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OPERA HAMILTON: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

Posted on October 29, 2010 by strecker

Opera Hamilton’s subtly realized and thoroughly entertaining production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro satisfies in so many ways. Right at the outset, the overture is conducted by the much-travelled Gordon Gerrard for a lightness of energy and buoyancy of … Continue reading →

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SOULPEPPER THEATRE IN TORONTO 2010

Posted on September 7, 2010 by strecker

DOC Doc, with Diana Leblanc directing Sharon Pollock’s Canadian classic of 1984, opens like a frenzied Altman film of simultaneous or overlapping words inside a tormented skull. Is this the playwright’s mind to which we are witness? Her characters can’t … Continue reading →

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SHAW FESTIVAL 2010

Posted on September 7, 2010 by strecker

SERIOUS MONEY Caryl Churchill’s Serious Money depicts a frenzied and pummeling world of buy and sell, “takeover mania,” and insider deals -with champagne, coke, sex, silk shirts from Jermyn Street, and all else that money can buy as a bonus. … Continue reading →

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Shaw Festival 2010 Reviews

Posted on August 22, 2010 by strecker

SHAW FESTIVAL 2010 THE CHERRY ORCHARD Under Jason Byrne’s keenly-attuned direction, the lighting of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard is not merely a supportive atmospheric element, but a something of a metaphysical echo to the characters, a narrator of their inner … Continue reading →

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