3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
The Bard KnewWhat drama teaches usby Gaëtan L. CharleboisI was raving about HBO's magnificent docudrama, Game Change, on Facebook. This is the film adapted from the just as magnificent te…
Quiet On The Set...and...Remember!Backstage at the COC brings the past and the biggest question facing operaby Alex Van Chee(photos by Karl Forster from the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie p…
The playwright (l) with Chris Hayes (photo by Pamela Perrotti)What Does It Mean to Be In Love?Answers with musicby Trevor BarretteSet in good old Montreal, 'To Be' is the story of Adam, a yo…
The Healey AffairDoesn't anyone have the guts to tell Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Toronto's Tarragon Theatre to fuck off?By Richard BurnettEvidently we are doomed to repeat ou…
Preview PerilsIT SAYS MATURE AUDIENCES ON THE FUCKING POSTER, PEOPLE.by Cameryn MooreAll the forms are in. (I think.) My marketing print material is in the pipeline. The promo/special event …
THE CHATTY CROWDorShould we be speaking out or shutting up during a show?joel fishbaneMy recent visit to Centaur Theatre's production of Intimate Apparel quickly became the quintes…
Gun-Brit Barkmin, Michael König, Alan Held (background) in A Florentine Tragedy (Photo: Michael Cooper)One Almost, One WinThe COC double-bill is a great idea that (almost) works perfe…
Dramaturgy of DisappointmentFailure in the Face of Comic Expectationsby Joseph Shragge"Humor, I suppose, consecrates nonexistence." Lionel Abel, Metatheatre: a new view of dramatic…
Yeah, yeah, yeah we know the various Fringes aren't for a bit yet, but we're already getting some interesting stuff including a kit from Burnt Thicket Theatre about their production of Andre…
We wanted to celebrate the arrival of the double-bill at Canadian Opera Company - A Florentine Tragedy and Gianni Schicchi - by offering a wowser of a video of Schicchi's most famous aria - …
Allen MacInnis, artistic director of Toronto's prestigious Young People's Theatre, has announced a 47th season based around the theme "I Wish". To that end the company will be presenting ori…
Without fanfare or a press conference, artistic director Dean Patrick Fleming has released the details of his upcoming season. Two plays will be presented to the general public: Robin H…
La Compagnie Jean-Duceppe's artistic director, has announced its upcoming season and as usual it includes well-known international works (Lee Hall's The Pitman Painters - translated as…
Am I Myron Galloway?Be careful of what you wish for...By Gaëtan L. CharleboisI was working at Centaur Theatre in the PR department when my boss, Pam Turpin, let out a "Tsk!" that could wa…
The Real World?Tarragon Theatre continues its relationship with Québécois playwright Michel Tremblay with a new production of his work, The Real World? This is a prickly, quasi-confessiona…
Sensuality, rage, courage and determinationBy Isabelle-Ann CharleboisThis was a magnificent "Season of Women" at Le Trident. Even with this last production, an adaptation of The Odysse…
(photo credit: Joan Marcus) Broadway rocker Beauty and the Beast's Tony-nominated director Rob Roth dishes about Elton John, Anne Rice, Jackie Collins and Alice Cooper,…
Part VIIIToward the endBy David di GiovanniYou know, we've been involved in putting on a show a month at the Mainline since September, and never once did any joke involving 'that time of the…
The poutine wasn't great, but the company wasby Cameryn MooreLast week I talked about the haters on tour, and how much that hurts sometimes. This week I just wanted to let you know that I AM…
In The Company of FoolsShakespeare's Interactive Circus and Algonquin are a happy marriageby Jim MurchisonI went to the Algonquin Theatre School not quite knowing what to expect. A Company o…
The Real JungleBaobab will please parents as much as their childrenby Ryan HurlIn the heart of the urban jungle, at the base of the Calgary tower, an ancient tale pushes up toward the sky in…
RISE OF THE PUPPETS joel fishbane"We all have strings holding us together," says Pierrick. "But it's whether or not the strings pull you or push you that makes you a marionette or a pup…
The Sudbury Theatre Centre has announced a six play season that includes the trans-Canadian hit Henry and Alice: Into the Wild, the two-hander classic Same Time, Next Year and what is being …
Gil Garratt (photo credit: lucetg.com)Taking ChancesMarivaux continues to seduceby Jessica YenHot on the heels of a month-long run at the Centaur Theatre, The Game of Love and Chance has fin…
