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MUSICAL SUNSET BOULEVARD
After an absence of more than 30 years, musical theatre legend Sarah Brightman will tread the boards again in a new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard. “I am so delighted to be returning to Australia after many years and to be marking my return to the stage in a musical after so long,”the 63-year-old said.“I very much look forward to exploring the incredible score and also the iconic character of Norma Desmond.”(Premieres in Melbourne in May 2024 followed by a Sydney run in August 2024. Tickets at sunsetmusical.com.au)
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POP MUSIC’S BIGGEST LIE
The story of lip-syncing duo Milli Vanilli and the tragedy that followed.
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One minute, Milli Vanilli were there and the next minute they weren’t,” says Julie Brown, a former MTV personality in new documentary Milli Vanilli.
It was 1988, and Fabrice Morvan and Robert Pilatus were dancers plucked from the German club scene by music executive Frank Farian and transformed into music’s hottest new act, Milli Vanilli. What the world didn’t know was that the stars fronting huge global hits like ‘Girl You Know It’s True’ and ‘Blame It on the Rain’ were actually lip-syncing.
“There is not another story like this in pop music history,” Brown adds. It was a charade that lasted
