Reefer Madness: The Musical is currently onstage at The Lower Ossington Theatre. It is based on a 1938 propaganda film with the same name. It tells the cautionary tale of an all-American youth who sees his life destroyed by whacky tobacky; the demon weed marijuana.
Continue reading Review: Reefer Madness: The Musical (JR Theatre Company)
So, at this point, if it’s something you’re interested in, you’ll already have seen some kind of article on this year’s Doras. Maybe the official press release on the TAPA site (TAPA is the organization that coordinates the Doras), or perhaps the announcement from the print media like the Globe, the Star, the Post, the Sun and NOW. If you didn’t see it in any of those, you may have found it in the plethora of online theatre blogs.
Well, here at Mooney on Theatre, we’re also going to post the press release, but, where possible, we will also link to a review of the show, in case you need a refresher on what it was about. If it is in italics instead of linked, unfortunately Mooney on Theatre was unable to review it. So, without further ado:
Continue reading 32nd Dora Mavor Moore Awards nominees – with links to MoT reviews
By Sam Mooney
The 12th annual Canadian Comedy Awards 2011 nominees were announced on Wednesday at a press conference at Second City. There are 25 categories and the public can vote in 5 of them – Best TV Show, Best Film, Best Web Clip, Best Radio Clip and Canadian Comedy Person of the Year. Voting begins on June 15 and public voting ends in September. You do need to register to vote and can do that at the Canadian Comedy Awards website.
The awards will be presented as part of the Canadian Comedy Awards and Festival, October 13th to 17th, 2011. You’ll be able to see performances by many of the nominees at various venues around Toronto.
by Tiffany Budhyanto
Toronto’s East Side Players presents Noel Coward’s classic comedy Present Laughter at Todmorden Mills’ Papermill Theatre from May 26 to June 11, 2011.
Located in the historic Todmorden Mills heritage site is the charming Papermill Theatre. Large wooden beams, red brick walls and a gallery of paintings create a pleasant atmosphere where the local community can enjoy theatre.
The company’s last production of the season, Present Laughter, portrays a narcissistic middle-aged actor named Garry Essendine in 1939 preparing to leave for a production run in Africa. Lusting women, a crazed playwright, his ex-wife, and his bitter secretary all get in the way of his plans.
Continue reading Review: Present Laughter (East Side Players)
By Adelina Fabiano
A chocolate tapestry from the past falls on a Toronto Stage
In Chocolate Woman Dreams the Milky Way, produced by Chocolate Woman Collective, first formed in 2007 by a group of senior Aboriginal artists and scholars to research and create this show, principal actor and playwright Monique Mojica deeply explores her ancestral roots in Panama’s Kuna culture.
Collaborating with a diverse group of people from around the globe, such as visual artists (Oswaldo DeLeón Kantule, Erika Iserhoff), anthropologist (Brenda Farnell) and composer (Marden Paniza), Mojica integrates information and research from archives and seeks the expertise of Indigenous scholars. She reclaims and re-creates the struggle and beauty of the Indigenous culture through a dynamic and dramatic display of physical theatre.
Continue reading Review: Chocolate Woman Dreams the Milky Way (Chocolate Woman Collective)