Italy, World War II and the Black Market Stratford Festival has billed Napoli Milionaria! as “a sparkling and warm-hearted comedy”, but the description needs to be more specific. Perhaps Act I is a comedy, but I still wouldn’t describe it as “sparkling”. And Act II and Act III are not comedies. The story turns […]
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Powerful Voices and Powerful Music Billed as The Power of Song, but subtitled “Broadway * Pop * Classical”, the musical revue now on stage at Petrolia’s Victoria Playhouse quickly revealed the reason for the subtitle. The three stars each fall into one of those categories – David Rogers, as all loyal Victoria Playhouse fans
Sexy After Sixty? Want a fun night out for you and your 60-plus friends? Go to Playhouse II in Grand Bend where The Birds and The Bees is now on stage. The laughs come one right after another in this comedy that explains sex for the somewhat older crowd. I can’t reveal too much of
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The Big Beach Party Wednesdays’ Familiar Favourites Concert Series “Some people get together once a week to play bridge. We get together on Monday afternoons to play music,” says Mike McCann, for whom the band Monday@Mikes is named. He and his seven fellow musicians gather at his place each week, bringing their assorted instruments and
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Under the Sea, Darling it’s Better, Down where it’s Wetter… Huron Country Playhouse was packed with little girls wearing fish tails and glitter, and little boys all dressed up for the opening of The Little Mermaid. This favourite Disney classic will sell out, and I predict Grandmas and Moms will be scrambling for tickets.
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When Local Lore Meets Local History Gil Garratt tells us that interviews were conducted to collect the local legends about Blyth’s favourite watering hole, The Boot. He claims the names were changed to protect the innocent and the guilty. But throughout the audience on opening night, there was laughter of recognition, and the type
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Integrating Baltimore Note: This production was originally reviewed at the Hamilton Family Theatre in Cambridge. It is now on stage at the King’s Wharf Theatre, Penetanguishene, August 9 to September 1. Last year on TV, I heard a Trump supporter yelling the slogan “Make America Great Again”, and a reporter asking him “When was
Better than a Hip Replacement Note: This play was originally reviewed at Playhouse II in 2017. It is now playing at the Hamilton Family Theatre in Cambridge August 9 to August 26, 2018. Another great Norm Foster comedy is on stage at Playhouse II in Grand Bend. Foster, as I have often explained before,
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A Comedic Trip into History with a Sobering Conclusion Blyth Festival Artistic Director Gil Garratt brings the play 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt home to the theatre where it was born. Yet this is the first time it’s actually been performed on this stage for an audience. What a special homecoming. 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt was
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The Sounds of Canada on the Sandy Beach If you love Canadian music, then be in Grand Bend on Wednesday, August 15. That’s when Second Wind is bringing their show, Made in Canada, to the Rotary Stage on the beach at 7:00 p.m. Concert goers will remember Second Wind from the two previous summers. “Second
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