Without a song or a dance what are we? Note: Currently on stage at the King’s Wharf Theatre, Penetanguishene. Coming to Huron Country Playhouse, Grand Bend August 11. “So I say, thank you for the music!” That’s the audience’s message when they “share the applause” for the musical Mamma Mia!, now on stage at the […]
Modern Take on Classic Story Fails I loved Rick Miller’s Boom, which played at London’s Grand Theatre last year. He cleverly wove together a history of culture, politics and news for baby boomers, playing all roles and using amazing projections. So I was looking forward to his Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea coming to
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The Dangerous Audrey II I have an aloe vera plant that I call Audrey. It just keeps growing and growing. I give away offshoots all the time. I tear off limbs and throw them away. And it still grows. But by comparison to Audrey II, now on stage at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse, my
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The Lorraine Motel 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his renowned “Mountaintop” speech in Memphis, Tennessee on April 3, 1968. “I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land,” King said, foreshadowing his imminent assassination. He had received
Gaslighting: Messing with Your Mind Set in Victorian England, the play Gaslight is a study in the evil practise of mind manipulation. Currently on stage at the Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto, it remains a captivating thriller, but occasionally shows its age. Mr. and Mrs. Manningham are newlyweds living in an old home he purchased
The Life of a Personal Support Worker Personal Support Workers are unsung, underpaid heroes. They look after the elderly, allowing them to stay in their homes and avoid nursing homes. The comedy, Fly Me to the Moon, currently on stage at London’s Grand Theatre is a something of a tribute to those workers. On
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A New Cinderella It’s a new Cinderella – the girl and the show! With a whole new script written for the old Rodgers and Hammerstein show, Cinderella herself is now a feminist, one ugly step sister is nice, the other is funny, and the entertainment value of this musical is much enhanced. The new Cinderella
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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