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It’s show time in Edmonton theatre: what to not miss this season on E-town stages
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “That was what had been missing from his life all these years. His career, his city, this bonehead province. Mythic Power.” — The Garneau Block. In Todd Babiak’s wry and funny novel The Garneau Block, reborn … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019-2020 theatre season, Azimuth Theatre, Blarney Productions, Bright Young Things, Broadway Across Canada, Catalyst Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, Impossible Mongoose, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Todd Babiak, Varscona Theatre Ensemble, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, You Are Here Theatre
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“There’s only now”: the eternal present of Rent. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In one of the anthems to outsiders in Rent, the characters pay tribute to their gritty low-rent East Village world of starving artists, junkies, dealers, the homeless, the destitute, the marginalized of every sexual persuasion, “anyone … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada, Edmonton theatre, Jonathan Larson, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Rent, rock musicals
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Rent is due: the 20th anniversary tour arrives. Meet the original choreographer
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s been nearly two decades since a young dance-theatre choreographer from New York’s downtown alt-art scene got invited to meet up with a little-known composer to make plans for a revolutionary new rock musical. It would … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada, Edmonton theatre, Jonathan Larson, Marlies Yearby, Rent, Rent 20th Anniversary Tour
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Dear Evan Hansen arrives in the upcoming Broadway Across Canada season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca An innovative award-winner of a Broadway musical with every kind of contemporary traction is the finale of the upcoming three-show Broadway Across Canada season. Dear Evan Hansen, arriving at the Jube Feb. 11 to 16 2020, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada, Dear Evan Hansen, Edmonton theatre, Hamilton, musical theatre, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
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On the edge of the world: Come From Away. A review.
Becky Gulsvig and Emily Watson (front) in Come From Away. Photo by Matthew Murphy. By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Welcome to the Rock. “You are here, at the start of a moment, on the edge of the world,” sings the ensemble … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada, Broadway musicals, Come From Away, Edmonton theatre, musical theatre, Newfoundland
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One fine night (or the case of the reluctant star): Beautiful – The Carole King Musical. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the history of the Great White Way, there’s no shortage of musicals, jukebox and otherwise, that are defined by the showbiz gene: the drive for stardom, the magnetic pull of performance, the compelling need to … Continue reading
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Some kind of wonderful: Beautiful: the Carole King Musical comes to the Jube. Meet the star Sarah Bockel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “She’s … normal,” says Sarah Bockel, musing on the woman she plays in the jukebox musical that arrives on the Jube stage Tuesday under the Broadway Across Canada touring banner. “She’s grounded. Pretty self-effacing. And also … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Brill Building, Broadway Across Canada, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Jubilee Auditorium, jukebox musicals
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And so it begins, the new theatre season. Edmonton has play dates, and here’s a teaser!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If you’re stuck in your story and want to get out … sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty….” Matilda. In Matilda, the joyously subversive musical spun from Roald Dahl’s novel, our activist eight-year-old … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Brian Webb Dance Company, Broadway Across Canada, Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Hardline Theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre, Roxy Performance Series, Shadow Theatre, Studio Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Thou Art Here, Wild Side Productions, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Come From Away is featured in the upcoming 20th anniversary Broadway Across Canada season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Next season on the Jubilee Auditorium stage, you’ll be seeing a homegrown Canadian musical that celebrates the generous and inclusive spirit of this country at its best. The grand finale of the upcoming 20th anniversary season … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Broadway Across Canada, Broadway musicals, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Edmonton theatre, Jubilee Auditorium, Les Misérables, The Book of Mormon, The Illusionists
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The sounds of music: a strong cast of singers climbs every mountain
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the world catalogue of “favourite things” The Sound of Music gets its own gold star. Just mention brown paper packages tied up in string, or goatherds, and something magical happens. The 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada, Edmonton theatre, Jubilee Auditorium, Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Sound of Music, Von Trapp Family Singers
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