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Art

In the Eyes of the Beholder    What is art?  I regularly take our dog on walks to a parkette where we pass a big round metal ball, probably as high as I am, painted black.  I don’t let the dog lift his leg as we go by, because the plaque next to it indicates

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The Bodyguard

Hearing the Late, Great Whitney Houston’s Hits    If you’re a fan of the late Whitney Houston, then you will enjoy The Bodyguard, a musical version of the old movie, now on stage in Toronto at the Ed Mirvish Theatre. The movie was a hit back in 1992 – a romantic thriller showcasing Whitney Houston

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Saturday Night Fever

All the Dance Moves and Angst   If you were 20ish in 1977, no doubt the songs of the BeeGees are burned into your mind. You likely saw Saturday Night Fever on a movie date.  And those feelings of nostalgia account for the popularity of the musical Saturday Night Fever. Disco favourites like the BeeGees’

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The Audience

The Queen and her Prime Ministers: Fiction or Fact? The Audience is a fascinating play about the weekly meetings Queen Elizabeth has had with the various prime ministers since her coronation.  Of course, anything said in these weekly “audiences” between these two leaders of Great Britain is held in strict confidence, so we have no

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The Lion in Winter

The Long and The Short of It By guest reviewer Megan Moorhouse The Lion in Winter, like so many classic plays, is probably still more well-known as a movie.  The 1968 film version famously earned the inimitable Katherine Hepburn an Academy Award for Best Actress, starred Peter O’Toole, and featured Sir Anthony Hopkins in an

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