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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Between the Acts: Actor Bob Nasmith on reinventing himself yet again by Brad Wheeler

At the storied Cameron House hotel, where he’s lived off and on for 35 years, the actor spoke about cancer, gambling and looking forward, not back.

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:20PM
Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Sophie Letendre: National Ballet of Canada’s scheduling maestro by Brad Wheeler

Nothing at all is being made by the internationally acclaimed ballet company without Letendre doing her thing

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:40PM
Monday, February 26, 2018

Bob Dylan musical added to Mirvish Productions 2018-19 lineup in Toronto by Brad Wheeler

Girl From the North Country’s North American premiere at the Princess of Wales Theature will be one of the company’s seven-show main subscription package for the year.

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00AM
Thursday, February 22, 2018

Message delivered: Tarragon to premiere long-awaited play by Brad Wheeler

In its 2018-19 season, Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre will premiere Jason Sherman’s long-awaited look at theorist Marshall McLuhan, plus an Inuit epic and a Harlem Duet revival

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 08:00AM
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Miriam Adams helps resurrect dance hall of fame by Brad Wheeler

Adams is the co-founder of Dance Collection Danse

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:17PM

Between the Acts: Actress Araby Lockhart prepares for her swan song by Brad Wheeler

The 91-year-old actress will co-star in a fundraising production of Morris Panych’s Vigil in Clarksburg, Ont.

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 11:42AM
Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Between the Acts: How choreographer Nova Bhattacharya finds tranquility by Brad Wheeler

The industrious Toronto dancemaker is the subject of a Citadel + Compagnie program this month called Decoding Bharatnatyam

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:00PM

‘Once the play starts, stand back’: Jerusalem hits Toronto by Brad Wheeler

Sons of Anarchy and Da Vinci’s Inquest stars discuss taking the stage for the provocative British play’s Canadian debut

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:51PM
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Between the Acts: Toronto playwright Kat Sandler on the advantages of wearing two creative hats by Brad Wheeler

Sandler’s whimsical Dora-winning Mustard runs to Jan. 28 at Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre; Bang Bang runs Feb. 1 to 18 at Toronto’s Factory Mainspace Theatre

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:48PM

Obsidian Theatre’s Philip Akin helping young black directors hone their skills by Brad Wheeler

With Obsidian Theatre’s new program, upstart directors will get their own productions – smaller mountings in Toronto back stages with only modest pressure involved

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:29PM
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Vancouver Recital Society’s Leila Getz specializes in discovering young virtuosos by Brad Wheeler

The VRS’s founder and artistic director is a feisty and confident presence on the Vancouver classical-music scene

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:39PM
Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Veteran stage manager Chris Porter saves Toronto show by Brad Wheeler

Porter was called upon to step in when an emergency threatened to cancel a preview performance of Grease

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:50PM
Thursday, December 7, 2017

Luminato artistic director Josephine Ridge looks to festival’s future by Brad Wheeler

With the 2017 Luminato under her belt, the Australian arts veteran is beginning to put her long-term stamp on the multi-arts event

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:00AM
Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Lesley Nicol to make a mean stage comeback in Annie by Brad Wheeler

Nicol is set to star as the unlikable orphanage matron Miss Hannigan in the 40th-anniversary West End production of Annie when the musical makes its way to Toronto’s Ed Mirvish Theatre in …

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:45PM
Sunday, November 26, 2017

On the road to reconciliation through art by Brad Wheeler

National bus tour showcases more than 50 Indigenous and non-Indigenous literary and musical performers in shows and workshops

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:33PM
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

What comedian Charlie Demers is reading, watching and tuned into by Brad Wheeler

The Vancouver funnyman, whose new album is called Fatherland, shares his current obsessions

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:47PM
Tuesday, November 21, 2017

A&R Angels is a darkly comic play about heavenly messengers by Brad Wheeler

Broken Social Scene front man Kevin Drew faces the music with a comic fable about career anxiety and the power of song

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 08:19PM
Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Hottest tickets in town: Five things to do in Toronto by Brad Wheeler

Chris Rock plays Air Canada Centre, a TSO program for Remembrance Day and more

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:41PM
Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Toronto-bred Hannah Fischer is a ballerina on the rise at the National Ballet by Brad Wheeler

Fischer is set to reprise her lead role again as Hermione in Christopher Wheeldon’s balletic interpretation of the Shakespeare play The Winter’s Tale

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:35PM
Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Canadian K. Trevor Wilson is one sorry stand-up comedian by Brad Wheeler

The new album from the Canadian stand-up comedian K. Trevor Wilson is Sorry! (A Canadian Album), a collection of bits that reveal the road life of a funny travelling man

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:41PM
Sunday, October 22, 2017

Gord Downie onstage was ‘a dancer of the heart’ by Brad Wheeler

The National Ballet of Canada’s Guillaume Côté discusses the late singer’s moves and use of space over the years

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:41PM
Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Actor-playwright Cliff Cardinal leaves audiences breathless by Brad Wheeler

Cardinal’s solo show Huff is a fearless, darkly comic performance

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:03PM
Wednesday, September 27, 2017

What actress-playwright Rebecca Northan is watching and reading by Brad Wheeler

It should be no surprise that the latest play from Rebecca Northan involves a murder, because the playwright and actress has been killing it on Toronto stages for years

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:31PM
Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Dancer-choreographer Michael Caldwell set to unveil full-length debut by Brad Wheeler

For the season launch of the new Citadel + Compagnie dance company, he unveils his first full-length work, Factory

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:22PM

Stratford Festival honours Eric McCormack’s career with Legacy Award by Brad Wheeler

McCormack was a member of the festival’s acting company from 1985 to 1989

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:04PM
Wednesday, September 6, 2017

What comedians Kathleen Madigan and Lewis Black are watching and reading by Brad Wheeler

As they make their way across Canada together on their shared 49th Parallel Tour, the comedians are distinguishable on the tour bus by the way they spend their idle hours

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:38PM

Comedian Brian Regan on Johnny Carson and being called a 'master' by Brad Wheeler

The 59-year-old stand-up specialist plays Massey Hall on Sept. 8

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:34PM
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Hottest tickets in town: Five things to do in Toronto by Brad Wheeler

Catch Julie & The Wrong Guys, a Cirque du Soleil spectacle, Lady Gaga at Air Canada Centre and more

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:43PM

Review: Second City’s latest offering does comedy like there’s no tomorrow by Brad Wheeler

Short on satire and long on observational humour, Party Today (Panic Tomorrow) does have its amusing moments – but its zingers feel derived from mouldy headlines

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:03PM
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

What Soulpepper Theatre’s Mike Ross is watching, listening to and looking forward to by Brad Wheeler

Mike Ross, Soulpepper Theatre’s resident musical maestro, discusses what’s been earning his hallelujahs lately

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:45PM
Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Terrance Houle conjures spirits with Ghost Days performance by Brad Wheeler

The interdisciplinary media artist is in Toronto for a weeklong residency for the SummerWorks festival

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:54PM

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