Soulpepper is staging the month-long event – titled ‘Soulpepper on 42nd Street: Canada Crosses the Border,’ – next summer in honor of the company’s 20th anniversary and Canada’s 150th.
Category: theatre
Why ‘Motown, The Musical’ Was Such A Big Lost Opportunity
“In the realm of ‘jukebox’ musicals, it is king, drawing from a plethora of baby-boomer smash hits created by such legendary groups as the Supremes, Temptations, the Jackson Five, and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Throw in Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, and the potential is limitless.” The problem? The man behind it all.
This One Simple Trick Can Make Theatres Commercially Viable
“The best moments are when theatre defies all expectations. Such as a thrilling Brecht revival when you didn’t think you liked Brecht all that much, or a Chekhov production that makes you rethink a play you secretly thought was a wee bit dull. It’s particularly the case with material that has been flogged to death.”
Hold On To Your Sorting Hats: The New Harry Potter Play May Be Bound For Broadway
“‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ is unlike anything that is succeeding on Broadway now. It is a play in an era dominated by musicals, it has a running time of 5 hours 15 minutes (staged in two parts to be seen either in one day or over two consecutive nights), and it does not (thus far) rely on celebrity casting.”
Seriously, How Is CATS Not Only Still A Thing, But Back For Real On Broadway?
“It might have been called Jesus Cat Superstar.”
What Did This Woman Learn From A Year Of Submitting Her Plays Under A Man’s Name?
“As Max, I don’t have to worry—at least not as much—that his leadership skills will be labeled ‘bossiness,’ or his humor will be dismissed as ‘silly,’ or his edgy tweet or blog post (#meta) will be met with responses that he should be bludgeoned and left in a ditch. At every corner, life as Max is easier and less intimidating than the equivalent interactions I have as myself.”
A Chicago Theatre Announces A Lin-Manuel Miranda Musical Cast Dominated By White Actors
“There is no viable excuse for this kind of whitewashing anymore, least of all — in a city as diverse as Chicago — the ‘not enough actors’ excuse.”
Harry Potter Fans Swarm Bookstores Again For A Midnight Release Of … A Play Script?
Yes, that’s right: “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” copies flooded bookstores like it was 2007, and millions of fans across the world lined up for their pre-ordered copy of the play script.
How Ticket Scalpers (And Their Bots) Have Been Making Millions Off “Hamilton”
“What we found was that scalpers took in more than $15.5 million from the 100 performances before Mr. Miranda’s final show. The 32 performances between the June 12 Tony awards — where “Hamilton” won 11 statues — and July 9 may have brought in more than $10.5 million for scalpers alone.”
A Play About Critics Moves A Critic To Ponder Her Younger, Less-Compassionate Self
Laura Collins-Hughes, reflecting on Brenda Withers’s new play The Kritik: “I did what so many young critics do. In love with the sound of my own voice, unaware of how lastingly harmful meanness could be, I was sometimes far harsher than I should have been.”