Review
Goodbye beard, hello Edna: The transformation of Shane Jacobson
It ain’t over till the fat lady sings, but in Hairspray the fat lady doesn’t sing until the man playing her is well and truly ready.
- by Karl Quinn
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Wedding Singer musical romps home with a swag of Green Room gongs
This year’s Green Room Awards, celebrating the best of Melbourne performance, saw awards for shows by Red Stitch, Melbourne Theatre Company and Melbourne Opera.
- by Vyshnavee Wijekumar
★★★½
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Gun-loving gangsters keep us entertained, even if it’s dodgy territory
Bonnie & Clyde is a rollicking ride if you can get past the fact it romanticises two infamous and murderous criminals.
- by John Shand
★★★★
Arts
Moulin Rouge! musical offers amusing mash-ups with sexiness
The stage musical version of Moulin Rouge! thickens the story and heightens the sexiness.
- by John Shand
★★★★
Arts
Four stars for a lavish, lovely, chocolate box Cinderella with gowns to die for
No expense was spared to make this musical as spectacular as possible, with opulent sets, magical transformations and a flying fairy godmother.
- by Jesse Lane, Cameron Woodhead and Tony Way
★★★★ ½
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An American in Paris is a stage musical that utterly delights
This is a timeless love story with glorious music and Robbie Fairchild as lead character Gerry who practically floats on stage.
- by Jill Sykes
★★★★
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The sparkling new Aussie musical cousin to Muriel’s Wedding
The talents of Hannah Reilly and Megan Washington have combined to produce The Deb, an Australian musical that is a fine first act for the Australian Theatre for Young People’s new Rebel Theatre.
- by Joyce Morgan
★★★★
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“Mind-boggling”: An improbably wondrous night at the Old Fitz
Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht take us two jaunty examinations of humanity’s open wounds.
- by John Shand