Theatre Articles

Ellipsis Tree Collective’s ‘The Real McCoy’ lacks conflict

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The Ellipsis Tree Collective’s The Real McCoy takes place in the Canmore Opera House in Heritage Park. Before the play opened we were informed that Andrew Moodie didn’t just want to tell the biography of inventor Elijah McCoy, he wanted to create a play that reflected the African American experience. The Real McCoy is the […]

West Side Story: Music and dance and tragedy

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Here is my confession. I’ve never seen West Side Story, the movie, or the stage version. So Broadway Across Canada’s presentation of it in Calgary was brand new to me, though a lot of the music was familiar.