Sydney’s Creating Its Own Large-Scale Musicals, But Lacks Theatres To House Them

“No longer middle managers of the syndicated variety, Australian producers are developing and staging significant commercial vehicles of their own: Dr Zhivago last year, Strictly Ballroom next. But where to put them? Sydney’s disgraceful record of pulling down, burning down or neglecting its historic theatres leaves it with a dearth of older-style venues to take these larger shows.”