Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Can indifference ruin a relationship? How can a relationship grow, if neither person makes the time to nurture the bond with one another? Following the overwhelming success of Blackout: the Concordia Computer Riots, Tableau d’Hote Theatre continues on their season’s theme of “Longing to Remember, Refusing to Forget”. This season closes with a bilingual (world-premiere) […]
A modern artistic approach to a well-known classic, this Shakespearean masterpiece is set in renaissance times. It all comes together around the question of “To be, or not to be”. One of the longest-known popular plays, Hamlet has been performed all over the world and is a staple of any classical theatre repertoire. In this […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for May 2019: MUSIC Many top touring acts headline various Montreal concert venues this month. Legendary British singer-songwriter Joe Jackson headlines Théâtre Maisonneuve on May 9, Toronto indie rockers Broken Social Scene play at the Corona Theatre on May 21, Metric + July Talk (May 5) and […]
A candid Q&A with pop icon Engelbert Humperdinck When I first interviewed Engelbert Humperdinck a decade ago, he was riding another wave of popularity after recording the song Lesbian Seagull for MTV’s 1996 adult cartoon film Beavis and Butt-Head Do America. The filmmakers liked that Engelbert – or ‘Enge, as in Stonehenge’ – has a sense of […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for April 2019: MUSIC Many top touring acts headline various Montreal concert venues this month. Highlights include Ariana Grande at the Bell Centre on April 1, Brit Floyd at Salle Wilfred-Pelletier on April 6; The Tea Party at MTELUS on April 12, the legendary Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of […]
Actor-singer Andrew Tebo never thought he’d go into theatre, let alone end up having an impressive resume of Broadway shows. He attended a high school that encouraged sports, glee club, academics and theatre. Since he always loved talking and being in front of people, he studied public relations at university where one day he auditioned for a […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for March 2019: MUSIC Many top touring acts headline various Montreal concert venues this month. Highlights include Mumford & Sons (March 4), American rapper Travis Scott: Astroworld (March 5), Weezer & Pixies (March 13), KISS (March 19) and Muse (March 30), all at the Bell Centre. Over […]
Curtains Up interview with folk hero and pop icon Buffy Sainte-Marie I have interviewed everybody from Cher to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and I rarely get nervous. But when I called up folk hero and pop icon Buffy Sainte-Marie at her home in Hawaii last week, I had the butterflies. That’s because Sainte-Marie has […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for February 2019: MUSIC Many top touring acts headline various Montreal concert venues this month. Highlights include three blockbuster nights by Quebec pop star Marie-Mai at the Bell Centre (Feb. 14-15-16), and British classical crossover soprano Sarah Brightman at Place Bell (Feb. 9). Concerts by Cher and […]
The smash Broadway hit Beautiful – The Carole King Musical chronicles the life and career of legendary singer-songwriter Carole King, from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. From being part of a chart-topping songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin – with whom she cranked out some of the most important records of […]