A Joyful Noise Unto the Lord: The Mahalia Jackson Musical at The Segal sharmanyarnell March 12, 2013 3753 The Mahalia Jackson Musical has hit the stage at The Segal Theatre with a story of perseverance, faith...and joyous song. It is a celebration of the courage and tenacity of a people, their survival, their histo...
Night Train at 50: A tribute to Oscar Peterson The Montrealer March 12, 2013 5923 Oscar Peterson began his professional career as the pianist in a band performing for Saturday Night dances in Westmount’s Victoria Hall. It was a fitting location for a February 27 live performance and recordin...
Love springs eternal in Oklahoma! The Montrealer March 12, 2013 3498 The Hudson Music Club (HMC) is celebrating 61 years of musical merriment with its presentation of the Rogers and Hammerstein 1943 hit Oklahoma!, a co-production with the Hudson Village Theatre (HVT), from March...
Roger Hodgson, legendary voice of Supertramp returns The Montrealer March 12, 2013 4382 Perennial Montreal favourite brings his band and acclaimed Breakfast in America world tour to Place des Arts on October 17 and 18 The legendary songwriter and vocalist Roger Hodgson, co-founder and original...
Flower Bouquets carolynflower March 12, 2013 3646 Working together to make the world a better place - a timely theme for Geordie’s next play. Geordie Productions has been presenting live English theatre for family audiences since 1980. They continue to stay...
Trad – Irish as all heck sharmanyarnell March 12, 2013 2762 About one minute into the play, the laughter starts. Two Irishmen, traipsing across the ‘auld sod’ in search of a descendent, ending up in a graveyard with a doddering old woman and finally at the local Priest...
Gospel according to Mahalia: lifting our spirits with song sharmanyarnell February 14, 2013 3532 What do Edith Piaf, Billie Holliday, Sophie Tucker, Judy Garland and Mahalia Jackson all have in common? Peace. That’s Roger Peace; playwright, choreographer, director and producer. His latest creative endea...
Lost Innocence is the story of Steven Truscott sharmanyarnell February 14, 2013 3187 How the justice system failed him, the murder victim, both families and an entire town The year was 1959. He was 14 years old. He was sentenced to be hanged for a murder he did not commit. Steven Truscott...
Waiting for the Barbarians is a powerful and thought-provoking production at The Segal sharmanyarnell February 14, 2013 3962 There are some plays that need to be mulled over and digested before writing about them. Waiting for the Barbarians, at The Segal Theatre is one such play. Written by author, J.M. Coetzee, it was adapted for t...
West Side Story en concert — February 23 at Salle Pierre Mercure The Montrealer February 14, 2013 4685 In this version for voice and percussion, the dancers are replaced by a ballet of percussionists while four singers embody the characters’ voices. A backdrop of animated projections reignites the urban setting....
