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Monday, May 25, 2015
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Shen Yun Performing Arts ousted from Calgary's Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium by Marsha Lederman

Shen Yun had been planning to perform three shows in Calgary and three shows in Edmonton in April, 2013

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 07:52PM
Friday, April 27, 2012

For Edmonton theatre company, smaller is bigger by Marsha Lederman

The city’s Workshop West Theatre took a risk when it chose to stage only one play this season. The audience has grown

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:30PM
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Attendance at Vancouver Playhouse's final show called 'embarrassing' by Marsha Lederman

Community misses out on opportunity to make a statement about the importance of the theatre company, actor says

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PM
Monday, April 16, 2012

Performance group wants apology from Calgary theatre by Marsha Lederman

Shen Yun Performing Arts says it was treated with disrespect by staff at the government owned Jubilee Auditorium

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 07:18PM
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

A new life for Ignatieff's powerful Alzheimer's novel by Marsha Lederman

The former Liberal leader’s political career may be dead, but his Booker Prize-nominated novel is very much alive and now comes to the stage

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:05PM
Thursday, April 5, 2012

Alberta Ballet to create dance work based on k.d. lang's music by Marsha Lederman

Jean Grand-Maître choreographing Balletlujah!, a full-length ballet based on the Alberta native’s music, to open in 2013

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:30PM
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Vancouver's Theatre Conspiracy wins award for Extraction by Marsha Lederman

The work of documentary theatre picks up the $60,000 Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:32PM
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Supporters protest closing of Vancouver Playhouse by Marsha Lederman

It’s the final curtain call for the financially troubled Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, which once was the city’s key producer of theatre

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 09:00PM
Monday, March 12, 2012

All options being explored to save Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company by Marsha Lederman

Supporters shocked by Friday’s announcement of its imminent closure quickly rally to save the arts organization

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 10:14PM
Sunday, March 11, 2012

In Vancouver, a storied troupe's final curtain call by Marsha Lederman

Many were in tears as the final production in the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company’s 49-year history came to a close

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:08AM
Sunday, February 19, 2012

Crack up with cult comedy duo David Cross and Bob Odenkirk by Marsha Lederman

David Cross, Bob Odenkirk and pals stage an unofficial Mr. Show reunion at ComedyFest

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PM
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Carol Burnett applauds funny girls past and present by Marsha Lederman

Prior to her appearance at Vancouver ComedyFest later this week, the comedian remembers when network comedy was ‘a guy’s thing’

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PM
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Chelsea Hotel deserves praise, but not quite a Hallelujah chorus by Marsha Lederman

More than a song cycle, but less than a play, this tribute to the genius of Leonard Cohen will be remembered for its inventiveness

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:28PM
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Guided Tour at the VAG is not about the art. It is the art by Marsha Lederman

If you’re expecting something provocative or magical, you’ll be disappointed. What Peter Reder’s site-specific work does deliver is a behind-the-scenes experience

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:42PM
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Turning up the desert heat on indifference by Marsha Lederman

Politically charged production examines plight of those trying to escape to America

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:01PM

Amarillo: Turning up the desert heat on indifference by Marsha Lederman

Politically charged production examines plight of those trying to escape to America

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:01PM
Monday, January 16, 2012

New musical based on Craigslist ads captures human longing by Marsha Lederman

Personal ads are ‘just so full of stories and weirdness and all the evidence of humanity,’ says co-creator Bill Richardson

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PM
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Seats so close you can see the actors sweat by Marsha Lederman

Director Kim Collier brings the audience onstage in her new production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning All the Way Home

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:43PM

All the Way Home: Seats so close you can see the actors sweat by Marsha Lederman

Director Kim Collier brings the audience onstage in her new production of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:43PM
Monday, January 9, 2012

Grief imbues intimist theatre from Vancouver’s Kim Collier by Marsha Lederman

She had a vision of a house onstage, which the audience literally shares with the cast

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:17PM
Monday, December 26, 2011

Upstaging all that holiday cheer by Marsha Lederman

A Vancouver theatre company continues its counterintuitive tradition of offering dark and discordant plays to mark the festive season

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PM
Sunday, December 25, 2011

Highlights of 2011 from the West Coast by Marsha Lederman

Marsha Lederman names her favourites from a busy and dramatic year

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PM
Monday, December 12, 2011

It’s beginning to look a lot like A Christmas Carol by Marsha Lederman

Attending a live performance of Dickens’s story has become a holiday tradition. But in the hands of different theatre companies, it can be quite a different tale

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PM

Across Canada, 'A Christmas Carol' is played to many different tunes by Marsha Lederman

Attending a live performance of Dickens’s story has become a holiday tradition. But in the hands of different theatre companies, it can be quite a different tale

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PM
Friday, November 18, 2011

Its Doomsday, and these are definitely not the Muppets by Marsha Lederman

Ronnie Burkett’s puppet visions are sometimes funny, but also terrifying and breathtaking

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:46PM
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Elton John ballet hopes to feel the love tonight by Marsha Lederman

Choreographer Jean Grand-Maître has made some adjustments to Love Lies Bleeding as it begins a crucial run in Toronto

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00AM
Monday, November 7, 2011

Joan MacLeod wins Siminovitch Prize by Marsha Lederman and Vancouver

The B.C. playwright says this $75,000 award means the end of full-time teaching for her

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:30PM
Friday, September 16, 2011

City bails out Vancouver Playhouse, museum for more than $1-million by Marsha Lederman

City of Vancouver agrees during in-camera meetings to forgive theatre’s debt and to provide emergency grant

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 10:35PM
Sunday, September 11, 2011

Rex Harrington talks Tosca Cafe and So You Think You Can Dance Canada by Marsha Lederman

Canada’s “Sexy Rexy” discusses the upcoming premiere of the theatre/dance/musical hybrid Tosca Cafe and So You Think You Can Dance Canada

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PM
Friday, September 9, 2011

Surviving the Air India tragedy through the arts by Marsha Lederman

As happened on a larger scale in the U.S. with 9/11, artists are responding to the Air India tragedy in Canada with dance, poetry and opera

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PM

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