Reviews and Such

BEBE: (stopping the  GROUP and crossing down  to THE LINE) Oh, please-I don't wanna hear about how Broadway's dying. 'Cause I just got here.   Pictured: Cast of  A Chorus Line . Photo: Janelle McMenamin Certainly a *snap* dimensionally-more-than-singular sensation,  A Chorus Line  is a brutal undertaking by any prospective production team or cast, and I don't think anyone would have it any other way. In fables of show business, the prospective journey to break through and achieve stardom is often just that; a fable. Over here in reality, the theatre is a cut throat business; one that takes considerable effort, skill, and luck to make it anywhere in. And what better environment to showcase that competitive setting than to examine it at its most modest of positions...  The audition room of a titular Chorus Line; the gateway to stardom and the place where all performers begin their tumultuous journey of sink or swim.  The show itself demands of its c...

    ALL: It's family first and family last And family by and by When you're an Addams ... You do what Addams do or- Lurch: Ughhh All: Die! The cast of Canberra Philharmonic Society's Addams Family . (Photo: Photox) Oh, you've definitely heard of this one before (it's a year for those, isn't it?).  The Addams Family  is not just a very well-known musical; it is perhaps one of the most universally recognisable assortments of characters in all of popular culture. A family of misanthropic oddities that love each other, flaws and all, are certainly a relatable concept for any family with an interesting thing about them (which is more common than you think), and make for excellent tales of familial bond, and the challenges that bond overcomes. And Philo's production of  The Addams Family  certainly steps up to the plate, with a stylistically marvellous and energetically charged show that will have you leaving ...