A Hilarious, Modern Adaptation Sleeping Beauty – The Panto, currently at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse, is as much for the adults as for the children. In true panto style, the audience becomes part of the performance. The wonderful thing about fairy tales is that they are continually adapted to the times. Sleeping Beauty has been traced […]
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Buddy is No Cotton-Headed Ninny Muggins This Christmas season, a very tall elf named Buddy is dancing on stage at the Hamilton Theatre in Cambridge He is hilarious, but his story will bring tears to even the most cynical eyes. If you’re a fan of Drayton Entertainment’s fairy tale pantos, you will recognize Buddy.
Brilliant Performances in A Legendary Affair The Grand Dames of Canadian theatre are together on stage in a captivating musical, both giving brilliant performances. The show is Piaf/Dietrich – A Legendary Affair and the noted leads are Louise Pitre and Jayne Lewis, both of whom inhabit their characters and bring to life the famous chanteuses.
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Compelling Presentation of Gut-Wrenching Story NOTE: I reviewed this show in 2019. But now this production is at the Thousand Island Playhouse in Gananoque November 2 to 19, 2023. Very worthwhile seeing in light of the current situation in Israel/Palestine. Set in Israel, The Runner is a fascinating story about
Closed due to pandemic. Throwback Time to the Days of Sketch Comedy If I Could #Throwback Time, which opened recently at Toronto’s Second City, starts with a plane ride taking the audience (and cast members) back in time, thanks to an attentive flight attendant. The plane lands in a resort, where a man on vacation
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No, I was born in London, Ontario, Canada There’s a comedy on stage at the Grand Theatre in London (make that London, Ontario Canada) called This London Life. And no, it’s not about the insurance company that makes its home in the palatial, stately building with the lush green lawn around it on Dufferin Street
Amazing Singers in the Haunting Story of Dracula Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia has built a reputation of gathering together excellent singers and creating very popular musical revues. But with the opening of Dracula – A Chamber Musical, the cast now on stage is arguably the best singing voices ever heard in Petrolia. The two Davids,
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To reopen on Broadway April 2022. Heartbreaking Stories Give New Life to Dylan’s Songs Note: This show was reviewed in Toronto in 2019. It went on to open on Broadway in March 2019. Back in 2016, I was surprised when Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming the first songwriter to win
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Friendship and Opinion Art, currently on stage at St. Jacobs Country Playhouse, could simply be a play about art appreciation. But in fact, it’s a play about disagreements among friends. Must a difference of opinion mean the end of a friendship? In today’s Trump era, it seems as if friendships come to an end if
A Gentle, Touching Story of What Might Have Been Normally we go to theatre to see heartwarming, uplifting stories that unfold before our eyes. The Band’s Visit is a poignant tale, but it’s more about what might have been, than what we see happening on stage. On Broadway, this show was nominated for 11 Tony
