09 August 2016
Guys & Dolls: A Classic Revisited
By Anwar Ragep // Theatre (New York)
Maggie’s Little Theater, a community theater located in Queens, NY, is in its ninth season at St. Margaret Parish Hall. It presents two musical productions a year, and educates participants …
22 July 2015
StageWorks’ Cabaret
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Every year, StageWorks Toronto takes some sort of step forward in the quality of their musical production. In 2013, they tackled one of the most difficult scores ever written; 2014 …
27 March 2015
Drawing The Indie Line: The Last Five Years & Wyrd Sisters
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Theatre is a tough career. It’s long hours and hard work, low pay, challenging politics, tons of rejection and unwavering job insecurity. It’s hard to get noticed as a freelance …
15 March 2015
My Theatre Award Nominee: Q&A w/ Lydia Kiselyk
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Before we announce the winners of the 2014 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Queen Elizabeth I in Timothy Findley’s gorgeous historical fiction Elizabeth Rex is …
21 November 2014
Avenue Q: Sesame Street for Grown-ups
By Jon Richards // Theatre (Boston)
Seeing that I was in a festive upbeat mood, it being my birthday and all, I decided to forget how many figurative candles were on my cake and I took …
25 August 2014
Winter in July
By Brian Balduzzi // Theatre (Boston)
While the summer months can be sweltering in the Greater Boston area, many actors escape to the suburbs to perform outdoor Shakespeare for local audiences. Many companies choose to perform …
01 August 2014
Murderers Do It Better: StageWorks’ Assassins
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
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). …
16 April 2014
Another Trip Down the Rabbit Hole
By Brian Balduzzi // Theatre (Boston)
Wait, another Rabbit Hole in the Greater Boston area? Yes, another. Community theatre companies have a fascination with the piece for its perceived simplicity and emotional range. Hovey Players in …
13 February 2014
Encore Entertainment Presents The Children’s Hour
By Melanie Hrymak // Theatre (Toronto)
The Children’s Hour is a Crucible-like story about the devastating effects of an angry young woman’s lives on those around her. In this 1934 drama, it is her two schoolmistresses Karen …
06 November 2013
Overdue Analysis: Wavestage’s Hair
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Okay, I’m going to try really really hard to make it through this review without making it about my hatred of Hair. I don’t understand why people still perform such …
06 May 2013
My Theatre Award Nominee: Q&A with Mindy Perlmutter
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre
Before we announce the winners of the 2012 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. As Glinda the Good Witch from Wicked, the affable and sweet-voiced Mindy Perlmutter was …
25 April 2012
Life of the Party
By Brian Balduzzi // Theatre
Jamaica Plains’ Footlight Club boasts being the oldest community theatre in the United States, and it’s not hard to see why they have sustained for over 130 years. The Footlight …
02 April 2012
Theatre@First does Pride & Prejudice
By Brian Balduzzi // Theatre
An exciting adaptation was featured in Somerville, Massachusetts for the past two weekends. Elizabeth Hunter, a 2011 My Theatre Award nominee for her work in Equus, wrote and directed an …
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