Archive for the ‘Theatre’ Category
12
Sep
Posted by thatsthebook in Review, Theatre. Tagged: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Chilina Kennedy, Paul Nolan, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, West Side Story. 1 Comment
The hype around Stratford all summer has been Stratford Shakespeare Festival‘s hit production of West Side Story. This is a show I’m sure you’re all familiar with, for all intense purposes the show is a musical version of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. This time the rivals are the Sharks and Jets two gangs and [...]
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14
May
Posted by thatsthebook in Review, Theatre, Theatrical Thursday. Tagged: Antoni Cimolino, Ben Carlson, Brian Bedford, Desmond Heeley, Oscar Wild, Sara Topham, Stephen Ouimette, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, The Importance of Being Earnest. 3 Comments
The first show that I saw at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival was Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. For any theatre fan this would be a show you’ve probably seen it several time and probably involved with the show in someway. But it’s a show I absolutely adore. It’s almost sad how well I [...]
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30
Apr
Posted by thatsthebook in Theatre, Theatrical Thursday. Tagged: Frank Wedekind, Jonathan Franzen, Spring Awakening, The Book Vault. 2 Comments
I don’t typically go to a show without at least being familiar with one of the tunes. I like to have some idea of what I’m getting myself into before I get to the theatre, because sometimes it requires some mental preparation. Now I wasn’t completely oblivious about Spring Awakening before going but I really [...]
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4
Apr
Posted by thatsthebook in Theatre. Tagged: Bravo, Caesar and Cleopatra, Christopher Plummer, Des McAnuff, George Bernard Shaw, Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Leave a Comment
This summer the Stratford Shakespeare Festival had Christopher Plummer playing George Bernard Shaw’s Julius Caesar in Caesar and Cleopatra. It was a show that got so much attention that the show was filmed in HD and presented at Cineplex theatres across Canada. Now for those of you that didn’t get the chance to see this [...]
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2
Apr
Posted by thatsthebook in Theatre, Theatrical Thursday. Tagged: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Des McAnuff, Four Seasons, Fred Penner, Jersey Boys, Mcbeth. 2 Comments
Given what this Theatrical Thursday is about not all of these will have a link to a novel of any kind. Even though this isn’t book related I wanted to talk about it anyway because I love theatre and once the Festival gets going I’ll be talking about a number of shows that have no [...]
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14
Mar
Posted by thatsthebook in Booking Through Thursday, Theatre, Theatrical Thursday. Tagged: Booking Through Thursday, The Color Purple, Theatrical Thursday. Leave a Comment
Okay, maybe it’s not completely different but it is something new. I was inspired by this weeks Booking Through Thursday and wanted to spend sometime talking about my other passions on this lowly blog. So, the idea came to me, it was like the proverbial light went on. Not only do I love books but [...]
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23
Feb
Posted by thatsthebook in Canada Reads 2009, Giveaway, Theatre, Weekly Review. Tagged: Bill Willingham, Brian Francis, Canada Reads 2009, Fables: Storybook Love, Fruit, Mark Buckingham, Murder at the Prom, Peter DePietro, Steve Leialoha, The Color Purple: The Musical. Leave a Comment
Well I guess this past week made up for the previous week. I got three books finished and got a giveaway started. I guess I have several reviews I should get working on and posting on here but I keep finding other things that I want to talk about on here so the reviews get [...]
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18
Feb
Posted by thatsthebook in Book Shopping, Canada Reads 2009, Literary News, Theatre. Tagged: 2nd Canadian Book Challenge, An Abundance of Katherines, Brian Francis, Canada Reads 2009, CBC, Common Weath Writers' Prize, Fruit, Giller Prize, John Green, Lawrence Hill, Les Belles Soeurs, Michel Tremblay, The Book of Negroes, The Book Vault, The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant. 3 Comments
Wow, it’s that time of the year again. CBC is gearing up for it’s yearly Canada Reads competition. I always look forward to debates that happen on CBC radio 1 to see what the defenders of each book has to say about the novels. When I get a chance to read the selections I’m often [...]
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2
Feb
Posted by thatsthebook in Theatre, Weekly Review. Tagged: August: Osage County, Equus, Marry Poppins, Peter Shaffer, Pulitzer Prize, T.H.E. Hill, Tracy Latts, Voices Under Berlin. 1 Comment
I spent the last weekend in New York City. It was my first time in the city that never sleeps and it was wonderful. While I was there I took in three shows, most of which were fantastic. I also worked on completing the books I started last week. I should get The Devil’s Picnic [...]
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18
Jul
Posted by thatsthebook in Review, Theatre. Tagged: Bruce Dow, Cabaret, Douglas Paraschuk, Fred Ebb, Joe Masteroff, John Kander, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Trish Lindstrom. Leave a Comment
Since being back in Stratford I’ve been to see many shows at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. My first introduction to this season was Joe Masteroff, John Kander and Fred Ebb’s Cabaret staring Bruce Dow as the Emcee and Trish Lindstrom as Sally Bowles. Since being home I’ve already watched Cabaret twice. Needless to say I [...]
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