Getting what you Really Want for Christmas We all have a memory of that one thing that we really, really wanted for Christmas. Maybe you asked Santa at Eaton’s, maybe you told your parents repeatedly, but whatever it was, you just had to have it! Well, little Ralphie in A Christmas Story, now on stage […]
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Twinkling lights on snow-covered Christmas trees fill the stage at Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia for their production of Starbright Christmas. This marks the 12th year for David Rogers’ and David Hogan’s Christmas concert celebration. They initiated their now-famous Christmas concert first at the Stratford Festival Theatre, then in Sarnia
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’Tis the Season for White Christmas White Christmas is one of those wonderful “feel good” shows. There’s a guaranteed happy ending, great songs, fantastic dance, and everyone leaves the theatre humming and smiling. What a great gift at Christmas time! The version now on stage at the Dunfield Theatre in Cambridge has a talent-filled cast in
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It’s a Magic Carpet Ride The key to a good panto is to engage the kids, and give the adults plenty of laughs, too. After all, those kids can’t drive themselves to the theatre, so the panto must also entertain mom and dad and grandma and grandpa. Aladdin – The Panto, now on stage in
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Nobody puts Baby in the Corner! Note: On stage at the Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto, Nov. 24-29. Visit www.mirvish.com for tickets. The movie Dirty Dancing with the very hot and incomparable Patrick Swayze and sweet young Jennifer Grey has a huge following. It was the surprise hit of the 1980s and has gone on to
Tickling the Ivories and the Funny Bone Did you hate it when you took piano lessons and your mother forced you to practice for one full hour every night? Or did you pace the hallway, straining to hear the piano notes through the closed door as your son struggled with his conservatory exam? If you’ve
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Pirates and Cops go Over the Top We are forewarned that The Pirates of Penzance is going to be a bit crazy when the Little Mermaid (straight from last year’s Christmas show in Cambridge) shows up on stage before the pirates’ ship comes into view. The Pirates of Penzance has been revived by Drayton Entertainment,
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Berry Gordy’s Baby Motown The Musical, now on stage at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto, is a wonderful nostalgia trip. For those of us in Southwestern Ontario who grew up listening to Windsor’s huge radio station, the Big 8 CKLW, the songs whisk us back to our teen years. And that brings me
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The Matchmaker is a Hit! The High School Project is a speciality of London’s Grand Theatre. They present two productions each year, (one musical, one play) where high school students audition for roles. The productions are put together by professional directors, choreographers and musical directors. Students also apply for positions in the orchestra and as
A Good Old Variety Show If you’ve been sitting back wondering what happened to all the good old variety shows – Ed Sullivan, Carol Burnett, Wayne & Schuster and the like – then you need to get yourself over to Petrolia and see the variety show, The Fiddler and The Crooner, on stage at the
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