3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
When Neil Simon's play, Barefoot in the Park, premiered on Broadway people were just beginning to understand what a titan the man would become in American theatre...forget that - in internat…
Les Demimondes at SummerWorksLove bites! One of Canada's most famous and celebrated sex workers, Sasha Von Bon Bon, is sure to titillate hipsters at Toronto's SummerWorks Festival in her new…
Learning Laramieby Donald ReesI've always wanted to work on The Laramie Project. I read the original script almost a decade ago and it moved me. But ten years ago, the idea of Brave New Prod…
It's Touchingby Cameryn MooreTwo days ago I was flyering a line here at the Calgary Fringe, and I came upon a young-ish, hipster-ish straight couple hugging each other, arms wrapped tightly …
SPOTLIGHT SHINES ON SIMULATED MEDICINE joel fishbane The world of simulated medicine is getting a comedic approach thanks to Vanessa Matsui, the actress / writer / brain behind The Sim…
Neef (COC website, photo byMichael Cooper)OTTAWA: The Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC) has announced its new artistic director. Director/Actor Eric Coates - formerly AD at the Blyth Fes…
William Webster, John Jarvis, Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster & Hannah Miller (photo: Cylla von Tiedemann)No one can know God's willSixty years on, The Crucible proves it still has much to sayb…
From the website - Titanic (photo: Tim Matheson)Titanic is a yes, Music Man...well...by Jay CattersonTitanic: A New Musical, book by Peter Stone (1776) with music and lyrics by Maury Ye…
We hope you weren't in the process of eating your Cheerios when you fell on this picture, but we can't ever resist two elements in a promo photo: violence and sex - especially when the photo…
Sarah Koehn & Diego Matamoros (photo by: Cylla von Tiedemann)Singing the Under-sungSoulpepper delivers a little-known gemby Christian BainesMikhail Bulgakov's black satire The Royal Come…
Shaw Festival PR has some fun with era, sound effects and voice over with this promo video for their His Girl Friday - a classic screwball/murder/press/romantic satire/farce!
AmbivalenceBig stories have me at my wits' endby Gaëtan L. CharleboisA very dear and trusted friend of mine who works in the environmental movement told me that at conferences now the bac…
MojoIt's hard to ignore a show where the promo slogan is, "They're young, they're sexy and by the end of the night they might all be dead," especially if, as proof of the hype, the company t…
Three SatiesBehave Yourself, Please: A Monkey is Watching You How Music Informed the Writing of Satie et Cocteau: A Rehearsal of a Play of a Composer by a Poet.by Mike CzubaIn a previou…
What would you do if there were no stars?by Cameryn MooreWhat would you do if there were no stars?You're a theatre-goer, an avid one, you pride yourself on seeing as many Fringe shows as you…
From the original production of Big PlansTAYLOR TAKES TORONTOby joel fishbaneIt's a Sunday morning and both Jeremy Taylor and I are going on very little sleep, although in his case it i…
Kimberly O'Neill and Jesse Weafer in Big Band Legends at St. Jacob's Playhouse.A simple, elegant picture that tells the whole story of a moment in theatre.
Nick Blood (photo credit: Nobby Clark)friends start band, band becomes successful, life starts to get realBackbeat is and is not the Beatlesby Dave RossBackbeat: The Birth of the Beatles is …
Ooooooooooh my! Big Mama! The Willie Mae Thornton Story at Belfry. If you really CAN'T get to Victoria, you may not want to watch this video...
EvolutionCharPo is not what I plannedby Gaëtan L. CharleboisThis week is the first anniversary of our podcast, This Is The CPC. In a month it will be the first anniversary of The Charlebo…
Kristin Galer from Little ShopMusicals everywhere again this week! At the Orillia Opera House, appropriately, there is Mid Life! The Crisis Musical. Biological clocks, prostates, mammograms …
THE ST. LAWRENCE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL " the little Festival that could!Ten years onby Ian FarthingIf you'd said to me ten years ago that I was going to be the artistic director of a successf…
Montreal's historic Le 456 Sauna (formerly The Neptune Sauna) closed in November 2011 after 33 years of non-stop service around-the-clockHello Montreal!Bugs explores why a Montreal remo…
