Why Shakespeare in Action not only mounted The Diary of Anne Frank last year but is RE-mounting it now at the Al Green Theatre through March 24th is beyond me. It’s an excellent production of a well-constructed play presenting a profound true story, but they’re a Shakespeare company presenting a Holocaust play- it just feels […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. The Boston theatre scene is constantly changing. 2011 saw the tragic departure of the wonderful Independent Drama Society but the beginning of the promising Argos Productons. Insightful director Brett Marks was, in some way, […]
SpeakEasy Stage assembled an amazing 2011-2012 season; kudos to Paul Daigneault, Producing Artistic Director, and the rest of the SpeakEasy crew. The highlight of their season for me was their current production of Next to Normal, a show that swept Broadway by storm a few years ago and continues to reverberate through the theatre scene. […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. In August, before the casting announcements for The Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s 2012 season came out, I published my perfect-world casting of their upcoming Much Ado About Nothing. Two of those dream-castings came true when […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. Our heroic web designer Linn Oyen Farley introduced me to Monkeyman Productions. Self-described as “Toronto’s Geekiest Theatre Company”, Monkeyman’s mandate is about creating theatre that’s as dedicated to Geek Culture (of the Star […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. The demise of Boston’s Independent Drama Society was one of the saddest theatre-related tragedies of 2011. But before they left us, IDS presented 2 of the best independent productions of the year (both nominated […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. The theatre-savvy city of Toronto was shaken by the arrival of a single superb new work last summer at the annual Fringe Festival. Tickets for Fringe’s Best New Play Award-winner Kim’s Convenience sold so fast […]
Before we announce the winners of the 2011 My Theatre Awards, we’re proud to present the My Theatre Nominee Interview Series. The cast of Soupcan Theatre’s Marat/Sade was an incredibly strong ensemble. In fact, the production’s 4 My Theatre Award nominations this year are all in the acting categories- Best Actor (Liam Morris- Marat), Best […]