 

And the producers have now announced the production will also tour nationally. 

Full Cast of Sister Act Announced

The final cast members have been unveiled for the Australian premiere musical Sister Act, including Sophie Montague, Bianca Bruce, Raphael Wong and James Bryers, joining already announced stars Casey Donovan, Genevieve Lemon and Rhonda Burchmore.

Plied and Proud of it

With a new parody on everyone’s favourite lovers, Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett, opening this week in Brisbane, Coral Drouyn looks at our penchant for “Taking the P**s”.

Some may call it the Tall Poppy Syndrome, but really it’s more than that. Take an icon…a film, a play, a book, and create a parody of it, send it up mercilessly with all the tropes and cliches you can find, and serve it to a hungry audience with all the aplomb of a French chef.

The Visitors Embarks on National Tour in July

Moogahlin Performing Arts and Sydney Theatre Company present the national regional tour of Jane Harrison's critically acclaimed play, The Visitors, directed by the celebrated Quandamooka man Wesley Enoch.  Fresh from its triumph at the 2023 Sydney Theatre Awards, where it won Best Mainstage Production and Best Ensemble, The Visitors will tour across Australia and to regional areas from July to September 2024.

Hadestown To Premiere In Sydney

Seen by three million, streamed by over 350 million and with fans all around the world, singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s West End and Broadway musical Hadestown will make its Australian premiere at Theatre Royal Sydney in February 2025.

Presented by Opera Australia and JONES Theatrical Group, Hadestown won eight Tony Awards when it opened on Broadway in 2019, including Best Score and Best Director and is still playing to packed houses five years later.

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