Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Sharman Yarnell for Curtains Up “But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked. “Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” “How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice. “You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.” Lewis Carroll So […]
Yolande Ramsay for Curtains Up When stepping back in time, it can be very interesting to also take a step aside to get another perspective. There is so much more to telling the stories of the past than just recounting the facts. How did the facts actually played out? How did these events directly affect […]
When an accident or tragedy strikes, can the facts be determined by what actually happened or what is assumed to have occurred? How do assumptions or prejudices colour the recollection of events? Who can really tell the whole story? “Bus Stops” is a jarring drama that uses multimedia, music, dance, and acrobatics to recount a […]
Fables often use nature and magical settings to tell simple moral stories. The play, “Bar Kapra the Squirrel Hunter”, is a delightful tale of hunting, revenge, loyalty, and forgiveness. It explores how the meaning of relationship can be bigger than the individual’s needs. This charming play tells the story of a squirrel hunter named Bar […]
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 […]
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 […]
Yolande Ramsey for Curtains Up Beautiful City Theatre, first recipient of the Curtains Up Award, will be staging, for one night only, “A Chorus Line”, the Tony-awarding winning Broadway classic, with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, and book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante. The musical tells the story of […]
The Opéra de Montréal presents the Richard Strauss one-act opera Elektra with superstar conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin at the helm, at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier of Place des Arts, with American soprano and “down-to-earth diva” Lise Lindstrom making her company debut as Elektra. Curtains Up attended a recent OdeM rehearsal for Elektra where Lindstrom sat down for a fun and frank Q&A.
Leave it to Geordie Productions and Young People’s Theatre of Toronto, to bring a difficult subject into the lives of children and do so with sensitivity and dignity. Sometimes it is best to just tell the truth. If you are wondering if a play about a little girl in the Holocaust is too much […]