Come From Away
iPhoto caption: Come From Away production still by Matthew Murphy.
REVIEW: Welcome home, Come From Away
On the surface, not much has changed in Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s Tony Award-winning masterwork. But in the two and a half years since Come From Away’s last stint on King Street West, the show has continued to mature, and even improve — the production now playing at the Royal Alexandra Theatre is just stunning.
iPhoto caption: From top left: The Seagull (Soulpepper), Hypothetical Baby (The Howland Company), As You Like It, a radical retelling (Crow's/Mirvish), Letters from Max (Necessary Angel), Maanomaa, My Brother (Canadian Stage/Blue Bird), Monster (Factory), Maggie (Theatre Aquarius), Casey and Diana (Stratford Festival), The Master Plan (Crow's). All photos except Casey and Diana by Dahlia Katz; Casey and Diana photo by Cylla von Tiedemann.
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iPhoto caption: Photo by Chris Crockwell.
REVIEW: Come From Away in Gander, NL
This production, produced jointly by Michael Rubinoff and the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Culture Centres, brings the tender beating heart of Sankoff and Hein’s book to new levels, as if that were even possible.
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An unexpected light: from the big stage to the small screen
How creating for young audiences returned hope I’m standing in the middle of the magnificent Royal Alexandra Theatre, looking out at 1, 244 red velvet seats spread three-tiers high. It’s...