A collection of videos from Meanwhile, the Mirvish online magazine.
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:42PMDAVID FRENCH’S SALT-WATER MOON premiered at Tarragon Theatre in 1984 as part of the semi-autobiographical Mercer Family Cycle . Although written over a decade after the first Mercer play, …
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:42PMOnce is a musical based on the 2007 film of the same name by John Carney. Like the film, music and lyrics were by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, including the Academy Award-winning "Fal…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:42PMMy Night with Reg is a play by British playwright Kevin Elyot which was produced in 1994 by the Royal Court Theatre, London, directed by Roger Michell. The production later transferred to th…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:12PMKinky Boots is a musical with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and book by Harvey Fierstein. Based on the 2005 British film Kinky Boots, written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth and mostly inspi…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:12PMA conversation with Tomson Highway on the 30th anniversary of the Royal Alex staging of Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing. Tomson Highway is one of Canada’s most celebrated writers. Bes…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:12PMSnL talk with journalist and showbuzz czar Shinan Govani. He has covered society parties and celebrities and showbiz gossip in Toronto for over 20 years. Currently he writes for the Toronto …
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:12PMIn what Ben Brantley of The New York Times raves is “as close as mortals come to heaven on earth,” GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY is set at a guesthouse where a group of wanderers cross pat…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:54AMSteffi and Lisa check in with Toronto actor and comedian Ennis Esmer to find out what he’s been up to during the pandemic. You’ll know Ennis from his starring role in the NBC crime drama…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:54AMSeminar tells the story of four young writers who each pay $5,000 for a ten-week seminar with Leonard, an international literary figure. The story begins with Kate, a well-to-do Upper West S…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:54AMAward-winning playwright Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time) has adapted Nobel Prize-winner José Saramago’s dystopian novel Blindness as a sound installatio…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:54AMEdith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich were two of the greatest names in international show business during much of the 20th century. At a time when popular culture was still defined by a small han…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:54AMEight years ago, for five days in May the great Louise Pitre — Canada’s musical theatre superstar — premiered a show she created about her journey. On The Rocks … stirred not shaken…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:54AM2017 TONY® AWARD-WINNER FOR BEST PLAY In 1993, in front of the world’s press, the leaders of Israel and Palestine shook hands on the lawn of the White House. Few watching would have gues…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:54AMSnL’s guests are actor Ali Momen and musician and actor Torquil Campbell. Ali you will remember as one of the stars of Come From Away and the person behind the Arts New Deal https://www.ch…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:54AMJim Steinman died on April 19, and left behind a legacy in rock music and theatre. Part of that legacy was the musical Bat Out Of Hell, based on the album he Mae with singer Meat Loaf. The s…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:03PMIn 1974 Steve Martin took a trip through Eastern Canada. While in Toronto he stopped at Ed's Warehouse and tap danced down Markham Street. These two locations have a long history as a part o…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:03PMIt was on May 5, 2020 that SnL released their very first Check In From Away. This issue’s episode features some of the past guests of the 30 episodes online chat show. But this time, the t…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:03PMBlockbuster New Show To Be The First To Open In Toronto This Spring Tickets to The Stay At Home Show Go On Sale May 4th, 2021 All Proceeds to Support The AFC (formerly The Actors’ Fund …
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:03PMMelanie and Cara are back with a new song! Johnny Nash's classic I Can See Clearly Now is a great song for the times we live in, and the passing of time. There are subtitles so you will be a…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:03PMThis week, SnL’s guests are Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt, the creators and stars of Two Pianos, Four Hands, and Bea Campbell, the stage manager of the show since its thunderous premi…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:03PMDear Evan Hansen played the Royal Alexandra Theatre from March 5, 2019 until July 21, 2019.
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:42PMSteffi and Lisa go behind the scenes of the brand new digital musical of Alice In Wonderland. They speak with the creators and some of the performers. What’s it like for theatre people to …
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:42PMToday, on World Theatre Day, we're reminded that the stories that inspire us in the smallest of moments can connect us in the largest, most life-changing of ways. Today, and everyday, we cel…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:03PMSteffi and Lisa check in down under, where Come From Away has reopened — the first production of the show to play on stage since March of 2020. Several Australian company members share the…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:24PMTwo Canadian icons, Paul gross and Kim Cattrall, came together for this production of the Noel Coward classic play Private Lives. Two divorcees meet when they accidentally book room next doo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:24PMCome From Away halted performances because of the pandemic, and a year later cast members share their memories of the fateful night.
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