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Review | It’s the Band that Shines in Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Hollywood Rocks

By Madeline Boldt on 28 January 2025 Movie soundtrack music, Musical Theatre, Orchestral, Popular Music, Vancouver, Vocal

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra brought Tinseltown glitz and glamour to the Orpheum stage this weekend with Hollywood Rocks, a carefully curated collection of iconic songs from your favourite movies and TV shows. The orchestra was led by Maestro Stuart Chafetz, with Broadway stars Julie Reiber and Bryce Ryness lending their incredible voices. From the moment Chafetz set foot on stage, the tone for the evening was set: lighthearted, energetic, and, above all else, fun. “Tonight’s show is guaranteed to bring back memories, put a smile on your face, and, hopefully, create some new memories” he prefaced, encouraging the audience to…

The Royal Conservatory of Music Produces Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods

By Newswire on 20 November 2024 Musical Theatre, Newswire, Theatre, Toronto

November 19, 2024 -The Royal Conservatory of Music is thrilled to produce Into the Woods, its third Sondheim musical in concert, after the success of Follies in 2021 and A Little Night Music in 2023. This special 2024 holiday season production, suitable for the whole family, will run on December 28, 29, and 30 at 7pm, and 31 at 3pm. Richard Ouzounian, who has directed both Follies and A Little Night Music at The Royal Conservatory, said: “I am happy to be returning for the third time to Koerner Hall – my favourite venue – with a third work by Stephen Sondheim – my favourite composer. Into the Woods will provide a marvelous way for the whole family to round…

Highlights | Canadian Ensembles Announce 2024-2025 Seasons

By Zenith Wolfe on 16 February 2024 Highlights, Mainstream Jazz, Montreal, Musical Theatre, Toronto

Many Canadian ensembles, from Club musical de Québec and Sinfonia Toronto to Vancouver Opera and Ensemble ArtChoral, are announcing their upcoming 2024-2025 seasons.

One Flat Thing, Reproduced (Photo by Rahi Rezvani)

Theatre Calendar (Feb-March 2024)

By Nathalie de Han on 2 February 2024 Montreal, Musical Theatre, Theatre

February Translated by François Archambault, the hit Ulster American is back and on tour. Maxime Denommée’s direction of this striking text is remarkable. La Licorne, Feb. 6-24 and on tour. www.theatrelalicorne.com Frédéric Bélanger returns to the world of Jules Vernes with Jules & Joséphine. Denise-Pelletier, Feb. 13-March 8. www.denise-pelletier.qc.ca Choreographer Rafael Palacios draws on the spirit of resilience of the Black communities of Colombia. Detrás del Sur: danzas para Manuel traces the African diaspora in the New World. He will also offer a dance workshop. Théâtre Maisonneuve, Feb. 21-24 and a workshop on Feb. 17. www.dansedanse.ca Performer-choreographer Angélica Liddell blends…

Jean-Marc et Marie-Joanne (Photo by Guillaume Boucher)

Projet Polytechnique: Say Never Again

By Nathalie de Han on 10 November 2023 Interviews, Musical Theatre

In this age of algorithms and disinformation, how can we fight violence against women? Projet Polytechnique addresses the issue.

Philippe Cyr: The art of transgression

By Nathalie de Han on 10 November 2023 Musical Theatre

Philippe Cyr, the new artistic director of Théâtre Prospero, maintains his focus on transgression. And the concept certainly works for him.

Gee, officier Krupke, chanté par les Jets, distribution originale à Broadway, circa 1957 (Photo de Wikicommons)

West Side Story: The Compositional Legacy of Leonard Bernstein

By Bridget Esler on 10 November 2023 Musical Theatre, Vocal

Of all Leonard Bernstein’s compositions—from Candide to Mass to On The Town—West Side Story looms large above the rest.

2023 Glimmerglass Festival production of Candide: (L to R) Bradley Dean, Jonathan Pierce Rhodes, Brian Vu, Katrina Gulka, and Meredith Arwady with members of the Ensemble. Photo credit: Evan Zimmerman/The Glimmerglass Festival.

Fated Couples Face the Music at Glimmerglass 2023

By Charles Geyer on 16 August 2023 Baroque and Early, Classical, Classical Music, Musical Theatre, Opera, Theatre, Vocal

REVIEW: of the Glimmerglass 2023 Season, including: Roméo et Juliette, the 1867 opera composed by Charles Gounod, with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré adapting Shakespeare; viewed August 4, 2023; Candide, with a musical score by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by an assortment of heavy-hitters; viewed August 5, 2023; and Rinaldo, composed by George Frideric Handel, with a libretto by Giacomo Rossi; viewed August 6, 2023. Passing the Baton… The Glimmerglass Festival, with the arcadian charm of its lakeside setting and the surrounding splendor of its central New York “Leatherstocking Region” setting – not to mention…

English Theatre

By Nathalie de Han on 2 September 2022 Arts Industry, Musical Theatre, Theatre

Montreal September Persephone Productions presents Pool (No Water), by Mark Ravenhill. What does it mean to make art and what are we willing to sacrifice in the name of success? Sept. 3-15. www.segalcentre.org Presented in Cherokee, Muscogee and English, Radio III / ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᏦᎢ brings together components and concerns that inform an interdisciplinary and counter-colonial approach to performance. Sept. 12-14. www.m-a-i.qc.ca In Just For Us, Alex Edelman decides to covertly attend a meeting of White Nationalists and comes face to face with the people behind the keyboards. A hair-raising encounter and hilarious anecdotes. Sept. 17. www.segalcentre.org In Cherry Docs, a Jewish…

Samora la Perdida and Christine Carmela; photo: Julieta Cervantes

Killing It….at New York City’s Soho Rep

By Charles Geyer on 15 June 2022 Indigenous, Musical Theatre, Popular Music, Theatre

REVIEW: Of Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members, at New York City’s Soho Rep, 45 Walker Street; running through Sunday, June 19 (viewed here June 8). “The Great Wheel of Puerto Rican confusion spins on!” So declaims one of the characters in playwright Mara Vélez Meléndez’s capaciously titled new theater piece, Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members, now playing at the Soho Rep. It’s a tag line that aptly summarizes the dizzying action and ambitious collision of themes that Meléndez sets in motion for this provocative hour-and-three-quarters of theatrical razzle…

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