Mary’s Musings

In the past three years, I’ve seen Mary Poppins four times – Detroit, Toronto, Cambridge and Grand Bend.  And now, a trip to Halifax to see it again.  Why go see this show again, especially when I was already very familiar with the movie?  First, I’ll give you the long answer – It’s live theatre […]

We zoomed off to Chicago for the weekend (just a 6 hour drive from Strathroy) to see two shows. When I made the arrangements, I didn’t see any connection between the two. Gypsy is a long-time favourite musical of mine. It has a compelling story with wonderful songs. The lyrics, early Stephen Sondheim work, are

Hi Folks If we haven’t met yet, I’m Pippin, the newest member of the Alderson family. I moved in with them about six weeks ago when I adopted them. (They say they “rescued” me, I say I look after them.) We don’t know much about my previous family history. The vet tech who first met

Doggy Blog Big Announcement: We have a new member in our family! Let me introduce Pippin! I was going to write about his history, but unfortunately, we don’t know much about it. But I do know this – he’s a “rescue” dog and we just adopted him, picking him up from his foster mom tonight.

Here’s to a great 2014, filled with wonderful theatre. Here’s a review of my 2013 tweets! https://www.vizify.com/mary-alderson/twitter-video

Colm Feore returns to play King Lear Colm Feore will be returning to the Stratford Festival for the first time in five years, to play the title role in King Lear. Directed by Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino, it is the production that will open the 2014 season. Mr. Feore will also play Archer in Mr.

  Each year at the end of the summer theatre season, I review my favourites – so here’s my take on the state of theatre in southwestern Ontario in 2013: Comedy If you were just looking for laughs this summer, Grand Bend was the place to be. Neil Aitchison brought back “Sorry, I’m Canadian” go

I love opening nights.  The audiences are engaged, usually made up of friends and family of the cast members.  Everyone is in a jovial mood, eager to be the first to see the latest show. On the other hand, it may not be the best show to see, if you ask the actors.  Depending on

Four musical theatre professionals, all with roots in London, are creating laughter on stage at Huron Country Playhouse. The four are part of a very talented 16 member cast of Spamalot, the zany musical based on the 1975 movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The four funny men, Eddie Glen, Mark Uhre, Aidan deSalaiz

Spamalot Media Release from Drayton Entertainment: GRAND BEND – Theatregoers are in for plenty of laughs, as Monty Python’s no-holds-barred, Tony award-winning musical, Spamalot hits the Huron Country Playhouse stage from June 26th to July 13th. “Spamalot is bursting with non-stop hilarity and imagination,” says Alex Mustakas, Artistic Director of Drayton Entertainment. “It’s zany, unconventional,