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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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