Category: Theatre Reviews – Archive

December 6, 2021 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Lennox Theatre, November 16 7/10 This revival has Norm wearing a tee-shirt that looks just like Scott Morrison’s mask, although Norm’s tee-shirt has “Australia” written on it, in case someone’s a bit slow with flags. Maybe Morrison’s mask has “Australia” on it, too – tucked under his chin, like a…

November 12, 2021 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Hayes Theatre, October 26 8/10 This was a gutsy move. A more timid theatre may have shied from reopening with Stephen Sondheim’s biggest Broadway flop. But Merrily won’t flop this time, and singing It’s a Hit won’t be the excruciating experience it must have been for the cast in 1981.…

September 15, 2021 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

August 23 8/10 Let’s face it, Darlinghurst Theatre’s Thom Paine (Based on Nothing) in June of last year apart, streamed theatre seldom cuts it without TV-scale budgets. But what if you don’t try to provide vision? What if you just provide the sound? Suddenly a level of radio-play professionalism springs…