Mary

Miss Saigon

By Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Richard Maltby Jr. Performed by Elena Juatco, Stephen Patterson and company Directed by David Connolly Drayton Entertainment Production Huron Country Playhouse, Grand Bend July 19 – August 4, 2007 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Message about Viet Nam war more meaningful than ever Miss Saigon’s timeless message about the inhumanity of […]

Miss Saigon Read More »

Mom’s The Word

By Linda A. Carson, Jill Daum, Alison Kelly, Robin Nichol, Barbara Pollard & Deborah Williams. Performed by Alex Dallas, Louise Gauthier, Sharon Heldt, Ginette Mohr & Birgitte Solem. Directed by Robin Nichol Drayton Entertainment Production Playhouse II, Grand Bend July 10 to August 18, 2007 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Bring your Mom on a Girls’

Mom’s The Word Read More »

Perfect Wedding

By Robin Hawdon Performed by Paul Brown, Colin Doyle, Joanna Douglas, Amber Montrose, Monica Nowak, Perrie Olthuis, Ari Weinberg. Directed by Michael Lamport Victoria Playhouse, Petrolia, VPP Production July 3 – 21, 2007 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Perfect Wedding= Perfect British Farce Perfect Wedding, currently on stage at Victoria Playhouse Petrolia is the perfect British

Perfect Wedding Read More »

The Last Resort

Book by Norm Foster, Music and Lyrics by Leslie Arden Directed & Choreographed by Marc Richard Performed by Sheldon Davis, John Devorski, Stuart Dowling, Susan Johnston Collins, Robert Latimer, Cara Leslie, Brett McCaig, Shelley Simester. Drayton Entertainment Production Huron Country Playhouse, Grand Bend June 28 to July 14, 2007 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Comedy, mystery,

The Last Resort Read More »

Cats

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Based on “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot Directed by Dave Campbell Choreographed by Gino Berti Drayton Entertainment Production Huron Country Playhouse, Grand Bend May 30 to June 23, 2007 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Broadway’s Best Comes to Grand Bend I live on a quiet cul-de-sac,

Cats Read More »

My One and Only

Music and Lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin Book by Peter Stone and Timothy. S. Mayer Performed by Cynthia Dale, Laird McIntosh and Company Directed and Choreographed by Michael Lichtefeld Avon Theatre, Stratford Festival Production May 12 to October 28, 2007 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Tap Dancing through the Roaring Twenties My One and

My One and Only Read More »

To Kill a Mockingbird

Based upon the novel by Harper Lee, dramatized by Christopher Sergel Performed by Peter Donaldson, Abigail Winter-Culliford et al. Directed by Susan H. Schulman Avon Theatre, Stratford Festival April 30 to October 27, 2007 Reviewed by Mary Alderson A Moving Story Brilliantly Bought to Life When Harper Lee wrote her only novel in 1960, she

To Kill a Mockingbird Read More »

Wingfield’s Inferno

By Dan Needles Performed by Rod Beattie Directed by Douglas Beattie Original music by Stephen Woodjetts Grand Theatre, London April 10 to May 5, 2007 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Almost too true to be funny The Wingfield franchise has another hit with number six, Wingfield’s Inferno, now playing on the main stage at London’s Grand

Wingfield’s Inferno Read More »