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2007 Stratford Festival Season
Richard Monette, the longest serving Artistic Director at the prestigious Stratford Festival has announced what will be his last season with the Festival.
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Bruce Dow at Stratford Festival
Bruce Dow played leading roles in Oliver!, South Pacific, Into The Woods, and Guys & Dolls. Now, he embarks on the role of a lifetime - the MC in Kander and Ebb's Cabaret
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Dion Johnstone
Triple threat Dion Johnstone chats about King Lear's Edmund, Harper Lee's Tom Robinson, Tolkien's Boromir, Stargate's SG1's Chaka, and fave playwright Tom Stoppard.
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King Lear at Stratford Festival
King Lear's Edmund, like many in today's world, was a child ignored and slighted. Brian Bedford's direction gave Dion Johnstone wise tools to play The Bastard Son.
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Restaurants in Stratford Ontario
A guide and sampling of restaurants in Stratford Ontario Canada, home of the Stratford Festival.
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Shakespeare's Will @ Stratford
There are few actresses in this country who could pull off a one-woman show - and two of them are performing as part of this year's Stratford Festival.
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Stratford Festival
The Stratford Shakespearean Festival, in Stratford, Ontario, is the best-known theatre festival in Canada. There's no denying that.
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Timothy Findley: 1930-2002
Canada has lost another literary icon this month: the novelist and playwrite Timothy Findley.
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A Beautiful Mornin'
There may be flaws in the show itself, but the Stratford Festival production of Oklahoma! does a good job with what they have to work with.
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Canadian Actor Thom Allison
Thom Allison, who is starring this year at the Shaw Festival in Wonderful Town and A Little Night Music, sat down to answer some questions about his career.
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Des McAnuff Resigns
Des McAnuff has announced his resignation from the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, and rumours will be starting about what he will do next.
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Dion Johnstone - Triple Threat
Dion Johnstone on his many roles - from Lord of the Ring's Boromir, to Stargate SG1 "Unas" Chaka, plus his fave playwright, and his take on the Stratford Season 2008.
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Domini Blythe and Peter Hinton
What better place to honour Fanny Kemble than Stratford's Studio Theatre where Peter Hinton staged his 19th century epic trilogy - The Swanne.
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Domini Blythe on Fanny Kemble
Domini Blythe has a formal routine of preparation for all of her shows and warmed up in many ways physically and vocally to become five main characters in Fanny Kemble.
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Hamlet: Owen Sound's Roxy Theatre
Hamlet's leading man: Tom Albrecht`s decision to take the role, plus Owen Sound Little Theatre director Michael Rea and play scorist Don Buchanan.
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Hutt To Return To Stratford
In 2004, it was announced that William Hutt would be making his final appearance with the Stratford Festival in The Tempest in 2005.
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Leaving Home A Canadian Gem
Thirty five years after it's world premiere at the Tarragon Theatre, Leaving Home gets a very well deserved (and long overdue) revival, care of Soulpepper.
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Lucy Peacock
Last season actress Lucy Peacock literally showed sell out crowds what balls she has when she played a beer swilling, foul mouthed, red-neck named Graham.
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Profile of Actor Stephen Ouimette
Actor Stephen Ouimette on his Toronto CanStage production of Doug Wright's one man / woman show I Am My Own Wife.
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Robert Hewett and Lucy Peacock
Do Blondes really have more fun? Brunette Lucy Peacock is having the time of her life playing seven roles in Robert Hewett's Australian hit.
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Shakespeare's Will
"I give unto my wife my second best bed with the furniture." Behind this great man, Anne Hathaway remains a very mysterious woman.
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Stratford's New Leaders
The Stratford Festival of Canada has announced the appointment of three new Artistic Directors to the company beginning in the fall of 2007.
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SummerWorks Festival
SummerWorks and the Fringe of Toronto have evolved into distinct entities on the Toronto theatre scene.
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The Wars, by Timothy Findley
The Playhouse Theatre Company presents The Wars, by Timothy Findley, in Calgary, AB and Vancouver, BC.
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This Glass Sparkles
The Stratford Festival, fresh off two Williams pieces last season (Cat On A Hot Tin Roof and Orpheus Decending) tackles one of his best-known pieces with verve.
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Tom Albrecht and The Birthday Bard
How fitting that Tom Albrecht is playing the Danish Prince with Owen Sound Little Theatre this week! Today would have been William Shakespeare's 444th birthday.
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News From The Theatre World
Parade set to open in London, The Stratford Festival Gets A New Name, and the hit musical Hairspray lands on the silver screen - again.
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Sara Topham on Dion Boucicault
Was Boucicault thinking about Shakespeare's Much Ado when he wrote London Assurance?
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Best Designer of 2006
Be it bells and whistles or barely a backdrop, Peter Hartwell's sets are never boring.
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Breakout Performance of 2006
Lucy Peacock, at a crossroads in her acting career, was looking for a juicy gig to sink her teeth into. Then she got a call from Australia.
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Brian Tree on Dion Boucicault
Brian Tree says he wouldn't mind losing his job if he could get to see the Stratford Festival production of London Assurance from the audience.
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Fanny Kemble
In 2006, Domini Blythe brought 19th century British actress Fanny Kemble to life in a triumphant one woman show written and directed by Peter Hinton.
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Plummer Returns To Broadway
Christopher Plummer, the Tony Award-winning actor, is set to tread the boards once again in the Broadway revival of Inherit The Wind.
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Profile of Brian Tree
Brian Tree, now in his 16th season at The Stratford Festival, never reads his play reviews.
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Profile of Karen Robinson
For the first time in 54 years, Ontario's Stratford Shakespearean Festival makes history with an African-Canadian play, an all-black cast and a black director.
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Profile of Sara Topham
Star TV dubs actress Sara Topham the IT Girl. For Topham right now, IT'S all about playing Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie at the Stratford Festival.
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Stratford 2007 Season Rumours
The Stratford Festival of Canada, under the Artistic Direction of Richard Monette, is set to announce it's 2007 season, the last under Monette's leadership.
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Tom Albrecht as Hamlet
The Roxy Theatre stage must be like a second home to Tom Albrecht - asked in 2007 by Owen Sound Little Theatre director Michael Rea to play the title role in Hamlet.
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Eight Things to Do in Stratford
More than just great theatre, Stratford offers fun and education outings too.
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Heavenly Joan
Tara Rosling is establishing herself as one of the finest stage actresses in this country.
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Top 10 Performances Of The Year
Selecting the top 10 performances of the year was a very difficult task.
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Profile of Seana McKenna
Seana McKenna's well acquainted with the work of Tennessee Williams having played six of his most fascinating female protoganists.
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What Lies Before Us
Panych, the acclaimed playwright and director, is at it again with his new play, entitled "What Lies Before Us", premiering as part of CanStage's 2006-2007 season.
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Dion Boucicault at Stratford
Canadian actor Seana McKenna says Dion Boucicault's characters are as much fun for the actors as they are for the audience.
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Oh, Canada!
This has been quite a year for Canadian playwrights, actors, and directors in the United States, and it just seems to be getting better and better.
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Orpheus Revival In Toronto
Based on the hit Stratford Festival production, Orpheus Descending returns to Toronto as part of the 2006-2007 Mirvish Season at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.
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A Letter From Timothy Findley, Part Two
Timothy Findley continues to discuss the characters in his novel <i>Spadework</i>, as well as the future of his writing.
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Oliver! Review (Stratford)
The Stratford Festival has, in recent years, bowed to the wishes of its audience by providing a family musical on their flagship stage. This year, they present Oliver!
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Remembering the late John Colicos
A special farewell tribute to the late John Colicos, best known by Sci-Fi Fans for his work on <i>Battlestar Galactica</i> and <i>Star Trek</i> and the trivia question for this week.
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A Letter From Timothy Findley
One of Canada's most noted writers of drama and fiction, Timothy Findley discusses his latest novel, <i>Spadework</i>.
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