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 […]
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
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 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
We went to the Princess of Wales, a Mirvish Theatre in Toronto, last night to see Saturday Night Fever. We were excited about this show, since we know several of the cast members. And we had the best of the cheap seats – second row balcony, almost centre. (I don’t like front row balcony –
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Hi Friends Looking ahead to the summer 2017 – I am really excited about this show coming to Toronto: “Beautiful – The Carole King Musical”. I saw it in April 2015 on Broadway and I really enjoyed it. The star is Canadian Chilina Kennedy, playing Carol King. Chilina is a brilliant musical theatre performer: You
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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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Year-End Thoughts As we go into 2017, here are some of my thoughts about 2016 – The “Bests”: Best Musical – Come From Away, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto Best Comedy – The Birds and the Bees, Blyth Festival, Blyth Also a good production
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Bah, Humbug? Upstairs at London’s Grand Theatre, the Wizard of Oz is a humbug. Downstairs in the McManus Studio Theatre, we can hear Scrooge saying “Bah, humbug” but his alter-ego, Rod Beattie is not a humbug. Beattie is the real deal when it comes to acting all the roles in the classic A Christmas
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There’s No Place Like Home London’s Grand Theatre, apparently, has a plan to produce Wizard of Oz every seven years. It was their Christmas musical in 2002 and again in 2009. As former Artistic Director Susan Ferley pointed out, seven years is a lifetime for their target audience. And so, for the third time in
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