NAGs Players score major points for community theatre with Egad, the Woman in White.
The NAGs Players are a community theatre inspiration – starting out as a group of rugby players who wanted something to do in their off-season, the company has been around for more than 30 years, and it is still going strong, with a loyal fan base and three shows a year.
This particular NAGs production is community theatre at its best. Humble, self-referential, smart and teeming with unexpected talent, Egad, the Woman in White makes for a genuinely awesome night of theatre.
Toronto’s third dose of Wicked is deliciously subversive and devilishly charming
Although I hadn’t seen Wickedbefore last Thursday, I’d heard of it, of course. I would have to have been living in a deep, dark theatre-less cave of oblivion to have been blind to the massive praise heaped on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical back in 2003, when it made its debut. The show graced Toronto’s stages in both 2005 and 2006, garnering local applause. It has now returned for a third run at the Canon Theatre. After seven years of hype, I figured it was time to actually see it. I went in a little jaded (“how could a mainstream musical show be THAT good?” I kept asking myself as the lights dimmed), and I came out pleasantly surprised.
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The theme for the week of June 6, 2010 is “a little bit of this, and a little bit of that”. We’ve selected a hint of sketch comedy, a musical spoof put on by Queen’s alumni, a set of short, inspiring plays, awesome outdoor Shakespeare and electrifying dance. All for $20 or less!
Here are all of the shows we wish we could get out and see this week! Take your pick from our list of great theatre escapes for the week of June 6, 2010:
** Shows marked with the double asterisks and in red are the ones that make Megan, our editor, wish she could clone herself so she could check them all out.
by Leanne Milech