CHECK IN FROM AWAY | Episode 34 | Shinan Govani
SnL talk with journalist and showbuzz czar Shinan Govani. He has covered society parties and celebrities and showbiz gossip in Toronto for over 20 years. Currently he writes for the Toronto …
SnL talk with journalist and showbuzz czar Shinan Govani. He has covered society parties and celebrities and showbiz gossip in Toronto for over 20 years. Currently he writes for the Toronto …
In what Ben Brantley of The New York Times raves is "as close as mortals come to heaven on earth," GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY is set at a guesthouse where a group of wanderers cross paths. …
Steffi and Lisa check in with Toronto actor and comedian Ennis Esmer to find out what he's been up to during the pandemic. You'll know Ennis from his starring role in the NBC crime drama Bli…
Seminar tells the story of four young writers who each pay $5,000 for a ten-week seminar with Leonard, an international literary figure. The story begins with Kate, a well-to-do Upper West S…
Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time) has adapted Nobel Prize-winner José Saramago's dystopian novel Blindness as a sound installation.…
Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich were two of the greatest names in international show business during much of the 20th century. At a time when popular culture was still defined by a small han…
Eight years ago, for five days in May the great Louise Pitre " Canada's musical theatre superstar " premiered a show she created about her journey. On The Rocks … stirred not shaken, perf…
2017 TONY® AWARD-WINNER FOR BEST PLAY In 1993, in front of the world's press, the leaders of Israel and Palestine shook hands on the lawn of the White House. Few watching would have gues…
SnL's guests are actor Ali Momen and musician and actor Torquil Campbell. Ali you will remember as one of the stars of Come From Away and the person behind the Arts New Deal https://www.chan…
Jim Steinman died on April 19, and left behind a legacy in rock music and theatre. Part of that legacy was the musical Bat Out Of Hell, based on the album he Mae with singer Meat Loaf. The s…
In 1974 Steve Martin took a trip through Eastern Canada. While in Toronto he stopped at Ed's Warehouse and tap danced down Markham Street. These two locations have a long history as a part o…
It was on May 5, 2020 that SnL released their very first Check In From Away. This issue's episode features some of the past guests of the 30 episodes online chat show. But this time, the tab…
Blockbuster New Show To Be The First To Open In Toronto This Spring Tickets to The Stay At Home Show Go On Sale May 4th, 2021 All Proceeds to Support The AFC (formerly The Actors' Fund of…
Melanie and Cara are back with a new song! Johnny Nash's classic I Can See Clearly Now is a great song for the times we live in, and the passing of time. There are subtitles so you will be a…
This week, SnL's guests are Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt, the creators and stars of Two Pianos, Four Hands, and Bea Campbell, the stage manager of the show since its thunderous premier…
Dear Evan Hansen played the Royal Alexandra Theatre from March 5, 2019 until July 21, 2019.
Steffi and Lisa go behind the scenes of the brand new digital musical of Alice In Wonderland. They speak with the creators and some of the performers. What's it like for theatre people to wo…
Today, on World Theatre Day, we're reminded that the stories that inspire us in the smallest of moments can connect us in the largest, most life-changing of ways. Today, and everyday, we cel…
Steffi and Lisa check in down under, where Come From Away has reopened " the first production of the show to play on stage since March of 2020. Several Australian company members share their…
Two Canadian icons, Paul gross and Kim Cattrall, came together for this production of the Noel Coward classic play Private Lives. Two divorcees meet when they accidentally book room next doo…
Come From Away halted performances because of the pandemic, and a year later cast members share their memories of the fateful night.
In this week's Check In From Away, Steffi and Lisa speak with four War Horse company members Alex Furber, Patrick Kwok Choon, Tommy Luther and Dayna Tietzen about their memories of that magi…
The Last Ship played February 9, 2019 until March 24, 2019 at the Princess of Wales Theatre. Sting stars as shipyard foreman, Jackie White. The cast also includes: Frances McNamee (Meg Dawso…
The Kit Kat Bar and Grill has shut its doors for the last time, but it will soon return--in book form. For all those who will miss the King St. mainstay, a book entitled Kit Kat Confidential…