Musical Theatre Reviews Perth

★★★★★ Over seven million people have attended MJ The Musical since it opened on Broadway in 2022, and for good reason. This is not a tribute show with a token plot baked into it. This is an entrancing musical mirage that explores…

Last night, WAAPA 3rd year Musical Theatre students opened their sold-out season of Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning musical Company, directed by visiting artist Sonya Suares. Studio Underground at Perth’s State Theatre came alive with 1970s charm, high energy and eccentricity. WAAPA…

The Perth premiere of Pretty Woman: The Musical enchanted audiences last night at Crown Theatre. The Jones Theatrical Group production, led by some of Australia’s most talented performers, leans into the nostalgia of the cult classic film, tugging firmly at…

The Australian premiere of Renascence is a metaphysically autobiographical exploration of one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century, Edna St Vincent Millay. Directed by Katt Osborne and written by Dick Scanlon – with music from WAAPA alumni…

★★★★★ Written by Terrence McNally and directed by Darko Tresnjak, this powerful production of Anastasia breathes potent new life into a beloved old tale. The award-winning creative team includes the composer and lyricist from the 1997 animated movie (a childhood staple…

If you like your cast cat-like, your kicks high, and your fourth wall broken, you won’t want to miss CATS. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s beloved musical has been seen by 81 million people since it opened in 1981. Now, its 40th…

Twenty-six years after its debut at the New York International Fringe Festival, the hilarious and irreverent musical with the world’s worst title is taking to the stage in Perth. Urinetown, brought to us by Western Sky Projects, is a brilliant…

The world premiere of Tivoli Lovely, Eddie Perfect’s latest creation, was held at the Heath Ledger Theatre last night; a dazzling nod to Australia’s theatrical golden age. This new work has everything one looks for in a musical: immersive storytelling,…

It’s an age-old adage: “What would Dolly do?” As any country music and rhinestone enthusiast would know, Dolly Parton is a guiding light to many in tough times, and no time was tougher than the COVID-19 lockdown. This is the…

Beauty and the Beast is deeply ingrained in our cultural zeitgeist. Multiple generations across countless cultures have resonated with some form of archetypal narrative about the transformative power of empathic love. Disney’s 1991 animated classic, Beauty and the Beast, is by far…

Since it first debuted in 1981, Merrily We Roll Along has become a cult classic amongst musical theatre fans. Its 2023 Tony Award-winning revival has given the production another resurgence in popularity, and it is great to see it staged…

On Wednesday night, Perth’s Crown Theatre said its prayers and renounced its hedonist ways for the opening night of Sister Act the Musical. While Whoopi Goldberg made the singing nun iconic in the 1992 film, the stage version features all-new…

You, like me, may be surprised to learn that the 2003 Disney Channel film starring Jamie-Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan is, in fact, not the original iteration of Freaky Friday. Upon reading the program for WAAPA’s production of the musical by…

The 80+ year legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels still persist, evidenced by The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale, bringing the epic fantasy to the Crown Theatre in Perth. Frodo Baggins, an orphan hobbit from the tranquil paradise of…

Jesus Christ Superstar is the second mainstream collaboration between venerated musical theatre masterminds Sirs Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Born of the 1970s, an era when rock music was finding its way out of small clubs and pubs and starting…