With standout talent, ingenious scene setting and trendy Y2K costumes, this show was a true musical feast—giving the audience everything they wanted and more. Continue reading Newman Theatre Association’s Legally Blonde was Illegally Good
The year is 2022. A violent civil war has torn Australia in two, with Queensland being sold to China, and the rest of the country now operating as a fascist, totalitarian state known as Nation One. Despite the new state’s strict and conservative laws which include criminalising homosexuality, barring women from attending university, forcing young men to serve in the military and sending political undesirables … Continue reading The Pineapple War: Mean Girls meets The Handmaid’s Tale
It would be easy to rattle off some scatological quips about Newman’s latest musical outing, Urinetown. But that would ruin the whole conceit of Urinetown’s refusal to submit to cheap wordplay and throwaway gags. The script is taut, intelligent and undeniably charming in its revisionist agenda. And Newman’s cast pulls it off with success. Directed by Matt Healy, the production makes use of a relatively … Continue reading Urinetown: Nothing is as it Seems
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