A Show You Won’t Soon Forget Reviewed by Tori Laird and Sandi Laird Experience the World Premiere of Deadly Memories at Port Stanley Festival Theatre (PSFT), written by Canadian playwright Steven Gallagher, who attended the opening night show. (Gallagher also acts – you may have seen him recently in Come From Away at the Grand […]
A Real Barn Burner! Reviewed by Vicki Stokes Welcome to Tootsies Bar, based on a real establishment in Nashville, Tennessee. Loaded with instruments, barstools, photos of country music stars, barrels, cowboy boots, and a set of swinging doors, Tootsies is the birthplace of the careers of some of country music’s finest writers and performers. Nashville
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A Long-Term Limited Annual Affair Reviewed by Mary Alderson Remember the 1978 movie Same Time, Next Year, with Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn? It was a fun movie, lots of laughs with several touching moments. It received four Academy Award and four Golden Globe nominations, with Ellen Burstyn winning a Golden Globe. But did you
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Passing Judgement on a Blind Date Reviewed by Mary Alderson What do you do when you want to meet someone new, fall in love, and settle down with them? That’s what Aaron wants. Casey says that’s what she wants, too, but then she seems to sabotage every prospect. What to do? Go on a blind
Pitch Perfect Reviewed by Debbie McClure The year is 1953, and the women’s baseball league from the Kroehler Furniture Factory in Stratford is determined to get to the regional championships. This means everyone on the team needs to step up their game, but there’s a problem. The star batter is having trouble actually hitting the
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Cast of Brilliant Performers Fly Us Away to Gander Reviewed by Mary Alderson Come From Away is certainly the best production we’ve seen on the Capitol Theatre’s stage since the Covid closure. It is essentially sold out, but if you call right now, you might be able to pick up a single seat here or
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We’re knights of the round table We dance when e’re we’re able Reviewed by Mary Alderson People tell me “Oh, I’m not a Monty Python fan.” Therefore, they haven’t seen Spamalot, and don’t intend to go. I used to buy that excuse, but not anymore. Are you a fan of laughing? Do you just like
We are Hopelessly Devoted to You Reviewed by Mary Alderson The singing, the dancing, the high energy! That’s what theatre-goers are saying as they leave Thousand Island Playhouse after seeing the just-opened production of Grease. Grease, the musical, originally opened on Broadway in 1972. At that time, it was described as “a raunchy, raw, aggressive,
The Naked Truth Reviewed by Debbie McClure In 1988, Stony Valley, Saskatchewan, was in the middle of one of the worst droughts anyone can remember. With crops at high risk of failing, John Richards (Adrian Shepherd-Gawinski) decides to return home to his family’s farm and brings along his new girlfriend, Kate (Brontae Hunter). Kate is
Standing Strong Reviewed by Debbie McClure 1978 was a time of great music and even greater changes. Women in male-dominated workplaces, such as auto plants, were often considered subpar or “unskilled workers” and not particularly valuable employees. Women were still fighting for fair living wages, challenging sexual harassment in the workplace, unsafe working conditions, and
