Intimate production of Edward Albee play takes to the Toronto stage
If you’re in the mood to grab a few drinks at a fine Queen West establishment, have a some hearty laughs, and then seriously question the fabric of your reality, then boy have I got a play for you: Toronto Indie theater company Seven Siblings Theatre‘s production of Edward Albee’s Pulitzer-nominated show, The Play About The Baby.
This is one of the funniest shows I’ve seen in awhile. Take any scene from Liars at a Funeral, and you’ll find that it’s excellently done. Taken as a whole I did find some flaws, but the acting is always on-point, the production value is all there, and the writing is genuinely funny. While the conceit and story-arc leave something to be desired, the script has some of the best original comedy-writing I’ve seen onstage in my time reviewing for Mooney. Continue reading Review: Liars at a Funeral (Truth’n’Lies Theatre)→
Hieronymus Bosch was a Dutch painter in the 15th and 16th Centuries that created some fantastical imagery of religious scenes. Here, choreographer Marie Chouinard captured the imagery and spirit of Bosch’s most famous work, The Garden of Earthly Delights.
Spoon River returns to Toronto stages with offerings of folk, bluegrass, and cemetery tales
Soulpepper’sSpoon River is in it’s fifth incarnation, and you might want to catch it before it heads off to New York at the end of the month. It’s on until April 21, 2017 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts (50 Tank House Lane).
Toronto’s Theatre Rusticle incorporates movement into Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town
Theatre Rusticle productions are sparse and anticipated by those in the know. They focus on physical theatre, and I was eager to review their production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, which is currently playing at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre until April 2nd.
I’m not a die-hard fan of Our Town, which is funny because I directed it in my last year of university. I was curious to see what Theatre Rusticle would do with it because I know it can be a divisive show. The first and second acts are purposefully slow, watching small town folk live their “dull” lives. But the third explains why those acts were important so poignantly that hopefully you’ll forgive the play so long as everything has been done reasonably well. And this production does it very, very well.Continue reading Review: Our Town (Theatre Rusticle)→
Intimate production of Edward Albee play takes to the Toronto stage
Top of the line comedy in Truth’n’Lies Theatre’s Liars at a Funeral, on stage in Toronto
Canadian Stage brings the classic painting by Hieronymus Bosch to life in Toronto
Toronto’s Theatre Rusticle incorporates movement into Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town