Posted on March 7, 2012
By Albert Smith
Front Slider, Theatre
Chim chiminey, chim chiminey, chim chim cheree, a sweep is as lucky as lucky can be – and that’s what musical theatre has done to popular culture: a clean sweep! Thanks a bunch, Bono, South Park dudes, Glee, Steven Spielberg, Green Day and lest we forget, Cats! Segue gracefully to the big announcement Wednesday that […]
Posted on February 28, 2012
By Mike Ross
Comedy, Front Slider, Theatre, TV and Radio
Everyone’s a comedian – that’s one cliche come true in the age of the internet. What will NEVER become a famous saying, according to Canadian comic actor Kevin McDonald, is this: “Everyone’s a GOOD comedian.” But he’s here to help. The Kids in the Hall member perhaps best known as the “Slipped My Mind” Guy […]
Posted on February 25, 2012
By Adrian Lackey
The Latest, Theatre
Race does matter – and it always will. Hence the title of David Mamet’s controversial legal drama, which makes its Canadian premiere in a Theatre Yes production at the Catalyst Theatre through March 11. Right off the top of “Race,” black lawyer Henry Brown asks and answers the question, “Does the black man hate white […]
Posted on February 25, 2012
By Albert Smith
Film, Theatre
The months, weeks, days, hours and moments leading up to the Academy Awards are far more exciting than the Academy Awards themselves – which is why it’s so crucial to watch the show in good company, to use your powers of imagination to make an “event” out of the biggest non-event of the year. “I […]
Posted on February 23, 2012
By Adrian Lackey
Front Slider, Theatre
Let’s not pussy-foot around. Cats is designed for one purpose only: It’s theatre for people who normally don’t go to the theatre. This statement will anger and offend some, but it’s true. Want proof? The only recognizable Edmonton theatre regulars amongst a crowd of 2,000 at opening night at the Jubilee Auditorium Wednesday were the […]
Posted on February 20, 2012
By Mike Ross
Theatre
Cats is the Nickelback of musical theatre. It is both the most loved and hated of its kind. It has played for 30 continuous years on Broadway, won seven Tony awards, been translated into 20 languages and has given birth to many healthy litters of touring productions, the latest coming to the Jubilee Auditorium Feb. […]
Posted on February 17, 2012
By Adrian Lackey
Culture, Theatre
Picture this: The play starts with May (Jamie Konchak) wrapping her arms around the legs of her rodeo cowboy-stuntman-estranged boyfriend Eddie (David MacInnis) to cling onto him, and – within minutes – she plants her knee square in his nuts to push him away. This opening seems to be the thesis statement of not only […]
Posted on February 14, 2012
By Mike Ross
Family, The Latest, Theatre
There is one major winter festival left in the winter festival season to ease us into springtime (now that wasn’t so bad, was it?) – and many hardcore hibernal celebrants agree that the Silver Skate Festival is the best. The 22nd annual event happens Friday through holiday Monday at Hawrelak Park. This is no frivolous […]
Posted on February 12, 2012
By Adrian Lackey
Culture, Front Slider, Theatre
“Nobody appreciates damage … at the time.” These are the striking words that started the public’s introduction to Chris Craddock’s magnum opus Moving Along back at the 2001 Fringe Festival. The play has resonated with audiences ever since. Moving Along has been remounted seven times over the years – and here it is some 11 […]
Posted on February 3, 2012
By Adrian Lackey
The Latest, Theatre
So I go to the Citadel Theatre box office to pick up my reviewer’s ticket for Blind Date. The ladies give me my comp and slap a red wristband on me. “The hell?!” I exclaim. “Well, she pulls someone out of the audience and she doesn’t want to be picking media,” is their matter-of-fact answer. […]
Posted on February 2, 2012
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Music, Theatre
“The politician who starts with a mission and promptly changes plans, he’ll be axed from his job with nary a bob and sent to the oil sands.” Oh, there’s more where that came from. Robert Herriot, director of Edmonton Opera’s production of The Mikado – opening Saturday at the Jubilee Auditorium – is such a […]
Posted on January 31, 2012
By Mike Ross
Culture, Front Slider, Theatre
There may be a reason it’s been 40 years since a professional theatre company has attempted to mount Waiting For Godot in Edmonton – this thing is a real bitch. The creative team from Wishbone Theatre is working hard to “find the truth” in Samuel Beckett’s absurdist masterpiece before opening night at the TransAlta Arts […]
