3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
Killing CuriousityStaging Britten's brilliantly dark pieceby Joel IvanyIt is a curious story.Benjamin Britten's chamber opera, The Turn of the Screw, opened in 1954 at Teatro La Fenice in Ve…
Larry Kramer (photo by David Shankbone via Wikipedia)Hollywood is a four-letter townThe long and winding road of Pulitzer- and Oscar-nominated writer Larry Kramer's controversial play The No…
From one-woman (in every sense of the word) FRINGE show to true team effortHow this remount changes everythingby Michaela di CesareI was asked how the input of a new director, Tamara Brown, …
Having It AllA guide to holding on to the creature comfortsby Cameryn MooreA couple of weeks ago I wrote about the little creature comforts of my home turf, stuff that I was going to miss wh…
Bring it On (photo: Joan Marcus)Off To Broadway: TORONTO The production of Bring it On, now wowing audiences in Toronto as it tours across the continent, will finally land on Broadway. (See …
THEATRE SHOULD BE SEEN, NOT READjoel fishbaneI don't usually take issue with comments waged by Gaëtan Charlebois, our eponymous editor, but this week I couldn't resist. Last week, in…
Our columnist, Cameryn Moore (Tour Whore, every Sunday) is indeed touring her new show power / play to 22 cities across Canada including several Fringe Festivals. Her pictures are alway…
Melissa-Jane Shaw, Jonathon Young (Photo credit: Karim Romero)DeceptionNightwood goes into the dark corners of couplehoodBy Gregory W. BunkerStockholm is a psychological snapshot of the life…
One of the most wonderfully silly promotions for a production ever. This is an "ad" for the dating agency dolly-levi.com. Click on the link and you will arrive at the page for somethin…
Ex Machina's La Caserne (photo: Isabelle-Ann Charlebois)Toronto: Leonard Cohen has accepted the Glenn Gould Prize but has ceded its $50,000 purse to the Canada Council, CP reported. The…
Melissa-Jane Shaw, Jonathon Young (Photo credit: Karim Romero)Double-DutyThe weight of two roles in presenting Stockholmby Melissa-Jane Shaw (notes compiled by Jasmine Chen)Seventh Stag…
Questions. Answers?Discussby Gaëtan L. Charlebois- Louis CK does a bit on the words "nigger", "faggot" and "cunt"- Bill Burr does one in which he wonders about sports commentators' career…
Let's tell you what The Guardian said about a recent production of Stockholm, about to open at Nightwood, "...this is a terrifyingly erotic and haunting 70 minutes of watching two people hur…
In an Ocean of EnglishKeeping a language afloatby Guy MignaultDear readers, I was asked to participate in The Charlebois Post to talk a bit about what it is to run a French theatre company i…
A Letter HomeIt's Mother's Day...by Cameryn MooreDear Mom:You're never going to see this Mother's Day letter, but I've got a column to write, and I figure if ever there were a prompt that sp…
The Big SopranoMontreal-bound Mary Dunleavy " the internationally-acclaimed American opera singer with the big heart and big voice " learned her chops in the Lone Star State where opera-lovi…
(Photo credit: Louis Longpré)On collaborations, handling the spice and writing a Bollywood play à la Québécoise called Poutine Masala by Stéfan CédilotDeepali Lindblom walked up…
August Schellenberg (from NAC website)Stirring FeatherLear faces the storm at NACby Jim MurchisonIt was with much anticipation that I went to see King Lear. Shakespeare is often performed in…
STRUCTURE VS. THE MODERN PLAYWRIGHTjoel fishbanePlaywright Theresa Rebeck showed up on my radar again. Long time devotees to my ramblings will recall that last year I discussed Reb…
(photo via Twitter by Benjamin Laird)Ordeal PoisonYou shed your complexes and beg to die…Musically!by Ryan HurlTrial by Ordeal Poison- where a person is forced shed their complexes or beg …
Matthew Raudsepp (photo credit: lucetg.com)A Hill Too FarCentaur's closer has serious problemsby Gaëtan L. CharleboisThe Haunted Hillbilly comes with huge buzz - somewhere at the volume o…
Kathleen Turner (photo credit: Lanny Nagler)A solo which is notKathleen Turner fills her vehicleby Jasmine ChenHigh, which opened at the Royal Alexandra Theatre last night, is the story of a…
Jane Archibald (photo credit: Michael Cooper)A Jolly Good Time......and utterly ridiculous and bombasticby Axel Van Chee"No, no I'll take no less" sings Semele to Jove with grim determinatio…
