Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Kinky Boots! I have seen it on Broadway and now it is about to thrill Montreal audiences – and thrill it will! Based on a movie released in 2005, Kinky Boots is actually inspired by true events. Charlie Price inherits a shoe factory from his father. Charlie has no desire to take on the faltering […]
By Richard Burnett for Curtains Up @bugsburnett I will never forget the time pop icon Cyndi Lauper opened for Cher at Montreal’s Bell Centre back in 2002: Cyndi stole the show midway through her opening set when she walked centre stage draped in a Rainbow flag to sing True Colors with only Kat Dyson on […]
By Richard Burnett for Curtains Up @bugsburnett Amy Ray remembers the day she and her Indigo Girls musical partner Emily Saliers opened up for the Grateful Dead in front of tens of thousands of Deadheads. “We’ve been touring for [nearly] 30 years and that really remains the most memorable concert for me,” Ray says. “I […]