Much Ado about the Battle of the Sexes The real-life husband and wife team of Deborah Hay and Ben Carlson are well cast as Beatrice and Benedick in the Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s 2012 season opener Much Ado About Nothing. This pair brings so much fun to their roles in Shakespeare’s popular comedy. Leonato (James Blendick) […]
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When Three Worlds Collide Ragtime is a story of the collision of three very separate worlds that all ram into each other in New York City in the early 1900s. First we meet a family from New Rochelle, affluent and white. Then there are the African-Americans from Harlem, and arriving at the docks are the
Present Laughter Not Coward’s Finest Present Laughter is Noel Coward’s autobiographical play, and for that reason I expected more from it. But the entire story simply served to make Coward seem very shallow. It should be a satire of Coward’s life, but instead this production is lacking in the requisite humour needed to make it
A Trip to Broadway Bringing their tried and true formula to Petrolia from Sarnia, David Rogers and David Hogan packed the house with an appreciative audience for the opening night of The Heart & Soul of Broadway. After three successful years of the Starbright Festival at Sarnia’s Imperial Theatre, the pair moved their talents to
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I Am What I Am La Cage aux Folles is a wonderful story of acceptance. “We are what we are” is the message: Don’t judge your family and those who love you the most, just love them back unconditionally. And while this show tugs at your emotions and comes packaged with lessons well worth remembering,
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The Age of Aquarius Suede vests with long fringe, head bands, psychedelic colours, bell-bottoms with bandanas tied at the knees, huge Afros, and long hair….Hair. The costumes and wigs at the Grand Theatre’s production of Hair will transport anyone old enough to recall right back to the sixties. I can remember when long hair was
Musical Spoof is Over the Top If you love musical theatre, and you have a good sense of humour about being a musical theatre geek, you’ll enjoy The Drowsy Chaperone, now running at the Palace Theatre in London. An exceptionally good production for community theatre, this show spoofs the old genre of musicals. An all-Canadian
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Tempting Providence By Robert Chafe Directed by Jillian Keiley Performed by Deidre Gillard-Rowlings, Darryl Hopkins, Willow Kean, Robert Wyatt Thorne. Theatre Newfoundland Labrador Production The Grand Theatre, London March 13 to March 31, 2012 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Newfoundland’s Florence Nightingale A century of service along the coast of Newfoundland comes to life on the
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War Horse Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford In association with the Handspring Puppet Company Original direction by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris National Theatre of Great Britain Production with Mirvish Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto Opened February 28, with tickets on sale to September 30, 2012 Reviewed by Mary
Jesus Christ Superstar Now Playing on Broadway! Opens at Neil Simon Theatre March 22. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by Tim Rice Directed by Des McAnuff Choreographed by Lisa Shriver Musical direction by Rick Fox Performed by Paul Nolan, Josh Young, Chilina Kennedy, Brent Carver, Bruce Dow et al. Avon Theatre, Stratford May 16
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