Montreal Newsroom COC Announces New Commission THE OLD FOOLS By Composer Ana Sokolovi And Librettist Paul Bentley
by BWW News Desk on December 11, 2018 in Montreal The Canadian Opera Company announced today a new mainstage commission: The Old Fools by celebrated Montreal-based composer Ana Sokolovi? and seasoned British librettist Paul Bentley. La Reine-Garcon, first announced in 2015, is moving forward as a co-commission with the Opera de Montreal; it's the first mainstage collaboration of its kind between the two major Canadian opera companies and at its helm are two exceptional Canadian artists: Julien Bilodeau as composer and Michel Marc Bouchard as librettist. (more...)  Segal Centre Presents CHILDREN OF GOD - Must-See Musical About Residential School System
by BWW News Desk on December 11, 2018 in Montreal The Segal Centre for Performing Arts and Urban Ink are proud to be co-producing the Montreal premiere of the critically acclaimed Children of God. This important and stunning new Canadian musical will be playing in the Sylvan Adams Theatre from January 20 to February 10, 2019. (more...)  Three Weeks Left To Vote For the BWW Montreal Awards!
by BWW Staff on December 10, 2018 in Montreal There's just two weeks left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Montreal Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018. (more...)  BWW Review: OLD STOCK: A REFUGEE LOVE STORY at Segal Centre
by Marilla Steuter-Martin on December 08, 2018 in Montreal There's a tremendous amount of talent on the Segal Centre stage right now. (more...)  Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 12/7
by BWW Special on December 07, 2018 in Montreal BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature COME FROM AWAY, ANNIE, MAMMA MIA and More! (more...) Vote For The 2018 BWW Montreal Awards; THE HOCKEY SWEATER: A MUSICAL Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Staff on December 03, 2018 in Montreal There's just one month left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Montreal Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018. (more...)  Centaur Theatre's WILDSIDE FESTIVAL Returns For Its 22nd Year
by BWW News Desk on November 29, 2018 in Montreal For her first turn at bat curating Montreal's "hottest 2 weeks of winter", Eda Holmes hits a home run with an A-list of trailblazing, quick-fix theatre, from zoological spoken word to Greek tragedy object puppetry and everything in between. See the full schedule below. (more...) Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 11/30 - THE MUSIC MAN, HAMILTON, GUYS AND DOLLS, and More!
by BWW Special on November 30, 2018 in Montreal BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature THE MUSIC MAN, HAMILTON, GUYS AND DOLLS, and More! (more...) Vote For The 2018 BroadwayWorld Montreal Awards; THE HOCKEY SWEATER: A MUSICAL Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Staff on November 26, 2018 in Montreal There's just one month left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Montreal Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018. (more...)  BWW Review: A DOLL'S HOUSE PART 2 at Segal Centre
by Marilla Steuter-Martin on November 26, 2018 in Montreal If Henrick Ibsen's renowned realist drama A Doll's House had a love child with the 2002 romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama, you might end up with something a little like A Doll's House Part 2. (more...)  BWW Review: THE TASHME PROJECT at Centaur Theatre
by Marilla Steuter-Martin on November 22, 2018 in Montreal The Tashme Project: The Living Archives is a remarkable piece of verbatim theatre that is based on more than 60 interviews with Japanese Canadians who lived through internment in British Columbia after the bombing of Pearl Harbour. (more...)  Infinitheatre Presents THE PIPELINE
by BWW News Desk on November 21, 2018 in Montreal Every year Infinitheatre proudly presents Quebec's newest discoveries in The Pipeline, an annual series of free public play readings where the audience takes centre stage, offering valuable feedback that furthers script development and helps choose future seasons. Guy Sprung, Infinitheatre's artistic director, invites the public to be part of the excitement and share their views from Friday, November 30 - Sunday, December 2 at Espace Knox. The Pipeline is three plays in three days-including The Kevin, first place winner from Infinitheatre's annual Write-On-Q! script writing competition, boasting the largest English literary prize in Quebec. The playwrights will be in attendance. (more...)  GRATITUDE Captures Today's Youth At MainLine Theatre
by BWW News Desk on November 21, 2018 in Montreal Critically acclaimed playwright Oren Safdie has brought Montreal such controversial hits as Unseamly, a nervy play that deals with sexual harassment in the garment industry, and Mr. Goldberg Goes To Tel Aviv, a rollicking farce that jumped head-first into the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Even bolder, Gratitude starts out as an innocent high school crush before snowballing into a life-changing moment for three coming-of-age boys and one girl. Safdie directs this world premiere, playing at MainLine Theatre from Nov. 21-Dec. 2. The subject matter can be disturbing and deals with sexual material. For ages 16+. (more...)  Contemporary Art Exhibition Inspired By Leonard Cohen Opens In April 2019
by BWW News Desk on November 13, 2018 in Montreal The Jewish Museum will present Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything, a contemporary art exhibition inspired by the themes of Leonard Cohen's life and work. This is the first exhibition entirely devoted to the imagination and legacy of the influential singer/songwriter, man of letters, and global icon from Montreal, Canada. (more...)  Montreal's Renowned YOUTHEATRE Celebrates 50th Anniversary With 2 World Premieres
by BWW News Desk on November 13, 2018 in Montreal Youtheatre celebrates a monumental 50 years of providing Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA), coincidentally the 25th anniversary of Michel Lefebvre's tenure as Artistic and Executive Director of the company. (more...)  HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Comes to Cabaret Mado, 11/14-22
by BWW News Desk on November 14, 2018 in Montreal In the Wings Promotions proudly presents our 5th production, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, running November 14-22 at Montreal's infamous Cabaret Mado. (more...)  The Tashme Project: The Living Archives Comes to Centaur Theatre Brave New Looks
by BWW News Desk on November 12, 2018 in Montreal Award-winning The Tashme Project: The Living Archives establishes a deep emotional and spiritual connection with the idea of ancestry, encouraging intergenerational dialogue. It is a deeply touching 75-minute documentary-style play that has been carefully pieced together from over 70 hours of interviews from across Canada, tracing the history and common experience of the Nisei (2nd Generation Japanese Canadians) through childhood, WWII internment and post-war deportation. The play is an embodiment of Nisei character, language, spirit and story. (more...)  BWW Feature: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH at Cabaret Mado
by Tara McGowan-Ross on November 10, 2018 in Montreal In The Wings Productions brings seminal text of LGBTQ+ culture to Montreal's premier drag venue. (more...) Voting Now Open For The 2018 BroadwayWorld Montreal Awards!
by BWW News Desk on November 08, 2018 in Montreal Voting is now open for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Montreal Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites. (more...)  OLD STOCK: A REFUGEE LOVE STORY Extended At Segal Centre
by BWW News Desk on November 07, 2018 in Montreal The Segal Centre for Performing Arts is proud to present the Montreal premiere of Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story co-produced by 2b theatre company and the National Arts Centre. Co-created by Hannah Moscovitch, Ben Caplan, and Christian Barry, and starring musician Ben Caplan, this international cult hit is inspired by the real-life love story of Moscovitch's great-grandparents immigration to Canada. It is being presented in association with the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival. (more...)  The Lyric Theatre Singers & Special EMSB Guests Present a Magical Holiday Concert
by BWW News Desk on November 07, 2018 in Montreal From December 6th to 9th, Bob Bachelor and the Lyric Theatre Singers present Candlelight Christmas 2018, the ensemble's annual concert of seasonal songs from around the world, one of Montreal's most popular holiday events. Tickets are now on sale for the 4 performances that will be held at Concordia University's Loyola Chapel, (7141 Sherbrooke Street West in NDG). (more...)  BWW Review: BIRTHMARK at Montreal, Arts Interculturels — Identity, Power, and Trauma
by Tara McGowan-Ross on November 06, 2018 in Montreal At once an intimate story of loss and a dark comedy, Birthmark attempts to highlight a pathway to building a productive and healing relationship between the Palestinian and Jewish communities of Canada. (more...)  Thought-Provoking New Play, BIRTHMARK Comes to Teesri Duniya Theatre, Today
by BWW News Desk on November 03, 2018 in Montreal The news is brimming with articles about youth radicalization. Wrapping the topic in a human, family story, playwright Stephen Orlov's newest work uses black comedy to cross the cultural divide between Canada's Jewish and Palestinian diaspora communities. MAI (Montreal, arts interculturels) presents Teesri Duniya Theatre's world premiere of Birthmark from November 3-18. Set in Montreal, this brave play, directed by Michelle Soicher and Liz Valdez, gets people asking themselves the ongoing hard questions about the Middle East. Continuing their mandate to encourage dialogue, Teesri Duniya Theatre will hold a talkback with invited guests after a number of performances. (more...) GRATITUDE Captures Today's Youth At MainLine Theatre
by BWW News Desk on November 02, 2018 in Montreal Critically acclaimed playwright Oren Safdie has brought Montreal such controversial hits as Unseamly, a nervy play that deals with sexual harassment in the garment industry, and Mr. Goldberg Goes To Tel Aviv, a rollicking farce that jumped head-first into the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Even bolder, Gratitude starts out as an innocent high school crush before snowballing into a life-changing moment for three coming-of-age boys and one girl. Safdie directs this world premiere, playing at MainLine Theatre from Nov. 21-Dec. 2. The subject matter can be disturbing and deals with sexual material. For ages 16+. (more...) Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 11/2 - LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, FUN HOME and More!
by BWW Special on November 02, 2018 in Montreal BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, FUN HOME and More! (more...) |
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