The worldwide $380+ gross of the feature film adaptation of the international stage hit LES MISERABLES at the box office has put a movie musical take on the hit Oz-themed WICKED closer to becoming a reality. In a recent interview, Universal chairman Adam Fogelson stated that the success of one has influenced the expediancy by […]
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BREAKING NEWS: Cameron Mackintosh Bringing Re-Imagined LES MISERABLES to Broadway in Spring 2014!
Cameron Mackintosh‘s production of Les Miserables is written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg and is based on the novel by Victor Hugo. It has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, original adaption by Trevor Nunn and John Caird and additional material by […]
Broadway Grosses: Feb. 11-17
Broadway got a boost – with attendance up from previous week. As I thought, Rogers & Hammerstein`s “Cinderella“ officially opened March 3, 2013 at the Broadway Theatre ( 1681 Broadway ) and sold to capacity – 100 %
“See the world in a different way” through the imagination and magic of Geordie Productions
By Carolyn Flower for Curtains Up Whether you are a youngster, parent, teenager, or grandparent, it is hard to find a theatre company that is more trustworthy than Geordie Productions to let take hold of your imagination. One of Canada’s largest theatre for young audience companies, Geordie Productions have presented live English theatre since 1980 […]
Curtains Up on Little Shop of Horrors
By Joseph Rossi for Curtains Up The musical is my favorite genre. For me it was the one form to fully capitalize on the idea that Hollywood was and still is a dream factory. And what is more dreamlike then having a person burst into song and dance on a whim. Movies like Singin’ […]
GOOD CLEAN FARE ON BROADWAY
By Richard Jutras for Curtains Up Nothing is a sure thing today. Or is it ? Montreal`s weather. Will Beyoncé sing live at the Super Bowl? Will an Adonis Market open this summer in the western stretch of Sainte Catherine Street – which was home to Montreal`s former Seville Theater. Or opening a new show […]
INNOCENCE LOST – A STORY NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN
By Sharman Yarnell for Curtains Up The year was 1959. He was 14 years old. He was sentenced to be hanged for a murder he did not commit. Steven Truscott was in the news. The headlines tore into the minds of Canadians, especially those on an airbase in Clinton, Ontario, the tight knit community in […]
BILLY ELLIOT SOARS –
If plays and musicals are written to teach and entertain then Billy Elliot hits the mark bang on.Last night’s opening performance at Place des Arts was certainly a crowd pleaser with a super ensemble group led by an energetic Janet Dickinson as ‘Mrs. Wilkinson’ and an even more energetic and oh, so talented Noah Parets […]
SEEING RED – AT THE SEGAL
Red, written by author John Logan, is a tour de force that begs the question, do all good artists have to suffer tragic lives to be successful? Picasso, Pollock, Van Gogh, Caravaggio, all suffered through their art.The answer is, they must, of course. Except, according to Mark Rothko, “Rothko”.
Good People, Good Theatre
Good People is a good play. It is, in fact, an excellent play. Written by David Lindsay-Abaire, it is the most produced play in North America this year. And it is playing at The Centaur Theatre. Not only is it playing at The Centaur, but it is on simultaneously, in french, at Theatre Jean Duceppe. […]