Tag Archives: Shirley Broun

A Christmas Message for Readers

December 24, 2019

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SHIRLEY BROUN and ON WITH THE SHOW

WISH EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS

AND A WONDERFUL 2020 NEW YEAR

Thank you for all your valuable support … it means so much! May ALL your DREAMS come TRUE in 2020. TO PERFORMERS and ALL who work in the Entertainment Industry I would like to say a BIG `THANK YOU' for giving us the gift of music, laughter and love.… Members read the rest!

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Flashback – Wade Robson & Michael Jackson (1991)

February 27, 2019

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Flashback to Variety Today 1991

(Variety Today was an Award-winning National Entertainment Magazine published throughout the 1990s by Shirley Broun.)

On With the Show revisits a story written in the early days of Wade Robson's friendship with the King of Pop Michael Jackson.

The mood: Anxiety and excitement fill the air as the Robson family prepare to move to Los Angeles to allow young upcoming 9-year-old dancer Wade Robson to work with his idol and new friend Michael Jackson. 

WADE TAKES UP OFFER TO DANCE WITH JACKSON
By Shirley Broun

DREAMS do come true ...

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ATTENTION: PERFORMERS & BUSINESS OWNERS

October 30, 2018

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ADD TO YOUR EXPOSURE IN
NEW ENTERTAINMENT DIRECTORY
& BUSINESS TO THE STARS
ON WITH THE SHOW has been receiving many requests from venues, private companies and others to introduce an Entertainment Directory for performers - representing everything from actors and stage performers to vocalists, specialty artists, musicians, soloists and bands - and their contact details for bookings.
As many of you are aware, my aim with the On With the Show website has always been to provide a platform for individual artists to promote themselves and what they have to offer in an effort to increase their profiles, bookings and incomes.… Members read the rest!

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Jade Hurley – a performance to remember

October 1, 2017

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REVIEW: Jade Hurley
Venue: Twin Towns Services Club
Date: September 19, 2017

By Shirley Broun

JUST couldn’t resist the opportunity to see one of Australia’s most enduring and loved rock’n’rollers in action at Twin Towns Services Club in Tweed Heads recently.
When the music kicked off and the lights focused on a white piano sitting centre stage I, and a full auditorium of dedicated fans, were poised and ready for the man who had set the piano keys alight with his sizzling renditions of some of the all-time rock’n’roll greats.… Members read the rest!

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Bill Alexander’s smile masks the pain

July 29, 2017

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ENTERTAINER CHOOSES TO GRIN
DESPITE GRIM CANCER DIAGNOSES
A DIP in the family pool 14 years ago sparked a condition that literally changed the life of popular club entertainer, Bill Alexander.
“While I was swimming, I had a heart fribulation. It went for hours,” the always smiling performer told long-time friend and On With the Show Editor Shirley Broun recently during a special luncheon in his honour at Burleigh Sports on the Gold Coast.… Members read the rest!

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Greg Doolan takes his final bow

February 17, 2017

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WICKETY WAK STAR LOSES
BATTLE WITH CANCER
By Shirley Broun
YESTERDAY afternoon I checked in to read the latest notifications on Facebook.
A post from entertainment industry stalwart Brian Fogarty caught my eye. Something about my dear friend Greg Doolan. `Oh what's Greg up to,' I thought inquisitively. Then I read it:
"Another shock! Too young and a great talent -- Greg Doolan (Wickety Wak) sadly passed away this afternoon @ only 63 yrs of age."
Can't be right, I thought and read it again.… Members read the rest!

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Welcome to 2017

January 2, 2017

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EDITOR'S BLOG
I WOULD like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy 2017 full of love, laughter and much success. Each and every one of you deserve only the best this world can offer for you give so much on a daily basis to family, friends, audiences, fans and others around you. I’ve always believed entertainers fill a very important role in life, for you have the ability to touch the very hearts and souls of the people you come in contact with, and that is exactly what you do at every performance.… Members read the rest!

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Review: Rockin’ good time as Ol’ 55 celebrates 40 years

November 28, 2016

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Audience jumping to sound of Ol' 55

VENUE: Jupiter’s Casino, Gold Coast

DATE: November 26, 2016

Review by SHIRLEY BROUN

 
FROM the very moment Ol' 55 first leaped onto centre stage, the audience were ready to relive the music of the 50s and 60s.
Rock'n'roll dancers jumped to their feet in readiness and I heard one lady next to me say `I just can't wait, I love their music'.… Members read the rest!

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Mickey Rooney was a true star

April 8, 2014

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Final curtain call for a legend
World has lost an enduring star
But chance meeting will be remembered

By SHIRLEY BROUN

IT IS all over the news around the world. One of Hollywood’s biggest stars Mickey Rooney has died aged 93. And do you know I think that is how the star would have liked it … a fanfare befitting his amazing career that spanned virtually his whole life.… Members read the rest!

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Fiona O’Loughlin pushes the boundaries for a laugh

March 14, 2014

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Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Stand-up sees the funny side of life
Interview with Comedian FIONA O'LOUGHLIN

By SHIRLEY BROUN

 
COMEDIAN Fiona O’Loughlin admits she likes to push the boundaries whenever she performs.“There is always one more story to be told on stage. No one could ever say they have heard every one of them,” she told On with the Show’s Shirley Broun as she prepared for this year’s Melbourne Comedy Festival which kicks off on March 26.… Members read the rest!

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