BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL Avenue Q Chicago Jerry Springer The Opera Wicked JUDITH JOHNSON AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Lucy Durack (Wicked) Amanda Harrison... BEST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN The Gruffalo (Christine Dunstan Productions) The Nargun and the Stars (Erth and Sydney Festival) The Wizard of Oz (Windmill and Sydney Theatre Company) Source

LoveBite-sized chunks Could Rutherford and Millar be Australia's answer to Rodgers and Hammerstein or Kander and Ebb? It's early days yet but there's no doubt that composer Peter Rutherford and lyricist...nudity, so it's not R-rated,” he says. “But there is some bad language and a threesome and a grubby reference to poo, so let's call it MA.” SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald, Elissa Blake, 13/11/09

Hit song cycle returns After a highly successful 2008 season and being nominated for a 2009 Sydney Theatre Award, LoveBites - the mad-cap song cycle about loving, leaving and leaping into the joyful...than an innocent discussion about the latest Helen Garner novel and a florist...is sent flowers. LoveBites is at the Seymour Centre from Wednesday, November 11. Bookings: (02) 9251 7940. link

On Saturday October 25 , radio programme Broadway at Bedtime will celebrate 200 shows by broadcasting live from The Alma Sports Club 7-10pm . Lorna Luft "will start the evening off with a bang"...Parke, Josh Piterman, Alex Rathgeber, Kellie Rode and Marney McQueen (as 'Rosa Wax'). Ticket prices: JOY Members - $20 JOY Member Concession - $15 Non-Members - $30 info + buy tickets online

Posted by Arts Asia Pacific on facebook : This is a last minute invite to see a half-hour presentation from Matthew Robinson and Jonathan Gavin's new musical in development - ATLANTIS. All welcome... with Michael Tyack on keys. Price: Free Date: Thursday, 10 September 2009 Time: 13:45 - 14:15 Location: The stage of the Theatre Royal (currently home to Avenue Q) 108 King St Sydney, Australia

Musical still in the works A new musical by the duo behind The Hatpin is still in the works and progressing forward despite the collapse of national musical theatre company Kookaburra, which originally...with all cylinders firing. We're all really excited about going into the Enmore theatre." Shane Warne The Musical opens at the Enmore Theatre on May 15. Bookings: 1300 795 012. source for both stories

Writers and costume designer troubled by Kookaburra cancellation The creators of dark-edged, quirky and dramatic new Australian musicals have been left in the dark about the prospects of a show commissioned...given the 'pens down' and so we've continued working on the piece. We . . . hope it ends up being seen somewhere down the track." SOURCE: The Sydney Morning Herald, Bryce Hallett, 7 March 2009

More complete cast list for Jerry Springer! The Opera Starring David Wenham as Jerry Springer And David Bedella as Warm Up Man / Satan With Lawrence Clayton, Alison Jiear, Kate Miller-Heidke, Ursula... Ursula Yovich, Warren Fisher, Andrew Bevis, James Millar, Adele Johnston, Jennifer Peers and Jennifer Vuletic [source - click on artists] This article also says that Trevor Ashley will be the cast

Gutenberg! The Musical is on it's way to Melbourne after a sell-out Sydney season! Starring DAVID HARRIS (Miss Saigon, The Full Monty) and JAMES MILLAR (Company, Oklahoma) as Bud & Doug. 4 performances only @ Chapel off Chapel! March 21-23! All tickets under $40. In 1450, Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press. In 2009, Bud and Doug wrote a show about it. [ Facebook page ]

A review and article about Gutenberg! The Musical . :D Hail the prints of Broadway THE title of Scott Brown and Anthony King's parody of Broadway musicals signals how crazy and over-the-top the...artform and it can be potentially as moving and effective as opera or dance or anything that is a heightened form of a real-life moment," Millar says. SOURCE: Troy Lennon, Daily Telegraph, 17/02/09