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TALK IS FREE THEATRE

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021 Robin Breon

TALK IS FREE THEATRE Barrie, Ontario Arkady Spivak, Artistic Director Dinner à la Art Have you missed the combination of “dinner and a show” over the past year? Well, so have the many restaurants throughout the country who have benefited Read More …

THE TROUBLE WITH NORMAL: Do We Really Want to Return to Theatre’s Status Quo?

March 21, 2021April 15, 2021 Robin Breon

The following article appeared in Critically Speaking (Winter/ 2021), the newsletter of the Canadian Theatre Critics Association. Normalton. Is it a place where any of us would want to live? I was moved recently by an op-ed piece that appeared Read More …

BOOK REVIEW: I’m Gonna Say It Now, The Writings of Phil Ochs

January 26, 2021February 11, 2021 Robin Breon

I’m Gonna Say It Now: The Writings of Phil Ochs Edited by David Cohen Backbeat Books www.rowman.com Where have all the folkies gone Long time passing Where have all the folkies gone Long time ago “One good song with a Read More …

Happy Birthday Phil Ochs

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 Robin Breon

Phil Ochs would have been 80 years old today. His life and work is worth remembering and so I’m citing a review of a play I wrote for rabble.ca when The Ballad of Phil Ochs toured the country several years Read More …

ARE STATUES SPEAKING TO US?

November 21, 2020December 10, 2020 Robin Breon

In the final act of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, a statue of Queen Hermione comes to life after 16 years of being seemingly frozen in time. Her observations and reconciliation with her daughter, Paulina, leads to a somewhat qualified happily Read More …

READING FOR THE THEATRE

October 18, 2020October 21, 2020 Robin Breon

The inspiration for this article began as one of those “dog days of summer” reading lists back in August. But the seasons soon overtook me after a number of articles appeared in newspapers and blogs lamenting the fact that we Read More …

IN PRAISE OF LEARNING: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIC BENTLEY!

September 14, 2020November 3, 2020 Robin Breon

Are you now or have you ever been a Marxist, an anarchist, a supporter of Black Lives Matter, a democratic socialist or a member of the Radical Left including holding membership in the Democratic Party? It’s interesting how the lexicon Read More …

THE VISIBLE MAJORITY: We see you now and we saw you then

July 1, 2020July 2, 2020 Robin Breon

Funding for visible minorities: a minority within a minority. Canadian Theatre Review. Issue 63, Summer 1990. Robin Breon and Brenda Kamino (As the authors of the following article, we are pleased that it was prescient at the time of its Read More …

ENTER Corona (unexpected and aggressive)

June 19, 2020July 1, 2020 Robin Breon

The late educator and arts administrator, Walter Pitman, used to tell the following illuminating anecdote to illustrate the sad state of affairs and short shrift that we in the arts community get when it comes to recognizing our worth and Read More …

email from the bay area

April 15, 2020April 18, 2020 Robin Breon

Only six months ago and it was a different world. Although it’s easy to leave your heart in San Francisco, it was my lungs that concerned me upon a return visit to the City by the Bay this past November Read More …

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TALK IS FREE THEATRE

April 15, 2021
TALK IS FREE THEATRE Barrie, Ontario Arkady Spivak, Artistic Director Dinner à la Art Have you missed the combination of “dinner and a show” over the past year? Well, so have the many restaurants throughout the country who have benefited...
Read more

THE TROUBLE WITH NORMAL: Do We Really Want to Return to Theatre’s Status Quo?

March 21, 2021
The following article appeared in Critically Speaking (Winter/ 2021), the newsletter of the Canadian Theatre Critics Association. Normalton. Is it a place where any of us would want to live? I was moved recently by an op-ed piece that appeared...
Read more

BOOK REVIEW: I’m Gonna Say It Now, The Writings of Phil Ochs

January 26, 2021
I’m Gonna Say It Now: The Writings of Phil Ochs Edited by David Cohen Backbeat Books www.rowman.com Where have all the folkies gone Long time passing Where have all the folkies gone Long time ago “One good song with a...
Read more

Happy Birthday Phil Ochs

December 19, 2020
Phil Ochs would have been 80 years old today. His life and work is worth remembering and so I'm citing a review of a play I wrote for rabble.ca when The Ballad of Phil Ochs toured the country several years...
Read more

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