Tomodachi Life is a 3DS life/social simulator game, released in North America this past June. It is a sequel to the DS title Tomodachi Collection, which was never retailed outside of Japan. In retrospect, that is unsurprising, as even the localized game comes off as a bit oddball, and very, very Japanese. I would hazard […]
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StageWorks Toronto is an incredibly ambitious company, especially when you consider that they’re really a community theatre organization (mixing new theatre grads with part-time performers, I’m pretty sure all un-paid). Year after year they choose an interesting, contemporary and thematically challenging musical and mount a full-scale production, never shying away from a hard vocal score. […]
The sun was shining. The alcohol was flowing. The atmosphere was electric. And America put on a show for the rest of the world to see. As simple as that opening headline may sound, it perfectly sums up my weekend spent in Long Beach at the 2014 Asics World Series of Beach Volleyball. I got […]
“Gladys” was a very disturbing episode of The Leftovers. It started out with Gladys, a member of the Guilty Remnant, being stoned to death. It was absolutely horrific and ended with Gladys actually speaking and begging for her life. Gladys wasn’t the only member of the Guilty Remnant to speak though. After Patti started to […]
By all counts, Is He Dead? should have been a side-splittingly funny night of well-produced theater. Vokes Players has been putting up some consistently strong productions lately, and with Laura Espy at the helm as director, I was looking forward to seeing this rather unusual show in this quirky little venue. The show delivered on […]
Straight up blues with an electronic chaser – that’s the winning combination of Tomás Doncker with his Tomás Doncker Band in Moanin’ at Midnight – The Howlin’ Wolf Project (independent – July 8, 2014). Tomás is the head of True Groove Records and a veteran of New York City’s music scene since the early 1980’s, […]
The season’s allegory for Hep-V as a type of HIV/AIDS is interesting. With Sarah Newlin and co. behind the creation of this disease there is the thought or connection that like Hep-V, HIV/AIDS were human made diseases meant to wipe out a population, but what about the other victims? This week explores that topic on […]
Productions are organized by Date of Opening. If your production is not listed, send information (performance dates; link to production information; link to company website; and link to online ticket site, if available). Send information for September productions by August 22, 2014. July 9 – Aug. 2, 2014 MACBETH Bay Colony Shakespeare Tickets July 10 […]