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Workin’ his way back to us: Danny Austin comes home to direct Jersey Boys at the Mayfield
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Life, like theatre, has its dramatic arcs. Here’s one: I’m sitting across the table with an artist who has heard the close harmonies of Big Girls Don’t Cry (-yi-yi) delivered from stages and in rehearsal halls … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway musicals, Edmonton theatre, Jersey Boys, jukebox musicals, Mayfield Theatre
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Hello! The Book of Mormon rings our doorbell again, at the Jube. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hello! They’re back. There was a time — 14 years ago when The Book of Mormon instantly became the hottest ticket on Broadway — that assorted cultural prophets predicted fearlessly that the puckish lampoon of religion, … Continue reading
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A love story with complications, in a new musical: Des McAnuff brings The Ballad of Johnny and June to the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Ballad of Johnny and June, the musical that opens Thursday at the Citadel is a love story, with complications. And its director and co-creator Des McAnuff, pre-rehearsal last week, is hunting for the big-impact historical … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway musicals, Chelsea Theater Center, Citadel Theatre, country music, Edmonton theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Public Theatre, Shakespeare Theater Company, Stratford Festival
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Back-combing the ’60s: Hairspray at the Jube, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Something has happened to the light-hold flexible Hairspray we’ve always known. It’s gone Ultra-Clutch. In a world of chronic downsizing — of prospects, budgets, the polar ice cap … — there’s something reassuring, in theory, about … Continue reading
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What I did on my summer holiday (in NYC)
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK — Funny how every conversational fragment that free-floats floats your way when you’re in summer holiday mode, walking and people-listening in Central Park in the morning, sounds like it comes out of a show. New … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway musicals, Broadway theatre, David Byrne, Edmonton theatre, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Irish Arts Centre, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, National Theatre, New York Theatre, Shubert Theatre
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The Genie and the spirit of showbiz: Disney’s Aladdin at the Jube, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Come for the hummus, stay for the floor show,” advises the outsized sprite in Arabian Nights, the opening number of Disney’s Aladdin. He pretty much nails the touring Broadway family musical that’s arrived at the Jube … Continue reading
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Can you use it in a sentence? The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee spells f-u-n
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “We hear the word. We breathe. We Wait. Unlike idiots we ideate….” — The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Don’t you love it when there’s ideation? Enough, though, of omphaloskepsis. You can have a lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway musicals, Campus St.-Jean, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, improv comedy, spelling bees
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A romcom fantasy in need of songs: Pretty Woman The Musical at the Jube, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In Pretty Woman the Musical, that arrived Tuesday at the Jube in a Broadway Across Canada touring production, there are two characters you can’t take your eyes off. There’s fun to be had when they’re onstage; … Continue reading
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Can you spell p-a-n-d-e-m-o-n-i-u-m? Grindstone Theatre is doing The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At Grindstone Theatre they launch festivals, one after the other, indoors or out — devoted to sketch or stand-up, improv or disco, even mural painting. They celebrate Pride and Fringe in a big way, and all … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway musicals, Campus St.-Jean, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre
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Feelin the noize: Rock of Ages at the Mayfield, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the immortal words of Whitesnake “I don’t know where I’m going. But I sure know where I’ve been….” And, hey, there’s a big-ass Broadway musical at the Mayfield to take you there. Back to the … Continue reading
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