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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Tim Byrne

‘I will probably say no to Defying Gravity’: Broadway singalong bar Marie’s Crisis pops up in Melbourne

Broadway Australia
A crowd around a piano
‘When the right crowd comes along, it becomes magic’: Marie's Crisis, a piano bar on Broadway Photograph: Marie's Crisis

People who love singing songs from the canon of musical theatre are similar to people who love recreating Monty Python skits verbatim: highly irritating to others, blissfully undeterred. This makes the famed NYC musical theatre singalong-bar Marie’s Crisis a love/hate proposition – those who detest the form are advised to stay away, but anyone who’s ever tapped along to My Fair Lady or whistled the opening phrase of West Side Story, anyone who’s rushed to download the latest cast album for a hot Broadway show, can quickly become addicted to the rush.

Two of the bar’s best pianists, Kenney Green and Adam Tilford, are returning to Australia (they open for three nights only at Melbourne’s Trades Hall on Thursday), and spoke with Guardian Australia about the particular magic that happens when a bunch of people abandon their sense of cool and embrace pure showtune joy.

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