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Peter Blackburn joins the team to talk about You Are The Blood, a ‘dramedy’ about a serial killer and the women who love him. The show touches on the ripple effect of violence when the entire family is left contending with damages that could be irreparable.

The Three Deaths of Ebony Black is based on a quote by a neuroscientist on how we all have 3 deaths – (1) when our body stops working, (2) when we have our funeral, and (3) when our name is spoken for the last time. Amberly Cull and Nick Pages-Oliver present a comedy about death featuring puppetry and music for one-night-only in Melbourne, before taking it to Edinburgh.

Music in this episode includes: Me and the Sky (Come From Away), What A Woman Wants (Kinky Boots), Boyband (Matthew Lee Robinson), Call Me Irresponsible (Dream Lover), and Freak Flag (Shrek the Musical).

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What do Mariah, Whitney, Celine and Cher all have in common? Why they’re all featured in He’s Every Woman of course! Justin Clausen and Jamie Burgess talk about their upcoming show, their creative process working together as a team, taking the audience on a musical journey and the audience reaction to some of the obscure songs in their show. Tunes by the two Tinas (i.e. Turner and Arena) are also included in the Melbourne Cabaret Festival show.

Music in this episode includes: Steam Heat (The Pajama Game), Here’s What Baking Can Do (Waitress), Show Me Heaven (He’s Every Woman), No Place Like London (Sweeney Todd), Pure Imagination (Willy Wonka), and I Like Musicals (Laura Bernardi).

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Amy Winehouse was a talented, smart and funny woman who left us too soon. Alexis Fishman channels the performer in Amy Winehouse: Resurrected, a tribute to the late, great singer. Alexis talks about working with her father, and her desire to show Winehouse as a much broader performer than she was portrayed in the media.

Alinta Chidzey talks about the Victoria Opera production of Stephen Sondheim‘s A Little Night Music, one of Sondheim’s most beloved and sophisticated musicals.

Comedy duo Innes Lloyd present their tribute to the Muppet Move – 40 years to the day – while exploring the impact the film has made on their lives and the rest of the world. Robert and Dave promise The Muppet Movie 40th Birthday Show to be a night of magic, music and pure Muppet-inspired mayhem.

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We’ve Never Been in Love Before is a lighthearted night featuring a collection of the greatest love songs of Broadway. Alister Kingsley talks about the show, how he and Owen McCredie came to work together and the song selection. The show is on at Chapel Off Chapel.

Travesties, showing at 45 Downstairs, is a super-fun, crazy high-energy show set in Zurich in 1917 and told through the memory of a character named Henry Kerr reliving his days during the war when he was there with Lenin, James Joyce, Tristan Tzara, and other revolutionary characters. Jennifer Dean (Director), and cast members Johnathan Peck & Matthew Connell tell all about the show, its music and the James Joyce significance.

Music in this episode includes: Dead Mom (Beetlejuice), It’s Not About Me (The Prom), I won’t Let you Down (Tootsie the Musical), Wait For Me (Hadestown), Oklahoma (Oklahoma), and Defying Gravity (Wicked).

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We are joined in the Cabaret Room by Ferri Maya and Archie Arsenic for Miss Burlesque and Mr Boylesque Australia who spoke about the difference in the competitions and how they prepare for their performance. Also joining us in the studio this week is John Voss and Tim Redmond to talk about the upcoming show Maestro Impro and the challenges of improvisation.

Music includes: Speechless (Naomi Scott), Let me Entertain You (Bette Midler), Judy Garland Medley (Tracey Bennett), You Can’t Win (The Wiz), and I’m Still here (Barbra Streisand).

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Guests in the Cabaret Room this episode include Aaron Taylor, Owen Clarke & Lucinda Barratt from Cloc Musical Theatre‘s Kinky Boots, and two shows from the upcoming Melbourne Cabaret Festival – Stephen Valeri with the “ultimate John Farnham celebration” Age of Stephen and Mark Brown II from What’s Love Got To Do With It?, a show about love.

Music in this episode includes: Three Train Lines (Geraldine Quinn), Land of the Lola (Original West End recording of Kinky Boots) and Amazing (Muriel’s Wedding), and Every time you Cry (Stephen Valeri from Age of Stephen).

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Two thirds of a Trio of Dips are in the Cabaret Room to chat about the challenge of online dating mishaps in Love Me Tinder.

Tania Doko discusses the return of Bachelor Girl in an age when there is so much online content, the need to connect with other people in a fast world, and the first Bachelor Girl headline show in 8 years.

Darren catches up with the cast of Barnum The Circus Musical, Kirby Burgess, Suzie Mathers, and Todd McKenny.

Music includes: Omar Sharif (The Band’s Visit), Speak (Bachelor Girl), Buses and Trains (Bachelor Girl), and The Colours of My Life (Glenn Close).

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Music from The Cabaret Room broadcast on 5 May includes: Let Me Be Your Star (Smash); Private Party (Laura Michelle Kelly); One less Bell to Answer (Barbra Streisand); Hero’s My Middle Name (SpongeBob SquarePants The Musical); Ukulele Lady (Bette Midler); But The World Goes Round (Liza Minnelli); Here I Am (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels); Meadow lark (Liz Calloway); Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland); Being Alive (Patti LuPone); and Sunday (Billy Porter)

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During the recent Muriel’s Wedding media call, Darren caught up with Pippa Grandison (Betty Heslop), David James (Bill Heslop), Stefanie Jones (Rhonda Epinstall), and Carmen Pavlovic (Producer). Listen in as they discuss the importance of not trying to replicate a Muriel’s Wedding movie character, the differences between the Sydney and Melbourne shows, the musical’s Broadway potential and the persistence required by Carmen to secure the licence to produce Muriel’s Wedding the Musical.

Music in this episode includes: If I had My Time Again (Groundhog Day The Musical); Middle of the Moment (James and the Giant Peach); A True Friend (Muriel’s Wedding); Grow As We Grow (Ben Platt); Stormy Weather (Mama Alto); and Why Can’t That Be Me? (Muriel’s Wedding).

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Dirty Sexy Opera is a short, sharp, very sexy fun night delivered in true cabaret style! Our guest in this episode, Michelle McNamara director of Dirty Sexy Opera, speaks about the show, the creative process and the importance in staging the show to present an accessible form of opera for the viewing public.

For the West Side Story interviews with Sophie Salvesani (Maria) and Todd Jacobsson (Tony), follow this link: West Side Story.

Music this episode includes: Something’s Coming (Barbara Streisand), Glitter and Be Gay (Barbara Cook from Dirty Sexy Opera), Easter Parade (Judy Garland), I have a Love/One Hand, One Heart (Barbara Streisand and Johnny Mathis), On Such a Night As This (Liza Minnelli), and Don’t Rain On My Parade (Barbra Streisand)

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