BWW Reviews: CHICAGO Plays Tonight at McGill
Chicago is a prohibition-era, vaudevillian musical centering on the merry murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart as they lie and dance their way to an innocent trial verdict.
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BWW Reviews: THE BOOK OF MORMON Says 'Hello' to Montreal
BOOK OF MORMON, the smash hit, 2011 Tony Award winning musical by SOUTH PARK creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, along with Robert Lopez (AVENUE Q, FROZEN) says 'Hello' to Montreal in a short 8 performance run.
BWW Review: BELLES SOEURS the Musical at the Segal Centre
When a 23-year-old first-time playwright named Michel Tremblay wrote Les Belles-soeurs in 1965, no one could have predicted how it would turn into an international sensation over the next four decades and go on to be produced in over 30 languages.
BWW Reviews: SPRING AWAKENING Examines the Hard Stuff at Centaur Theatre
As part of Centaur's Theatres Brave New Looks series, Persephone Productions certainly does take a hard look at adolescent turmoil in their remount of Spring Awakening.
BWW Reviews: CHLAMYDIA DELL'ARTE Brings Sex-Ed to Montreal Fringe
Unlike your high school sex-ed classes, Chlamydia dell'Arte is a sex-ed class you can actually laugh through.
BWW Reviews: AT HOME AT THE ZOO Wows in First Show
In their debut show, Chocolate Moose Theatre Company brings to life a piece that is deeply relatable to the human experience.
BWW Reviews: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' Brings Down the House at the Segal Centre
For the first time in 20 years, Ain't Misbehavin': The Fats Waller Musical Show has swung into Montreal, and it does not fail to impress.
BWW Reviews: CROSSDRESSERS AND CRIMINALS Plays at Montreal Fringe
Crossdressers and Criminals: 3 Ways to Lose Yourself, presented by Uncanny Theatre Company is currently running at the Fringe Festival.
BWW Reviews: THINKING OF YU Captivates and Inspires, Through May 5
Carole Frechette's THINKING OF YU tells the story of Maggie (Danielle Desormeaux), a woman who becomes fixated on a small newspaper article about Yu Dongyue, a Chinese journalist just released from prison after serving 17 years for throwing paint on a portrait of Chairman Mao during the 1989 student
BWW Reviews: Dawson College Presents A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL Through April 27
A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL opens with the finale: an amateur opera company taking their bows after an apparently successful performance of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera.
BWW Reviews: You Would Be Off Your Head to Miss ALICE IN WONDERLAND at Hudson Village Theatre
The Hudson Players Club production of ALICE IN WONDERLAND will play it's final performance on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at the Hudson Village Theatre.
BWW Reviews: Les Deux Mondes' GOLD MOUNTAIN Shines
GOLD MOUNTAIN is an intimate portrait of a son's attempt to connect with his father and an exploration of cultural, racial, and generational divides.
BWW Review: JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL and Having a Great Time at Mainline Theatre
If Jacques Brel were alive and well and living in Montreal today, he would enjoy watching In Your Face entertainment's production of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, which runs at the Mainline Theatre through March 24.
BWW Reviews: TNC's Based on a True Story is Exactly How it Sounds
Created and written by the 5-person cast, crew, and director, Based on a True Story is exactly what it sounds like.
The Queen of Gospel is brought to life in THE MAHALIA JACKSON MUSICAL at the Segal Centre through 3/24
The rise of celebrated singer and civil rights activist Mahalia Jackson is told in the world premiere of Roger Peace's THE MAHALIA JACKSON MUSICAL, now playing at The Segal Centre.
BWW Reviews: Player's Theatre Does MACBETH set in WWI
It is hard to identify with a man as deluded as Shakespeare's famous character Macbeth is.
BWW Reviews: FOUR SEASONS and CANTATA by Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal is Refreshing and Wholly Energizing
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal amazed and impressed Houston audiences with their fourth engagement in our city.
BWW Reviews: McGill's WEST SIDE STORY is Definitely 'Cool'
When West Side Story opened in 1957 it was nothing the world had ever seen before.
BWW Reviews: THE EXONERATED - An Extremely Moving Piece on the Innocent of Death Row; Plays Montreal's Espace 4001
The Exonerated tells the true stories of six innocent men and women who were sentenced to death.
BWW Review: Centaur Theatre's GOOD PEOPLE is a Love Letter to South Boston
GOOD PEOPLE has been described as a love letter written by the playwright to his hometown of South Boston or 'Southie', and a love letter it most certainly is.
BWW Reviews: Music Theatre Montreal Takes You to the CABARET
Such a beautifully written Musical in such a terrible time-period, "Cabaret" takes place in the 1920's, in Berlin right in the middle of the 1st and 2nd World Wars.
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The Secret Chord: A Leonard Cohen Experience Segal Centre for Performing Arts (10/05-10/25) |
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Come From Away Segal Centre for Performing Arts (11/22-12/13) |
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Club Sandwich Mayonnaise Théâtre Manuvie (6/17-6/17) |
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Mamma Mia! Place des Arts [Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier] (10/13-10/18) |
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La Cage Aux Folles Cabaret du Casino de Montreal (9/25-9/26) |
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Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street Centaur Theatre (8/22-8/29) |
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The Lion King Place des Arts [Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier] (8/19-9/06) |
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La Florida Théâtre Manuvie (2/24-2/24) |
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Hester Street Segal Centre for Performing Arts (6/16-6/27) |
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Boulevard Pérusse Théâtre Manuvie (12/08-12/08) |