Following a recent conversation I had with new Australian musical theatre writers Hedger & Nicholson, I was interested to further explore the topic of the role of youth in supporting and developing NMT in Australia. This led me to seek out three young Australian performers (and friends), two of whom currently study musical theatre in […]
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Since the European discovery and settlement of Australia, our environment has been known as a harsh landscape, a place where it takes a lot of effort to make anything grow. This description holds true not only in our farming but also in our embrace of arts and culture, where small groups of people must constantly […]
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LGBTQI+ representation in media and entertainment has long been an issue within theatrical circles, with the stories of people who identify as anything other than straight and cisgendered largely ignored in the storytelling of both plays and musical theatre. There are, however, exceptions to the rule, and it seems that in most cases when a […]
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Are you sick of those looks of pity that are cast in your general direction when friends find out you have purchased a single ticket to the theatre? Are you unsure how to respond when they tell you that going to a show alone is “pathetic”? Next time this happens to you, hit your friends […]
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If I were to say that the last few seasons on Broadway have been revolutionary, I don’t believe that many would disagree. The landscape is slowly changing with the goal of meeting every new challenge the world throws its way, and because of this, the theatre world is full of new and wonderful possibilities for […]
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Bootleg. What a simple, unassuming term. The child of the words boot and leg, all she wants to do in life is to perform her duty of giving us very low quality audio and video recordings of popular Broadway shows, but there are people out there who seek to destroy her humble goal: to combat […]
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