Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. In The Boston University Shakespeare Society’s workshop production of Richard II, Borah Coburn had very few lines, but she was also the standout character of the play. As the cross-cast Duke of Aumerle, Borah […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. Only 3 people received nominations for their work on 2 different productions in this year’s My Theatre Awards. One was designer Ken MacDonald (The Admirable Crichton, Parfumerie), another was director Jason King Jones (Fallujah, […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. One of Boston University’s best musical theatre talents played her dream role when she was only a sophomore. After stealing 3 previous shows in smaller roles, Stephanie Gray took on the infamous Mrs. Lovett […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. The demise of Boston’s Independent Drama Society was one of the saddest theatre-related tragedies of 2011. But before they left us, IDS presented 2 of the best independent productions of the year (both nominated […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. Michael Hughes was one of the breakout performers of the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival with his heartrending one-man show Mickey & Judy. My favourite production of the festival, the show was an autobiographical recounting […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. Brian Vaughan only just graduated from Boston University’s College of Fine Arts but he’s already touring the United States as part of The National Players, playing Hortensio/Slim in their productions of The Taming of […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. Calgary native Rielle Braid was the standout performer in Ride the Cyclone, a contemporary musical from Atomic Vaudeville which played to sold-out crowds across the country in 2011. As precocious-yet-deceased Ocean Rosenberg, Braid brought […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. This was my first year reviewing The Shaw Festival, which turned out to be an utter delight. Aside from producing many of my favourite productions of 2011, the festival introduced me to the work […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. Evan Sanderson just graduated from Boston University’s College of Fine Arts in 2010 and has already made an indelible mark on American theatre, winning the National Student Playwriting Award for the first play he […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. 22-year-old Greg Nussen first came onto the My Theatre radar with his nuanced performance as Orpheus in Boston’s Independent Drama Society’s wonderfully innovative production of Eurydice (which is nominated for 4 My Theatre Awards, including […]
Neil Bartram and Brian Hill are the award-winning composers of multiple musical theatre hits including Broadway’s The Story of My Life (nominated for 4 Drama Desk Awards). Acclaimed directors and actors who’ve worked on international hits like The Lion King , The Sound of Music, Sunset Boulevard and The Little Mermaid (Brian Hill) and received prestigious grants such as the Jonathan Larson Foundation Award […]
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 vet Joseph […]
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 Joseph […]
One of the best productions at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival this year is the gruesome early revenge tragedy Titus Andronicus. Director Darko Tresnjak’s enthralling production features strong performances from the likes of Amanda Lisman, John Vickery and Bruce Godfree. But much of the play’s success rests on the shoulders of one of my favourite actors, […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2010 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. When I reviewed the Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s 2010 production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, I cited Dion Johnstone and his costar Gareth Potter as “the inarguable top of the young-leading-man pyramid at Stratford”. […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2010 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. The summer after he graduated high school, Matthew Yipchuck and his friend Catherine Bernardi founded their own theatre company. This past summer he directed their first full length production by an established playwright: Tennessee […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2010 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. . The Independent Drama Society’s production of Romeo and Juliet is nominated in every category in the Local/Independent division of the 2010 My Theatre Awards: Best Production, Best Director (Sarah Gazdowicz), Best Actress (Megan […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2010 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. . Eve Wylden is the best actress in one of my favourite Toronto theatre companies, The Red Light District. The chameleonic actress was a highlight of the RLD’s innovative production of The Witch of […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2010 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. . One of the best student productions of 2010 was BU Stage Troupe’s Rabbit Hole. The remarkably mature and thoughtful production is nominated for 4 My Theatre Awards in the student division including Best […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2010 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. . Keir Cutler is a fixture on the Canadian Fringe Festival circuit. His one man show Teaching Shakespeare was a highlight of the summer theatre season and earned him a My Theatre Award nominated […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2010 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris was the surprise hit of the the 2010 Stratford season. Of the 4 phenomenally talented performers who held down the show, Jewelle Blackman stood […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2010 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. . Trish Lindstrom created a truly memorable Miranda last season at Stratford opposite Christopher Plummer, a role she’s now nominated for as Best Supporting Actress in the My Theatre Awards. The flagship production is […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2010 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. . This fall, Sochi Fried captivated audiences as the title character in Ibsen’s complex tragedy Hedda Gabler with Toronto’s Alumnae Theatre Company. Her layered performance earned her a Best Actress nomination in the local/independent […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2010 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. I’ve been following Sophia Walker’s Stratford career since 2008 when she first caught my eye as Lady Capulet. Since then, she has lent her classical charm to wonderful portrayals of Lady Macduff (Macbeth), Hermia […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2010 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. . Toronto actor Michael-David Blostein is one of My Theatre’s favourite young performers. His pitch-perfect portrayal of Sweeney Todd in Love is A Poverty You Can Sell this summer at the Toronto Fringe Festival […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2010 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. . Dean Gabourie, the Assistant Artistic Director of The Stratford Shakespeare Festival, directed my favourite Shakespeare production of their 2010 season: Two Gentlemen of Verona. The studio theatre production is nominated for Best Actor […]