Monthly Archives: June 2011

Suicide(s) in Vegas – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release

From press release

Suicide(s) in Vegas

NEW Frankie Award nominated dark comedy by Evan Placey,

RBC National Playwriting Competition winner!

A random internet search connects two women who want to end it all, but not alone. Lydia’s an over-commercialized self-help guru. Jane’s a lonely tollbooth collector. But surviving (and dying) are tricky in this dark comedy about the fantastic awfulness that is – Vegas. By Evan Placey, winner of the Tarragon Theatre RBC National Playwriting Competition.

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Live Review: Music Inspired By Shakespeare (Black Creek Summer Musical Festival)

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Black Creek Summer Festival is presenting a “Music Inspired By Shakespeare” concert tonight at 8pm, featuring verses recited by famous actors Helen Mirren (The Queen) and Jeremy Irons (The Lion King).

This theatre review will be different from the rest because it will be live! Well, we always love trying something new here at Mooney on Theatre. I’ll be blogging live from the social media suite at the Rexall Centre. That’s right, stream-of-consciousness coming from yours truly and with no room for sober second thought. Keep refreshing this blog post for fun little updates throughout the evening. I have posted my full, thought-out review here.

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Review: Svadba – Wedding (Queen of Pudding Music Theatre)

If there is such a thing as avant-garde opera – and I suppose there must be, since there are Google results for it – then Svadba – Wedding currently showing at Canadian Stage’s Berkeley Street Theater is it. Since I am admittedly not an avant-garde opera enthusiast, it took me a while to warm up to this Queen of Puddings Music Theatre production, but in the end I came away bewildered but delighted with what I’d seen.

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The Soaps! – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release

From press release

The Soaps! –

The Live Improvised Soap Opera

Comes To The Toronto Fringe Festival

  • Stars Dan for Mayor’s Paul Bates
  • Starts Friday, July 8th at The Bathurst Street Theatre
  • Produced by The National Theatre of World
  • Visit www.thesoaps.ca for More Details and cast photos

(Toronto, ON – Monday, June 20, 2011) – What happens when you assemble Toronto’s most prolific comedic improvisers to create an ongoing episodic story packed with drama, romance, intrigue and betrayal? You get The Soaps! The Live Improvised Soap Opera.  During The Fringe Festival, starting Friday July 8th at The Bathurst Theatre, audiences will be in for a treat as each show is different and not even the cast knows where storylines will go.  The show stars Paul Bates (Dan for Mayor), Matt Baram (Wingin’ it), Jim Annan (Every commercial on TV!), Lisa Brooke (Second City Alumna), Aurora Browne (Comedy Inc.), Christy Bruce (Second City Alumna), Chris Gibbs (Fringe Festival favourite), Albert Howell (This Hour has 22 Minutes), Lisa Merchant (Train 48), Scott Montgomery (Ron James Show) and Ron Pederson (Mad TV) with music by Scott Christian and Chris New.  Continue reading The Soaps! – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release →

Remember Maggy? – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release

From press release

REMEMBER, MAGGY?
By Carol Anne Murray and Matt Murray

Described as being like “The Golden Girls” with addiction and Alzheimer’s, Remember,Maggy? follows two sisters in their forties and the journey of their complex and often hilarious relationship over five years. Kate a quintessential housewife and Maggy a pill-popping/alcoholic actress, battle to stay conn=cted through the progression of their mother’s Alzheimer’s. The revealing of dark truths causes their already fragile relationship to hang in the balance.

Written over twenty years ago by Toronto native turned Sarnia resident Carol Murray, Remember, Maggy? was originally conceived as a very short one act dealing primarily with sisters Kate and Maggy having a charming visit with one another. After being presented in Sarnia, Carol felt there was far more to this story and wrote a second act which included the addition of Kate and Maggy’s mother Niamh who was suffering from early stage Alzheimer’s. After a very successful but brief run, Remember, Maggy? was literally put away in a drawer never to be seen again. That is until now. Continue reading Remember Maggy? – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release →