Tag Archives: jukebox musicals

Rave on: Buddy Holly is back at the Mayfield. A review

Posted on November 20, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You have about as much sex appeal as a telegraph pole,” an old-timey Texas country radio DJ tells a nerdy, bespectacled young man with rock n’ roll on his mind at the outset of Buddy: The … Continue reading →

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A whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on: Million Dollar Quartet at the Mayfield. A review

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Every once in a blue moon history serves up one of those those born-to-be-mythology moments where the greats happen to converge behind the scenes (and give the entertainment industry something juicy to speculate about). One of … Continue reading →

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Hello. He’s Johnny Cash. Ring of Fire at the Citadel, a review

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s one of the signature showbiz openers of the 20th century: “Hello. I’m Johnny Cash.” That greeting is the raison d’être of Ring of Fire, the musically fulsome/ dramatically skimpy jukebox musical that’s currently eliciting full-house cheers … Continue reading →

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Directing the man in black: a homecoming for Tracey Flye

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “’Til things are brighter, I’m the man in black….” There’s a story built into the Johnny Cash songs you’ll hear in the  jukebox musical that opens on the Citadel’s Maclab stage Thursday. Via a catalogue of … Continue reading →

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Can’t fight this feeling: Rock of Ages is onstage at the Mayfield next season

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca As the life-coach sages commonly known as Journey have taught us, don’t stop believin’. The Mayfield’s Van Wilmott didn’t. For months, he’s been working on getting the rights for Rock of Ages, the unrepentantly good-time hair … Continue reading →

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Some kind of wonderful: Beautiful: the Carole King Musical comes to the Jube. Meet the star Sarah Bockel

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

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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Nostalgia for a lost age: Forever Plaid at the Mayfield, a review

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In their one review ever, in The Wiltsburg Times Chronicle, a nameless writer delivered the opinion that The Plaids’ sound “is to modern music what Formica is to marble.” It is a measure of their infinite … Continue reading →

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All Shook Up shakes up the jukebox at the Mayfield: a review

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Finally. A jukebox musical with an actual jukebox. And it’s busted. Which should tell you something about the sassy, light-hearted self-awareness of All Shook Up, currently at the Mayfield cavorting its way through the Elvis canon … Continue reading →

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Gimme gimme gimme … the past! How can I resist you? Mamma Mia! at the Citadel, a review

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “We’ve done it all before, now we’re back to get some more….” Mamma Mia! There: you’re looking at two words that, just on sight, will weasel their way into your brain, and unlock an entire archive … Continue reading →

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