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Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Ottawa's National Arts Centre
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Review: AS YOU LIKE IT: A RADICAL RETELLING at Ottawa's Great Canadian Theatre Company
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Review: COME FROM AWAY at Ottawa's National Arts Centre
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Review: O CHRISTMAS TEA at Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe
What did our critic think of O CHRISTMAS TEA at Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe? Read the review.
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Review: MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET at Ottawa Little Theatre
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Review: Les Grands Ballets Canadiens' Presentation of THE NUTCRACKER at the National Arts Centre
What did our critic think of LES GRANDS BALLETS CANADIENS' PRESENTATION OF THE NUTCRACKER AT THE at National Arts Centre?...
Review: Orpheus Musical Theatre's NEWSIES at Meridian Theatres at Centrepoint
What did our critic think of ORPHEUS MUSICAL THEATRE'S NEWSIES at Meridian Theatres at Centrepoint?...
Review: PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL at Ottawa's National Arts Centre
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Review: FOREVER YOUNG: A GHETTO STORY at Great Canadian Theatre Company
What did our critic think of FOREVER YOUNG: A GHETTO STORY at Great Canadian Theatre Company?...
Review: MEAN GIRLS at Ottawa's National Arts Centre
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Review: ANASTASIA at the National Arts Centre
Although there may be nothing earth shattering about Anastasia, the scenery, costumes, and cast performances are all excellent reasons to see the show during its national tour stop in Ottawa....
Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at National Arts Centre
What did our critic think of DEAR EVAN HANSEN at National Arts Centre? The opening night performance of Dear Evan Hansen at the National Arts Centre lacked some of the buzz that was palpable at Hamilton a couple of weeks ago. Perhaps that was because of pent-up excitement for Hamilton following two ...
Review: HAMILTON at Ottawa's National Arts Centre
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BWW Review: THE SECRETS OF PRIMROSE SQUARE at The Gladstone
Claudia Carroll's The Secrets of Primrose Square is the first show at The Gladstone since the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered it and every other theatre in the city over two years ago. Her fifteenth novel, Carroll's The Secrets of Primrose Square was first published in 2018 and this marks the debut of t...
BWW Review: HEARTLINES at the Great Canadian Theatre Company
Heartlines, presented by TACTICS at the Great Canadian Theatre Company, is based on the true story of two artists living and creating surrealist art together at a time when neither unconventional art nor homosexuality, was widely accepted....
BWW Review: CATS Makes A Triumphant Return to Ottawa at the National Arts Centre
Broadway Across Canada's touring production of CATS was abruptly cut short in March 2020 when theatre venues were shut down because of COVID-19. It is now the first to emerge in Broadway Across Canada's 2022 season lineup....
BWW Review: BLISSFUL STATE OF SURRENDER at The Great Canadian Theatre Company
Blissful State of Surrender is the first play by Bosnian-Canadian playwright, Sanita Fejzić. Fejzić fled the Bosnian genocide as a child and spent her formative years as a refugee in Europe before settling in Ottawa. Her experiences are reflected in her work and, given what is happening in Ukraine...
BWW Review: DAISY MAKES A WORTHY RETURN TO LIVE THEATRE AT THE GCTC
Daisy tells the true story of the controversial ad campaign surrounding Lyndon B. Johnson's presidential run in 1964. The attack ad that was created to support Johnson used fear marketing, playing on people's emotions to convince them that a vote for Johnson's rival, Barry Goldwater, would send Amer...
BWW Review: Broadway Across Canada's Touring Production of CATS Proves Its Enduring Appeal
The touring production of CATS has changed in the more than fifteen years since I first saw it, but all of the elements that make the Andrew Lloyd Webber show a classic remain intact. The set is fairly simple: a junkyard where the cats congregate to celebrate the annual Jellicle Ball, when Old Deute...
BWW Review: Orpheus' ROCK OF AGES Will Have You Rockin' in Your Seats at Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe
Orpheus Musical Theatre's production of Rock of Ages is designed to get you in the rock 'n roll mood from the get-go, starting with the voice-over introduction warning the audience to prepare to have their 'faces melted'.
The show has its very own narrator, Lonny (Brennan Richardson), whose energ...
BWW Review: Jivesh Parasram's TAKE D MILK, NAH? Tackles Identity and Self-Awareness at Ottawa's National Arts Centre
Jivesh Parasram is a Hindu-Indo-Caribbean-Canadian, born and raised in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Parasram spends the first twenty minutes of the show explaining what an identity play is and why he finds it so distasteful and pretentious (and for some odd reason, very trendy in Canadian theatre). He th...
BWW Review: Broadway Across Canada's WAITRESS Will Leave You Feeling Warm and Fuzzy - and Craving Pie
Waitress, adapted from the 2007 film of the same name, tells the story of Jenna Hunterson, a pie-maker/waitress working at Joe's Pie Diner somewhere in the southern United States. Jenna (Bailey McCall) is unhappily married to Earl (Clayton Howe), who is physically and emotionally abusive. When she f...
BWW Review: Ottawa Musicals' ROBIN HOOD is Fun for the Whole Family
I was invited to attend Ottawa Musicals' opening night performance of Robin Hood at the Gladstone Theatre. Each holiday season, Ottawa Musicals puts on a pantomime performance specifically geared to families. This production of Robin Hood is full of song and dance numbers, as well as plenty of jokes...
BWW Review: MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY at the Ottawa Little Theatre is a Cozy Christmas Comedy
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley reunites Jane Austen fans with many of the characters from the author's most celebrated work, Pride and Prejudice. Mary (Ciana Van Dusen) and Jane (Chelsey Prince) join Elizabeth (Katie Torresan) and Mr. Darcy (Kurt Shantz) over the Christmas holiday at the Pember...
BWW Review: COTTAGERS AND INDIANS at Ottawa's Great Canadian Theatre Company
As the antidote to our impending winter blues, Drew Hayden Taylor's Cottagers and Indians transports us to the serenity of Ontario's cottage country in summertime. We meet the story's two characters, Arthur Copper (Herbie Barnes), an Indigenous man of humble means, whose family has lived in the area...
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Fiddler On The Roof Tweed & Company Theatre (8/19-9/06) |
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Paper Moon Theatre Presents: Rock Of Ages Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Ottawa (6/17-6/21) |
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Menopause The Musical Algonquin Commons Theatre (10/20-10/20) |
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R&J and Joni St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival (7/16-8/08) |
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Snow White: The Panto Tweed & Company Theatre (11/27-12/05) |
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Menopause The Musical The Arena at Pickering Casino Resort (10/22-10/22) |
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Jane Eyre Ottawa Little Theatre (10/28-11/14) |
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The Perfect Time Almonte Old Town Hall (5/22-5/31) |
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