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The Citadel’s A Christmas Carol: a new addition to the Scroogian gallery
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca When a frozen man declares, with some heat, that “Christmas, sir, is a cheat!” you’re in the presence of a Christmas tradition. And there’s magic to it: Ebenezer Scrooge, the poster boy for last-minute heart thaws, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Bob Baker, Citadel Theatre, Ebenezer Scrooge, Edmonton theatre, Tom Wood, Wayne Paquette
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Nuns get down, and raise your spirits: Sister Act at MacEwan’s snazzy new theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s something pretty sweet about christening a new theatre with a musical that includes an all-inclusive singing benediction like the one you’ll hear in Act II of Sister Act: “Bless the songs we’re gonna sing./ Bless … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alan Menken, Allard Hall, Broadway musicals, Edmonton theatre, Jim Guedo, MacEwan University theatre arts, Sister Act, Triffo Theatre
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Meet the god of the underworld himself: Patrick Page talks about Hadestown
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “And the wall keeps out the enemy/ And we build the wall to keep us free/ That’s why we build the wall….” In Hadestown, the Anaïs Mitchell musical that opens at the Citadel Thursday en route to Broadway, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Anaïs Mitchell, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Hadestown, musical theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, Off-Broadway, Orpheus and Eurydice, Patrick Page, Rachel Chavkin
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The high line to Hadestown
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “How to get to Hadestown/ You’ll have to take the long way down….” And as the world-weary god/narrator Hermes sings “there ain’t no compass, brother, ain’t no map.” Yes, the road to Hadestown is long, uncharted, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Anaïs Mitchell, Broadway musicals, Citadel Theatre, Daryl Cloran, Edmonton theatre, folk opera, Hadestown, Natasha Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812, New York Theatre Workshop, Off-Broadway musicals, Orpheus and Eurydice, Rachel Chavkin
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A homecoming for playwright Trina Davies, at Concordia U, Walterdale and SkirtsAfire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A couple of decades ago, an Edmonton kid found herself onstage, at a theatre festival where the plays were new, and specially designed for teen actors and their teen audiences. It was at the Citadel Teen … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Concordia University of Edmonton, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Trina Davies, Walterdale Theatre
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Monday nite special: seductive looks, upward mobility in CAL-gry, as Die-Nasty soaps return
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Welcome to the archive of lingering glances and lip-quivering gazes: troubled, dreamy, steamy, wistful, reflective, yearning, sultry, moody, sultry-moody crossover. Yes, the new season of Die-Nasty — “Die-Nasty does Dynasty,” makes Edmonton’s award-winning live improvised weekly … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Die-Nasty, Dynasty, Edmonton improv comedy, Edmonton theatre, improvised soap opera, soap opera, Varscona Theatre
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See “something Edmonton never gets to see” this week: Bibish de Kinshasa at L’UniThéâtre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Well, Edmonton, your theatre week is full of intriguing shows that “Edmonton never gets to see,” as L’UniThéâtre’s Brian Dooley puts it. *Starting Wednesday, L’UniThéâtre, our hospitable francophone theatre, is hosting a cabaret/play like no other. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Annie Baker, Catch The Keys Productions, Citadel Theatre, Dead Centre of Town, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, L'UniThéâtre, La Cité francophone, Productions Hôtel-Motel, Roxy Performance Series, Studio Theatre, Theatre Network, ubuntu
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A direct link between theatre and our shared history: Indecent in New York
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “There is a story we want to tell you….” There is no shortage, in the theatre archive, of plays about plays, the writing of them, the putting on of them, the view of them from … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway, Folkways Records, Michael Asch, Moses Asch, New York Theatre, Off-Broadway, Paula Vogel, Sholem Asch, Tony Awards, Vineyard Theatre
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