BWW Remembers: Frederick Franklin, June 13, 1914 - May 4, 2013
by Barnett Serchuk - May 7, 2013
It is with great sadness that we report Frederick Franklin's death at age 98. One of the most elegant, charming and seemingly versatile male ballet stars of the 20th century, and into the 21st, Franklin brought real class to whatever he was performing. He danced with almost every major ballerina, and had works choreographed for him by Balanchine, Massine and de Mille, among a host of others.
BWW Reviews: THE ICEMAN COMETH, a Four-Hour Marathon at Ensemble
by Roy Berko - Apr 23, 2013
Eugene O'Neill, along with such writers as Anton Chekhov, Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, transformed western theatre. They transitioned the stage from a place for escapist ideas into a mecca for the examination of real life problems. The quartet laid the foundation for what is now known as 'the modern theatre' and laid the groundwork for such luminaries as Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and William Inge.
2013 Toronto CityPASS Unveiled - Pandas, Panoramas, Museums and More
by Robert Diamond - Apr 3, 2013
After an absence of 28 years, giant panda sare returning to the Toronto Zoo. Da Mao and Er Shun, a pair of breeding pandas on five-year loan from China, are the zoo's newest residents. Part of the zoo's conservation and breeding program, the two pandas join the zoo's other endangered and threatened species and will go on public display beginning May 18. With a little luck, bouncing baby pandas may be a future attraction at the zoo, which also features three rare white lions and about 5,000 other animals.
