review
Hairspray is the ultimate feel-good musical
July 13, 2015Andy Toth has played Edna Turnblad in Hairspray before, but this time he actually had a chance to rehearse. Last time, he was filling in at the Arts Club and prepared for the role in only 17 hours. “It’s luxurious,” he said with a laugh, explaining that reprising the role at Theatre Under the Stars has been a lot of fun and the production feels just as professional. The character of Edna Turnblad was created by John Waters for his 1988 film, and was written for his good friend, the drag queen Divine. Since then, Edna has always been played…
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Cinephilia: Self/Less fails to be philosophical
July 13, 2015Donald Davidson is casually going for a stroll in a swamp when — bang! — a flash of lightning comes down and kills him. Another bolt carrying all of Davidson’s DNA hits the swamp and creates his perfect replica: Swampman.…
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Eli Bennett, Jazz Man at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival
July 11, 2015Vancouver is full of Canadian jazz artists every bit as exciting as the monster stars who play at the Orpheum for the Vancouver International Jazz Festival each year. Artists like Eli Bennett, for instance. A 35-time award-winning jazz saxophonist, Leo-nominated…
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A rip-roaring Love’s Labour’s Lost at Bard on the Beach
July 10, 2015This was the most fun I’ve had at Bard on the Beach in a long time. Even before the show got started, the cabaret atmosphere was established with ’20s show tunes and the farcical sense of humour that era is…
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Rachel Browne documentary screens at Dancing on the Edge
July 6, 2015The mother of modern dance in Canada is honoured in Danielle Sturk’s insightful documentary, A Good Madness. Rachel Browne founded the first modern dance company in Canada in 1964, Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers, and served as artistic director, choreographer and teacher…
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Comic Connoisseur: A love note to Sex Criminals
July 6, 2015Dear Sex Criminals, I have thought about you very often these last couple months and I have come to one conclusion: I think I am in love with you. Nothing else makes me feel quite the same as you do.…
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Divine inspiration overflows in Godspell
July 3, 2015I was very eager to see this show when I read that it was by the composer of Wicked, one of my favourite musicals, but unfortunately it didn’t live up to my expectations. Perhaps it’s my lack of religious background,…
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Bard on the Beach presents the epic King Lear
July 3, 2015Until seeing this production at Bard on the Beach, I had forgotten how many poignant lines are contained in King Lear, such as Lear’s warning that “Nothing will come of nothing” and one of the fool’s (Scott Bellis) many thoughtful…
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Africa is brought to life in The Lion King musical
July 1, 2015The spectacle that is The Lion King musical is a non-stop adventure of song, dance, acrobatics, and larger-than-life props. The show remained within the bright technicolor tones of an African sunset, and a mood was instantly set that sent the…
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The Vancouver International Jazz Festival is Transcendental
July 1, 2015The Vancouver International Jazz Festival is now one of the top ten jazz festivals in the world. It is a beast of a music festival, open to everything from free-form experimental, to jazz-pop, to R&B. To Catch even just a…
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