Tag Archives: Broadway theatre

Summer! theatre in New York with trimmings

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK – On a sultry Saturday afternoon 10 days ago under Manhattan Bridge, in an amiable queue for a cone at Brooklyn Ice Cream, an elegant French woman from Basel explains to me, en français, … Continue reading →

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What I did on my summer holiday (in NYC)

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

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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Live and unscripted: the 76th Tony Awards at the United Palace Theater, 8 miles uptown from Broadway

Posted on June 12, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca History got made at the 76th Tony Awards Sunday night in an astonishing, gilt-lined vaudeville house. And, hey, it happened despite the usual sprinkling of winners thanking their agents (thankfully no mentioned their lawyer). Improv came … Continue reading →

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Summer theatre adventures in New York

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca New York City last week —  It started in a heart-warming cross-border exchange, with trimmings. In the mezzanine of the Lyceum Theatre on West 45th 15 minutes before curtain on a Thursday night performance of the … Continue reading →

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Antidotes to a gruesome week: here’s a couple of surprising beautiful theatre “concerts” on film

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Looking for an antidote? It’s been a gruesome nail-biter of a week on multiple fronts; everyone knows what exactly what that question means. So, the doctor is IN. I caught a couple of truly original and … Continue reading →

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Remembering the enchantment: Brent Carver in Edmonton

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There was an unmistakeable magic about seeing Brent Carver onstage. People felt it; they remembered the enchantment. I was struck again by that with the many heartfelt responses that came my way with the terrible news … Continue reading →

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