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The Unexpected Impact of Expectation in Citadel Theatre’s The Fiancée

My expectations are high. It almost feels unfair. Just as my fellow patrons expect me to be some sort of fancy theatre critic, I sit in a fancy theatre and I expect a fancy show.

By Jessica Watson / Nov 23, 2021

Finding the Familiar in Die-Nasty’s The Stroganoffs

The building shakes. The whole audience has joined in, one joyful scream in a darkened theatre. This. This is familiar.

By Jessica Watson / Nov 22, 2021
iPhoto caption: The full, masked Walter Kerr theatre (Hadestown's home on Broadway).

Microdosing Normalcy: The Bittersweet Return Home to Hadestown on Broadway

To return to a Canada still starved of this normalcy feels wrong; acrid; frustrating. When I get back to Toronto (or, let’s be real, North York), I’ll simply have to tell my friends and colleagues about the magic of a packed theatre, rows and rows of masks, applause, closeness. They won’t get to feel it themselves for a few months yet, it seems

By Aisling Murphy / Nov 19, 2021

A Wild Ride Home with Jason Kenney’s Hot Boy Summer

We aren’t laughing about the events of the past two years. We aren’t even laughing at Jason Kenney himself. We’re simply laughing together.

By Jessica Watson / Nov 18, 2021