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Old Blues Eyes Times Seven Note:  This review was written in September 2012; however, you can now see The Songs of Sinatra on stage at the Drayton Festival Theatre, Drayton, running May 9 to June 1, 2013.  Take the Sinatra Seven, add 84 songs, cram it into 2½ hours and you’ll get a very appreciative […]

Superior Cast “makes” this production of Annie Now on stage at St. Jacobs Country Playhouse: November 13 to December 23, 2012 I have seen many productions of Annie – the musical based on the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” about the red-head and her dog during the depression years. I’ve seen it at least twice

From Prison Story to Love Story For Johnny Cash and June Carter fans there is a wonderful musical in store for you at Playhouse II in Grand Bend. And even if you are not a Cash/Carter fan or you don’t like country music, this tribute show offers solid entertainment. Director Chris McHarge has polished up

Beatles History is really the Stu Sutcliffe Story First off, this production has a misleading name. The marquee says Backbeat: The Birth of the Beatles. Not so. It’s the Stu Sutcliffe Story. But I suppose if they called it that, no one would come since most people don’t know who Stu Sutcliffe was. Having “The

Melissa and Andrew are not Ma & Pa Walton Star power has come to Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia. Loud and long applause broke out before the show even started as Michael Learned and Ralph Waite came on to the stage on opening night of Love Letters. This pair is much beloved and warmly welcomed –

Tall Tales from Big Books The lights come up on Christopher Plummer perched on a stack of giant books, which are part huge pile of books twisting their way to the ceiling. He recites some verses about an old man sitting on a gate from a poem written by Lewis Carroll, and then goes on

Cheating Death For Norm Foster fans, there is an excellent production of The Melville Boys on stage at Playhouse II in Grand Bend. This is one of Foster’s earliest works, and it’s different than the Foster we see today. In the years since he wrote The Melville Boys in 1984, Foster, Canada’s most prolific playwright,

Scarface in Lambton County? Gangsters? Murderers? Rum Runners? Nighttime airplane flights with suspicious cargo? All this went on in Euphemia Township, in Lambton County? Well, we’re not sure that there was really a diner in Euphemia Township visited by Al ‘Scarface’ Capone himself – but we do know that during the U.S. prohibition, Canadian whiskey

Workplace High Jinks A hit movie that came out in 1980, Nine to Five showcased Dolly Parton as Doralee, Lily Tomlin as Violet and Jane Fonda as Judy. The three women are fed up with their sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical boss and ultimately improve the workplace for women. Then 32 years later, it was re-written

Yeeeee Haaaaawwww! Country Sunshine A foot-stomping, knee-slapping good time can be had at Victoria Playhouse Petrolia this week, with plenty of Country Sunshine on stage. Country music purists will love this show as it brings them a wide selection of songs and singers. But those of us who don’t consider ourselves country music fans can