Though my ticket said I was seeing Opera Australia’s production of The Mikado, but it sure felt like a masterclass in comedy delivered by Mitchell Butel, in one of many absurd wigs and funny glasses as Ko-Ko. The Mikado is a sentimental favourite for mine. I saw an amateur production very early in my self-initiated … See the full post
I’m always in a mood after seeing an Andrew Lloyd Webber show, and it’s not the same mood that the throngs of red-jacketed old ladies around me are in, swooning about the romance and music. Instead, I’m usually perplexed and how work so flawed can attract so many intelligent people. I just saw a preview … See the full post
Melbourne Theatre Company is getting quite the reputation for putting on the odd “small” musical each season. Last year was The Drowsy Chaperone with Geoffrey Rush, and this year they took on the surprise New York hit, Next To Normal. Directed and musically directed by playwriter/composer team Dean Bryant and Mathew Frank (who wrote the … See the full post
