News: Additional Cast Announced For ‘Waitress’ Australian Premiere

Producer John Frost for Crossroads Live has announced other talented performers who will play lead roles and ensemble in the Australian Premiere of Broadway’s smash-hit musical Waitress, which will ignite Her Majesty’s Theatre Melbourne from 1 May, and the Sydney Lyric Theatre from 1 August.

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Review: ‘Back to Te Maunga’ at La Mama Courthouse Theatre, Carlton (2026)

A beautifully written and performed two-hander that boasts a strong Māori voice, Back to Te Maunga is a meditation on regret, grief and the unbreakable bonds of male friendship.

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News: Brisbane Cast Revealed for ‘MJ the Musical’

With all performances now on sale and anticipation building for its Brisbane premiere, Australian producer Michael Cassel, alongside original Broadway producers Lia Vollack, John Branca and John McClain, is thrilled to announce that Broadway sensation Ilario Grant will lead the Brisbane season of the Olivier and Tony Award-winning MJ The Musical, following his celebrated run in Melbourne.

Grant will be joined by Brisbane’s own Liam Damons, who returns home to open the season playing the role of Michael in his teenage years, marking a special homecoming for the rising performer. 

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News: Victorian Opera Announces Cast For ‘Reg Livermore’s Ned Kelly: The Musical’

Victorian Opera has announced the cast for its upcoming revival of an iconic work of Australian theatre: Reg Livermore’s Ned Kelly: The Musical.

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News: ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ to debut in Australia at the Princess Theatre

Mrs. Doubtfire, the feelgood comedy musical based on the beloved film will premiere in Australia at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre from November 2026.

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News: ‘The Great British Bake Off Musical’ Is Coming To Australia

The musical based on the beloved global television phenomenon The Great British Bake Off is heading to Australia, with its premiere production set to open in Melbourne in 2026 before touring to Sydney and Brisbane.

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News: Australian Cast For ‘A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical’ Announced

Producers Paul Dainty and TEG Dainty, Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio have announced the stellar Australian cast of the smash-hit musical A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, which makes its Australian premiere exclusively in Melbourne in August 2026.

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News: Lead Cast Announced For ‘Waitress’ Australian Premiere

Producer John Frost for Crossroads Live today announced the stellar cast for the Australian Premiere of Broadway’s smash-hit musical Waitress, which will light up Her Majesty’s Theatre Melbourne from 1 May, and the Sydney Lyric Theatre from 1 August.

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News: Cast announced for new Australian production of ‘Steel Magnolias’

Producers Neil Gooding and Alex Woodward today are thrilled to announce an all-star cast featuring some of the country’s most recognisable and celebrated television actors for the upcoming production of Steel Magnolias. 

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