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Once … upon a time: meet Ann Hodges, director of the cult film-turned-musical that launches the Citadel season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Once … upon a time there was a winsomely offbeat 2007 indie Irish film, about the unlikely friendship between a Dublin street musician and a Czech immigrant. It was made for a dime (well, $150,000), shot … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Enda Walsh, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, musical theatre, Once
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Taking a taxi through ’80s Madrid: Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown, the musical
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the first song of the musical comedy cum romantic screwball that ricochets across the Varscona stage Thursday, a Madrid taxi driver apostrophizes his beloved home town in the ‘80s. “Give me directions straight into the … Continue reading
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Meet the god of the underworld himself: Patrick Page talks about Hadestown
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “And the wall keeps out the enemy/ And we build the wall to keep us free/ That’s why we build the wall….” In Hadestown, the Anaïs Mitchell musical that opens at the Citadel Thursday en route to Broadway, … Continue reading
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Toodle-oo to high school: Rivercity, a new musical premiering at the Fringe. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Rivercity The Musical (Stage 26, L’UniThéâtre) “You’re like the sister I never had,” says a certain familiar freckle-faced carrot-top to a certain familiar pony-tailed blonde in Rivercity The Musical. Geez Louise, guys can be such blockheads. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Archie comics, Betty and Veronica, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Jughead, musical theatre, Rebecca Merkley
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The two person, six gun, many power ballad musical: Bonnie and Clyde at Northern Light: a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Northern Light Theatre director/designer Trevor Schmidt is something of a wizard of witty theatrical transformations. With Bonnie & Clyde the two person six-gun musical, the Northern Light season finale, his proven ingenuity has a double challenge. … Continue reading
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Get your Fairy Godmother on the case: Cinderella is coming to town
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight. ca “Impossible, for a plain yellow pumpkin to become a golden carriage./ Impossible, for a plain country bumpkin and a prince to join in marriage….” Impossible? Well, hang on … actually, there is a precedent. And you’ll see … Continue reading
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