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Monday, February 19, 2018

Come From Away returns to Toronto after a very successful debut last year, a warm respite from dark days by Special To National Post

Come From Away's return to Toronto marks the latest success in a remarkable year for the show’s creators, Irene Sankoff and David Hein

SOURCE: nationalpost.com at 02:03PM
Friday, December 2, 2016

Fetching 100,000 nuggets of wisdom with strategy by Special To National Post

When Zhuge Liang was given 10 days to produce 100,000 arrows for battle, it was the year 208 in ancient China. No machines could help the military strategist produce so much ammunition in a …

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 02:48PM
Monday, June 6, 2016

400 years after his death, why should we care about Shakespeare? by Robert Cushman and Mitchell Cushman, Special To National Post

National Post theatre critic Robert Cushman and his son Mitchell Cushman, who is directing adaptations of Shakespeare's histories, discussed the Bard and his works

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 10:43AM
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Annabel Soutar takes a personal look at a national issue with The Watershed by Special To National Post

In The Watershed, Soutar ponders our relationship with fresh water on both a national and personal level

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 07:00PM
Friday, July 18, 2014

A Day in the Life: Porch View Dances Choreographer Brandy Leary by Special To National Post

Brandy Leary has choreographed pieces everywhere from India to the Bata Shoe Museum, working in every discipline from modern dance to martial arts to aerial acrobatics

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 10:22AM
Thursday, February 20, 2014

A Day in the Life: Anita Majumdar on the sacrifices of being an actor by Special To National Post

'I live with the characters of my plays day in and day out'

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 01:30PM

A Day in the Life: Live updates from Anita Majumdar by Special To National Post

An actor, choreographer and Governor General's award-winning playwright, Anita Majumdar is putting all those talents to use in her latest play, Same Same But Different

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 10:28AM
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Bloodless has guts by Special To National Post

Theatre 20 aims to change the way you see Canadian song and dance

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 05:30PM
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Post Comedy Week: Neal Brennan on life after Chappelle’s Show by Special To National Post

Brennan is best known as the co-creator of Chappelle’s Show, the sketch comedy program that infamously ended in flames.

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 08:00AM
Thursday, September 6, 2012

Cirque du Soleil celebrates the feminine mystère in Amaluna by Special To National Post

No other show has changed what it means to be under the big top quite like Cirque du Soleil.

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 09:56AM
Sunday, June 3, 2012

Guillaume Côté delivers stellar, unforgettable performance in National Ballet’s Hamlet by Special To National Post

The dark and stormy weekend weather made the perfect backdrop for the opening of the National Ballet of Canada's Hamlet

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 09:23PM
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Theatre review: Humanity shines through in Lost in Yonkers by Special To National Post

Neil Simon's coming-of-age comic drama stumbles in its choice of villain, but some smart young actors make the most of it

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 03:25PM
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Bolshoi Ballet goes big for Swan Lake by Special To National Post

The Bolshoi Ballet marked its return to Toronto with the ever-popular Swan Lake

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 06:15PM
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Marina Nemat to Robert Cushman: ‘The stage adaptation of Prisoner of Tehran is as true as it can get’ by Special To National Post

After reading the Post’s review of Prisoner of Tehran, Marina Nemat wrote in to give her own take.

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 05:00PM
Sunday, March 11, 2012

Dance review: The National Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty by Special To National Post

When staging Beauty for The National Ballet of Canada in 1972, the late Rudolf Nureyev drew on his classical Russian roots. He demanded absolute perfection from the dancers and rehearsed the…

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 05:37PM
Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Copyright racket by Special To National Post

By Tristin Hopper For Toronto’s Nuit Blanche, performance artists Tibi Tibi Neuspiel and Geoffrey Pugen will attempt to resurrect a piece of tennis history. In a downtown courtyard fringed…

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 10:00AM
Sunday, August 7, 2011

Judith Thompson and Nancy Palk on White Biting Dog by Special To National Post

By Lia Grainger When Judith Thompson and Nancy Palk get together, there’s always much to discuss. “We met at Queen’s in ’73,” Palk says between sips from a glass of Argentinian mal…

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 10:00AM
Monday, July 18, 2011

Alice Ripley is Next to Normal by Special To National Post

By Alison Broverman Alice Ripley loves roller coasters. The Tony Award-winning actress is in Toronto for two weeks with the musical Next to Normal, and her only plans (aside from performing …

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 05:00PM

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