Lyric Theatre, at Sydney’s Star Casino
This big, strange musical is an acrobatic, fire-juggling, hoop-jumping extravaganza. Like all magic, it’s also an exercise in misdirection
For eight months, major musical stages across Australia were empty. No bright-eyed protagonists feeling more and more until there’s simply nothing left to do but break into song; no ensemble of impossibly beautiful triple threats telling the story with their bodies; no swelling overtures or hopeful love ballads; no magic.
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