Pictures of the Year, 2013
[Over 13 days, from December 20-January 2, we will be publishing the best live performance photos or promo shots of the year. We began choosing them by considering the 50 Pictures of the Wee…
[Over 13 days, from December 20-January 2, we will be publishing the best live performance photos or promo shots of the year. We began choosing them by considering the 50 Pictures of the Wee…
[Over 13 days, from December 20-January 2, we will be publishing the best live performance photos or promo shots of the year. We began choosing them by considering the 50 Pictures of the Wee…
[Over 13 days, from December 20-January 2, we will be publishing the best live performance photos or promo shots of the year. We began choosing them by considering the 50 Pictures of the Wee…
[Over 13 days, from December 20-January 2, we will be publishing the best live performance photos or promo shots of the year. We began choosing them by considering the 50 Pictures of the Wee…
Nominations: CharPR Prize, 2013The Charlebois Post is in a unique position in the Canadian cultural landscape. First, we are small, so there are only about ten of us who have direct contact …
Photo Courtesy Type A MarketingAin't nothing like a PulitzerPulitzer and Tony Award-winning composer Tom Kitt sits down for a frank tete-a-tete about the landmark Broadway musical American I…
The Fringe, Broken Hearts, Blazing Through and Fatherly feelingsby Gaëtan L. CharleboisSam S Mullins is a Vancouver-turned-Toronto-based writer/humorist. He is a staff wri…
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Tea (and cookies) at the Palace!Historical references loaded with innuendo are not usual lines in children's theatre pieces, but all part and parcel of a Puppetmongers' show. by David P…
A New Year's WishHow we will lose the culture warsby Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisA neighbour of mine saw me on the street with my brand new beard and said it was impressive. I joked l…
The High-Octane Danish Girlby Estelle RosenRaised by Danish immigrants in Kelowna, BC and fuelled by a love for talking with strangers, Ingrid Hansen is fascinated with ways of creating temp…
(photo by Darryl Black)Messing With Messiahby Ramya JegatheesanAgainst the Grain's Messiah begins as any other Messiah might. Singers decked out in their Sunday best: the men in black suits …
(photo by Maxime Côté)Shaping the Future of TheatreI believe NTS will be powerful as long as it will stay absolutely connected to the pulse of professional theatre.by David Sklar Si…
(photo by Seanna Kennedy)For a Good Time Call: Little Shop of Horrors by Keely Kwok @kowklesLittle Shop of Horrors is a fun, quirky musical about a bumbling, lovesick fella named S…
Could it be me...?by Cameryn Moore@camerynmooreI can't take it personally. All of this went through my mind like a mantra last week, when I received two emails, bam bam, informing me that ne…
Photo by Jacqui Jensen-RoyThe Snow Glow Queen or How I Learned to Just Enjoy the ShowWeather the Weather to see Whether the Weatherby Christopher DouglasHaley McGee crafts a wintery tale abo…
Dream Callingby Jim Murchison@JimMurchisonA friend of mine died this year. He was not a close friend. I knew him briefly when I was fundraising for the NAC where he also worked. What reminde…
(photo by Neil Scotten)The Phædra Project: love stories framed by a pool of water Sarah Deshaies The story of Phædra, the second wife of Theseus, has been explored in countless re-tell…
Theatre On Many Levelsby Jim MurchisonThere are a few things that Mi Casa Theatre does that you really don't get to see anywhere else. For one, there is a boldness in their choices as to sta…
WC Fields is quoted as saying, "Never work with children and animals" so poor Sterling Jarvis, here as Daddy Warbucks in YPT's Annie, featured with Jenny Weisz as the title character. But we…
Not Whistling Dixie!by Jay CattersonThe Richmond Gateway Theatre Society brings the legendary Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I to life this holiday season. Based on the 1944 Ma…
Bring your Christmas cheer (and a blanket)by Dave RossEvery December for the past 76 years, the Church of the Holy Trinity has embarked on an ambitious Christmas pageant, sharing the story o…
(photo by Farrah Aviva)The Young and the Restlessby Ramya JegatheesanRob Van Meenen's Repetitive Strain Injury bills itself as a dark comedy about contemporary relationships: their quirks, v…
Régine Cadet announced as new general manager of Theatre Passe MurailleToronto, ON " Theatre Passe Muraille (TPM) is delighted to announce that Régine Cadet will be joining the company as …