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Summer theatre adventures in New York
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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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway theatre, Circle in the Square, Edmonton theatre, Lyceum Theatre, New York Theatre, Public Theatre, Stephen Sondheim, Studio 54
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: theatre magic in New York
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK — “Keep The Secrets” say the little buttons you get handed out when you leave the Lyric Theatre near Times Square. I’m pretty sure that doesn’t apply to the golden star-studded blue ceiling in … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway, Harry Potter, Hogwart's, J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, Lyric Theatre, New York Theatre
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Haunted by the past: The Ferryman in New York
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK – It’s a chilly winter’s night in New York (that’s “chilly” not “arctic”). And the mid-town working population — hotel bellpersons to parking valets to ticket takers to Sabrett’s hot dog vendors — seem … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bernar B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway, Irish theatre, Jez Butterworth, New York Theatre, Paddy Considine, Royal Court Theatre, the Troubles
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Adventures Off-Broadway in New York
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK — On a sultry Monday night at 2nd Stage, a signature non-profit Off-Broadway company, the packed house is full of actors, directors, agents. They’ve stepped through the spicy scent of lilies (courtesy of a corner … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2nd Stage, David Ireland, New York Theatre, Off-Broadway, Public Theatre, Steppenwolf Theater, Tracy Letts
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“The Great Work begins” … again: Angels in America in New York
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK — It’s one of those grand, visionary plays that change the way you think about everything — including theatre. At least that’s how it was for me. And so last week in New York … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Angels in America, New York Theatre, Tony Awards, Tony Kushner, Trump America
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A direct link between theatre and our shared history: Indecent in New York
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “There is a story we want to tell you….” There is no shortage, in the theatre archive, of plays about plays, the writing of them, the putting on of them, the view of them from … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway, Folkways Records, Michael Asch, Moses Asch, New York Theatre, Off-Broadway, Paula Vogel, Sholem Asch, Tony Awards, Vineyard Theatre
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Bringing Canada to New York: Soulpepper on 42nd Street
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Last week in New York I had the excitement of seeing what a top-drawer Canadian theatre company, venturing forth, can bring to the stage in a highly demanding world theatre capital. Coming from away for … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 42nd Street, New York Theatre, Of Human Bondage, Pershing Square Signature Centre, Somerset Maugham, Soulpepper Theatre, Vern Thiessen, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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