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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Major Musicals Movements

With several new announcements and developments recently, it is time for our favourite segment: Major Musicals Update!


Currently Running:
Rock Of Ages: 1 month in Brisbane, then unknown
Mary Poppins: Brisbane season, then Perth and Asia
Love Never Dies: 3 months in Syd then closing
Jersey Boys: New Zealand before Australian Capitals

Opening 2012
Annie: East Coast and Perth tour,
A Chorus Line: Adelaide, Melbourne, Singapore & Sydney, then Australian tour to Brisbane & Perth
An Officer & A Gentleman: Sydney & Melbourne
Legally Blonde: Sydney from September
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: Sydney from November
South Pacific: Australian Tour
Strange Bedfellows (hopefully...)

Opening 2013
Addams Family: Sydney March, followed by tour to all Australian Capitals
Strictly Ballroom: Sydney September
Ghost: Melbourne August
King Kong: Melbourne's Regent
The Lion King: Sydney's Capitol late 2013

Still rumoured:
Sister Act
Book of Mormon
Shrek
Les Mis


Theatre-by-Theatre

Sydney:
Opera House
South Pacific: August- September 2012

Capitol Theatre
Love Never Dies: from the 8th of January - April 1st 2012
A Chorus Line: July 20th - 5th of August
Next to Normal: September 2012 - October 2012
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: November 2012
Addams Family: March 2013
Lion King: December 2013

Lyric Theatre
Annie: 28th of December - 28th of March 2012
An Officer & A Gentleman: May - August (TBC) 2012
Legally Blonde: Late September 2012 onwards
Strictly Ballroom: September 2013

Royal
Nothing major at this stage

Melbourne

Theatres TBA

Legally Blonde
Strange Bedfellows


Regent Theatre
Annie: 24th of May - July 2012
King Kong: Early 2013

Her Majesty's Theatre
A Chorus Line: 4th of February to the 10th of March
An Officer & A Gentleman: Depending on success of Sydney, approx August/September
Ghost: August 2013

The Princess Theatre
Moonshadow: May 2012
South Pacific: October 2012


Brisbane
QPAC
Mary Poppins: 27th of December - March 17th
Annie: April 7th - Mid May 2012
Opera Australia Season: May - June
Jersey Boys: 13th July - September
A Chorus Line: 16th November - 2nd December
South Pacific late 2012/early 2013



Perth
Burswood Theatre
Mary Poppins: from March 2012
Annie: Dates TBA, but until September 30
Jersey Boys: TBA
A Chorus Line: October 20th

Adelaide
Festival Theatre
A Chorus Line: December 31st - January 2012
Jersey Boys: October 26th 2012
South Pacific: TBA