Paula’s Picks and Pans – Dec 11th 2013
THEATRE – NOW PLAYING (5 STAR RATING SYSTEM)
four seasons centre
Theatre Review – Dancap Productions/Disney Productions’ Beauty and the Beast
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 […]
Opera Review – Canadian Opera Company’s The Tales of Hoffmann
The first act of the COC’s production of The Tales of Hoffmann is worth the price of admission. English director Lee Blakeley has done such a brilliant job with Olympia (Andriana Chuchman), that we can forgive the messy Guilietta (Keri Alkema) act, and puzzling Prologue and Epilogue. His Antonia (Erin Wall) act falls somewhere in between […]