When you think of the story Driving Miss Daisy, you think of the 1989 film, starring Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy. But this script, written by Aldred Uhry, was originally a play and Stage West has produced it, starring Joseph Marcell, best known for his role as Geoffrey on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. […]
There are many ways that Alberta Ballet’s presentation of Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s The Handmaid’s Tale is unlike the book. Margaret Atwood’s writing is a slow burn. It’s mostly all exposition, set up and development for two thirds of the novel, then all the action takes place in the last third. This is not the case […]
Something big happened in Gander, Newfoundland the morning of September 11, 2001. When thirty eight international planes were forced to land, the town of Gander hosted the stranded passengers. All seven thousand of them. Broadway Across Canada’s Come From Away, with the book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, captures the story […]