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SISTER ACT

Playing Melbourne’s REGENT THEATRE from November 2024 Praise be! One of Australia’s most- loved musical theatre stars, Rhonda Burchmore, has been confirmed to join Casey Donovan and Genevieve Lemon in the most heavenly of musicals, Sister Act. Rhonda will star as Sister Mary Lazarus in the Australian premiere of Sister Act when it opens at …

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KIMBERLY AKIMBO

MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY, 26 JUL —  30 AUG 2025, PLAYHOUSE, ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE The new girl in town is making heads spin. You’ve got to move fast when you’re 16 going on 70. Kimberly Akimbo is the musical that took Broadway by storm. It won countless hearts and raked in five Tony awards including Best …

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HADESTOWN

BROADWAY’S TONY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST MUSICAL PLAYS SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE IN 2025 Seen by three million, streamed by over 350 million and adored by fans all around the world, singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s acclaimed West End and Broadway musical phenomenon Hadestown will premiere in Melbourne at the Her Majesty’s Theatre in May 2025. Hadestown broke …

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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Jesus Christ Superstar at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre March 2025 A Melbourne season has been announced today as part of the Australian tour of the award-winning Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s celebrated rock musical JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. The production will play at the Princess Theatre from March, following …

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BEETLEJUICE TO PREMIERE IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA IN MAY 2025

EDDIE PERFECT TO GIVE MELBOURNE THE FRIGHT OF ITS LIFE AS BEETLEJUICE IN AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE OF BROADWAY SMASHPerformances FROM 7 May, 2025 at the Regent Theatre, MELBOURNE After earning a Tony Award nomination for the music and lyrics he wrote for BEETLEJUICE, Eddie Perfect will star as the most mischievous corpse in the history of …

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THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW – 50TH Anniversary

Athenaeum Theatre, MelbourneMay 2023 – TICKETS ON SALE NOWWWW.ROCKYHORROR.COM.AU A brand-new Australian tour will kick off global celebrations in honour of iconic Rock ‘N’ Roll musical The Rocky Horror Show as it marks its 50th Anniversary in 2023. This brand new Australian production opens at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre in May 2023 starring Australian superstars Jason …

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History of NYC Streets: Paradise Square

Paradise Square (which was actually triangular) was a park located within the notorious Five Points area of Manhattan, so called because of the five pointed intersection located there, made up of Orange Street (now Baxter Street), Cross Street, Anthony Street (now Worth Street), Mulberry Street, and Little Water Street (which no longer exists). Today, the area that was once Paradise Square is now called Columbus Park.

9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL ARRIVES IN MELBOURNE

Dolly Parton’s smash-hit West End musical, 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL, has proven to be a winner in Sydney and Brisbane with both audiences and critics, and will open in Melbourne on July 10. New tickets for performances at State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, go on sale this Friday 3 June, with pre-sales from today.