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Sting is bringing the latest version of his musical The Last Ship to Australia.

Every breath he takes: inside Sting’s musical obsession

The former Police frontman rejected the jukebox musical path for a personal project inspired by his home town.

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Bernadette Peters is appearing exclusively at Melt Festival of Queer Arts and Culture, Brisbane 2025.

‘Don’t kiss the Muppets’: Life lessons from Broadway great Bernadette Peters

Peters is set to perform in Brisbane, showcasing Stephen Sondheim songs and other classic show tunes in a one-off performance for the Melt festival.

  • Nick Dent
Nicole Scherzinger.

These are the best and worst moments from the 2025 Tony Awards

From Nicole Scherzinger’s emotional acceptance speech to Cynthia Erivo’s My Way, these are the highlights of this year’s Tonys.

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Sarah Snook accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play for The Picture of Dorian Gray on Sunday in New York.

‘Means so much for a little Australian girl’: Sarah Snook leads Aussie Tonys triumph

Snook has won the Tony Award in New York for best leading actress for her critically acclaimed role in The Picture of Dorian Gray.

  • Louise Rugendyke and Thomas Mitchell
Tony Awards fashion: Sadie Sink; Amal and George Clooney; Cole Escola.

The top 5 looks from the Tony Awards: Snook and Clooney win

The Tony Awards step into the style spotlight as stars of the stage make the red carpet sparkle.

  • Damien Woolnough
Sarah Snook at the 78th Annual Tony Awards in New York wearing Richard Quinn.
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All the looks from the Tony Awards red carpet 2025

Broadway stars step out on the red carpet in New York for the 78th Tony Awards.

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Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright has died aged 95.

Joan Plowright, English actor of dazzling versatility, dies at 95

Tony Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, famed for her roles in “kitchen sink” dramas on stage, and the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died.

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Viola Davis: ‘I’m a woman of a beautiful age – a perfect 59’

She’s been named one of our generation’s greatest actors, but it’s offscreen when the multi-award winner feels her best.

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Peter and the Starcatcher’s mermaids: (Back row from left) Hugh Parker, Colin Lane and Peter Helliar; (middle row from left) John Bachelor, Lucy Goleby, Alison Whyte and Paul Capsis; and (front row from left) Ryan Gonzalez, Olivia Deeble and Benjin Maza.

Dancing mermaids and salty pirates: The show that revels in being ‘something Netflix can’t do’

It won five Tony awards, now the hit Broadway show Peter and the Starcatcher has been given an Australian makeover.

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Tony-winning actor and singer Audra McDonald at Hamer Hall

The role that Audra McDonald, Broadway’s GOAT, would kill to play

The superstar holds six Tony awards, two Grammys and an Emmy. If only there were an award for tap dancing while seven months pregnant.

  • Cassidy Knowlton