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Look up! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it’s an opera singer on the roof: drive-in opera and other experiments from Edmonton Opera
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The thrill of live: it’s undeniable, yes, both for artists and their audiences who thrive on connection, the charge of closeness, of being part of a gathering. If we hadn’t fully realized it before, by default … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton opera, Edmonton theatre, Jubilee Auditorium, Tim Yakimec
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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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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Broadway Across Canada, Carole King, Edmonton theatre, Gerry Goffin, Jubilee Auditorium
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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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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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All for love: thoughts on Les Feluettes, Edmonton Opera’s season opener
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Love and death, jealousy and revenge, crime and punishment, repression and liberation, visions of fiery hell and fantastical apparitions who float down into the New World from the Old … there is nothing tentative, nothing cautious … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton opera, Edmonton theatre, Jubilee Auditorium, Les Feluettes, Lilies, Michel Marc Bouchard, Opéra de Montréal, Quebec theatre, Victoria Opera
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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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That masked man is back: a new Phantom of the Opera sings the music of the night
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Some of you may recall the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera, a mystery never fully explained….” With this opening gambit, and signature organ arpeggio, a 1911 beauty-and-the-beast potboiler by an obscure Parisian hack/bon … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Broadway Across Canada, Broadway musicals, ca, Edmonton theatre, Jubilee Auditorium, Phantom of the Opera
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