3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
Ben Carlson and Deborah Hay (photo credit: David Hou)All Things Sort So WellStratford's Much Ado is a fantastic rompby Stuart Munro and Dave RossMuch Ado About Nothing has long been one of o…
Fritzed!Politics is exhaustingby Gaëtan L. CharleboisIn a discussion on politics and Queer culture, a woman once said to Larry Kramer, "I have been on the forefront of the civil rights mo…
Farewell, Peter Hinton!What is lost at NACby Jim MurchisonAs the the capital region says goodbye to Peter Hinton, the trepidation Ottawa had at his arrival after Marti Maraden's departure is…
Seana McKenna in The Matchmaker (photo credit: On The Run)Stratford is going to tackle The Matchmaker. You know Thornton Wilder's play even if you don't think you do. Yonkers, a woman who se…
Eden Kennedy and Jay Turvey (photo credit: David Cooper)The Music of Something BeginningShaw's Ragtime explodes off the stageby Dave Ross and Stuart MunroOur weekend in Niagara-on-the-Lake h…
Greg Wanless and Mo Bock in The Melville BoysWith Kathryn MacKay, associateproducer and wifeReaching Middle AgeAn Artistic Director looks back at a lifetime in the Islandsby Greg WanlessThe …
(Photo credit: Scott Munn)Musical Chairs " moving from director to actor in a solo showThe jarring jarsby Ann-Marie KerrSue Leblanc-Crawford of Zuppa Theatre in Halifax approached me a few y…
The song remains the sameThe Obies vs The MECCAs highlights some of the real differences between New York and Montreal "but the anglophone theatre scenes of both cities actually have much in…
Comfort Foodby Cameryn MooreI just finished filming some short-short promo videos for my upcoming presentation of Phone Whore in the Zoofest Festival in Montréal, and it's all getting a lit…
Krista Colosimo, Ben Sanders (photo credit: David Cooper)Endless patter...Good endless patterShaw Fest delivers a brilliant castby Dave RossMisalliance by George Bernard Shaw is an unfamilia…
SHAKESPEARE'S SEXUAL SUMMERjoel fishbaneWere one to judge novelist John Irving's new book by its cover, it would seem to have little to do with theatre. Perhaps best known for The World Acco…
Walterdale poster artMONTREAL: Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui has rescinded its Thursday decision to forbid the wearing of the red square badge (symbolic of support for the student movement in Qu…
(poster art)The Drama of The SearchLise Ann Johnson says farewell with a beautyby Jim MurchisonAnnie Baker's play Circle Mirror Transformation takes place entirely in one brick room in a Com…
Many Ways This Piece Is Even BetterMichaela di Cesare and her director find the should of a playby Chris Lane"I compiled a list of the lies my mother told me."Lies, or myths, or half-truths,…
The Gingerbread ManNot a pleasant nightby Dave RossA man dressed in black, wearing a mask, stepped into the lobby of the theatre this evening. He mingled with the crowd waiting to enter the …
Suffer the ChildrenAgainst the Grain scores again with Brittenby Axel Van CheeAgainst the Grain Theatre has done it again. The company has set a very high bar for their future endeavors this…
Oliver Dennis & Michael Hanrahan (photo credit: Cylla von Tiedemann)Storey's StorySoulpepper goes Homeby Jessica YenHome, written by David Storey is a slow to unravel story about communi…
Steve Maddock and Jennifer Lines (Photo by Tim Matheson)A Touch of ClassArts Club serves up a good Porterby Jay CattersonHigh Society, the Cole Porter stage musical adapted from the Philip B…
Scott Munn's exceptional photo of Susan Leblanc Crawford in The Debacle, opening at FTA. The use of light (and of objects not fully visible) provides mystery and draws the eye to t…
Julie Martell in Ragtime (photo credit: Emily Cooper)Two Guys, Five Days, Five Playsby Stuart MunroStarting this Friday, fellow CharPo contributor Dave Ross and myself will be heading into t…
O'SullivanTORONTO: Performances continue tonight of Lost in Yonkers presented by the Harold Greenberg Jewish Theatre and starring Happy Days mom, Marion Ross. Performances were put on hold s…
Looks like you'll cry...Ragtime at Shaw FestAudience reactions and somepretty stirring moments from the musical.
Dog's LifeSometimes, when the dust has settled, it is nice to go backby Gaëtan L. CharleboisI was walking my dog a few days ago when off in the distance, coming toward me, was a man and h…
Marla McLean in A Man and Some Women (photo credit: David Cooper)Circle Mirror Transformation, at GCTC this week, sounds terrifying. It's an acting class (just that gives us the willies), an…
