What is HAPPENING with my website?

by | Aug 23, 2017 | Review

What’s happening with my website? Well you might ask. Last week, just as I was heading off on a brief vacation, I crashed my website. I’ll spare you the gory details, but it was entirely my fault. Thanks to the wizardry of Giorgio Riccardi at Sea to Sky...

VANCOUVER GREENROOM 4: In praise of stage managers

by | Aug 15, 2017 | Review

Vancouver Greenroom is all about the local theatre community.   BACKBONE Like a parent, but calmer—or maybe a best friend but less indulgent—the stage manager is the backbone of a production. This week, there’s celebration of stage managers from a playwright who...

Two Gentlemen of Verona: boredom and brilliance

by | Jul 13, 2017 | Review

Thanks to director Scott Bellis, silent woman make the loudest statement in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Warning: I’m going to give away some major plot points here, but I will not give away what makes their realization so wonderful in this production. This comedy is...

Mary Poppins at TUTS: the reason for living

by | Jul 12, 2017 | Review

This is what life is for. Really. I’m not exaggerating. This realization hit me as I was in Malkin Bowl watching the Theatre Under the Stars production of the musical Mary Poppins. The backdrop behind the number “Step in Time” was soaked in indigo lighting that was...

Much Ado About Nothing: I wanted more

by | Jun 16, 2017 | Review

Let’s be clear: Much Ado About Nothing is about something. Director John Murphy’s production accesses the play’s depths, but only intermittently. Too often, it gets distracted by its own inventive surfaces. Shakespeare sets his comedy in Messina, Italy, and Murphy...