Canadian playwright Melissa James Gibson comes home by Marsha Lederman

With the staging of 'This' in Vancouver, many of her relatives will get to see one of her plays for the first time

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

This: Sometimes words speak louder than actions by Marsha Lederman

Melissa James Gibson’s play adds an authentic voice to the urban-angst canon

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

A lighting designer illuminates his mother’s final months by Marsha Lederman

Itai Erdal started out by filming his dying mother. He ended up by making a multimedia production about life and love

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Spiral Dive: How soldiers’ silences became plays by Marsha Lederman

Kenneth Brown grew up surrounded by vets, and his acclaimed stage trilogy seeks to give voice to what they were unable to say

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Spider-Man director steps aside, show faces another big delay by Marsha Lederman

Julie Taymor will still be credited as troubled Broadway show’s director but will no longer continue day-to-day duties

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

For Kim Collier, a well-earned and timely award by Marsha Lederman

Co-founder of the Electric Company Theatre honoured with Canadian theatre's richest prize

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Calgary troupe deconstructs the family in 'Smash Cut Freeze' by Marsha Lederman

Inspired by a 1952 film, One Yellow Rabbit theatre company exposes the dysfunction behind the white picket fence

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The show goes on by Marsha Lederman

A Vancouver company fights through tragedy to produce a dark, gutsy multimedia production

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Quebec maestro brings Siegfried in 3-D to the Met by Marsha Lederman

Robert Lepage is producing high-tech Wagner without the dorky glasses

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Sarah McLachlan's pas de deux with the Alberta ballet by Marsha Lederman

Singer-songwriter is third musician, after Elton John and Joni Mitchell, to see her work choreographed by the innovative Calgary company

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Producers of troubled Spider-Man musical push opening date back to June by Marsha Lederman

The Broadway musical will now open June 14

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

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 7:52pm on May 16, 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 4:30pm on April 27, 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 5:00pm on April 25, 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 7:18pm on April 16, 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 6:05pm on April 10, 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 5:30pm on April 5, 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 on March 14, 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 9:00pm on March 13, 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 on March 12, 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 6:08am on March 11, 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 6:00pm on February 19, 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 6:00pm on February 15, 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 4:28pm on February 9, 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 3:42pm on January 26, 2012☆⚑