Sweetheart was performed in historic Spadina House, which is right across from Toronto’s famous Casa Loma, produced by Lunabridge Productions.
Walking towards the illuminated venue from the subway station rivaled the excitement of approaching a dazzling marquee. And while my date and I pride ourselves on being nerdy local history buffs, once inside any visitor would find the lavish decoration of Spadina House intoxicating.
I hesistate to describe Le Salon Secret’s production of Boston Marriage as “delightful” for fear that the compliment is taken to mean anything less than “entertaining”, “marvelous”, and “divine.” Given that Boston Marriage was written by playwright David Mamet, it’s important I choose my words as carefully in my review, as he does in his script.
Described as “the secret lives of late 19th century lesbians,” Boston Marriage is a combination of deliciously verbose period prose and an outlandishly funny story of three characters whose shenanigans had both my guest and me in stitches.
A Fringe re-mount, “Fairy Tale Ending” is back in the Next Stage Theatre festival. And judging by other reviews it’s as good as ever!
Jack, Jill, The Big Bad Wolf, Goldilocks, and the ubiquitous “Three” (Little Pigs, Bears, Goats Gruff, and Blind Mice) are repurposed in this witty re-telling of several famous fairy tales. What emerges from this surprising porridge is a hearty spoonful of modern morality.
The recently re-opened Sony Centre (formerly the Hummingbird Centre, formerly the O’Keefe) is hosting Dancap’s imported tour of the Grinch until Dec 30th, and all I can say is – grab some friends and go!! (Look at all those exclamation marks!!!)
