Even after 10 seasons, Grey’s Anatomy continues to remind me of why it deserves to stay on television. The writers have an amazing way of creating character centric episodes that don’t seem forced upon. They also have a really great way of introducing new characters and suddenly making you fall in love with them in […]
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Before we announce the winners of the 2014 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Though we lament that he may have ruined bananas for us forever, Alexander Plouffe’s indelible and intimate performance in Brandon Crone’s gorgeous one-act portrait of modern marriage Maypole Rose (as part of Circle Jerk) was one of […]
So it begins, the 2014 Nominee Interview Series! It’s the best time of year, starting with Nomination Announcements, ending with a Giant Party in Toronto and, in between, we get to talk to dozens of the most talented and interesting people in the entertainment industry. We have 66 amazing interviews for you this […]
There’s something deeply satisfying about discovering a competent, innovative cover version of one of your favourite songs. I have a great deal of admiration for artists who not only re-record someone else’s tune, but reinvent it and put their own spin on it in a way that showcases just as much artistry as the source […]
Before The Howland Company was The Howland Company- long before they were a producing theatre company at all- they were a reading group. It all began back in late 2012 when a group of friends and theatre colleagues gathered in future Howland founding member James Graham’s living room to read Bachelorette by Leslye Headland. As […]
The two one-act plays that make up Spiel Players’ double bill- currently playing as part of Fraser Studios’ 2015 indie season- are both new adaptations of strange, challenging work from radical French playwright Marguerite Duras. They both revel in meandering, poetic language and the pointed vagueness of their character portraits but that is where their similarities […]
There really are not enough wonderful things to say about The Object Lesson, part of the World Stage series at Harbourfront Centre. I have not seen such an enchanting piece of theatre in a long time. It’s truly a shame that its run is so short as it would offer many, I feel, the chance […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2014 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Generally a festival production features a fairly simple set (or a non-existent one), something cheap to construct and easy to strike. Antigonick at SummerWorks didn’t feel at all like a festival production. It felt like a larger […]