The Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s Winter Festival kicked off this month with Shakespeare’s excellent if obscure romance Cymbeline. There are only 3 performances left (tonight- Saturday Feb 19 at 8pm; and tomorrow- Sunday Feb 20, at 2pm and 7pm) but if you get a chance, this is not a production to be missed. The bench depth […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2010 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. This fall, Sochi Fried captivated audiences as the title character in Ibsen’s complex tragedy Hedda Gabler with Toronto’s Alumnae Theatre Company. Her layered performance earned her a Best Actress nomination in the local/independent […]
I would really love it if TV world gave me a present this year and Mr. Sunshine did very very well. It’s a clever show, and clever is certainly something we need more of. You know what else we need more of? Allison Janney, I could always use more of her. And more of Matthew […]
Last weekend I was excited to get the chance to see my first UC Follies show. The Threepenny Opera was in the lovely Hart House theatre, featured some excellent performers and had some good moments, but the overall production was shaky at best. The unforgiving score from Kurt Weill and dark lyrics by Bertolt […]
It’s Valentine’s time and TV is in full romantic bloom. Here are our favourite romantic episodes of the week: 1) Glee (We’ve covered this already. Twice) 2) Community (This too. Just once) 3) Modern Family The reprisal of Clyve and Juliana, Gloria turning Valentine’s day into a competition, Manny’s quest for Hayley’s […]
Never was a story of truer love than that of Troy and Abed. This week’s Community Valentine’s Day episode shined a light on one of TV’s greatest friendships as Troy and Abed struggled with the fact that they were both attracted to the same woman. Unlike many a bromance before them (Dawson and Pacey, Alan […]
Rachael’s already posted about how great the second Glee of the week was, but having just watched it (finally), I have to put my two cents in, if only because I am a firm believer in expressing your love when it’s there, especially if the last thing you did was express something less lovely. It’s […]
Canadian comedy scribe Rob Sheridan just moved to Hollywood. A staple of quality writing at the CBC, Rob now makes his home at CBS where he’s working on the new sitcom, Mad Love. The romantic comedy, which stars Jason Biggs, Sarah Chalke, Judy Greer and Tyler Labine, premieres this Monday at 8:30. I asked Rob […]