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Thursday Theatre Review: Late | Black Medea

Posted by Megan / September 18, 2008

 Tiffany Martin, Linday Owen Pierre, Mariah Inger in Black Medea
Sometimes you are lucky enough to get two for the price of one. You get that with Obsidian Theatre's double bill of Late and Black Medea playing at the Berkeley theatre.

The two plays have completely different tones - although they have similar thematic feeling with discussions of loss and family and identity - which makes it a great evening. The first show, Late, is funny and heartwarming with moments of sadness alternated with great guffaws. The second, Black Medea, is an intense exploration into the characters' psyches that drew me in with symbolism, dance and mischievous spirits.

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Thursday Theatre Review: Barack to the Future

Posted by Megan / September 4, 2008

Second City Barack to the Future
Second City's Barack to the Future delivers exactly what you expect from a Second City revue - lots of laughs, and not too much deep thinking. Which, frankly, is sometimes exactly what the doctor ordered.

Also as expected, some stuff fell a bit flat, but the joy of this kind of thing is that even if I don't like a bit there's bound to be others there who do like it, and for the stuff that made me snort with laughter (I really wish that was a turn of phrase, but I actually caught myself snorting in a couple places, definitely the professional image I want to portray) made other people roll their eyes and not really react.

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Thursday Theatre Review (on a Friday) - Avenue Q

Posted by Megan / August 22, 2008

Avenue Q in Toronto
Okay, I'm betting that a lot of you have heard the song The Internet is for Porn through the delightful World of Warcraft remake on youtube, well, it really kind of does set the tone for Avenue Q.

If you don't know about Avenue Q, think Sesame Street only edgy and raunchy and pushing boundaries. In short, it's fun, has hum-able music and is funny - but you're not going to leave the theatre with an earth shattering revelation. Well, except maybe that puppet sex is hotter than you expected...

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Thursday Theatre Review - One Woman Show

Posted by Megan / July 24, 2008

One Woman ShowIf you were following the Fringe coverage, you already know that I surprised myself by liking One Woman Show a lot. So did a lot of other people. I figured since it was the patron's pick, and managed to get one of the much coveted 'Best of the Fringe' spots and opens tonight at Diesel Playhouse , that it was worth re-visiting. So, why did people like it?

It's a good question. One Woman Show is a parody of one-woman shows, written by three men with a man playing the Eileen , the 'woman' who's show it is. Sounds a bit scary, doesn't it? When I first read about this show I rolled my eyes and figured it was going to be painful. Happily, the show proved me wrong.

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The Fringe In Review

Posted by Megan / July 14, 2008

Toronto Fringe Festival
I'm not sure what I'm going to do with myself this week, I'll have to re-learn what life is like with the luxuries like sleep. But, I'm here to tell you, sleep is a small price to pay for the excitement of Fringe.

With the end of the 20th Toronto Fringe Festival I thought I'd take a moment to provide you with a quick round-up of some of the highlights from this year.

Read on for a listing of each blogTO Fringe writer's favourite show, and the listing of what shows are playing at Diesel Playhouse during 'BEST OF THE FRINGE.'

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Fringe - Day 11

Posted by Megan / July 13, 2008

Toronto Fringe Festival
Okay folks, today's your last day to get out there and see some Fringe stuff.

If you have some favourites from the festival, I'd love it if you could leave them in the comments so that other folks may be able to take some time to check them out today.

Keep reading for reviews of Floozy: The Musical, Lost Daughter, What the Hell, and Wild About Harry. There is also a listing of the Patron's Picks.

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