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MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION AT THE SHAW FESTIVAL: PROSTITUTION, MALE HYPOCRISY,...
Mrs. Warren’s Profession ends with daughter Vivie seated – or is it reborn? – behind a desk. Her blooming manner of efficiency is striking, as if in performance for her new self. She seems...
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JOYFUL FUN IN “THE ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD” AT THE...
At the outset of The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God, Guy Bannerman’s crusty G B Shaw, whose short story is the springboard for Lisa Condrington’s adapted play before us, is...
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ENGAGED AT THE SHAW FESTIVAL: HILARITY IN THE HIGHLANDS……..AND LONDON
In the Shaw Festival’s program for Engaged, we read the “Notes” of director Morris Panych on this play by W.S Gilbert of ensuing G&S fame. Panych comments how “we are all subject of the ongoing...
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OSCAR WILDE’S A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE AT THE SHAW FESTIVAL: A STRIKING...
Their identity solidifies in how they are seen, this group of women posing for the world, for each other, for themselves. Sir John Pontefract scurries about with a flash camera, taking one shot here...
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AUTHOR & PETA FOUNDER INGRID NEWKIRK: A REVIEWER’S INTERVIEW WITH PEOPLE IN...
INTRODUCTION: My purpose in these interviews for my blog James Strecker Reviews the Arts is to give readers a deeper understanding of creative people and their work, however the latter perceive it....
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MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS AT THE SHAW FESTIVAL: AN UNFORGETTABLE PRODUCTION...
André Sills as Sam, Allan Louis as Willie and James Daly as Hally in “Master Harold” …and the Boys. Photo by David Cooper When I saw the first New York production of Master Harold and the Boys in 1982,...
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STRINDBERG’S THE DANCE OF DEATH AT THE SHAW FESTIVAL: INSIGHTFUL, MOVING, AND...
Fiona Reid as Alice and Jim Mezon as Edgar in The Dance of Death. Photo by David Cooper. For the Shaw Festival’s production of Strindberg’s The Dance of Death, William Schmuck’s set is an...
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NURHAN ARMAN: CONDUCTOR OF SINFONIA TORONTO AND MAESTRO ON FOUR CONTINENTS: A...
James Strecker: Please tell us about one or more projects that you have been working on, are preparing, or have recently completed. Why do they matter to you and why should they matter to us? Nurhan...
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STEWART GOODYEAR: A “MASTER PIANIST” (AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE) AND “BRILLIANT...
James Strecker: Please tell us about one or more projects that you have been working on, are preparing, or have recently completed. Why do they matter to you and why should they matter to us? Stewart...
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ALL MY SONS: A STUNNING STRATFORD FESTIVAL PRODUCTION OF ARTHUR MILLER’S PLAY...
Very soon into the Stratford Festival’s production of All My Sons, we realize that we intimately know these people before us. We run into them by the hour in our daily lives. However, if we have the...
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STACIE DUNLOP: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE SOPRANO OF “CUTTING EDGE CONTEMPORARY...
JAMES STRECKER: If you were asked for 50 words for an encyclopedia to summarize what you do, what would you say? STACIE DUNLOP: Stacie Dunlop is a passionate performer of new music, producer of...
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PETER OUNDJIAN: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CONDUCTOR AND MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE...
JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us about one or more projects that you have been working on, are preparing, or have recently completed. Why do they matter to you and why should they matter to us? PETER...
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RECENT PLEASURES: A REVIEWER’S NOTES ON ELISABETH LOUISE VIGEE LE BRUN, PETER...
PLEASURE 1: Several years ago I was walking through London’s National Gallery on the way to view The Adoration of the Shepherds from about 1640 by the Le Nain Brothers. Was this profoundly gentle...
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AMBUR BRAID, SOPRANO: DALINDA IN HANDEL’S ARIODANTE FROM OCTOBER 16 AND QUEEN...
JAMES STRECKER: If you were asked for 50 words for an encyclopedia to summarize what you do, what would you say? AMBUR BRAID: Ambur Braid, Torontonian, Humanitarian, Dinner Party Enthusiast,...
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JOANN FALLETTA: MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AND THE...
JAMES STRECKER: If you were asked for 50 words for an encyclopedia to summarize what you do, what would you say? JOANN FALLETTA: As a conductor, I am a catalyst who energizes and enables the superb...
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LAUREN SEGAL: AN “ALLURING DARK-PLUM MEZZO” BRINGS FAVORITE ROLE CARMEN TO...
JAMES STRECKER: If you were asked for 50 words for an encyclopedia to summarize what you do, what would you say? LAUREN SEGAL: An opera singer sings works that have been created over many centuries to...
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PETER TOGNI: COMPOSER, BROADCASTER, MUSICIAN, AND CREATOR OF THE DISCREETLY...
JAMES STRECKER: If you were asked for 50 words for an encyclopedia to summarize what you do, what would you say? PETER TOGNI: I am a composer, organist, pianist, improviser, conductor and broadcaster....
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CHRISTY BRUCE: STAR OF SPONTANEOUS THEATRE AND THE INTERNATIONALLY POPULAR...
JAMES STRECKER: If you were asked for 50 words for an encyclopedia to summarize what you do, what would you say? CHRISTY BRUCE Christy Bruce is an improviser who specializes in Spontaneous Theatre. She...
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IVARS TAURINS, AKA MR. HANDEL, DISCUSSES HISTORICALLY-INFORMED PERFORMANCE, A...
Photos by Gary Beechey JAMES STRECKER: If you were asked for 50 words for an encyclopedia to summarize what you do, what would you say? IVARS TAURINS: I guess I’d have to open with: an “HIP”...
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MOYA O’CONNELL: ACTRESS AND SHAW FESTIVAL MAINSTAY DISCUSSES THEATRE AND HER...
JAMES STRECKER: If you were asked for 50 words for an encyclopedia to summarize what you do, or have done, in the arts, what would you say? MOYA O’CONNEL: Canadian theatre actress. Anglo-Irish...
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