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Chekhov for Beginners



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Wonderfully Wicked Wit Lost

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The Lieutenant Of Inishmore, Segal Centre

by Anna Fuerstenberg
13.01.2011

This is a wonderful play. It attacks terrorism with a sharp and wicked ease. It’s as though Quentin Tarantino coached David Hare and developed an Irish accent. The theatre is uniquely suited to the subject and it was written by the same person who penned the film “In Bruges”, a favourite of mine, Martin McDonagh. [...]

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Keeping Vaudeville Alive

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Miss Sugarpuss Must Die, Centaur Theatre

by Anna Fuerstenberg
07.01.2011

Holly Gauthier-Frankel is terrifyingly talented, and it was a joy to watch her strut her considerable and fabulous stuff in Miss Sugarpuss Must Die at the Wildside Theatre Festival at the Centaur Theatre. She didn’t just sing. She belted out the classic “Cry Me A River” in the best Sophie Tucker tradition, all the while [...]

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One of the Best Written Plays Ever

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A Raisin in the Sun, Centaur Theatre

by Anna Fuerstenberg
11.12.2010

Just to come clear, this is one of my favourite American plays by any playwright and I was really thrilled to see it mounted in Montreal. I thought the actors did a valiant job and I particularly enjoyed the minor actors. Tristan Lalla showed once more that he has amazing range and really should have [...]

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Playwright Academy

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Pipeline, Infinitheatre, Bain St-Michel

by Anna Fuerstenberg
03.12.2010

There comes a time in the process of a play’s development when the dramaturge has done all they can, and the playwright really just needs the live feeling of audience reaction to get them through to the final drafts. Montreal is fortunate to be the home of The Playwrights Workshop of Montreal and many of [...]

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THEATRE

Not For Plebes

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Blithe Spirit, The Segal Centre

by Anna Fuerstenberg
01.12.2010

If you adore Noel Coward, are delighted by his witticisms, love the forties and think mistreating servants is all in a day’s work you will be thrilled by this flawless rendition of the old chestnut. Any show that combines the talents of David Francis, elegant as Dr. Bradford, and Moira Wylie, delightful and perfect as [...]

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Filmed Play Loses Direction

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The Tempest, DVD

by Anna Fuerstenberg
24.11.2010

The Tempest is believed by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place by using magic. He conjures up a storm, the eponymous tempest, to lure his usurping brother [...]

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Dysfunction To The Fore

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Dark Owl, MainLine Theatre

by Anna Fuerstenberg
18.11.2010

There are moments of incredible poetry in this play and others of comedic delight. The direction is very professional, and the acting is really extraordinary. There is a special kind of music in the switching back and forth from the Acadian French and the Celtic sounding English used to tell the story about a dysfunctional [...]

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