These next few months are going to prove to be a changing of the guard in Melbourne's Musical Theatre scene.
Firstly, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber tour has just concluded, after a reasonably successful Melbourne run. Mary Poppins is set to close tomorrow night at Her Majesty's, Xanadu will be closing the following weekend on April 10th and Hairspray on the 1st of May.
However, there are a myriad of new shows set to hit Melbourne.
Firstly, we have Rock of Ages which is currently in previews at the Comedy Theatre. Tickets look to be selling fairly well, with an official Opening Night set for April 9, with a lavish afterparty at the Plaza Ballroom.
Doctor Zhivago is wrapping up it's Sydney run and is set to open at Her Majesty's on Thursday April 14th.
Broadway hit Next to Normal is presently in rehearsals, with an Opening Night of Tuesday May 9th.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's new production of Love Never Dies starts rehearsals on Monday in Sydney's Opera Australia Centre, with an Opening Night of May 28th at the Regent Theatre.
The Production Company's season has been confirmed as Anything Goes, Kismet and Grey Garden, with Anything Goes kicking off in July.
New Musical An Officer And a Gentleman has been pushed back to 2012, when shows such as Legally Blonde and Les Mis competing with it.
A tip off from the Aussietheatre forums suggests that a major Broadway musical will be announced at some point in May, suggesting this may be The Addams Family.
And finally the new musical Strange Bedfellows looks set to continue it's run after a successful out-of-town tryout in Albury. It is expected to go to Melbourne, Sydney's State Theatre, Brisbane before heading to Asia on it's way to West End.
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