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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Would It’s A Wonderful Life exist without A Christmas Carol? by Alison Broverman, Special To National Post

Michael Shamata’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol is spare and pared down, relying on the story itself to work its magic

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 07:18PM

Friday, November 11, 2016

Choreographer Bill Coleman develops the darkness in Canadian Stage’s Dollhouse by Alison Broverman, Special To National Post

'It began as a thought of someone affected by their environment, but as I began to grow it, it became more biblical'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 07:06PM

This Is The Point changes the way we see people with disabilities — especially when it comes to love and sex by Alison Broverman, Special To National Post

'We have to take a lot of time with technology, and rather than resist that we’ve decided to use it. So the audience just has to wait'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 07:06PM

Monday, October 3, 2016

The first incarnation of Concord Floral for Canadian Stage offers a spooky suburban reimagining of The Decameron by Alison Broverman, Special To National Post

'I’ve been part of this group since the beginning and I understand our process, which is a big part of our work here'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 05:46PM

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

How a Barrie theatre company plans to perform The Music Man ‘around a living city’ by Alison Broverman, Special To National Post

'I think they’ll have memories of it that will come alive for them in the future. Because music and art happened in their city'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 05:38PM

Thursday, August 4, 2016

How the SummerWorks festival continues to feed the cultural economy of Canada by Alison Broverman, Special To National Post

'Special to the festival context is the coming together and concentration of diverse approaches to performance'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 03:42PM

The three young actresses playing Matilda on the Mirvish stage share the love and ‘casual intimacy of sisters’ by Alison Broverman, Special To National Post

'Matilda is a show that celebrates the importance of fairness, kindness and intelligence, three qualities that resonate with the cast mates'

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 09:34AM

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

A guide to navigating Toronto’s Fringe Festival and its last year collaborating with Honest Ed’s by Alison Broverman, Special To National Post

Part of the fun of Fringe is seeing theatre outside of its usual context, and some of these shows are taking that far more literally than others

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 06:30PM

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

‘Filled with fear’: The director and cast of Jitters give their top five methods for dealing with stage fright by Alison Broverman, Special To National Post

David French’s 1979 play Jitters is back on at Soulpepper, and the cast could teach you a thing or two about learning to just breathe

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 02:10PM

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz gives the larger-than-life striver a natural home on the stage by Alison Broverman, Special To National Post

Although “Mordecai Richler” and “musical theatre” may seem anathema to one another, when the Segal Centre officially opens its singing adaptation of The Apprenticeship of Dudday Krav…

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 07:46PM

Monday, May 4, 2015

The Simpsons go to the boards in Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play by Alison Broverman, Special To National Post

It might sound like a weird pop-culture gimmick, but this isn’t “Springfield: The Musical”

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 03:20PM

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Theatre Review: New Jerusalem is artfully insightful by Alison Broverman, Special To National Post

Under Mitchell Cushman’s direction for the Harold Green Jewish Theatre, this production has the sort of experiential flourish that has become his signature

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 03:49PM

Tuesday, January 29, 2013