Thirtysomething American playwright Noah Haidle is known for his “strange and off-kilter” plays. Outside The March Theatre Company is remounting Haidle’s Mr. Marmalade, a huge hit at last year’s SummerWorks. And what’s the play like? Not surprisingly, strange and off-kilter. But it is also dark, disturbing, provocative, poignant and satiric. OtM has set the play […]
Marie Dressler was a force of nature whose fascinating life was crying out to be made into a play. The Oscar-winning actress/comedienne was born in Cobourg and raised in Lindsay, and that made her the perfect subject for a 4th Line Theatre production. The company only does original plays anchored in Northumberland and Peterborough counties […]
Beauty and The Beast is a thoroughly enjoyable production for all ages. First of all, there is the gorgeous score by composer Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. Secondly, there are the colourful storybook sets and shape-shifting costumes by Stanley A. Meyer and Ann Hould-Ward respectively. Third is the lively production […]
Neil Simon’s 1991 play Lost in Yonkers cleaned up at the Tony Awards and won a Pulitzer Prize. Two decades later, the play still has legs, and there is much to like in the Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company production. The plot centres around the Kurnitz family. Young Jay (Alessandro Costantini) and Arty (Jesse Shimko) […]
What a splendid day I had catching the first three shows of this exciting new festival all in one go. The brainchild is Beatriz Pizano – writer, director, actor and artistic director of Aluna Theatre. Her mandate is the presentation of Latin American artists with an emphasis on human rights. What follows is just a […]
