A New Cinderella It’s a new Cinderella – the girl and the show! With a whole new script written for the old Rodgers and Hammerstein show, Cinderella herself is now a feminist, one ugly step sister is nice, the other is funny, and the entertainment value of this musical is much enhanced. The new Cinderella […]
Getting what you Really Want for Christmas We all have a memory of that one thing that we really, really wanted for Christmas. Maybe you asked Santa at Eaton’s, maybe you told your parents repeatedly, but whatever it was, you just had to have it! Well, little Ralphie in A Christmas Story, now on stage
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Twinkling lights on snow-covered Christmas trees fill the stage at Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia for their production of Starbright Christmas. This marks the 12th year for David Rogers’ and David Hogan’s Christmas concert celebration. They initiated their now-famous Christmas concert first at the Stratford Festival Theatre, then in Sarnia
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Successful Benefit Concert – Carrie: The Musical We are very proud of our son Thomas who recently produced and directed Carrie: The Musical in concert as a benefit for the Actors’ Fund. Carrie (the novel) was first published in 1974 and started Stephen King on his amazing career as a horror writer. The movie came out
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’Tis the Season for White Christmas White Christmas is one of those wonderful “feel good” shows. There’s a guaranteed happy ending, great songs, fantastic dance, and everyone leaves the theatre humming and smiling. What a great gift at Christmas time! The version now on stage at the Dunfield Theatre in Cambridge has a talent-filled cast in
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It’s a Magic Carpet Ride The key to a good panto is to engage the kids, and give the adults plenty of laughs, too. After all, those kids can’t drive themselves to the theatre, so the panto must also entertain mom and dad and grandma and grandpa. Aladdin – The Panto, now on stage in
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Nobody puts Baby in the Corner! Note: On stage at the Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto, Nov. 24-29. Visit www.mirvish.com for tickets. The movie Dirty Dancing with the very hot and incomparable Patrick Swayze and sweet young Jennifer Grey has a huge following. It was the surprise hit of the 1980s and has gone on to
Tickling the Ivories and the Funny Bone Did you hate it when you took piano lessons and your mother forced you to practice for one full hour every night? Or did you pace the hallway, straining to hear the piano notes through the closed door as your son struggled with his conservatory exam? If you’ve
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Pirates and Cops go Over the Top We are forewarned that The Pirates of Penzance is going to be a bit crazy when the Little Mermaid (straight from last year’s Christmas show in Cambridge) shows up on stage before the pirates’ ship comes into view. The Pirates of Penzance has been revived by Drayton Entertainment,
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I just wanted to let you know that our son, Thomas Alderson, is directing a concert performance of CARRIE: The Musical (based on Stephen King’s best-selling thriller) – one night only, Monday, November 16, at St. Michael’s College School Theatre, 1515 Bathurst St., Toronto. This is a benefit concert for The Actor’s Fund of Canada. Doors
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