Tag: Opera and Musical Theatre
Young Aussies bring High School Musical to life
The cast of Australia's new High School Musical stage show say they're not trying to fill the shoes of the movie's stars, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens.[MORE]
'Miracle worker' playwright Gibson dies
Tony award winning playwright William Gibson, most famous for the Broadway hit The Miracle Worker, has died at the age of 94.[MORE]
'Wuthering Heights' gets Bollywood makeover
A British Asian theatre group is giving Wuthering Heights a Bollywood makeover, moving the tragic love story from the misty moors of England to the scorched Rajasthan desert, it said.[MORE]
Opera Australia mourns Hickox's passing
Opera Australia mourns the sudden death of English-born conductor Richard Hickox.[MORE]
Opera Australia conductor Hickox dies
Opera Australia's musical director Richard Hickox has died from a sudden heart attack in the UK.[MORE]
Whoopi Goldberg to take Sister Act to London
Whoopi Goldberg will open a musical version of her hit 1992 nun comedy Sister Act on London's West End next June.[MORE]
Kath And Kim's Riley to star in Chicago
Kath And Kim star Gina Riley is swapping Fountain Lakes for the cell block, taking up a starring role in the Australian production of the musical Chicago.[MORE]
Innovative director quits NY City Opera
Innovative Belgian director Gerard Mortier is quitting his new job at the New York City Opera after the US economic downturn crippled his ambitious plans.[MORE]
Hair returns to Broadway
Groundbreaking 60s rock musical Hair will return to Broadway in February for the first time since the show debuted there four decades ago.[MORE]
Cambodian rock opera marks cultural milestone
Cambodia's first-ever Broadway musical-style rock opera, which will incorporate Cambodian lullabies and Khmer Rouge propaganda songs, will premiere later this month.[MORE]
LA plans festival during Ring cycle
Los Angeles will stage a city-wide cultural festival involving museums, theatres and movies to coincide with Los Angeles Opera's plans to stage the ambitious four opera Ring Cycle by Richard Wagner in 2010.[MORE]
Talks on music academy funding cut
The federal Arts Minister will meet representatives of the Australian National Academy of Music this afternoon to discuss his decision to cut funding to the South Melbourne-based institution.[MORE]
Rush joins Broome musical cast
Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush will star in movie adaptation of musical Bran Nue Day.[MORE]
Unauthorised musical annoys Warne
Shane Warne says the creator of a musical chronicling his cricket career hit a bad note by not asking him for his approval.[MORE]
'Russian Sinatra' dies in Moscow
Singer Muslim Magomaev, a legendary crooner of the Soviet stage, died in Moscow on Saturday (local time) aged 66 after a long illness, his personal website and Russian news agencies reported.[MORE]
Aussie opera audiences are 'politest'
The Ten Tenors reckon sports-mad Aussies make for the politest opera audiences.[MORE]
Lloyd Webber to write UK Eurovision entry
British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has accepted the challenge of writing the British entry for next year's Eurovision song contest. [MORE]
Italian pop singer to bring Pavarotti duet down under
Veteran Italian pop singer Zucchero will perform a duet with the late opera singer Luciano Pavarotti when he tours Australia for the first time next month.[MORE]
Friends farewell 'gentleman' Guest
Friends and co-workers farewell entertainer Rob Guest at Melbourne's Regent Theatre.[MORE]
Playwright changes Beaconsfield musical title
The creator of a musical-comedy about the 2006 Beaconsfield rockfall changes its title.[MORE]
Union urges boycott of Beaconsfield musical
The union representing Beaconsfield miners is urging people not to attend a musical about the 2006 tragedy.[MORE]
Outrage at Beaconsfield mine tragedy musical
A musical-comedy about the 2006 Beaconsfield mine disaster has been condemned.[MORE]
Slice, dice and play: Vegetable Orchestra celebrates 10 years
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The Vegetable Orchestra is celebrating 10 years of self-made cucumberphones, celery bongos, pepper trumpets and leek violins.[MORE]
Tributes for stage star Guest
Tributes flow for stage star Rob Guest, who died in Melbourne overnight aged 58.[MORE]
Rob Guest dies after stroke
Actor Rob Guest has died in a Melbourne hospital after suffering a massive stroke.[MORE]
