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LUCY DURACK AND JEMMA RIX TO
TRAVEL DOWN YELLOW BRICK ROAD
IN WIZARD OF OZ MUSICAL
PRODUCERS John Frost and Suzanne Jones have announced that Lucy Durack and Jemma Rix are joining the cast of the world’s favourite musical, The Wizard of Oz, to play Glinda the Good Witch and The Wicked Witch of the West respectively, alongside Anthony Warlow who will be playing The Wizard and Professor Marvel.… Members read the rest!

 
Neighbours favourite wins
title role in hit musical
KIP GAMBLIN will be playing the title role of the Bodyguard, Frank Farmer, in the Australian tour of the international award-winning hit music THE BODYGUARD.
The news was announced last week by producers Michael Harrison, David Ian and John Frost.
Kip is most known to Australian audiences for his roles in a wide range of television dramas including Home and Away, All Saints, Tricky Business, Dance Academy and most recently Neighbours.… Members read the rest!

Frost announces key performers
for 2015 Australian tour
OPERA Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini AM and leading Australian theatre producer John Frost AM today announced the principal cast for their new production of Cole Porter’s smash-hit musical comedy Anything Goes, which will tour Australia in 2015.
Leading the all-star cast is Caroline O’Connor as evangelist turned nightclub singer Reno Sweeney. Since she last wowed Australian audiences as Velma Kelly in John Frost’s Chicago in 2009, Caroline has been busy performing on the stages of Broadway, the West End and Europe.… Members read the rest!

Top honours at Helpmann Awards
AT the 14th Annual Helpmann Awards last night The King and I was crowned with three Helpmann Awards, including Best Musical.
Roger Kirk was awarded for Best Costume Design and Michael Waters was presented with the Helpmann for Best Sound Design.
At the same ceremony, John Frost AM received the 2014 JC Williamson Award in recognition of his contribution to the Australian live entertainment and performing arts industry.… Members read the rest!

Producers announce Rocky Horror Show
Funny, sexy and heading to Sydney
PRODUCERS Howard Panter and John Frost today confirmed that the new Australian production of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show will play a limited season at the Sydney Lyric Theatre from April 2015.
Returning in the coveted role of Frank N Furter will be television and theatre star Craig McLachlan, fresh from shooting the title role in the third series of ABC TV’s top rating drama series The Doctor Blake Mysteries.… Members read the rest!

Leading cast to be
announced September
LEADING Australian theatre producer John Frost and Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini today announced they will present a new production of Cole Porter’s smash-hit musical comedy Anything Goes next year.
Winner of three Tony Awards, including Best Musical Revival and Choreography during its most recent Broadway revival, Anything Goes is a stunning nautical favourite.… Members read the rest!

New tickets released for Sydney season
DUE to extraordinary demand, new tickets have been released today for the Sydney season of the award-winning musical theatre blockbuster WICKED.
The new seats are for performances from October 31 to November 16.
WICKED Australian Co-Producer John Frost said: “Audiences are flocking to WICKED in Melbourne, and bookings are very strong for the return of WICKED to Sydney – it really is the most successful Broadway musical of the past decade.… Members read the rest!

Auditions soon to begin
For hit musical 10 years
After its World Premiere in Sydney
AUDITIONS are soon to begin for the hit musical Dirty Dancing which is set to tour later this year.
Leading Australian theatre producer John Frost today announced the international hit musical Dirty Dancing would return to Australia late in 2014, a decade after its World Premiere in Sydney.… Members read the rest!

From South Pacific to Siam
OPERA Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini and leading Australian theatre producer John Frost today announced the principal cast for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic Broadway musical The King and I.

Lisa McCune and Teddy Tahu Rhodes will co-star in the Tony Award-winning Australian production, which is being revived next year by the Gordon Frost Organisation and Opera Australia.… Members read the rest!