by Colin Thomas | Feb 25, 2014 | Review
This is another post for publicists. Again, I want to thank the theatre publicists of Vancouver for helping me so much. With this post, I’m hoping to provide some information that will help us all to do our jobs even more efficiently. When I get a press release,...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 12, 2014 | Review
Peter Jorgensen’s direction of Grease at Studio 58 is bit of a mess, but some student performances shine through. Studio 58 doesn’t have enough singing talent in its ranks to cast a musical right now, so programming Grease was the first mistake. Some of...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 11, 2014 | Review
It’s simple really. Act 1 sets the scene. In Act 2, the hero pursues what she wants. And, in Act 3, she goes after what she needs. In a story that ends happily, she will prevail thanks to the insight that she has gained through her struggle. The three-act...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 5, 2014 | Review
One of the arguments against non-Equity touring productions, such as Troika Entertainment’s West Side Story, which is at the QE until this weekend, is that patrons get sucked into paying inflated high prices to see performers who have never appeared on the Great...