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There’s a reason The Who’s Tommy is called the original rock opera and not a great rock opera- it kind of stinks. The music is cool enough- I don’t think it calls for the rock-and-roll glorification older generations insist on, but that might just be my stubbornly square 20-something self talking-, but the story and storytelling are […]

I’ll keep this short. I was not a fan of this book. Obviously, any book that’s going to be about surviving infidelity is probably not going to be a barrel of laughs. And that’s fine. But since we aren’t aiming for entertainment value, the book should attempt, at least, to be useful and informative. Liz […]

Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series.   In honour of Soulpepper’s tremendous production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night, which opened last night (review to come), today’s interviews are with two of of the production’s outstanding actors. We already heard from stage […]

Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series.   In honour of Soulpepper’s tremendous production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night, which opened last night (review to come), today’s interviews are with two of of the production’s outstanding actors. First up is […]

Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My TV Awards, we’re proud to present the My TV Nominee Interview Series.   A 90s TV icon, impressive academic, published author and active blogger, Mayim Bialik is also one of the funniest actresses on TV playing scene-stealer Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory. The […]

 

I was extremely excited when I got a special sneak preview of Act Of Valor, the highly promoted film starring actual Navy SEALS and based on “real life” scenarios they may face in the field.   I have a number of friends who served in the armed forces and a few who, while in active […]

 

This is where My Entertainment World synergy comes in handy. Our most recent Sports Superstar of the Week (My Sports) is the subject of the latest 10-minute-musical from Stratford Shakespeare Festival company member Kevin Yee (My Theatre). Thus, dear MyEntWorld reader, you should enjoy this:

Downton Abbey has become a bit of a phenomenon among a certain brand of television fanatic. Paced like a soap opera, with enough drama to spare, Downton Abbey combines a heaping of envy-fueled lifestyle porn with gripping human drama, all set in a distant enough past to make the often uncomfortable political and social allegories […]