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Yolande Ramsay for Curtains Up Happiness is relative. It has a different meaning for each person. The play, “On This Day”, explores ways in which the road to happiness can lead to manipulation or miscommunication. In spite of appearances, the ideal situation may not be so fruitful. This sharp dramedy tells the story of Henry […]
Yolande Ramsay for Curtains Up The Segal Centre presents The Secret Annex, a play that tells a powerful story of survival with romance, humour, grief, and dares to ask the question “What if?” What if Anne Frank had survived the Holocaust? What kind of life would she have? What would happen to her diary, one […]
Salmigondis, defined literally, means ‘hodgepodge’ or a ‘ragout of different meats reheated’. However it also has a much more apt definition as it pertains to cuisine or, in this case, the particular cuisine of a restaurant where it is defined as a ‘repas festif ou chacun des convives apporte un plat ou une partie de […]
Yolande Ramsay for Curtains Up The Côte Saint-Luc Dramatic Society will be staging “Hairspray the Broadway Musical”, the Tony-award winning show based on the 1988 John Waters’ film “Hairspray”, with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan. “Hairspray the Broadway Musical” tells […]
I’m not quite sure how to approach this review. I feel a bit akin to David versus Goliath. Let me get the good stuff out here at the start. The ambiance is beyond reproach, located in Old Montreal with its exposed rustic brick walls a huge overhead wooden chandelier left over from its days as […]
Joseph Rossi for Curtains Up I know. I know. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is not the second coming. It’s only a movie. As a fan, I walked in with the hopes that this would at least be a good movie. Not great. I didn’t want to get my expectations up because I’ve done […]
Samantha Wexler for Curtains Up When I found out that Sarah Brightman was coming out with not one but THREE new albums, I asked my sweetie if that could be one of my Christmas gifts. In fact, I said it could be my only gift, anyone who knows me even a little knows that […]
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “When you get enough power in the movie business, you get damn near anything you want. (Which is one of the things wrong with the movie business.)” -Burt Reynolds (from But Enough About Me) Growing up in Park Extension in the ‘70’s the coolest car one could have […]
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up If you love the food of the Middle East, run don’t walk to its newest culinary pied piper, Sumac in Griffintown, just west of the Atwater Market. Sumac is not a fancy sit down culinary experience, it’s a very casual, hip place where conviviality and excellent fresh and healthy […]
Abby E. Schachter for Curtains Up Sometimes, going to a loud, raucous drunken party isn’t necessarily the best way to celebrate All Hallows Eve. This special night must be filled with a least a few creepy elements! What we have here is a list of stuff you can do on Halloween if you have zero […]