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OHMYGOD HEY!
In the last few weeks, two more musicals have cancelled forthcoming dates of their Australian tour, citing low ticket sales and economic challenges.
Waitress and Beetlejuice will close early, with Back to the Future the Musical and Dear Evan Hansen having shuttered similarly in the last couple of years.
In today's conversation, we're trying to figure out what's going wrong in the Australian theatre industry and whether there is hope for improvement for commercial musicals...
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00:00 | introduction
02:48 | Dear Evan Hansen / Back to the Future
12:29 | Beetlejuice / Waitress
20:13 | the problem / the solution
29:53 | conclusion
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#theatre #musical #australia
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OHMYGOD HEY!
In the last few weeks, two more musicals have cancelled forthcoming dates of their Australian tour, citing low ticket sales and economic challenges.
Waitress and Beetlejuice will close early, with Back to the Future the Musical and Dear Evan Hansen having shuttered similarly in the last couple of years.
In today's conversation, we're trying to figure out what's going wrong in the Australian theatre industry and whether there is hope for improvement for commercial musicals...
•
00:00 | introduction
02:48 | Dear Evan Hansen / Back to the Future
12:29 | Beetlejuice / Waitress
20:13 | the problem / the solution
29:53 | conclusion
•
SUBSCRIBE to My Channel: @MickeyJoTheatre
#theatre #musical #australia
