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Clovelly Fox Productions: Grey Gardens review

By Simon Parris on July 22, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Pretty Woman the Musical review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on July 17, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on June 24, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Stella, a New Australian Musical: review

By Simon Parris on June 14, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet review [Melbourne 2026]

By Simon Parris on June 7, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Opera Australia: Encore! Songs from the Musicals review

By Simon Parris on May 29, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Opera Australia: La Traviata review [Melbourne 2018]

By Simon Parris on April 18, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

Opera Australia opens their 2018 Melbourne season with a brightly polished revival of cherished Verdi masterwork La Traviata.  

Papermill Playhouse: The Sting review

By Simon Parris on April 14, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

In its world premiere season at charming New Jersey venue Papermill Playhouse, Broadway-bound musical The Sting is a slick, classy affair.

Carousel review [Broadway 2018]

By Simon Parris on April 13, 2018 • ( 11 Comments )

Cherished classic Carousel returns to Broadway in this handsome, impeccably cast revival.

Met Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor review

By Simon Parris on April 12, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

International soprano Jessica Pratt treats the New York audience to her signature role as she sings Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor for the first time at Metropolitan Opera.

Disney: Frozen the Broadway Musical

By Simon Parris on April 11, 2018 • ( 5 Comments )

Disney has clearly spent a fortune on white hot property Frozen the Broadway Musical, and yet the new musical is lukewarm at best. 

SpongeBob SquarePants the Broadway Musical review

By Simon Parris on April 9, 2018 • ( 5 Comments )

So riotously colourful that it makes The Lion King look noir, SpongeBob SquarePants the Broadway Musical is a giddily gleeful confection of music and movement that rightfully takes its place as a […]

The Band’s Visit review

By Simon Parris on April 8, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Gently understated and leisurely paced The Band’s Visit is the antithesis of the current Broadway musical, and is all the richer for it.

Mean Girls review

By Simon Parris on April 7, 2018 • ( 3 Comments )

A guilty pleasure that leaves the audience on a giddy high, Mean Girls is set to be the next Broadway smash propelled by the box office power of teenaged girls.

Met Opera: Luisa Miller review

By Simon Parris on April 4, 2018 • ( 7 Comments )

Verdi’s Luisa Miller may be on lower rotation than many of his other works, but the casting of three operatic superstars presents the work in its very best light.

My Fair Lady review [Broadway 2018]

By Simon Parris on April 2, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

The jewel in the crown of Broadway’s golden age, My Fair Lady is masterfully revived by director  Bartlett Sher and his dream team of collaborators.  

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