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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Review: ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ at Palais Theatre, St Kilda (2026)

You may think a comic opera written in 1879 would feel dated, but Victorian Opera has breathed new life into the Gilbert and Sullivan swash-buckling classic, playing at the Palais Theatre until 6 February.

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News: Michael Paynter to play John Farnham in ‘Whispering Jack’

Sydney Theatre Company, Michael Cassel and Gaynor Wheatley today announced Michael Paynter will play Australian music icon John Farnham in Whispering Jack: The John Farnham Musical in Sydney Theatre Company’s World Premiere season at Roslyn Packer Theatre this November.

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Review: ‘Cats’ at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne (2025-2026)

Celebrating forty years since its first staging in Australia, Cats the musical is currently playing at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne until January 31 before moving to Brisbane in February.

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News: Victorian Opera Announces The Full Cast For ‘The Pirates of Penzance’

Victorian Opera sets sail for a swashbuckling summer as Gilbert & Sullivan’s uproarious The Pirates of Penzance storms the Palais Theatre from 31 January to 6 February. Bursting with much-loved music, Gilbert and Sulivan’s operetta has long remained a crowd favourite with classics including I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General, Poor Wandering One and I am the Pirate King.

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News: ‘SIX The Musical’ Will Reign Again Live On Stage In Australia!

After triumphantly taking the West End, Broadway, and stages across the globe by storm, the international smash-hit phenomenon SIX the Musical will make its royal return to Australia in 2026, with seasons confirmed at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre from July 2026, Theatre Royal Sydney from October 2026 and QPAC’s Playhouse Theatre in Brisbane from January 2027.

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News: ‘Love Actually? The Musical Parody’ Announces Local Casts In Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane

Following extensive auditions across Australia, the Off-Broadway smash hit, Love Actually? The Musical Parody has announced three separate local casts for its Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane festive seasons.

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