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Month: November 2018

Caryl Churchill’s Escaped Alone at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts

November 26, 2018November 26, 2018 Robin Breon

ESCAPED ALONE By Caryl Churchill Presented by Necessary Angel Theatre Company and Soulpepper Theatre Directed by Jennifer Tarver Set and costume design by Teresa Przybylski Featuring: Clare Coulter, Kyra Harper, Brenda Robins, Maria Vacratsis soulpepper.ca Necessaryangel.com A first time opportunity Read More …

Anna Karenina presented by the National Ballet of Canada

November 21, 2018November 21, 2018 Robin Breon

The National Ballet of Canada (Karen Kain, Artistic Director) presents the North American premiere of: Anna Karenina A Ballet by John Neumeier Inspired by Leo Tolstoy At the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts John Neumeier is the American Read More …

Robin Breon in the Globe and Mail

November 19, 2018November 26, 2018 Robin Breon

Elizabeth Renzetti’s recent column in The Globe and Mail (RIP Truth: You were fun while you lasted, 11.10.18) brought to the public’s attention the recent, mysterious disappearance  of Truth. Referencing Michiko Kakitani’s new book, The Death of Truth, Renzetti goes Read More …

Robin Breon in the New York Times today

November 6, 2018November 6, 2018 Robin Breon

From The New York Times: Rescue the Drama Book Shop A reader suggests that the theater community establish a fund to pay the rent. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/opinion/letters/drama-book-shop.html This letter (above), published in the New York Times  today, was really prompted by the Read More …

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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...
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ARE STATUES SPEAKING TO US?

November 21, 2020
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...
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READING FOR THE THEATRE

October 18, 2020
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...
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IN PRAISE OF LEARNING: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIC BENTLEY!

September 14, 2020
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...
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