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Category Archives: Theater
David Bowie: Dignified Genius
My Metroland Column from December 28, 2016 On January 8, 2016, David Bowie turned 69. His wife, Iman, knew something the world didn’t. Her husband was dying. She tweeted: “I will love you til i die….” Bowie’s album Blackstar made … Continue reading
Posted in David Bowie, Jazz, Music, The arts, Theater, Theatre
Tagged Bing Crosby, Blackstar, Bowie, cancer, David Bowie, Greenwich Village, Grief Porn, Heroes, Iman, Jazz, Lou Reed, New York City, Rebel Rebel, Ziggy Stardust
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Chilina Kennedy feels Carole King’s love
My April 16 Enchanté column “I have often asked myself The reason for the sadness in a world Where tears are just a lullaby If there’s any answer, maybe Love can end the madness Maybe not, oh, but we can … Continue reading
Posted in New York City, The arts, Theater, Theatre
Tagged Beautiful, Broadway, Carole King, Chilina Kennedy, New York City, Stratford Festival
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Nevermore: hope hovers beyond darkness
My next Enchanté column There can never be a more haunting line in literature than, “Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore.’” Likewise, there is no more memorable theatre than the Canadian production, Nevermore — The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Dance, Music, New York City, The arts, Theater, Theatre
Tagged Alberta, Beth Graham, Bretta Gerecke, Catalyst Theatre, Choreography, Dr Theatrical Management, Edgar Allan Poe, Gaelan Beatty, Garett Ross, Gothic, Jonathan Christenson, Laura Krewski, Ligeia, Lindsie VanWinkle, music, Nevermore, New World Stages, New York City, Off-Broadway, Poe, Radio Mouse Entertainment, Ryan Parker, Scott Shpeley, Shannon Blanchet, The Raven, Theater, theatre, University of Alberta
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A love affair with New York
My Daytripper column from February 19, 2015 In the uber village called New York, millions of people mingle in hundreds of small neighborhoods and communities. Street smart and gritty, those people who inhabit one of the world’s greatest cultural centres … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Dance, Music, New York City, The arts, Theater, Theatre, Travel
Tagged Blue Note, Broadway, Central Park, Chinatown, Lou Reed, New York, New York City, New York City Ballet, NYCB, Off-Broadway, Pete Seeger, Travel, Washington Square
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A Spiritual Journey in Theater
My latest Enchanté column When great actors of the stage are mentioned, we often think of those in their golden years. Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen and Patti Lupone come instantly to mind. But one of the greatest stage … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, The arts, Theater, Theatre
Tagged Buddhism, Buddhism and the Artist, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Drama Desk, Drama Desk Award, Lincoln Center Theater, Nepal, Peter and the Starcatcher, Sarah Ruhl, The Glass Menagerie, The Oldest Boy, Theater, theatre, Theatre World Award, Tibet
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The Oldest Boy
Celia Keenan-Bolger brings the bittersweet magic of Peter and the Starcatcher and the pain and sorrow of The Glass Menagerie to her new role as Mother in The Oldest Boy. This, once again, is why I love off-Broadway shows so … Continue reading
Posted in Theater, Theatre
Tagged Buddhism, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Lincoln Center, Off-Broadway, The Oldest Boy, Tibet
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Suds – frothy fun
An excerpt from my May 30 Daytripper column in EMC News. Combine angels, a laundromat and predominantly perky 1960s tunes and you have a bubbly musical called, appropriately, Suds, The Rocking 60’s Musical Soap Opera, now playing at the Thousand … Continue reading
Posted in The arts, Theater, Theatre
Tagged 1000 Islands Playhouse, Ashlie Corcoran, Suds, Theater, theatre, Thousand Islands Playhouse
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Dancing in the sky
An excerpt from my May 30 Enchanté column in EMC News. Watching circus artist Erin Ball in action, it’s hard to believe her when she says she wasn’t an active kid. Ball runs Twisted Circus Arts in Kingston. Today, she … Continue reading
Laughs and tenderness combine in this masterpiece
Excerpt from my May 16, 2013 column in EMC News Rarely, a production comes along that is so outstanding that it’s worth a trip to New York for the sole purpose of catching that one show. Vanya and Sonia and … Continue reading
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