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The Shaw Festival’s Ragtime is a good time, not a great one. The standouts are Thom Allison as ragtime pianist Coalhouse Walker and Kate Hennig as anarchist Emma Goldman.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 03:26PM

Saturday, May 26, 2012

French Without Tears review: Sitcom, pure and simple by Richard Ouzounian

French for Dummies would have been a much more appropriate title for the show that opened at the Shaw Festival on Saturday afternoon.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 07:31PM

The Script Tease Project: taking it all off for art by Richard Ouzounian

10 prominent playwrights submit opening lines to inspire the National Theatre of the World. The improv that results is called the Script Tease Project.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM

Shaw Festival’s Misalliance is misaligned indeed by Richard Ouzounian

You can't tell the young from the old in the confusing rendition of Misalliance that opened Friday night at the Shaw Festival.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM

Friday, May 25, 2012

Stratford Festival faces first strike in 60 years by Richard Ouzounian

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival is facing the first labour action in its 60-year history, right on the verge of its Monday night season opening.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:55PM

The Big Interview: Yo-Yo Ma pays back his debt to Toronto by Richard Ouzounian

Yo-Yo Ma is burning up.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 08:43AM

Tense drama as Stratford Shakespeare Festival passes the crown by Richard Ouzounian

Antoni Cimolini has a very different style from Des McAnuff, the man he’s succeeding as artistic director of the Shakespeare Festival. That has tongues wagging in Stratford.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 08:39AM

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Review: A Man and Some Women only partially effective by Richard Ouzounian

It’s a real treat to see Graeme Somerville, playing the dutiful Richard Shannon, as the major dispenser of volcanic lava.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:29PM

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Review: Present Laughter by Richard Ouzounian

The lead of this Noel Coward comedy should be “charismatic,” “dashing” and “sexy” — in this Shaw Festival production he’s not. Alas, the few good performances come in the min…

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:28PM

Whoopi Goldberg: a wild year made a career by Richard Ouzounian

A unique life? Definitely. Her stage show made her a star, but still a level-headed one.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:08AM

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Review: Lost In Yonkers never finds its way by Richard Ouzounian

Lost in Yonkers is basically just the tale of the crusty old grandma, the grandkids who learn from her and vice versa.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:55PM

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Odysseo even more stunning than Cavalia: Review by Richard Ouzounian

It’s a horse of a different colour.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 09:33AM

Bring It On headed to Broadway from Toronto by Richard Ouzounian

Cheerleading show going to New York, with previews starting in July.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 09:12AM

Friday, May 11, 2012

Opera Atelier’s Armide a triumph in Versailles by Richard Ouzounian

It took a year and the generosity of others for Opera Atelier's Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg to bring Armide to Versailles

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 06:32PM

Thursday, May 10, 2012

The Big Interview: Julie Andrews by Richard Ouzounian

Julie Andrews talks Princess Diaries, Cinderella, Camelot, Mary Poppins and more

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 05:11PM

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

West Side Story: the hit that almost didn’t happen by Richard Ouzounian

It’s the best musical that you almost never saw.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:24AM

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Food and Travel: Six great meals in Raleigh, North Carolina by Richard Ouzounian

Raleigh is becoming famous for wonderful, fresh cuisine; definitely a great vacation stop for foodies.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AM

Friday, May 4, 2012

Stratford’s Stephen Ouimette earns raves for role in Chicago’s The Ice Man Cometh by Richard Ouzounian

Stratford Shakespeare Festival veteran Stephen Ouimette has received the best reviews in the Goodman Theatre production of Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh, which opened this week in C…

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 08:44AM

Thursday, May 3, 2012

The Big Interview: Kathleen Turner by Richard Ouzounian

Kathleen Turner stars in High in Toronto, starting May 8.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 06:14PM

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs staged in Toronto by Richard Ouzounian

David Ferry stars in and Mitchell Cushman directs Mike Daisey’s The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs in Toronto.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 06:13PM

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Rajiv Joseph brings Gruesome Playground Injuries to Toronto by Richard Ouzounian

Playwright Rajiv Joseph also write Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo and The Monster at the Door.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Tony Awards: Stratford’s Jesus Christ Superstar and star Josh Young nab nominations by Richard Ouzounian

The betrayer turned out to be the savior for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival production of Jesus Christ Superstar when the Tony Award nominations were announced in New York on Tuesday mor…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:28PM

Monday, April 30, 2012