Nice blog today from Ken Davenport, Five Things I learned about Australian Theatre.
1. There are two Broadways in Australia.
In the US, we’ve got one Broadway. In Australia, two cities have similar sized commercial theater industries. You’ve got your Sydney. And you’ve got your Melbourne. They’re only separated by an hour flight, but both put on the big shows. And from what I gather there seems to be a friendly rivalry between which city does drama better. Both cities aren’t big enough nor do they have the influx of tourists to support super long runs like we do, but I wondered what it would be like if Boston was almost as robust as Broadway.
Read the full article on Ken’s blog.
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