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I've caught at least a half-dozen different casts in the Walter Bobbie-Ann Reinking production and the one which opened last night at the Canon Theatre is right up there with the best of the…
"This Is Our Youth," as directed by Woody Harrelson in Toronto.
Interview with Gregory Harrison, on tour with CHICAGO. Concentrates on his days a conscientious objector during Vietnam.
Who let these dogs out?
John Christian Quinn has wanted to turn Quentin Tarantino's 1992 film Reservoir Dogs into a stage play for years.
Having seen it, I wonder why.
When Two Pianos, Four Hands opened at the Tarragon Theatre on April 2, 1996, it's unlikely anyone thought it would be become one of the biggest Canadian hits of all time — least of all its…
Interview with the Toronto cast of "This Is Our Youth," previewing this week....directed by Woody Harrleson.
It's hard to find a solution. Well, somebody has tackled the problem and figured out how to turn things around.
Wild sex and extreme behaviour will steam up the screens at this year's festival as filmmakers react to 9/11.
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Thoughts on getting the younger generation into the theatre in the light of Hytner's success in London this summer.
The children of Sesame Street have written their first musical, and it's Broadway's latest hit.
Yesterday morning, as Tony- and Emmy-award winning performer Gregory Hines went to his final rest in Toronto, I would like to believe that the thunder overhead was my friend tap dancing in heaven.
The man acknowledged as the greatest tap dancer of his generation — who succumbed to bile duct cancer last Saturday in a Marina del Rey, Calif., hospital — chose a modest Roman Catholic church in Etobicoke and an Oakville cemetery for his farewell performance.
Thanks to Richard for the link.
The question: What was Melanie Griffith like in Chicago?
The answer: I couldn't take my eyes off of her.
Torontonian Sarah Cornell has premiered in her first principal role — it just happens to be in a Broadway hit
The New Ulla.
The man made magic when he moved.
As a teen, Todd Graff found a creative outlet in the woods at Stagedoor Manor
Big River delivers the kind of chills-down-the-back you go to the theatre for, but you don't have to wait for an 11 o'clock number to get them.
No, in this production they start soon after the curtain goes up.
Memories of working with the Pulitzer Prize winning author on the musical version of "Larry's Party".
Review of Suskin's "Broadway Yearbook" and Mordden's "One More Kiss."
Olympia Dukakis writes unflinching tell-all memoir
Between 1973 and 1975, a visionary producer named Eli Landau produced an amazing series of 14 films. They were all based on exciting works of contemporary drama, featured great stars of the day and were directed by some of the A-list talent of the time.
He called it The American Film Theatre.
"A super-pan," as Richard calls it.
Grease staged with non-union cast
Column on possible Stratford casting of Andrea Martin in next season's musicals leads into reflections on Buddy Hackett and the role of the funnymen in musical comedy.
