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Continue reading →: Lost Girl – the devil you know
The post comes with the usual spoiler warning for those who aren’t caught up with Lost Girl season two episodes to date. Sunday’s episode “Lachlan’s Gambit” put me in mind of some lyrics from yet another great Canadian female singer/songwriter, Jann Arden: “The devil won.” This time. This battle –…
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Continue reading →: April 25th! Wonder Women IV @ The Central!!!
Originally posted on Lizzie Violet: Save the date: Wed, April 25 – these women are amazing! Lizzie Violet View original post
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Continue reading →: Big screwball rom-com fun with Frances & Marybeth
Neale Kimmel’s play Frances and Marybeth had a premiere of Act I at Alumnae Theatre’s New Ideas Festival last year; check out my post from the Alumnae Theatre blog from NIF 2011 Week One (from back when I was the Alum bloggergal): http://alumnaetheatre.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/new-ideas-week-one-opening-2/ A year later, she’s teamed up again…
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Continue reading →: New Ideas – Week One reading & program
So now that we’re all recovering from St. Patrick’s Day festivities, here’s a run-down of Alumnae Theatre’s New Ideas Festival Week One reading and program from yesterday afternoon. In the noon reading, Eating Pomegranates Naked, by Andrea Scott and directed by Kimberly Radmacher, a group of 30-something friends talk about…
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Continue reading →: Alumnae Theatre’s New Ideas Festival 2012 up & running
Hey all, be sure to catch Alumnae Theatre’s New Ideas Festival (NIF) 2012 program, on now up in the studio. The Week One program opened on Wednesday and continues to Sunday afternoon, including a one-time reading on Saturday at noon. For the full Week One program and other details, check…
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Continue reading →: Xtra! Happy Woman Interview
Originally posted on NightwoodTheatre: Check out the Xtra! interview with Maev Beaty and playwright Rose Cullis as they chat about The Happy Woman. What an interview: I now know the Polynesian origin of the word taboo. The Happy Woman runs until March 24th. Get your tickets!
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Continue reading →: A haunting Long Day’s Journey
You know what? It’s okay to laugh during a Eugene O’Neill play. Sure, the themes of family dysfunction, addiction and despair are emotionally taxing – for the actors and the audience – but it’s not all grim and gloom. There are some genuine giggles to be had – and not…
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Continue reading →: Frances & Marybeth @ Factory Theatre Studio
Hey, theatre fans – especially New Ideas Festival (NIF) fans, and especially if you like to follow the genesis of a play that starts out as a short play or one-act and grows… Neale Kimmel’s play Frances and Marybeth is on right now at the Factory Theatre Studio! Just a…
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Continue reading →: T.V. cross-over episodes I’d like to see
What with all the intensity on Lost Girl lately, I turned my thoughts to the lighter side of t.v. and came up with some cross-over episode ideas. See what you think… Rizzoli and Isles with Republic of Doyle: I think this would be best set in St. John’s, with our…
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Continue reading →: Heartbreak & hard choices on Lost Girl
Okay, so I’ll try to keep the spoilerage to a minimum – but be warned. I just may get carried away and I’m still processing the hugeness of recent developments, as well as dealing with that lost hour of sleep from Saturday night. The Showcase synopsis forewarned of pre-war casualties…







