The new Andrew Lloyd Webber production of the much beloved film The Wizard of Oz is, in a word, pleasant. The staging and décor stay pretty much to the original movie, and maybe that’s the problem. I remember a Wizard production of many years ago that played at the Elgin, which was really imaginative. For […]
First of all, kudos to Nina Lee Aquino and Nigel Shawn Williams who stepped into the breech and planned a season for Factory Theatre after the big Ken Gass debacle. Their first effort is Aquino’s own play Every Letter Counts directed by Williams. It is a powerful story that, unfortunately, deserves a sharper treatment. The […]
The 2012 King Edward Tea Society (KETS) Awards for Theatre were compiled on Sunday, December 23, 2012, during high tea in the lobby of Le Meridien King Edward Hotel, Toronto. The jury members were Paula Citron and Lynn Slotkin. THEY BROUGHT GLORY TO THE STAGE CATEGORY It’s All Greek to Us Award: THE […]
Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare is terrific entertainment. The new musical stamps Theatre 20 as a force to be reckoned with in the city. The company, under artistic director Adam Brazier, is committed to story-driven music theatre. Winnipeg composer/lyricist Joseph Aragon chose as his story, the trial of Burke and Hare. The two […]
The Broadway touring show of Sister Act is a win win situation. It’s better than the 1992 movie that starred Whoopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith. Like a lot of commercial shows, Sister Act went through major revisions between the West End run (2009) and Broadway (2011), but who cares. The final product is just plain […]
