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Monday, June 13, 2011

A thrilling Iraq-inflected update of a Racine masterpiece by Martin Morrow

Khanjian pours scorching intensity into her role as anguished mother in reinterpretation of classic about obsessive love

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:23PM

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Dora Mavor Moore Awards give multiple nods to a train, a toad, a brothel and Blasted by Martin Morrow

Soulpepper Theatre Company, the Canadian Opera Company and Billy Elliot also fare well as the finalists announced ahead of June 27 awards ceremony

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:31PM

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

The Post Office can’t quite deliver on dream of transcendence by Martin Morrow

A classic Bengali fable is inspired by transcendence, but remains earthbound in the delivery

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:46PM

Friday, May 6, 2011

Zadie’s Shoes finds rueful laughs in gambling addiction by Martin Morrow

At the Factory Theatre, a 10th-anniversary revival of a dark comedy by Adam Pettle is a tad understated but wittily shrewd

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PM

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Brown Balls: Asian stereotypes are nothing to laugh at by Martin Morrow

Writer Byron Abalos should reconsider satire as his vehicle of choice

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:45PM

Thursday, April 28, 2011

The Monument: a stark reminder of Rwanda’s tragedy by Martin Morrow

Written originally about Bosnia, Colleen Wagner’s play gains new resonances in this East African setting

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:53PM

Friday, April 22, 2011

Bullet for Adolf: The faint whiff of 'Cheers' by Martin Morrow

Woody Harrelson's play looks and sounds more like a failed sitcom pilot than a stage play

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PM

Monday, April 18, 2011

Review: The Situationists is a plodding, pointless comedy by Martin Morrow

In this misfired effort, Sky Gilbert can’t decide if it’s a play of ideas, a diatribe or a farce

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:01AM

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Tarragon Theatre’s new play, After Akhmatova, by Kate Caley, is almost as dark and dour as a day in the gulag by Martin Morrow

After Akhmatova

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:31PM

After Akhmatova: Almost as dark and dour as a day in the gulag by Martin Morrow

Story of Russian poet builds to intellectual revelation no more profound than an undergraduate essay

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:31PM

Sunday, March 20, 2011

A leisurely, enjoyable Time of Your Life by Martin Morrow

Soulpepper restages William Saroyan’s prize-winning play, showing the work’s strengths and weaknesses

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PM

Sunday, March 13, 2011

More entertaining antics from ‘More Fine Girls’ by Martin Morrow

The sequel to a screwball hit has lots of light-hearted fun about middle age

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:30PM

Friday, March 4, 2011

More visceral than emotional truth in ‘La Voix Humaine’ by Martin Morrow

One-woman drama is marred by director’s heavy hand

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:00AM

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

‘The Fantasticks’ is full of heart and laughs by Martin Morrow

Performers have a grand time riding this old warhorse

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:08PM

Monday, February 14, 2011

‘The Secret Garden’ is overrun by weeds by Martin Morrow

Play needs pruning of excess adult parts

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:47PM

Friday, February 11, 2011

Saint Carmen is lacking in the divine by Martin Morrow

This highly stylized version of a seventies theatre classic fails to breathe life into the play

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:30PM

Thursday, January 13, 2011

The Bird: Drugs, booze and misbehaving usually make for better theatre by Martin Morrow

After the success of ‘The Danish Play,’ more was expected from playwright Sonja Mills

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:06PM

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Oh My Irma: An actor makes a messy marvel out of a trifle by Martin Morrow

Haley McGee reveals her to be a talented actor, but her one-woman show unfortunately is slight

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:25PM

Friday, November 19, 2010

Bethune Imagined: Norman Bethune as a passion-free Canadian idol by Martin Morrow

Despite lots of sex, love and politics, this take on the famous doctor emits precious little heat

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:40PM

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