More than an iconic, beloved movie star from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Rock Hudson has come to represent a massive turning point in gay history, both in relation to coming out […]
Playing Rock Hudson review
Opera Australia: The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013: Siegfried
****Read Man in Chair’s 2016 review of Siegfried.**** Arriving at the heroic action at the heart of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle, the title character of tonight’s installment is the one destined to […]
An Evening with Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn review [Melbourne]
Hamer Hall has been popular with Melbourne’s music theatre cognoscenti this year, a place we have gathered to hear the reminiscences of Julie Andrews, laugh along with Kristin Chenoweth and thrill to […]
Opera Australia: The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013: Die Walkure
****Read Man in Chair’s 2016 review of Die Walküre.**** Sentimental favourite of the cycle, Die Walküre also features the most recognizable piece of Wagner’s music for the Ring. From the gloriously romantic […]
Opera Australia: The Melbourne Ring Cycle 2013: Das Rheingold
****Read Man in Chair’s 2016 review of Das Rheingold. **** The wait is finally over! The Melbourne Ring Cycle opens tonight at the State Theatre, now two rows smaller thanks to the […]
The Songs of James Bond review
The perfect idea for a show, The Songs of James Bond features a tremendous orchestra, strong singers and plenty of eye-catching graphic projections. The missing ingredient, however, is a director with theatrical […]
A Murder is Announced review [Melbourne]
A Halloween opening night for a murder mystery set on Friday the 13th – how perfect. Above the charms of wily Miss Marple and the quirky, shadowy residents of Chipping Cleghorn, this […]
The Production Company: The Pirates of Penzance review
A highly attractive concert setting, superb music and some glorious singing mark the return of those crowd-pleasing Pirates of Penzance. While energy is effervescently high, the comic results of sight gags and […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels review [Sydney]
A dream cast lands all the outrageous laughs in this delectably hilarious new musical.
Grease review [Sydney]
Forget brains, brawn or beauty, when I was in primary school, social status came down to one factor: whether you had the Grease 2LP soundtrack*. The passage of time now adds a […]
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