Between musicals, solo albums, compilations and singles, the Dublin tenor’s vocals have been recorded on over 60 record titles and counting. In 1985, Wilkinson originated the role of Jean Valjean in The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Les Misérables in London’s West End. In 1987, the show then opened on Broadway, accompanied by Wilkinson’s original...
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Last Monday evening, Playwrights Canada Press celebrated its Spring launch at the ultra-hip Kensington “Supermarket” with talks by talented Canadian playwrights and the voices that contributed to their newest works. Distinguished attendees included, but were certainly not limited to: Judith Thompson, Julie Tepperman and Philip Akin. Each playwright who spoke sought to transcend the...
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Amongst Shakespearians, The Winter’s Tale is generally agreed to be a waste of time. It’s one of the bastards locked in the attic and usually kept out of view, along with other dramatically challenged cousins like The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Pericles, or The Two Noble Kinsmen. The Winter’s Tale might best be described...
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There comes at time close to the end of the first act of Lerner and Lowes’ Camelot, now playing at the Stratford Festival, where ‘for one brief shining moment’ you feel that this overly long and dated musical will actually grab you and take you on a magical journey through the legend of Arthur,...
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The Story Began last month on stage for the members of Theatre 20 and their musical fans at the Panasonic Theatre. On Monday, the story continues with Driven to Score: Celebrating Canadian Musical Composers, the second in their three-part concert series. The Theatre 20 team decided to implement a three-part mandate of celebration, creation...
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Merrily we roll along indeed! If you are looking for a rollicking, light hearted kick off to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s 2011 season, you need look no further than the current production of The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Festival Stage. Director Frank Galati’s, Dickensian England Stratford debut production, stylishly designed by Robert...
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The Toronto Harbourfront and The Toronto Port Authority are bringing the world of dance and theatre to you all summer long and the line-up is incredible. It’s time to dust off your dancing shoes because every Thursday evening from June 23 to September 1 you can learn to jive, salsa or samba right by...
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Remember the 1980s? Remember big hair, acid-wash jeans, and the greed-is-good generation? Some have chosen to forget, while others were but little bitty toddlers when the likes of Ronald Reagan and Brian Mulroney ruled the North American landscape. Whether you do remember the eighties or not, here’s your chance to experience Queen West’s punk...
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Actor W.C. Fields famously warned that you should never work with animals or children. The Pleiades Theatre seems to have taken his advice for their latest production, Rabindranath Tagore’s The Post Office. They have cast Mina James, a woman, in the lead role of Amal, a sickly young boy. The adoptive son of Madhab...
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It is obvious, Woody Harrelson has no degree in history. He did however major in American popular culture, having played some of the most noticeable and charming characters in film and television. He had us laughing when he played Woody in Cheers; we fell deeper in love with him for forgiving Demi Moore in...
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