Sometimes a one-act play can be brilliant in its low-frills simplicity (great one-man shows like Modern Love, Bursting into Flames and Ellamentary are like that). Sometimes their shortened length allows for succinct storytelling and tight pacing (particularly in intimate stories like family-centred one-acts Kim’s Convenience and Remember, Maggy?– both wonderful). And sometimes you’re glad a […]
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After years focusing on the website, My Entertainment World is bringing back the podcast format that originally launched the TV branch. In our first episode, cinema editor Rachael joins managing editor Kelly to discuss the latest in TV comedy, take a detour into upcoming films and land in a discussion about race and homosexuality in […]
According to CBS, being #1 isn’t good enough to warrant a renewal. There have been countless shows that I’ve loved watching that never made it past season one. Memories of watching some of these great shows get the axe way too early is enough to break this viewer’s heart. Some shows are cut off instantly […]
HONORARY AWARD Our Yearly Honorary Award is for an artist whose exceptional work doesn’t fit into the categories of the My Theatre Awards. In the world of theatre, that could be a dramaturg, someone on the tech team or a designer who works in regional or student theatre (the Best Designer category is only in […]
Following the release of Lost at Sea (2007) and If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone (2009) The Wooden Sky has been working feverishly in the studio to finish their third and much anticipated album. Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun was released in late February and plays host to a […]
What makes a good man? What makes a bad one? And can a bad man become a good one? The latest episode of Mad Men, “Mystery Date,” tackles these questions head on. For four seasons we’ve watched our central characters struggle to wring happiness out of the lives they’ve chosen. By and large, these are […]
Today’s Video of the Day (look! I’m doing it ALMOST, sort of, every day now!) comes from the great Philip DeFranco, who is officially my new favourite person. Here he takes on the race “controversy” surrounding the Hunger Games casting, the George Zimmerman fiasco and a couple other things with the sort of refreshing “are […]
Our My Theatre Performers of the Year are actors who stood out in multiple productions throughout 2011. There are so many great actors who do outstanding work across the board, specifically in repertory companies, that this year we decided to award PoYs at all three major rep companies in Ontario as well as in the […]