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    Simon and SGLC set for Broadway

    Australian entertainment industry stalwart Simon Burke will revisit a handful of showtunes from across his career as a special guest at the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir’s upcoming concert, Broadway Baby. “I thought it sounded like a...

    • Posted 6 days ago
  • Beccy
    Coming out “a gift”, says Cole

    So far, 2013 has been a year of celebration for country singer Beccy Cole. She’s just turned 40, she’s marking 20 years in a notoriously fickle music business with a greatest hits album, and she’s feeling more...

    • Posted 12 days ago
  • ARI2
    Gold bares all for his art

    American pop star and club kid Sir Ari Gold (yes, the ‘Sir’ is real – more on that later) bares more than his soul in a cheeky teaser video for his new album, Play My F**kn’ Remix....

    • Posted 13 days ago
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    Return to Neverland

    It’s been a long time between drinks for Death of Peter Pan director Robert Chuter – 24 years, in fact, since he first staged acclaimed playwright Barry Lowe’s heartrending tale of stifled love in 1920s Eton. The...

    • Posted 19 days ago
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    Angels touch down at Belvoir

    It’s been 20 years since playwright Tony Kushner won the Pulitzer Prize for his masterwork, Angels In America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Ten since director Mike Nichols brought the story to life in a jaw-dropping...

    • Posted 19 days ago
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    Stephen’s sweet little lies

    British comedian Stephen K Amos’ recently published memoir, I Used To Say My Mother Was Shirley Bassey, details the lies and exaggerations the funnyman used to resort to as a youngster in the hopes of getting some...

    • Posted 27 days ago
  • briefs
    Briefs boys bring burlesque with bite

    Brisbane’s gender-bending all-male burlesque troupe, Briefs, return to the stage this month with their second full-length show – and a few new friends in tow. The Star Observer caught up with Briefs star (and unofficial leader) Mark...

    • Posted 27 days ago
  • Tegan
    REVIEW: Tegan & Sara

    Tegan & Sara, Sydney Opera House, April 26 2013 Sure, we’re only four months into the year, but this writer’s calling it: Tegan & Sara’s Heartthrob is the album of 2013. I might be risking the wrath...

    • Posted 28 days ago
  • Redstitch
    The dark side of peacekeeping

    Red Stitch takes a different tack this week with the Australian premiere of Danish playwright Thor Bjorn Krebs’ About Tommy, a documentary-style play exploring the horrors and absurdities of life in a war zone. “It’s definitely a...

    • Posted 33 days ago
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    Callea hits the big 3-0

    Turning 30 is one of those milestones in life; a time to take stock, think about what lies ahead and possibly even panic. For Anthony Callea, turning 30 in December of last year was a time to...

    • Posted 33 days ago
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