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The Six Tell the 6ix About Henry VIII’s Wives Reviewed by Mary Alderson “Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived.” That’s the simple story of the Six Wives of Henry the VIII, the story we’ve all heard. But did anyone ask those six wives about their side of the story? Finally, their truth is being told, …

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Forget Regret, or Life is Yours to Miss Reviewed by Mary Alderson It’s a story about the lack of affordable housing, about drug and alcohol addiction, about violence in the streets, about police brutality, about homophobia and prejudice, and about the deadly rise in HIV/AIDS. It doesn’t sound like the makings of a great Broadway …

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King Lear – 2023

Dark Humour with a Different Lear Reviewed by Mary Alderson How wonderful to have Stratford Festival return to the grandeur of the opening week, something we haven’t seen since 2019. It felt like all the pomp and circumstance was back in place after Covid wreaked havoc with the last three seasons. In hopes of filling …

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Gypsy – 2023

Everything’s Coming Up Roses Reviewed by Mary Alderson Gypsy has just opened in Niagara-on-the-Lake on the Shaw Festival Stage. Kate Hennig owns that stage and rightly so – she is Rose, the ultimate stage mother. She makes the role her own. Rose is a narcissist, wanting all the attention for herself, and expecting her daughters …

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