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Continue reading →: Big theatre adventures tonight @ this weekend
Hey kids – reminder that Alumnae Theatre Company’s production of Sylvia opens up in the studio tonight and I’ll be there. Check out their website for the scoop on that: http://www.alumnaetheatre.com/1112sylvia.html Tomorrow, my theatre adventures continue – back at Alumnae again, this time at the main stage – for the Toronto Irish Players’…
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Continue reading →: So much drama – but in a good way
Getting back to the tube with this post after being all about the theatre and classical music lately. So, wow. Major stuff happening on three of my fave shows – Lost Girl, Glee and Upstairs Downstairs – this week. We didn’t see much of Dr. Lauren Lewis on LG this week, but what we…
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Continue reading →: Powerful pipes @ Atelier S recital
Last night’s Atelier S recital, ‘Allerseelen’ was disturbing. In the best sense of the word. The recital’s theme ‘Allerseelen’ (German) – translated into All Souls’ Day – made for a program that showcased songs of longing, desperate and despised love, and mourning, with Fate as a darkly comic force (Fate as the…
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Continue reading →: It takes a village to build a set
In this case, a very small village. More work on the Willow Quartet set this past Sunday and Monday, with construction and painting continuing at Mike’s garage, and leaf cutting in the Green Room at PAL. On Sunday, Mike and Ed started early, stapling burlap to cover the flats. After I…
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Continue reading →: Atelier S presents ‘Allerseelen’
Hey, kids – if you love to hear amazing voices singing excerpts from the classical repetoire, then this is for you. My pal, mezzo-soprano Martha Spence, will be singing in Atelier S’s upcoming recital ‘Allerseelen’ at College Street United Church tomorrow night. Here are the details/reservation info I got from…
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Continue reading →: Alumnae Theatre goes to the dogs, TIP shines & something wicked @ Hart House
Hey kids – Alumnae Theatre’s next production – A.R. Gurney’s wacky comedy Sylvia – opens next Friday, November 11 and runs until Saturday, November 26 up in the studio. Sylvia is directed by Maria Popoff, and features actors Andrew Batten (last seen at Alum in Hedda Gabler), Mary Joseph, Kay Montgomery,…
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Continue reading →: God love VisionTV
Okay, so before you go thinking that I’ve gone and found religion (not that there’s anything wrong with that), I should point out that I’m still the recovering Catholic my family and friends know and love, and VisionTV is not all about religion. For me, it’s about access to some…
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Continue reading →: Tough times need good music
I’ve just been thinking about how some of my friends have been going through particularly rough times lately – and it reminded me of one of my favourite Holly Cole songs. This goes out to them. Thanks to crooner2007 for posting on YouTube:
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Continue reading →: Halloween adventures
In the week leading up to last night’s Halloween festivities, there was the Zombie Walk a week ago Saturday, and decorations and installations going up all over the city. Even at the office, the celebration of impending spooky fun was apparent – not in my office, but at the Kelly Services office…
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