'Waitress' axed as Australian musical tours face production pressures | ABC NEWS

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The Australian tour of hit Broadway musical 'Waitress' has been cut short with its planned leg of Sydney shows abruptly cancelled. It's the third big budget musical forced to cancel or scale back tours in Australia for 2026 as production costs and low ticket sales bite. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-28/waitress-the-musical-sydney-shows-cancelled/106853212 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia #abcnewsnsw

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