by Mary Jane Cruise Performed by Mary Long & Ralph Small Directed by Walter Learning Victoria Playhouse/Theatre Orangeville Production Victoria Playhouse, Petrolia July 22 to August 9, 2008 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Author Cruise Takes Audience on a Cruise In Petrolia, Separate Beds explores married life in a humourous comedy, sharing many of the same […]
By William Shakespeare Performed by Juan Chioran, Brian Dennehy, Martha Henry, Jeff Lillico, Stephen Ouimette, Tom Rooney, Daniela Vlaskalic and company Directed by Marti Maraden Stratford Shakespeare Festival Production Festival Theatre, Stratford June 19 to August 23, 2008 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Perhaps all does not end not so well The title of All’s Well
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Written by Norm Foster Performed by Norm Foster, Heather Hodgson, David Nairn and Leisa Way Directed by Robert More Victoria Playhouse, Petrolia June 10 to June 28, 2008 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Playwright Plays The Part Norm Foster is Canada’s most popular and probably most prolific playwright. He has written more than 30 plays, and
Book by Alan Jay Lerner, Music by Frederick Loewe Performed by Roger Dunn and Lynne Griffin Directed by Susan Ferley Choreographed by Gino Berti Drayton Entertainment Production Huron Country Playhouse, Grand Bend June 3 to June 21, 2008 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Meeting an old friend at the ‘Bend Summer’s officially arrived with the season
By John Gordon Performed by Jade Elliott, Lindsey Frazier & Jay T. Schramek Created & Directed by Robert More Victoria Playhouse, Petrolia May 20 to June 7, 2008 Reviewed by Mary Alderson A Trio of Triple Threats The Broadway Club, now playing at Victoria Playhouse, Petrolia is a show for lovers of Broadway. VPP Artistic
Book By Joe Masteroff, Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb, based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood. Performed by Bruce Dow, Sean Arbuckle, Trish Lindstrom, Nora McLellan, Frank Moore, Cory O’Brien & Company Directed by Amanda Dehnert Stratford Shakespeare Festival Production Avon Theatre May 13 to October
By William Shakespeare Performed by Gareth Potter and Nikki M. James Directed by Des McAnuff Stratford Shakespeare Festival Production Festival Theatre, Stratford To November 8, 2008 Reviewed by Mary Alderson More Tragedy than Romance Thank goodness for Stratford veterans Lucy Peacock and Peter Donaldson. Without them, Romeo and Juliet now playing on the Festival Theatre
By William Shakespeare Performed by Ben Carlson, Maria Ricossa, Scott Wentworth, Geraint Wyn Davies, James Blendick, Victor Ertmanis, Bruce Godfree, Adrienne Gould, Tom Rooney. Directed by Adrian Noble Stratford Shakespeare Festival Production Festival Theatre, Stratford April 23 to October 26, 2008 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Shakespeare’s best known story back in Stratford Shakespeare’s most quoted
Performed by cast of 14 Written & Directed by Alex Mustakas Grand Theatre Production Grand Theatre, London April 15 to May 11, 2008 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Twist & Shout: The British Invasion ~ Nostalgia made for Baby-Boomers If you were glued to the family TV set on that fateful night in February 1964, and
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By Allana Harkin Performed by Scott Robert Fink, Keira Loughran, Carly Street, Brendan Wall. Directed by D. Michael Dobbin Grand Theatre Production Grand Theatre, London March 11 to March 29, 2008 Reviewed by Mary Alderson Romantic Comedy about Selling the House Joel is a writer, who has churned out a couple of mystery novels, but
