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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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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 80s rock, Broadway musicals, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Rock of Ages
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Spring up and out, to E-town theatre this weekend
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Spring forward (and out) to the theatre this weekend. You’re in the right city for that…. See a new play (with music). See a Broadway musical (two different vintages, two different stages). See a See a … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Lodestar Theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Yes, U of A Studio Theatre
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‘Musicians gone wild’: the Mayfield’s upcoming five-show season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The air of creative nostalgia floats over the upcoming 2023-2024 season at the Mayfield Theatre announced by artistic director Van Wilmott Tuesday. The five-show line-up capitalizes on the strength, stylistic versatility, and expertise of the theatre’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Elvis, Gordon's Big Bald Head, Grease, improv comedy, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Rock of Ages
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The feel-anxious comedy of First Date, at the Mayfield. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Are you ever gonna find The One?” wonders the rousing opening number of First Date, the funny, sweetly unassuming little romantic comedy musical that opened Friday at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre. A chorus tots up rather … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway musicals, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre
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On the right track, baby: Vegas Live at the Mayfield, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Vegas. The time-honoured holiday fixer-upper for when you want to take a load off, shed your inhibitions and quite a few layers of your clothes, stay up way late, drink giddy drinks, get married, beam come-hither … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, musical revues
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Heart and soul in 2 Pianos 4 Hands at the Mayfield. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The charming, poignant, and very funny musical comedy now at the Mayfield begins in classic concert fashion: the bow from the waist and the flipping of the tuxedo tails. Two men in formal tuxes take their … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Mirvish Productions, Talking Fingers Inc., Tarragon Theatre
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It’s time to play: a peek at the new Edmonton theatre season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Destination Fringe, with its 95,000 or so tickets sold, was a hint (we deal in big hints here in #yeg. People know what they’ve been missing; they want live in-person theatre experience and the sharing that … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Gordon's Big Bald Head, MacEwan University theatre arts, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Play The Fool Festival, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Shadow Theatre, Teatro Live!, The Maggie Tree, U of A Studio Theatre, Wild Side Productions
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Sexy Laundry at the Mayfield, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In Sexy Laundry, the hit 2005 sitcom by Vancouver playwright Michele Riml currently onstage at the Mayfield, we meet Henry and Alice, a middle-aged couple whose 25-year-old marriage has gone stale. At the instigation of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Canadian sitcoms, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Michele Riml
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Nostalgia in gold lamé: Mamma Mia! at the Mayfield, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Mamma Mia! Effect, in a nutshell. Read the title, and a whole archive of hits instantly catapults into the centre of your mind as if they’d never left. And they lodge there for at least … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, ABBA, Edmonton theatre, Mamma Mia!, Mayfield Dinner Theatre
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Melanie Piatocha: theatre has lost a bright talent and a questing spirit
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In this bleak mid-winter of theatre, heartbreaking news of the January death of actor Melanie Piatocha at 36 seems particularly cruel. The abrupt loss of a talent so expansive, and a quester so spirited, so restless, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Banff Centre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Teatro La Quindicina
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