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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Stratford Shakespeare Festival: The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck’s intoxicating drama floods the Avon Theatre
Based on the novel by John Steinbeck
Adapted by Frank Galati
Directed by Antoni Cimolino

From left: Evan Buliung as Tom Joad, Janet Wright as Ma, Chilina Kennedy as Rose of Sharon and Paul Nolan as Al. On top: Abigail Winter Culliford as Ruthie and Gregor Reynolds as Winfield in [...]

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Road Trip Series Stratford — Evita

Juan Chioran as Juan Perón and Chilina Kennedy as Eva Perón. Photo by Andrew Eccles.

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival‘s 2010 season has been getting a lot of great buzz this year. We finally made the trip to the beautiful city of Stratford, Ontario, on Sunday to see the Festival’s production of Evita, a musical about the life of the legendary Eva “Evita” Perón (born [...]

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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Road Trip Series London — Avenue Q

Cassidy Janson with Kate Monster.

London’s West End is the theatre lover’s promised land. I visited the popular district just over a week ago and finally had the chance to catch a show I’ve been dying to see for a long time. Avenue Q moved across the pond in June 2006 after a very successful four-year [...]

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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Road Trip Series Paris — Lido Cabaret

Vintage glamour is alive and well in The City of Light

The life of the show girl has a certain dazzling appeal. As a child I used to watch classic Hollywood show biz musicals and fantasize about being one of the exotic creatures on stage, covered in feathers and glittering from head to toe. I still [...]

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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Road Trip Series Texas — Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing produced by the Houston Shakespeare Festival at Hermann Park’s Miller Outdoor Theatre.

Photo for HSF by Pin Lim, Forest Photography. Courtesy of UH School of Theatre & Dance.

While recently visiting Houston we attended a performance of Much Ado About Nothing as part of the thirty-sixth annual Houston Shakespeare Festival. Hermann Park has a lovely family atmosphere and we [...]

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Monday, August 2, 2010

Introducing Theatromania’s Road Trip Series

Hey Theatromaniacs! Guess what? We’re going to be doing some travelling in the weeks ahead and we’ve decided to take this show on the road. Kitty will be in Texas for the first week of August, and Lulu will be in Paris and London from August 12th to 18th. Stay tuned for a few international [...]

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