Ottawa’s GCTC reveals 50th anniversary season
GCTC’s 2024-25 season features joyful comedy, big ideas, and a local world premiere.
GCTC’s 2024-25 season features joyful comedy, big ideas, and a local world premiere.
The jam-packed season includes blockbuster musicals and a slate of exciting co-productions with theatres across the country.
This is a great production for anyone, whether or not they’re a Beatles/Shakespeare superfan. You couldn’t ask for a more accessible Shakespearean play, and the music is a perfect fit for the story.
If you don’t have the, uh, time to make it to the Daniel Radcliffe and Jonathan Groff production in Manhattan, Shifting Ground’s version of Merrily We Roll Along is a worthy contender, urgently ticking along.
De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail uses its source as starting block, not finish line. It plunders Wilde’s prose for its riches and sprints with them, never looking back.
I find myself comparing the Canadian premiere of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 to the caviar the ensemble sings about in the show’s prologue. The production is frequently marvellous, and oozes with luxury in its trimmings and performances. But the show itself, as well as its direction, won’t be for everyone.
Quibbles on music and class aside, this production is beautifully conceived, and a very enjoyable night out with friends and family this holiday season.
Kevin Wong will be the next composer-in-residence at Musical Stage Company.
In addition to a large group of experienced adult actors, eight children will feature in the show. Intermission asked the youngsters a few questions about their careers and hobbies.
When your emotional support musical is programmed by a theatre only an hour away by bus, you make the time to pay it a visit.
While it may not be Canada Council-approved theatre, Music, then Comedy is definitely art.
See Let’s Dance if you want to hear ‘60s standards impeccably sung, sure, but don’t expect this show to solve Toronto’s musical theatre problem.
Whether you’re a lifelong fan or new to Tom Connors’ music, you’re likely to love The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom. It’s a perfect blend of story and music that tells the tale of one of Canada’s heroes.
You’d need a heart of stone to resist Spamalot’s rafter-shattering enthusiasm.
With a few tweaks, Maggie could be well on its way to becoming Canada’s next musical theatre phenomenon.
Rock of Ages is so damn fun that most audiences will be willing to go along with its ups and downs.