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Cats review [Melbourne 2025]

By Simon Parris on January 1, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

John Foreman’s Australia Pops Orchestra: New Year’s Eve Gala Concerts review

By Simon Parris on December 30, 2025 • ( 6 Comments )

Anastasia review [Melbourne 2025]

By Simon Parris on December 29, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

John Foreman’s Australian Pops Orchestra: The Idols of Musical Theatre review

By Simon Parris on December 28, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

OSMaD: Come From Away review

By Simon Parris on December 6, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Paddington the Musical review

By Simon Parris on November 19, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Sister Act the Musical review [Melbourne]

By Simon Parris on November 15, 2024 • ( 8 Comments )

Fabulous, Baby! Congregation-pleasing screen-to-stage adaptation Sister Act the Musical spreads the Sunday Morning Fever as it makes its long overdue Australian premiere tour in heavenly form. 

Maybe Happy Ending review [Broadway]

By Simon Parris on November 12, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Quirky, original, and sweetly adorable, new musical Maybe Happy Ending is a magical journey of love and wonder that gamely sees the very best in our throwaway world of consumer convenience. 

Swept Away review [Broadway]

By Simon Parris on November 11, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

By turns rousing, distressing, moving, and uplifting, unique new musical Swept Away celebrates the stirring bluegrass music of prolific folk rock group The Avett Brothers.

Oh, Mary! review [Broadway]

By Simon Parris on November 10, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Shriekingly funny, Oh, Mary! sees prodigiously gifted comic writer and actor Cole Escola at the giddy height of their delectable powers. 

Once Upon A Mattress review [Broadway]

By Simon Parris on November 8, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Fresh from a triumphant season at New York City Center, unabashedly wholesome Golden Age musical comedy Once Upon A Mattress delights in this limited Broadway season.

Death Becomes Her [Broadway] review

By Simon Parris on November 8, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

A prime example of a lavish Broadway musical comedy, Death Becomes Her roars to life on stage boasting a pair of fabulous lead performances from Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard playing deadly […]

Sunset Blvd. review [Broadway 2024]

By Simon Parris on November 7, 2024 • ( 1 Comment )

Instrumental and vocal performances of the very highest calibre help to compensate for the complete lack of costumes and sets in this glorified concert presentation of Sunset Boulevard Sunset Blvd..

The Outsiders review [Broadway 2024]

By Simon Parris on November 6, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

A stage musical version of The Outsiders may sound like a daffy gag from an episode of The Simpsons but the result is actually a dazzling, thrilling, and moving achievement. 

New York City Center: Ragtime review [2024]

By Simon Parris on November 4, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Vividly justifying the very invention of musical theatre, Ragtime returns to New York City in a superbly cast, meticulously directed production that celebrates social progress whilst championing further gains.

Tammy Faye review [Broadway]

By Simon Parris on November 3, 2024 • ( 2 Comments )

Tonally fluid and breezily superficial, new Elton John musical Tammy Faye gamely attempts to capture and recreate the spellbinding powers of televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. 

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