All posts by Megan Mooney

Megan loves being in the thick of all things theatre, but her ultimate goal is to promote theatre to the world of non-theatre people. It was the same when she was the theatre writer for blogTO, or the Fringe Correspondent for CBC Radio One‘s Here and Now, as it is as the founder of Mooney on Theatre. Her basic belief is that there is theatre/performance out there for everyone to love, they just need to find it. This is not to be confused with the idea that everyone should love theatre for theatre’s sake, in fact, as obsessed as she is with theatre, even *she* doesn’t love all types of theatre.

My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding is coming to Mirvish!

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Check out the Mooney on Theatre review of the Toronto Fringe Festival production of My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding.

And now, onto the press release for the Mirvish production:

From Press Release

You are invited to the wedding of the year …

Musical Comedy Fringe Hit Returns

MY MOTHER’S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING

Begins November 7, 2009 at the Panasonic Theatre

David Mirvish is delighted to present an expanded and reworked new commercial production of this year’s Fringe festival hit MY MOTHER’S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING, at the Panasonic Theatre beginning November 7, 2009.

This original Canadian musical comedy became the toast of the 2009 Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival when it played in July at Bread & Circus, a relatively new venue located in a tiny Kensington Market storefront.

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The Language of the Heart playing Fri July 31 and Sat Aug 1

I’m very intrigued by The Language of the Heart, so I thought I’d repost this:

Theatre Passe Muraille and The Renaissance Collective present
THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART

By Andrew Moodie
Music by Joe Sealy
Based on the novel ‘The Infants of the Spring’ by Wallace Thurman.

Set during the 1920’s, it’s the story of a Canadian expatriate who moves down to New York and right into the middle of the Harlem Renaissance.
It’s a big show, 19 actors, 4 musicians, with some really great music by Jazz legend Joe Sealy, and it’s on for…
2 Nights ONLY!

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Driftwood Theatre’s King Lear at Trinity Bellwoods Park is going ahead despite the strike.

From Press Release

DRIFTWOOD THEATRE MOVES FORWARD WITH TORONTO DATES AT TRINITY BELLWOODS PARK STARTING TOMORROW – TUESDAY JULY 28!

Although the Toronto city workers strike forced the cancellation of Driftwood Theatre’s official opening scheduled for July 11 & 12, the company is moving forward with three performances of King Lear scheduled for Trinity Bellwoods Park from July 28-30 at 7:30pm as city services are not required in the location.

Plans are also underway to continue with performances currently scheduled for Withrow Park, August 20 & 21.

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The Harder They Come – Mirvish Productions

By Megan Mooney

Harder they come

The Harder They Come, being presented by Mirvish Productions at the Canon Theatre, is based on the Jamaican movie of the same title that became a huge cult hit in the UK and North America.  The movie, in turn, is based on the true story of Rhyging, a Jamaican singer cum folk hero.

Now, I haven’t seen the movie, so I can’t start pulling together comparisons, but what I can tell you is that the play, like the movie, is filled with fantastic music.  This would technically be a musical, but the story is not told in song, it’s more a play where there is a lot of singing.

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