Toronto’s Soulpepper Presents a Slightly Modernized “Great Expectations”
I’m embarrassed to admit that while I read Great Expectations in my grade eleven English class, I retained very little in terms of story. I was also curiously under a rock when the screen adaptation came out in the late nineties when I was romantic, impressionable and adolescent. As an adult, I was excited to see Soulpepper‘s adaptation of the Dickens classic last Thursday at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.
For those like me who need a crash course, the story, in a nutshell, is as follows. A young orphan named Pip helps a convict, attracts the attention of the reclusive Miss Havisham and is invited to play with her adopted daughter, Estella. Pip falls in love and spends years improving himself. He finds himself the recipient of a mysterious benefactor’s generosity and moves to London to begin his education as a gentleman. Continue reading Review: Great Expectations (Soulpepper)→
Fringe withdrawal is hard to get over. We understand perfectly. So here’s a smattering of in-your-price-range theatre -including the Fringe’s best bets, revisited- to keep that spirit going.
Here is what’s going on in Toronto theatre this week. There are several great shows to catch for the week of July 22nd, 2013. ** Shows marked with the double asterisks and in red are the ones that make Wayne, our Managing Editor, wish he could exist in multiple parallel universes so he could check them all out.
The show was written by Stephen Dolginoff and first produced off-Broadway in 2005. It’s been produced all over the world and has won a number of awards. I hadn’t ever heard of it but decided to see it because I couldn’t imagine a musical about Leopold and Loeb.
It seems as if I’ve always been aware of Leopold and Loeb but it was probably the late sixties or early seventies when I read about them. When I told people I was going to see a musical about Leopold and Loeb reactions were split according to age. People under 50 had no idea who Leopold and Loeb were and people over 50 thought it was a strange subject for a musical. Continue reading Review: Thrill Me (capricorn 9 productions)→
Mirvish presents the classic Cole Porter musical Anything Goes at Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre
Anything Goes opened last night at the Princess of Wales Theatre. My friend Elaine and I have been eagerly waiting to see it. We’re both fans of what I think of as big old-fashioned musicals; the kind with at least one catchy song that you hum under your breath as you leave the theatre, at least one big dance number, a big cast, and great costumes.
Toronto’s Soulpepper Presents a Slightly Modernized “Great Expectations”
On the program it looks as if the full title of the show playing on July weekends at 