Australia's 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' Moving to Broadway

Gary McQuinn, the producer of Australian musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert, has announced that the hit musical is planned to transfer to Broadway in 2011.

The larger-than-life musical is based on Stephan Elliot's 1994 film of the same name which follows three drag queens trek from Sydney to Alice Springs in a bus the dubbed 'Priscilla'.

For more details see this article at Broadway World.  (And just ignore their 'dessert' typo).

Rock of Ages: Heading Our Way

  

New Broadway Musical Rock of Ages is set to premiere in Melbourne, Australia early next year. It is the latest jukebox musical including hit rock songs from bands such as Styx, Bon Jovi, Journey and Poison. 


It is scheduled to play at the Comedy Theaztre in April 2011 and hopes to pull a different demographic than the usual theatre audiences. Common audience etiquette does not apply, with drinking and singing being encouraged. Reports have shown that 20 per cent of people who saw the show in New York had never seen a Broadway show before.


For more information see this article from The Age. 

Geoffrey Rush: The King of All Broadway

Congratulations to Australian actor, Geoffrey Rush who has just won the Tony Award for the "Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play" as King Berenger in 'Exit the King'.

'Exit the King' premiered at Melbourne's very own Malthouse Theatre.

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