3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
Sucks to be us, but not when we're together…Behind the scenes with a monster and a slutby Cassie Muise (photos via Facebook)When CharPo offered me the opportunity to write about life …
Brel's Valentineby Jay Catterson@ScienceOfSmut In 1968, the musical revue Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris was first mounted Off-Broadway and ran for more than four years. …
Rock of AgesCharPo sits down with Danny McHugh, one of the many hard-working young actors cast in the current national tour of the hit Broadway musical Rock of Ages, and rediscovers an age-o…
Back to Nothingby Cameryn MooreIt's funny how this column thing works out. Last week I'm doing some thinky-thinking about auxiliary events to supplement theatrical presentations"that is tota…
INTERNATIONAL CABAL CREATES GLOBAL MAGICjoel fishbane@joelfishbaneThe art of collaboration is getting a whole new definition thanks to a new initiative being spearheaded by a feisty group of…
An Important Subject Passionately Told Amazing Actor, Detailed Scriptby David C. JonesIf only theatre could be seen by those who really need to see it.Zee Zee Theatre is quite a remarka…
Little One with Joe Cobden and Michelle Monteith (photo: Nir Baraket)MOSCOVTICH SHOWS HER METTLEjoel fishbaneHannah Moscovitch continues to prove why she's one of Canada's most produced play…
Shawn Macdonald, Diana Coatsworth, David Marr (photo by David Cooper)Without a Hitchby Jay CattersonThe hugely successful "Hitchcock meets Hilarious" stage romp The 39 Steps gets the Arts Cl…
(photo credit: Lisa Cuscuna)A Delightful Detourby Shannon ChristyPatricia Racette: Diva on Detour is a fun album of the standards done by one of the best American opera stars. Set in a cabar…
The Chat Barby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonThis week has been quite a week for The Charlebois Post. The type of lively discussion that I relish, provoked by Gaëtan Charlebois's op-ed …
Our primary criterion for Picture of the Week is this: does it make you want to see the play. This Keith Barker photo of Joseph Pierre and Sascha Cole from Obsidian's Shakespeare's Nigga cer…
About the Actors by the ActorsDonald Rees, Sean Curley and Nir Guzinski talk ARTDONALD: Welcome to a unique interview between the cast members of Brave New Productions 'ART'. My name is Dona…
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The MAP-ProjectWhere have we been?by David di GiovanniWe've taken a break. We had a hiatus. And during this time, December and January, I hadn't been to one performance, read any…
Macbeth meets the Great WarThe Scottish play caps off a season of classics at Playersby Sarah Deshaies @sarahdeshaiesYou couldn't do a season of classic plays without touching on the Ba…
The Mystery of The Theatre NutWhen we got on Twitter, we automatically started to follow people like Kelly Nestruck at the Globe and Mail and Glenn Sumi at Now in Toronto, but being good Twi…
The company behind Le iShow wanted to talk about Facebook, Twitter - all of it. But what to say, exactly? "What do we have to exhibit that is so essential, so urgent, so general? Maybe just …
When Mirvish says, "Jump!"...what to do when a big producer throws its weight aroundby Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisAs a critic I have so been there/done that: refused reviewer's privi…
Getting Lost in Translationby Valerie Cardinal@vscardinalThis week, I'm going back to my hometown: Montreal. One of the most remarkable things about the city is its bilingualism. Coincidenta…
This week in theatreby Chris Lane@chrislanetweets[PUB: We are very pleased to be introducing another weekly column today. Chris Lane, our Editor-in-Chief for our Vancouver division, will be …
More than "translationese"by Estelle RosenElizabeth Ten-Hove, a Classics student in her final year at McGill, is currently directing the McGill Classics Play's 2013 production, Sop…
My Funny ValentineA celebrated production, And Slowly Beauty..., is coming to the big city this week. What can we say about it? How about we let our Ottawa Editor-in-Chief Jim Murchison talk…
Bruce Godfree, Laura Condlln, Raven Dauda (Photo: J Lauener)Laughing at deathPsychosis cures allby Jason BookerSarah Kane's final work before ending her own life, 4:48 Psychosis, is often co…
Laurence Lemieux (photo credit: Paul Antoine Taillefer)From The House Of MehThis arranged marriage of opera to dance is a match made in Hell.by Christian BainesIt has been recently opin…
