The Wonder of Sondheim Stephen Sondheim, the composer and lyricist of A Little Night Music is brilliant. Every word of every song fits perfectly into the story. There is wit and humour, poignancy and love. There are no wasted choruses, no repetitive lyrics. The Stratford Festival’s production of A Little Night Music, now on the […]
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A Mother & Son Journey Remember seeing the number of soldiers killed in Afghanistan climb? Remember watching the news coverage of the hearses on the Highway of Heroes section of the 401, with people lining the overpasses to honour the war dead? It seemed like a regular occurrence between 2002 and 2011when we lost 158
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That Scottish Play: Beware of the Mad Plaid! The stage is set with two hotel rooms. There are two doors to the hallway, two closet doors, two bathroom doors, and two adjoining doors. Eight doors and seven actors who slam those doors multiple times. Just what you need for a farce. This is Unnecessary Farce
Third Helping? Second Helpings taste just as good as the original dinner, but third helpings? No thanks, they might have had a chance to go stale. Unfortunately, that’s the case with A Mighty Fortress is our Basement. The first two shows in this franchise, Church Basement Ladies and the sequel Second Helpings were wonderful shows.
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Downton Abbey Lite Those who are enamoured with the popular TV show Downton Abbey, longing for the days of the British aristocracy, are not likely to enjoy A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder. Unless, they have a good sense of humour, and in that case they will love it. This witty musical, a tongue-in-cheek
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The Making of Romeo & Juliet This stage play is a re-creation of the 1998 movie Shakespeare in Love, which is a delightful fictional tale of the writing of Romeo and Juliet – a true rom-com. It is surprising that it’s taken this long to bring this movie to live theatre, but finally it’s reached
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As You Like It on the Rock This year marks the third time As You Like It has been revisited at Stratford Festival since 2005. But on each visit, the Festival has taken the audience on a different journey. In 2005, we went back in time to the 1960s, with a cast of hippies in
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Narnia Business There is magic and mystery in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, this year’s Schulich Children’s Play at the Stratford Festival, now on stage at the Avon Theatre. From the beginning when the children are leaving the World War II air raids in London and getting on board a train to live
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The Sins of the Fathers All My Sons, now on stage at Stratford’s Tom Patterson Theatre is a testimony to the sin of greed. Arthur Miller’s thought-provoking play shows how one man succumbs to war profiteering, leading to the complete decimation of two families and the destruction of more. It’s 1946 in Ohio. Joe Keller
What I Did for Love A Chorus Line is a true story from the 1970s: Dancers, who want to nail this audition so much they can taste it, reveal their personal lives to the director in hopes of getting a part in the chorus. Now on the Festival Stage in Stratford, A Chorus Line has
