3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
Dealing With an Unfortunate ReputationVile Passéist brings Marlowe to Winterby Dan BrayIn many ways, the Jewish community's eventual acceptance into 19th-century society must have been more…
Durang-Oby Jim MurchisonIt has been a while since I have been part of a college production so I was excited about seeing two clever one act plays at the Algonquin campus. The studio theatre …
An Open Letter to the Board of Directors of Stratford Shakespeare Festivalfrom joel fishbaneDear Stratford Shakespeare Festival:I am writing with great concern over the way you have chosen t…
Would you be 12 years old again?Geordie brings Claudia to Montrealby Nanette SoucyCan parents of 12-year olds, besought by the stuff of parenthood, have an accurate idea of what it's like to…
Speaking to the PastMust one read Wikipedia before a show?by Beat RiceZero Hour is a full length one-man show that tells the biographical story of artist, comedian, and actor, Zero Mostel. T…
Michael Blake (photo credit: Andrée Lanthier)Mighton by the NumbersSidemart at Segal examines issues and offers entertainmentby Chris LaneWe all know that working for the military can take …
FIVE THINGS CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER NEVER SAID (BUT I LIKE TO THINK HE DID)Canadian Icon, Christopher Plummer says a lot of things. He has never said any of the following, but sometimes, when I …
LET'S NOT NOT TALK ABOUT ITBY BRAD FRASER(Written for The Charlebois Post)I can't claim to know Michael Healey particularly well. I know of his great success as a playwright, of course,…
Krisztina Szabó as the Pilgrim (centre) and Russell Braun as Jaufré (above) in the Canadian Opera Company production of Love from Afar. (Photo: Michael Cooper)
Nicole Cline and Perry Young (photo credit: John Daughtry)Failing to Reach the HeightsDancap brings a tour to TOby Stuart MunroI first saw In The Heights on Broadway in the spring of 2009. L…
A charming "making of" The Drowsy Chaperone atThe Palace Theatre, London, Ontario, presented byMusical Theatre Productions
On The ROC And Le P'tit QuébecThe dangers of villageryBy Gaëtan L. CharleboisA Facebook friend of mine made a surprising statement this week. "What happens in the ROC doesn't interest me…
Montage from the London production of Wizard of Ozheaded to TorontoIn an announcement that was pleasant though hardly surprising, Mirvish launched its 2012-13 season with the news that Book …
Intimate Apparel (Daren Herbert and Marsha Regis; Photo by David Cooper.)It is a work that is popping a little bit everywhere in the next months, but this week Arts Club is taking …
Simone Osborne as Gilda in the COC production of Rigoletto (2011) (photo credit: Chris Hutchison)From Gounod to Verdi to Mozart ...and dealing with the realities of winter...by Sim…
Sounds of ColourBlack History Month laureate Josa Maule has taught over 5,000 students how to act onstage and off, and this year celebrates the 20th anniversary of her Montreal School o…
Are you out there? This is Cameryn...Challenging oneself by "using" the audienceby Cameryn MooreThe first iteration of my first solo show Phone Whore was not a monologue; it was a dialogue b…
The Tarragon's decision is both unfortunate and dangerousThis week The Tarragon Theatre decided to cancel an upcoming production of Michael Healey's play, Proud. (Read details in this G…
This is not a minor incidentThis week The Tarragon Theatre decided to cancel an upcoming production of Michael Healey's play, Proud. (Read details in this Globe and Mail story.) In response,…
February 4, 2012Love From Afarby Gaëtan L. CharleboisI am confined to quarters. My SO (significant other) has just had surgery, is immobilized and I am not only nursemaid but also cook, h…
Londa Larmond, Arlene Duncan(Photographer: Joanna Akyol)CAROLINE CHANGES THE THEATREjoel fishbaneEarly last year, a panel of experts sat down for New York Magazine and debated whic…
Paul Hopkins, Jilian Fargay, Jade Hassouné(photo: lucetg.com)Who says absence makes the heart grow fonder?In Absentia at the Centaur TheatreBy Richard BurnettHopes were high for Centaur The…
Christian Murray, Joey Tremblay (Photo credit: Andrée Lanthier)Around CreationPeter Hinton's last season at NAC continues but ho-humby Jim MurchisonI was excited to be going to the NAC agai…
Krisztina Szabó as the Pilgrim (downstage left), Erin Wall as Clémence and Russell Braun as Jaufré (both centre stage). Photo: Michael CooperConfirming Its GreatnessCOC proves its statu…
