The Stage Show

We pay tribute to the legendary Broadway producer-director Hal Prince who has died at the age of 91 after a long career that broke records and rules. His Broadway directing credits include Cabaret, Evita, The Phantom of the Opera and six productions with Stephen Sondheim. We talk about Hal Prince's extraordinary impact on Broadway with arts administrator and writer Howard Sherman and Sonya Suares, artistic director of theatre company Watch This.

We pay tribute to the legendary Broadway producer-director Hal Prince who has died at the age of 91 after a long career that broke records and rules. His Broadway directing credits include Cabaret, Evita, The Phantom of the Opera and six productions with Stephen Sondheim. We talk about Hal Prince's extraordinary impact on Broadway with arts administrator and writer Howard Sherman and Sonya Suares, artistic director of theatre company Watch This.

How can performers maintain a healthy mind and body? Choreographer Gideon Obarzanek, The Australian Ballet's Sue Mayes and dance scientist Peta Blevins discuss how dancers can find their balance. Arts Centre Melbourne CEO Claire Spencer and soprano Greta Bradman join us to talk about The Arts Wellbeing Collective and their Support Act Wellbeing Helpline. We learn about Barking Gecko Theatre's program for young people, which has demonstrated mental health benefits. And ABC Classic's Mairi Nicolson joins us to share some of her favourite moments in opera and musical theatre when a character's health becomes the story.

How can performers maintain a healthy mind and body? Choreographer Gideon Obarzanek, The Australian Ballet's Sue Mayes and dance scientist Peta Blevins discuss how dancers can find their balance. Arts Centre Melbourne CEO Claire Spencer and soprano Greta Bradman join us to talk about The Arts Wellbeing Collective and their Support Act Wellbeing Helpline. We learn about Barking Gecko Theatre's program for young people, which has demonstrated mental health benefits. And ABC Classic's Mairi Nicolson joins us to share some of her favourite moments in opera and musical theatre when a character's health becomes the story.

We hear music from The Ghetto Cabaret which follows a group of Jewish performers living in horrific conditions in the ghettos of WWII, Marcia Hines and John Waters recall when Hair, the "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical", brought controversy, excitement and the promise of revolution to Australia, and British playwright Alistair McDowall shares the works that have most inspired his journey as an artist in Top Shelf.

We hear music from The Ghetto Cabaret which follows a group of Jewish performers living in horrific conditions in the ghettos of WWII, Marcia Hines and John Waters recall when Hair, the "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical", brought controversy, excitement and the promise of revolution to Australia, and British playwright Alistair McDowall shares the works that have most inspired his journey as an artist in Top Shelf.

Elena Kats-Chernin and Justin Fleming have written a new work for Opera Australia about the life of the brilliant, troubled Australian artist Brett Whiteley, in the second instalment of The Cost of Art, Hannah Reich speaks to theatre-maker Declan Greene, dancer and choreographer Anna Seymour and Urban Theatre Projects' Jessica Olivieri, theatre critic Tim Byrne reviews Bell Shakespeare's new production of Much Ado About Nothing, and an Australian production of Bring It On: The Musical with music and lyrics co-written by Lin-Manuel Miranda is now on tour.

Elena Kats-Chernin and Justin Fleming have written a new work for Opera Australia about the life of the brilliant, troubled Australian artist Brett Whiteley, in the second instalment of The Cost of Art, Hannah Reich speaks to theatre-maker Declan Greene, dancer and choreographer Anna Seymour and Urban Theatre Projects' Jessica Olivieri, theatre critic Tim Byrne reviews Bell Shakespeare's new production of Much Ado About Nothing, and an Australian production of Bring It On: The Musical with music and lyrics co-written by Lin-Manuel Miranda is now on tour.

Productions from Sydney's Belvoir St Theatre have dominated this year's Helpmann Awards with big wins for Counting and Cracking and Barbara and the Camp Dogs, Peter Carey's Booker Prize and Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Oscar and Lucinda comes alive in a new opera, Playwriting Australia board member Andrew Bovell explains the organisation's decision to suspend operations and undertake an independent review, and skateboarding and theatre collide in Big hART initiative SKATE — a big show with even bigger ambitions.

Productions from Sydney's Belvoir St Theatre have dominated this year's Helpmann Awards with big wins for Counting and Cracking and Barbara and the Camp Dogs, Peter Carey's Booker Prize and Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Oscar and Lucinda comes alive in a new opera, Playwriting Australia board member Andrew Bovell explains the organisation's decision to suspend operations and undertake an independent review, and skateboarding and theatre collide in Big hART initiative SKATE — a big show with even bigger ambitions.