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July 2025
- Jul 7, 2025 Review: Jesus Christ Superstar
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June 2025
- Jun 30, 2025 Review: Blushing
- Jun 30, 2025 Review: Come From Away
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May 2025
- May 11, 2025 Review: Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar
- May 11, 2025 Review: Too Twisted
- May 11, 2025 Review: Jaws For Kids!
- May 11, 2025 Review: The Amazing Bubble Show
- May 10, 2025 Review: Murder At The Bowlo
- May 9, 2025 Review: The Garage Band
- May 8, 2025 Review: Love You Hate You Drive You Wild
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April 2025
- Apr 4, 2025 Review: Firebringer
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March 2025
- Mar 1, 2025 Review: Absolute Trash
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February 2025
- Feb 22, 2025 Review: Credulous
- Feb 21, 2025 Review: In A Moment
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January 2025
- Jan 10, 2025 Review: Australian Open
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December 2024
- Dec 7, 2024 Review: Scandalton—A Yuletide Regency Romp
- Dec 6, 2024 Review: Women Like Us
- Dec 6, 2024 Review: Ickoholics Anonymous
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November 2024
- Nov 22, 2024 Review: The Vintage Belles
- Nov 21, 2024 Review: Round The Twist The Musical
- Nov 17, 2024 Review: Midnight at the Cemetery
- Nov 4, 2024 Photos: Anthony and Cleopatra
- Nov 1, 2024 Review: DragSpeare: Drag Kings Do Shakespeare
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October 2024
- Oct 27, 2024 Review: The Playground in the Sky
- Oct 19, 2024 Review: AI May
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September 2024
- Sep 26, 2024 Review: Queen Bette
- Sep 23, 2024 Review: Curtains
- Sep 22, 2024 Review: Big Name, No Blankets
- Sep 16, 2024 Review: Lighting The Dark
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August 2024
- Aug 10, 2024 Review: Horizon, Bangarra Dance Theatre
- Aug 5, 2024 Review: The Ladysinger's Parlour (Vol. 1)
- Aug 4, 2024 Review: 2004 Slumber Party
- Aug 3, 2024 Review: The Dire Theatre Company Radio Variety Hour
- Aug 3, 2024 Review: Abba Girls Tribute Show
- Aug 3, 2024 Review: IKEA Wars
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July 2024
- Jul 29, 2024 Review: That Drag Show!
- Jul 28, 2024 Review: Somnium
- Jul 25, 2024 Review: As Told By The Boys Who Fed Me Apples
- Jul 22, 2024 Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Musical
- Jul 22, 2024 Review: A Journey to Euphoria
- Jul 21, 2024 Review: A Lust of Elves and Magic
- Jul 20, 2024 Review: The Ukulele Man
- Jul 20, 2024 Review: Excursions
- Jul 7, 2024 Review - Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
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June 2024
- Jun 27, 2024 Review: Shrek The Musical
- Jun 8, 2024 Review: Prospect Terrace
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May 2024
- May 27, 2024 Review: Flabbergasters
- May 27, 2024 Review: The Birds & The Bees
- May 23, 2024 Review: That's Life!
- May 21, 2024 Review: Crazy Little Thing Called Love
- May 20, 2024 Review: Limelight 2024
- May 19, 2024 Review: Speakeasy, North Lakes
- May 18, 2024 Review: The Big D
- May 16, 2024 Review: Tipsy History, Brendale
- May 16, 2024 Review: This Is Your Trial
- May 12, 2024 Review: Guitarra y Cuarteto
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March 2024
- Mar 29, 2024 Review: The Cubby
- Mar 22, 2024 Review: What Will Have Been
- Mar 9, 2024 Review: Banging Denmark
- Mar 2, 2024 Review: The Sound of Music
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January 2024
- Jan 23, 2024 Review: Observatory Theatre 2024 Season Launch
- Jan 21, 2024 Review: New Beginnings
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December 2023
- Dec 12, 2023 Review: Jingle
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November 2023
- Nov 5, 2023 Review: The Tempest
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October 2023
- Oct 21, 2023 Review: Jack Sharpe and The Curse of The Forbidden Fruit
- Oct 19, 2023 Review: The Bed Party
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September 2023
- Sep 24, 2023 Review: The Music Man
- Sep 22, 2023 Review: Tracker
- Sep 21, 2023 Review: Sheltered
- Sep 20, 2023 Review: Circus Mixtape
- Sep 16, 2023 Review: Eternity
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August 2023
- Aug 14, 2023 Review: Picnic At Hanging Rock
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June 2023
- Jun 26, 2023 Review: 42nd Street
- Jun 4, 2023 Review: Break
- Jun 4, 2023 Review: I Shall Hear in Heaven
- Jun 4, 2023 Review: The Turquoise Elephant
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May 2023
- May 28, 2023 Review: Living Shakespeare
- May 26, 2023 Review: 34 Scenes About the Weather
- May 24, 2023 Review: Incendia
- May 23, 2023 Review: The Road to BossaNovaVille
- May 22, 2023 Review: Into The Light
- May 20, 2023 Review: Banshee's Luck
- May 19, 2023 Review: Tipsy History
- May 15, 2023 Review: Brisbane Writers Festival, 2023
- May 14, 2023 Review: Live at the Wawahine Lounge - Ruby Gilbert’s Got a Secret
- May 13, 2023 Review: The Hänz On Experience
- May 10, 2023 Review: A Drop Too Many
- May 8, 2023 Review: Date Night
- May 6, 2023 Review: Are You Lonesome Tonight?
- May 5, 2023 Review: Anywhere Festival Fish Lane Opening Night Takeover
- May 4, 2023 Preview: 42nd Street
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April 2023
- Apr 17, 2023 Interview: Anywhere Festival 2023
- Apr 4, 2023 Review: Brisbaret
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March 2023
- Mar 17, 2023 Review: The Mystery of the Valkyrie
- Mar 5, 2023 Review: From Little Things
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February 2023
- Feb 18, 2023 Interview: Observatory Theatre, 2023 Season Launch
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December 2022
- Dec 5, 2022 Review: A Very Naughty Christmas
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November 2022
- Nov 26, 2022 Review: Sex And Other Philosophies
- Nov 13, 2022 Review: Moon With a View
- Nov 10, 2022 Review: Death in a Statesman
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October 2022
- Oct 27, 2022 Review: We Live Here (2022)
- Oct 21, 2022 Review: Bunker
- Oct 17, 2022 Review: Happy Hour
- Oct 16, 2022 Review: 4MBS Romeo and Juliet
- Oct 11, 2022 Review: Almost, Maine
- Oct 1, 2022 Review: Destiny Doomed
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September 2022
- Sep 25, 2022 Review: Mamma Mia!
- Sep 17, 2022 Review: Manifesto
- Sep 11, 2022 Review: Holding Achilles
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July 2022
- Jul 30, 2022 Review: Blanc de Blanc Encore
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June 2022
- Jun 10, 2022 Review: Betwixt
- Jun 8, 2022 Review: Control
- Jun 5, 2022 Review: 9 to 5 The Musical
- Jun 4, 2022 Review: The Last Five Years
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May 2022
- May 25, 2022 Review: Silver Sircus: Home/Truth
- May 23, 2022 Review: 7 Mortal Sinners
- May 23, 2022 Review: Murder on the ‘Not-So' Orient Express
- May 21, 2022 Review: Wind of Wall Street
- May 16, 2022 Review: If You Build It...
- May 15, 2022 Review: The Rise of Suzi Quatro
- May 14, 2022 Review: Speakeasy
- May 14, 2022 Review: Hello Stranger
- May 8, 2022 Review: Last Laugh
- May 7, 2022 Review: The Girl on the Moon
- May 5, 2022 Review: Oliver (launch)
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April 2022
- Apr 27, 2022 Review: Knee Deep
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March 2022
- Mar 6, 2022 Review: Little Shop of Horrors
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December 2021
- Dec 16, 2021 Review: Die Hard The Movie, The Play
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October 2021
- Oct 6, 2021 Review: The 24HMP Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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September 2021
- Sep 30, 2021 Review: Queen and Friend
- Sep 27, 2021 Review: The Drowsy Chaperone
- Sep 24, 2021 Review: Summer Play Factor (Brisbane Festival)
- Sep 21, 2021 Review: Restless Dream
- Sep 20, 2021 Review: Collision
- Sep 17, 2021 Review: Street Serenades
- Sep 15, 2021 Review: For Honeyman Street
- Sep 6, 2021 Review: First Nations Fashion - Walking in Two Worlds
- Sep 3, 2021 Review: Auntie's Fiafia Night
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August 2021
- Aug 31, 2021 Review: Romeo & Juliet
- Aug 26, 2021 Interview: Liliana Macarone, Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble
- Aug 22, 2021 Review: Titanic The Movie The Play
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July 2021
- Jul 25, 2021 Review: The 39 Steps
- Jul 25, 2021 Review: The Show Must Go On
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June 2021
- Jun 23, 2021 Review: White Pearl
- Jun 19, 2021 Review: Hot Shoe Shuffle
- Jun 18, 2021 Review: Undertow
- Jun 12, 2021 Review: 4MBS Opera Spectacular
- Jun 7, 2021 Review: Beethoven's Letters
- Jun 6, 2021 Review: Beautiful, The Carole King Musical
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May 2021
- May 29, 2021 Review: The Play About Wizards and Music in a Village Somewhere
- May 28, 2021 Review: Disturbo
- May 24, 2021 Review: 1954 - Ella, Etta, Eartha
- May 24, 2021 Review: The Velvet Lounge Spectacle
- May 23, 2021 Review: Dear Adults
- May 21, 2021 Review: The Importance of Being Wasted
- May 18, 2021 Review: Transit Tales
- May 17, 2021 Review: Utopia! And the Caravan Calamity
- May 16, 2021 Review: Golden Dreams
- May 16, 2021 Review: The Pink Martini Pop Up Cabaret
- May 15, 2021 Review: The Neon Light Still Shines
- May 14, 2021 Review: The Black Dossier
- May 14, 2021 Review: The Cedar Rose
- May 13, 2021 Review: Dogs in the Schoolyard
- May 12, 2021 Review: Banjo's Boots
- May 9, 2021 Review: Sometimes I Say Your Name Out Loud
- May 9, 2021 Review: Eve's Game
- May 9, 2021 Review: Pink Martini Pop Up Cabaret Workshop
- May 8, 2021 Review: Caught in the Act
- May 7, 2021 Review: The Wake
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April 2021
- Apr 25, 2021 Review: Your Song
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January 2021
- Jan 18, 2021 Review: Summer Play Factor (SPF)
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November 2020
- Nov 26, 2020 Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream
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July 2020
- Jul 22, 2020 Review: Circus Delivery
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November 2019
- Nov 30, 2019 Review: Christmas Actually
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October 2019
- Oct 18, 2019 Review: Statum
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September 2019
- Sep 29, 2019 Review: The Boy From Oz
- Sep 27, 2019 Review: Flamenco Fire—Veinte Años
- Sep 26, 2019 Review: You & I
- Sep 18, 2019 Review: Orpheus
- Sep 14, 2019 Review: Trevor Ashley’s Double Ds: Two Decades of Divadom
- Sep 13, 2019 Review: From Darkness
- Sep 11, 2019 Review: Team Viking (Songs of Friendship)
- Sep 9, 2019 Review: St Matthew Passion
- Sep 7, 2019 Review: We Live Here (Brisbane Festival)
- Sep 6, 2019 Review: SS Mendi: Dancing the Death Drill
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August 2019
- Aug 18, 2019 Review: How to Spell Love
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June 2019
- Jun 28, 2019 Review: Letters I Never Sent
- Jun 22, 2019 Review: Oklahoma!
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May 2019
- May 31, 2019 Review: Magpie
- May 26, 2019 Review: High School Never Ends - A Double Bill
- May 26, 2019 Review: Jane Austen, Action Figure
- May 24, 2019 Review: Mary and the Murderer
- May 20, 2019 Review: B Movies Live!
- May 18, 2019 Review: Inertia, The First Law
- May 17, 2019 Review: In Flight Entertainment
- May 13, 2019 Review: Skyward
- May 13, 2019 Review: Titanic: The Movie, The Play
- May 12, 2019 Review: Charlie
- May 12, 2019 Review: Tales of an Urban Indian (City Bus)
- May 11, 2019 Review: Wondered
- May 10, 2019 Review: Hold My Beer
- May 10, 2019 Review: The Lady Diamantina Bowen Tour
- May 9, 2019 Review: Anywhere Festival 2019 Preview Night
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March 2019
- Mar 29, 2019 Review: Reagan Kelly
- Mar 20, 2019 Review: #FirstWorldWhiteGirls Spirit Animal
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December 2018
- Dec 2, 2018 Review: The WonderWombs
- Dec 2, 2018 Review: Happily Ever After
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November 2018
- Nov 30, 2018 Review: Elixir
- Nov 30, 2018 Review: Love Hurts
- Nov 24, 2018 Review: Notorious Strumpet & Dangerous Girl
- Nov 24, 2018 Review: Beer Drinking Woman
- Nov 23, 2018 Review: Bombshell Burlesque: Heatwave!
- Nov 23, 2018 Review: Lady Sings the Blues
- Nov 4, 2018 Review: We Live Here
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October 2018
- Oct 8, 2018 Review. The Third Beauty: Shakespeare's Women
- Oct 7, 2018 Review: Chicago
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September 2018
- Sep 30, 2018 Review: 'BrisFest2018'
- Sep 26, 2018 Review: A Coupla Dogs
- Sep 25, 2018 Review: Kaput!
- Sep 22, 2018 Review: Dust
- Sep 21, 2018 Review: En Masse
- Sep 19, 2018 Review. Mother’s Ruin: A Cabaret About Gin
- Sep 17, 2018 Review: Symphony For Me
- Sep 17, 2018 Review: Home
- Sep 10, 2018 Review: California Crooners Club
- Sep 9, 2018 Review: Qweens on King
- Sep 9, 2018 Review: Memorial
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August 2018
- Aug 10, 2018 Review: Which Way Home
- Aug 2, 2018 Review: Letters to Lindy
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July 2018
- Jul 7, 2018 Review: Les Misérables
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June 2018
- Jun 3, 2018 Review: Anywhere Festival 2018, 'Four' Me
- Jun 2, 2018 Review: Wheel of Fortune
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May 2018
- May 27, 2018 Review: Here Comes The Bride!
- May 26, 2018 Review: The Lounge Suite
- May 24, 2018 Review: The Box
- May 21, 2018 Review: A Midsummer Night's Whatever (Review by Geoff Lawrence)
- May 20, 2018 Review: Super Circus Squad
- May 20, 2018 Review: To Sergio With Love
- May 19, 2018 Review: Proximity
- May 16, 2018 Review: Gretel
- May 14, 2018 Review: Invisible Things
- May 13, 2018 Review: Kiss of the Vampire Squid
- May 10, 2018 Review: Dinopocalypse
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March 2018
- Mar 17, 2018 Review: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
- Mar 16, 2018 Review: The Eisteddfod
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November 2017
- Nov 30, 2017 Review: Superstars ‘15 Years Celebration’
- Nov 20, 2017 Review: There’s Something About Mary(s)
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October 2017
- Oct 8, 2017 Review. The Producers: A New Mel Brooks Musical
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June 2017
- Jun 8, 2017 Review: Screw Loose
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May 2017
- May 28, 2017 Review: The Kingfisher
- May 27, 2017 Review: Anywhere Festival 2017
- May 22, 2017 Review: The Last Ginger
- May 21, 2017 Review: Hiraeth
- May 21, 2017 Review: Signs
- May 20, 2017 Review: Fusion
- May 13, 2017 Review: "Oh Lady Be Good"
- May 12, 2017 Review: The Flood
- May 11, 2017 Review: 2 Across
- May 8, 2017 Review: The One Room of the House
- May 7, 2017 Review: Bethan Ellsmore is… Queen of the Night
- May 6, 2017 Review: Cluedo! The Interactive Game (Kookaburra ShowBoat Cruises)
- May 5, 2017 Review: The Food and Masculinity Double
- May 3, 2017 Review: Once in Royal David's City
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April 2017
- Apr 29, 2017 Review: Bad to Worse
- Apr 1, 2017 Review: Red Sky Morning
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March 2017
- Mar 1, 2017 Review: The 39 Steps
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November 2016
- Nov 25, 2016 Review: Retail Therapy
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October 2016
- Oct 6, 2016 Review: It's Not Easy Being Green
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May 2016
- May 31, 2016 Review: Anywhere Festival 2016
- May 21, 2016 Review: Gin and Sin
- May 20, 2016 Review: Private Moments
- May 18, 2016 Review: The Wives Of Wolfgang
- May 16, 2016 Review: The Circus Claire Show
- May 15, 2016 Review: The Spirit And The Maiden
- May 14, 2016 Review: Straight On Till Morning
- May 13, 2016 Review: B-Movies Live! Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster
- May 11, 2016 Review: Sugar, Sugar
- May 8, 2016 Review: The Train Tea Society
- May 7, 2016 Review: One Was Nude and One Wore Tails
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May 2015
- May 27, 2015 Review: The Anywhere Festival 2015
- May 25, 2015 Review: Mediocrity
- May 24, 2015 Review: The Poor Slob and The Good Fairy
- May 23, 2015 Review: Arrividerci
- May 12, 2015 Review: The Happy Prince
- May 12, 2015 Review: Learning To Love Gravity
- May 11, 2015 Review: Jazz Age Dance Cabaret
- May 10, 2015 Review: The Mayne Effect
- May 9, 2015 Review: The Servant Of Two Masters
- May 5, 2015 Hello: Anywhere I Want to Be
There is much to enjoy in this 2025 Superstar rock concert production: the lead vocals are all strong, it’s great to hear this score played by talented musicians, and the staging is a visual delight. But Jesus Christ Superstar can be so much more than just a rock concert.