The Wizard of Oz: The Toto-ly Awesome Family Musical - the panto returns
People, Places and Things begins with an actress having a breakdown mid-Chekhov, earns a delicious slow-burn laugh as we realize Ibsen is being bastardized, praises the poetic grace of Shakespeare, but most closely resembles The Snake Pit. Yes, we are in meta-theatre mode and some of it is quite articulately...
Drew Rowsome - Feb 17
The Wolf in the Voice: let's us see them sweat
In the lobby pre-show, Thom Allison , who is billed as an associate artist in the creation of The Wolf in the Voice, said, "I can't wait for people to finally see this . . . this . . . I don't know quite what to call it." Having seen, been entertained by and ultimately moved by The Wolf in the Voice, I am in a similar quandary...
Drew Rowsome - Feb 16
Witness for the Persecution:
Sky Gilbert on trial
"A friend of mine was going to see Witness for the Prosecution at Shaw and I told her it was my favorite movie in all the world," says playwright Sky Gilbert "When I got off the phone with her, the idea started percolating.What about if I stole the plot but created...
Drew Rowsome - Feb 15
Kim's Convenience: attention must be paid
One could be cynical and say that Soulpepper is remounting Kim's Convenience because it is a proven crowd-pleaser that will get butts in seats during these dark times for theatre. But it is also a perfect play for these dark times, focussing on an immigrant...
Drew Rowsome - Feb 7
Stranger Sings: let my people (and puppets. And Demogorgon) sing
The first season of Stranger Things premiered in July, 2016. I binged it the following fall and, as so much time has passed, I googled the Wikipedia summary before heading out to Stranger Sings, the parody musical of Stranger Things. It is a good thing...
Drew Rowsome - Feb 5
The Vinyl Diaries: boyfriends are music
PPete Crighton is a Toronto boy who just wrote a book called The Vinyl Diaries. It’s the story of a gay man coming of age in the 90s and onward, and he cleverly pairs his experiences with the music he loved and listened to at that time.
Crighton seems to have...
Paul Bellini- Feb 4
The Strange and Eerie Memoirs of Billy Wuthergloom: puberty is supernatural
While I am bursting to share my enthusiasm for The Strange and Eerie Memoirs of Billy Wuthergloom by recounting the abundance of highlights, those would be spoilers. And with fatalistic certainty I can guarantee that my descriptions would in no way match the...
Drew Rowsome - Jan 30
Cock: a viciously comic battle of the genders
The Talk is Free Theatre company is renowned for its site specific productions and for Cock, the audience is arranged around a small but cavernously high space. The action occurs, initially, on a small narrow runway but soon expands into and above the...
Drew Rowsome - Jan 26
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story —
how an icon is created
Liza's back on the big screen!
While we all wait with bated breath for her pending tell-all memoir, director Bruce David Klein gifts us with Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story. While the documentary is packed with breathtaking clips of Liza performing, it is also filled with never...
Drew Rowsome - Jan 18
For Both Resting and Breeding: cookies and couture
The owners of the beautifully renovated house where For Both Resting and Breeding takes place, may not care to have their gleaming kitchen referred to as a recreation of "the last standing house from 1999." It won't be the last anachronism of the...
Drew Rowsome - Jan 16
Stratford Winter Pride
Stratford in the summer is all about the theatre festival and is a small town that rolls out the rainbow carpet for LGBTQ visitors. In the winter, dusted with snow but still walkable, Stratford is all about "Love Is Love" as it celebrates Stratford Winter Pride...
Drew Rowsome - Jan 16
Vacant verbiage
Sometimes I actually despair for mankind, usually when I make the mistake of checking Facebook. A recent post, about the photographer Mark Morrisroe, written either by AI or an equally robotic human moron, used the following “sounds intelligent...
Paul Bellini - Jan 14
Last Landscape: clowns at the end of the world and the dawning of the next
It would be convenient if I could reduce Last Landscape to a catchy descriptive phrase. Or even just two of them. A clown show about the end of the world and the dawning of the next. Creating art out of garbage. How theatre creation mirrors evolution...
Drew Rowsome - Jan 14
The top 100 of 2024 aka longing for the '70s
It’s January, and every year I spend a few days listening to the Top 100 hits of the previous year, and what did I learn? That most current music can be divided into several uncreative vocal styles. With the men, it’s either passionate groaning or ...
Drew Rowsome - Jan 13
The Wizard of Oz: The Toto-ly Awesome Family Musical - the panto returns
Feb
15
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Oraculum: dragging audiences into the future
Feb
15
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Cocktails and Candy Canes: shaken - not stirred
Feb
15
416 Scene Drew Rowsome
The Gay AF Christmas Spectacular: "sprinkling mental glitter on your stress-filled brain
Feb
5
416 Scene Drew Rowsome
Jonathan Hogue: Stranger Sings is for nerds and fans. And newbies
Feb
5
416 Scene Drew Rowsome
He Hijacked My Brain:
Gary Topp's Toronto: taking chances
Jan
30
MGT STAGE Drew Rowsome
The Critic: Sir Ian McKellen as a very bad gay
Jan
30
Moving Pictures Drew Rowsome
The Bidding War: sheer comic brilliance carved from the cold heart of a
Jan
30
MGT STAGE Drew Rowsome
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: pure imagination
Jan
17
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A Case for the Existence of God: a breathtaking glimmer of hope
Jan
17
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Phantasmagoria 3D!: turning a gimmick into a horrific hilarious art form
Jan
12
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Sankofa: The Soldier's Tale Retold - a deal with the devil
Jan
12
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The Flin Flon Cowboy: "you can do anything you want to do but it might be harder for you"
Jan
12
MGT STAGE Drew Rowsome
Wonderful Joe:
a neighbourhood genius tells our stories
Jan
12
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My Name is Lucy Barton: and she has her story to tell
Jan
12
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Drive Back Home's questions drive the Rendezvous with Madness festival
Dec
12
416 scene Drew Rowsome
Shakespeare Lied, Gilbert gets deep
Dec
1
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Goblin Macbeth: by the pricking of my thumbs, something wickedly funny this way comes
Dec
11
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Let Me Explain: as uproarious as is it therapeutic
Dec
1
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Augusto Bitter and the spectacle of Craze
Dec
1
416 Scene Drew Rowsome
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