Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
At the Beginning of Time is a comedy-drama that presents an honest and stirring look at mortality. It touches on personal choices, reconciling the past, and how to live in the next phase of life. These are big questions but the show hits them with quick wit, ribald humour, and a nice dose of Montreal […]
Come From Away is a miracle. A glorious, heartwarming, joyous musical based on a true story about the town of Gander in Newfoundland that rose up to help unexpected visitors during one of the most tragic events of the 21st century. The show features rousing and moving songs which gives an atmosphere of a Newfoundland […]
The Tony and Olivier Award-winning smash hit musical Come From Away tells the remarkable and now famous true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them on September 11, 2001. Veteran stage actor James Kall costars in the new North American touring production of Come From Away. He was […]
Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes is a thought-provoking drama about power and sex, with the #MeToo movement slowly creeping up on the characters. It touches on the needs of the young vs. the middle-aged, loneliness, and the consequences of choices. This play will stir important discussions on the boundaries between people and how these […]
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors is a very unexpected version of the gothic horror classic, “Dracula” by Bram Stoker. More farce than frightening, this delicious show is hysterically funny, as quick-paced as lightening in Transylvania, and very sexy. This show is the perfect antidote to the spooky season’s shorter days and longer nights. Very-loosely adapted […]
April Fools is a very sexy, crazy, uninhibited musical journey of a woman’s walk on the wild side. It takes the audience inside her head with all of her desires, turmoil, how her impulses contradict against her and clash with reality. It is a jam-packed rock show done cabaret-style. It is at times thrilling, funny, […]
The story starts with a spotlight on Sue Snell (Maya Lewis) being interrogated by voices off screen, and suddenly the stage is set for this fun and frightening rendition of the Stephen King classic Carrie, put on by Montreal’s own In the Wings Promotions. How do you stage a musical that’s part song and dance, […]
A Play For The Living In A Time Of Extinction is powerful, engaging, haunting, and ultimately, filled with gratitude for nature’s delicate power. It examines humanity’s connection and responsibility to the environment with humour, intelligence, and a passion that bares not only the soul of the protagonist, but also that of the audience. Naomi (Warona […]
By Richard Burnett Ever since its world premiere in London’s West End in May 1981, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS has been enthralling audiences worldwide. Inspired by Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot, a series of poems about cats published in 1939, the musical then debuted on Broadway in 1982, won seven 1983 […]
SuperDogs the Musical is a fun, family-friendly musical with a simple story and a sweet message of love for our furry companions and their devotion to us humans. You don’t have to be a canine lover to enjoy this excellent show. I know this because I took my dog-fearing mother. For as long as I […]