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Anne of Green Gables

My Favourite Red-Headed Canadiana   Note:  This show is now closed at Huron Country Playhouse, but will run at Dunfield Theatre, Cambridge, October 14 to November 8, 2015  I love Anne of Green Gables – I first read the book when I was about 10 years old, and have re-read it several times.  I have […]

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What a Wonderful World

Inspiration and Motivation Ben Vereen is a verifiable, Tony award winning, Broadway triple-threat.  He has appeared in hits such as Pippin, Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar.  He has a long list of TV shows to his credit, most notably the landmark mini-series Roots, and more recently How I Met Your Mother.  So what’s he doing

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Sexy Laundry

Sex for Dummies Note: Now on stage at St. Jacobs Schoolhouse Theatre, St. Jacobs. “Sex for Dummies” is now available on stage at Playhouse II in Grand Bend…not the book, but all the information that a couple who have been married 25 plus years might need.  It’s a clever comedy that provides lots of laughs,

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Carousel – Stratford 2015

Spectacular Show with the Wrong Message Stratford Festival’s production of Carousel now on stage at the Avon Theatre is spectacular.  The sets and costumes are beautiful and the singing and dancing powerful. Carousel is the story of Julie Jordan, an innocent and naive girl who marries the good-looking carney, Billy Bigelow, who runs the carousel. 

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Hamlet – Stratford 2015

The Play’s the Thing In high school, I wrote an essay entitled something like “Hamlet’s madness:  Feigned or real?”.  I honestly can’t tell you now which side I supported, but after seeing Stratford Festival’s production of Hamlet which opened the 2015 season, I have the answer. It’s both. Jonathan Goad’s Hamlet is brilliant.  He portrays

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A Second Helping – The Church Basement Ladies Sequel

When the Tupperware Falls out of the Cupboard As the season opener at Victoria Playhouse Petrolia last year, Church Basement Ladies sold out early.  Following the adage “Don’t mess with success”, Co-Artistic Directors David Rogers and David Hogan have gone down the same path this year, presenting A Second Helping – The Church Basement Ladies

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Titanic ~ The Musical

An Epic Tale of Titanic Proportions I went to Titanic~The Musical not expecting to like it.  After all, this is a story of a great tragedy – how could they turn it into a musical? But to my surprise, I thoroughly enjoyed the production now on stage at Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre. The show’s

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