NSW Minister for Tourism and the Arts, Ben Franklin, together with producers John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia, Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone, have announced that “Broadway’s Biggest Blockbuster” (NY Times), WICKED, will open in Sydney in August 2023 at the Sydney Lyric Theatre.
Almost 20 years since its premiere, WICKED remains one of the most successful and popular musicals in the world.… Members read the rest!
June 28, 2022
TICKETS are on sale this week for the 70th Anniversary Australian production of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap.
The world’s longest-running play will open at Theatre Royal Sydney from 8 October for a limited season, with tickets on pre-sale now and general public sales from Friday 1 July, 2022.
This thrilling West End production will be directed by Australian theatre icon Robyn Nevin and produced by John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia.… Members read the rest!
June 20, 2022
TO CELEBRATE its Platinum (70th) jubilee this year the world’s longest-running play, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, is coming to Australia.
Opening at Sydney’s Theatre Royal in October, it will be directed by Australian theatre icon Robyn Nevin and produced by John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia.
This thrilling West End production is THE genre-defining murder mystery from the best-selling novelist of all time … case closed!… Members read the rest!
November 18, 2021
THE Tony® Award-winning Broadway production of Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella will play at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre from 20 May next year, and at the Sydney Lyric Theatre from 23 October.
Lyndon Terracini for Opera Australia and John Frost for Crossroads said that leading the cast of this lavish production will be Shubshri Kandiah (Aladdin, Fangirls) as Ella (Cinderella); Ainsley Melham (Merrily We Roll Along, Aladdin) as Prince Topher; Silvie Paladino (Mamma Mia!, Les Misérables) as Marie, the Fairy Godmother; Tina Bursill (TV’s Doctor Doctor, Wentworth) as Madame, Ella’s stepmother, and Todd McKenney (The Boy From Oz, Shrek) as the Lord Chancellor, Sebastian.… Members read the rest!
October 27, 2021
CAROLINE O’CONNOR AND EDDIE PERFECT ARE BACK IN BUSINESS!
DOLLY PARTON and producers John Frost for Crossroads Live, Suzanne Jones and Ambassador Theatre Group Productions have announced two of the stars of the Australian premiere of 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL, Dolly Parton’s smash-hit West End musical, which will open in February at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney.
Caroline O’Connor will play busy-body Roz Keith, the administration assistant who is fiercely - and unrequitedly - in love with her boss Franklin Hart Jnr.… Members read the rest!
September 14, 2021
Covid-19 restrictions strike again!
Lyndon Terracini for Opera Australia and John Frost for Crossroads Live today announced that due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, they have made the difficult decision to move the Tony® Award-winning Broadway production of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella into 2022.
New dates have been secured at the Sydney Lyric Theatre from October next year.
Cinderella 2021 ticketholders will be contacted regarding ticket exchanges in the next few days via email from either Ticketmaster or Opera Australia.… Members read the rest!
March 28, 2021
A GERMAN LIFE FEATURING ROBYN NEVIN
ON WAY TO VENUES ACROSS AUSTRALIA
AN AUSTRALIAN TOUR of the powerful hit of this year’s Adelaide Festival has been announced by leading theatre producer John Frost.
A German Life is an extraordinary theatrical tour-de-force from three titans of the theatre – Australia’s finest stage performer Robyn Nevin in an astonishing play by Christopher Hampton, directed by stage luminary Neil Armfield.… Members read the rest!
October 12, 2020
PRODUCERS John Frost and Suzanne Jones recently announced their stellar cast for the high-flying, death-defying hit Broadway musical PIPPIN which opens at the Sydney Lyric Theatre at The Star for an exclusive season from November 24, 2020.
The role of the young and confused protagonist Pippin will be played by Ainsley Melham, who performed the title role in Aladdin on Broadway and across Australia.… Members read the rest!
August 23, 2019
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF &
THE SECRET GARDEN ON
2020 MUSICAL PROGRAM
In conjunction with John Frost
FOLLOWING their wildly successful collaboration with Evita, My Fair Lady, The King and I, South Pacific and Anything Goes, Opera Australia and John Frost will be presenting two glorious musicals in 2020.
Fiddler on the Roof, one of the most renowned musicals of all time, will be brought to life at the Sydney Opera House in September 2020 and Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre in November, in a new production performed entirely in Yiddish.… Members read the rest!
July 8, 2019
MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER TO
STAR IN MUSICAL `CHICAGO'
ICONIC Australian entertainer Tom Burlinson will join the cast of the multi-award winning, record breaking musical CHICAGO for its seasons in Sydney and Brisbane playing the role of the cunning and charismatic lawyer Billy Flynn.
The news was announced this week by Australian producers John Frost and Suzanne Jones.
“I am thrilled to be given the opportunity to play the great role of Billy Flynn in the Sydney and Brisbane seasons of CHICAGO.… Members read the rest!
October 12, 2022
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