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Her Majesty’s Theatre Melbourne from 1 May, and the Sydney Lyric Theatre from 1 August LEAD CAST ANNOUNCED FOR WAITRESS AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE WaitresstheMusical.com.au Leading the cast as Jenna will be Natalie Bassingthwaighte (Chicago, Shirley Valentine), while Gabriyel Thomas (Cats, Sister Act) and Mackenzie Dunn (Grease, Annie) play Becky and Dawn, Jenna’s coworkers at the diner. […]

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MRS. DOUBTFIRE TO DEBUT IN AUSTRALIA

MJ the Musical

HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE, MELBOURNE | FROM SEPTEMBER 2025

Australian producer Michael Cassel, alongside original Broadway producers Lia Vollack, John Branca, and John McClain, is thrilled to announce that Broadway star Ilario Grant will lead the Melbourne season of the Olivier and Tony Award-winning MJ THE MUSICAL.

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KIMBERLY AKIMBO

26 JUL —  30 AUG 2025 Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse The new girl in town is making heads spin. You’ve got to move fast when you’re 16 going on 70. Kimberly Akimbo is the musical that took Broadway by storm. It won countless hearts and raked in five Tony awards including Best Musical, with music

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HADESTOWN COMES TO MELBOURNE

Her Majesty’s Theatre in May 2025. WINNER OF EIGHT TONY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE AND BEST DIRECTOR WINNER OF GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST MUSICAL THEATRE ALBUM Seen by three million, streamed by over 350 million and adored by fans all around the world, singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s acclaimed West End and Broadway musical phenomenon

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History of NYC Streets: Paradise Square

Paradise Square (which was actually triangular) was a park located within the notorious Five Points area of Manhattan, so called because of the five pointed intersection located there, made up of Orange Street (now Baxter Street), Cross Street, Anthony Street (now Worth Street), Mulberry Street, and Little Water Street (which no longer exists). Today, the area that was once Paradise Square is now called Columbus Park.

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