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After break(danc)ing the internet, Raygun has inspired a musical

After break(danc)ing the internet, Raygun has inspired a musical

Rachael Gunn’s controversial Olympic performance has been given an affectionate musical treatment.

  • by Daniel Herborn

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Musical explores the curiously closeted world of Aussie rules

Musical explores the curiously closeted world of Aussie rules

One Day in September imagines the world of a footballer grappling with coming out.

  • by Kerrie O'Brien
Swimmer, actor, singer: This unusual triple-threat brings it all to a new lead role

Swimmer, actor, singer: This unusual triple-threat brings it all to a new lead role

Cody Simpson quit competitive swimming this year and will return to the stage in a role made famous on screen by Marlon Brando.

  • by Nick Galvin
Not just for the true believers – this reborn Jesus Christ Superstar will blow you away
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Not just for the true believers – this reborn Jesus Christ Superstar will blow you away

This production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic rock opera is a triumph.

  • by Kate Prendergast
He received death threats for a joke about Jesus, now Reuben Kaye is in Jesus Christ Superstar

He received death threats for a joke about Jesus, now Reuben Kaye is in Jesus Christ Superstar

The cabaret star is the “power-hungry, extravagant child nepo baby” King Herod in the latest revival of the enduring musical.

  • by Cassidy Knowlton
Dancing mermaids and salty pirates: The show that revels in being ‘something Netflix can’t do’

Dancing mermaids and salty pirates: The show that revels in being ‘something Netflix can’t do’

It won five Tony awards, now the hit Broadway show Peter and the Starcatcher has been given an Australian makeover.

  • by Lenny Ann Low