If there's an industry long overdue for a completely kicking, it's the dreadful disease that is real estate. This sharp-shootin' musical is a full-on production with great music and engaging performances, writes Lloyd Bradford Skye.
After Crikey's scathing review of David Williamson's Don Parties On, the celebrated playwright hits back: he's not apologising for his new play, but he will apologise for his generation.
What's it really like being John Malkovich? The celebrated actor gave little away in conversation with fellow artist Jim Sharman as part of the Sydney Festival. Curtain Call's Lloyd Bradford Syke tried to tap into an alchemical, impenetrable charisma.
The Sydney Festival is in full swing at venues across the Harbour City. Curtain Call loved Snow On Mars and My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, along with this intriguing theatrical installation at Darling Harbour, Power Plant.
David Williamson got to his feet at the premiere of Don Parties On to be applauded, a polite if halfhearted acknowledgement. He smiled contentedly. Williamson is nothing but content. Blithely, indolently content, writes Jason Whittaker.
Just when it seemed as if nobody on planet Earth enjoyed the heavily panned Spider-Man broadway production, an unlikely champion has emerged in right wing shock jock Glenn Beck, who described it as this century's Phantom of the Opera.
Australia's biggest arts festival has kicked off with an extensive program of theatre and events. Crikey blog Curtain Call is in the stalls, first reviewing the enchanting all-ages show Snow On Mars.
The much maligned broadway production Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is a staggering, mind-numbing experience in which words fail to describe how amazingly awful it is, scoffs Isaac Butler.
What the bloody hell has Tap Dogs got to do with a drag show (Briefs), or an almost epic piece of 'visual' theatre (Soap)? Not that much, necessarily, but seeing them back-to-back Lloyd Bradford Syke was struck by coincidences; aesthetic and athletic.
From Shakespeare to Mamet; centuries-old operas to brand-new local works. And in a year that saw independent producers and smaller shows shine, a brassy all-American musical was probably the best of the best. Jason Whittaker names his top picks from the Melbourne stage in 2010.
