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The Bard and the Boards: Still more news, articles and reviews
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The Bard and the Boards. Reviews of the Stratford Festival, from Ontario, Canada. Tuesday, 11 August 2015. Still more news, articles and reviews. If I may direct your attention to the columns on your right, a bevy of new reviews and articles have been added for:. The Sound of Music. The Taming of the Shrew - including an excellent interview from the Globe and Mail with Ben Carlson and Deborah Hay. The Last Wife (audio article). Oedipus Rex (audio article). They keep comin'; I keep addin' 'em. Carly Maga,...
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The Bard and the Boards: June 2015
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The Bard and the Boards. Reviews of the Stratford Festival, from Ontario, Canada. Tuesday, 23 June 2015. MEDIA RELEASE: The Sound of Music is extended for two weeks. June 23, 2015…. The critics are describing the Stratford Festival’s production of Rodgers and. Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music as “wondrous,” “magnificent,” and a “joyous celebration.”. With four stars from both the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail, The Sound of Music has. So you have until November 1 to catch this beautiful production.
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The Bard and the Boards: August 2014
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The Bard and the Boards. Reviews of the Stratford Festival, from Ontario, Canada. Monday, 25 August 2014. Review: Antony and Cleopatra. Set / costumes), Michael Walton. Lighting), Peter McBoyle. L-R: Jennifer Mogbock as Iras, Yanna McIntosh as Cleopatra,. Sophia Walker as Charmian. Photo: David Hou. The other problem with this particular play is that the two main characters are so very unlikable. On the surface they both seem selfish, indulgent, inconsiderate. and yet, this is a very western, ver...Taken...
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The Bard and the Boards: April 2015
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The Bard and the Boards. Reviews of the Stratford Festival, from Ontario, Canada. Wednesday, 22 April 2015. A celebration of the life of Brian Macdonald will be held at the Stratford Festival on May 3. MEDIA RELEASE April 22, 2015…. The remarkable life and career of director-choreographer Brian Macdonald will be celebrated at the Stratford Festival on May 3, at 1 pm, in the Festival Theatre, 55 Queen Street, Stratford. Everyone is welcome to attend. A Guthrie Award will be established in Mr. Macdonal...
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The Bard and the Boards: January 2014
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The Bard and the Boards. Reviews of the Stratford Festival, from Ontario, Canada. Monday, 20 January 2014. Stratford Festival dedicates productions to the memory of Jean-Louis Roux, Suzanne Turnbull and Jack Merigold. January 20, 2014. Dedicated to Jean-Louis Roux. Will be dedicated to actor and director Jean-Louis Roux. Therefore it is with affection that we dedicate this season’s production of King Lear. To Jean-Louis, who was ‘every inch a king.’”. In 1956 and Burgundy in the re-mount of that producti...
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The Bard and the Boards: October 2014
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The Bard and the Boards. Reviews of the Stratford Festival, from Ontario, Canada. Monday, 20 October 2014. Festival announces key casting for 2015. October 20, 2014…. Casting for the 2015 season of the Stratford Festival is under way with a number of key roles in place. Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino. Is delighted to welcome back: Graham Abbey. Gordon S. Miller. Mr Cimolino is also pleased to welcome newcomers Alex Black. And Robin Evan Willis. And grew as the love interest in Mother Courage. PRODUCTI...
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The Bard and the Boards: July 2014
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The Bard and the Boards. Reviews of the Stratford Festival, from Ontario, Canada. Tuesday, 29 July 2014. Review: Peter Sellars' Chamber Dream. A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Chamber Play. Adapted and Directed by Peter Sellars. From left to right: Sarah Afful, Mike Nadajewski, Trish Lindstrom. And Dion Johnstone. Photo by Michael Cooper. But why is anyone who frequents theatre at all surprised by this? Corporate consultants are paid ridiculous amounts of money each year to tell businessmen a simple fact tha...
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The Bard and the Boards: August 2015
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The Bard and the Boards. Reviews of the Stratford Festival, from Ontario, Canada. Thursday, 27 August 2015. More Reviews for Late Openers. Reviews continue to trickle in for the Stratford Festival's shows . Over to the right and down a bit are new reviews for The Alchemist. And, in the "better late than never" category, Carousel. Make it easy to find some of these! Links to this post. Labels: 2015 Stratford Festival. Monday, 24 August 2015. A review of Kate Hennig's The Last Wife. Links to this post.
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The Bard and the Boards: May 2014
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The Bard and the Boards. Reviews of the Stratford Festival, from Ontario, Canada. Friday, 30 May 2014. Review: More saffron, maybe? Man of La Mancha opens at Stratford. Man of La Mancha. Written by Dale Wasserman. Music by Mitch Leigh, Lyrics by Joe Darion. Directed by Robert McQueen. Musical Direction by Franklin Brasz. Designed by Douglas Parschuk. Tom Rooney as Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote. Robin Hutton as Aldonza. The three leads, Tom Rooney. Cervantes / Don Quixote), Steve Ross. Like a regal li...
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The Bard and the Boards: March 2014
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The Bard and the Boards. Reviews of the Stratford Festival, from Ontario, Canada. Tuesday, 18 March 2014. ROBERT LEPAGE TO EXPLORE CITIZENSHIP AND BELONGING Lepage selected as the 12th speaker in the Institute for Canadian Citizenship’s LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium lecture series. Last year, the launch of the ICC – Stratford Festival partnership saw the Symposium take centre stage in Stratford as a key element of its inaugural Stratford Festival Forum, a series exploring the principal themes found ...
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