Tag Archives: Tony Awards

Remembering the enchantment: Brent Carver in Edmonton

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There was an unmistakeable magic about seeing Brent Carver onstage. People felt it; they remembered the enchantment. I was struck again by that with the many heartfelt responses that came my way with the terrible news … Continue reading →

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“The Great Work begins” … again: Angels in America in New York

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

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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In an uncertain world, The Humans takes us home for Thanksgiving dinner: a review of the Citadel/ Canadian Stage production

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I wish you had more of a view,” says a mother to her irritated younger daughter in The Humans, surveying the alley from the sole window of a run-down duplex in lower Manhattan. Later in Stephen … Continue reading →

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A direct link between theatre and our shared history: Indecent in New York

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

  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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