If you go to Australia…
MELBOURNE
What to do
Arts Centre Melbourne
100 St. Kilda Road
011-61-3-281-8000
www.artscentremelbourne.com.au
Ballet ($34-$225), symphony ($57-$156), and opera ($29-$260) year round.
The Production Company
www.theproductioncompany.com.au
Stages plays and musicals at the Arts Centre, $47-$109.
Melbourne International Film Festival
July 25-Aug. 13. Multiple venues. Most tickets $19.
(Broadway-style productions play regularly in both Melbourne and Sydney. In May, a new musical adaptation of “King Kong’’ will play at the Regent Theatre, 191 Collins St. www.kingkongliveonstage.com)
Sept. 21-Oct 9. Multiple venues and prices.
Melbourne Festival
Oct. 31-Dec. 4. Multiple venues and prices.
fortyfivedownstairs
45 Flinders Lane
011-61-3-9662-9966
Prices vary.
Where to stay
The Rialto
495 Collins St.
011-61-3-962-9111
Part of the Intercontinental hotel chain, this recently renovated option offers a prime central location and perhaps the most stylish hotel bar in town. Rooms from $290.
Vibe Savoy Hotel
630 Little Collins St.
011-61-3-599-6674
A stylish budget option near the Southern Cross rail station. Rooms from $140.
SYDNEY
What to do
Sydney Opera House
2 Macquarie St.
011-61-2-9250-7111
Hourlong tours cost $36. A more expensive backstage tour, including breakfast, costs $161. Sydney Symphony Orchestra tickets: $36-$130.
Sydney Theatre Company
Performs at the Sydney Opera House and The Wharf Theatre, Hick Road, Walsh Bay.
A new stage adaptation of the Booker Prize-winning novel “The Secret River’’ by Kate Grenvile continues throughout the year, $52-$94
Sydney Film Festival
June 5-16. Multiple venues. Most tickets $19.
Belvoir St Theater
25 Belvoir St., Surry Hills
011-61-2-9699-3444
Check out what’s on in the company’s smaller Downstairs Theatre, where more cutting-edge work is presented, $44-$68.
Where to stay
Park Hyatt Sydney
7 Hickson Road, The Rocks
011-61-2-9256-1234
On the edge of Sydney Harbor, with dazzling views of the Opera House and the Harbor Bridge. Rooms from $780.
Arts Hotel
21 Oxford St., Bondi Junction
011-61-2-9361-0211
An appealing budget option, located along Sydney’s best street for shopping. Doubles from $151.
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