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- Richard Cotter
Based on the songs of Sting, Message in a Bottle is not just some juke box musical but a dance extravaganza.
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Age has withered some of the wit and custom staled its style of variety, however You Don't Have to Be Jewish benefits from a cast that are savvy to the cozy old cardigan comfort of the comedy and able to bring out its best.
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- Dennis Clements
There are some stunning moments of yearning, some haunting harmony, some bold and brassy vaudeville, and all anchored in the language of protest and defiance.
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- Richard Cotter
Two new works presented as a double feature provide somewhat of a highlight in the current Sydney Fringe Festival.
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From the end of her first song, summoning the spirit of Holiday, spotlit and with exquisite poise, dramatic pause and phenomenal phrasing, there was a palpable feeling of the audience restraining a desire to leap to their feet in rapturous applause.
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- Dennis Clements
The staging is spectacular, and this production has somehow managed to add additional layers of texture and style into the design that refreshes the experience.
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- Richard Cotter
The Dismissal charts the full-of-hope, robust rise and rise of the Gough Whitlam led Labor Government from 1972, to its rambunctious demise on November 11, 1975.
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