Front Row Centre Review: GREASEAugust 11, 2006Talented cast and energetic dancing help this production slide by despite uneven direction and weak production values.
* * 1/2 (our of five)
Shaw Festival Salutes Bernard Shaw's 150th BirthdayJuly 21, 2006The Shaw Festival presents a Sesquicentennial celebration in honour of its namesake, Bernard Shaw, to officially mark the birthday of one of history's greatest playwrights on Wednesday, July 26 at the Festival Theatre.
AfriCanadian Playwrights FestivalJuly 18, 2006AfriCanadian Playwrights Festival: the celebration, examination, encouragement, development, promotion and presentation of African Canadian playwrights and their plays!
TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL ENJOYS A RECORD BREAKING YEAR!July 18, 2006 'As the producer of the 18th annual Toronto Fringe Festival I would like to thank the patrons, performers and volunteers for making this year's Festival a huge hit. The Fringe achieved a record attendance this year and once again presented a great number of quality performances. I'm looking forward to next year's Fringe Festival and the continued success and growth of the independent Toronto theatre community'. Bridget MacIntosh, Producer - The Fringe: Toronto's Theatre Festival
Front Row Centre review: SPAMALOT (National Tour)July 17, 2006* * * * ½ / 5
Toronto welcomes Monty Python's SPAMALOT.
Python fans will be in heaven, and musical comedy buffs with love all the inside jokes. This is the big hit the city has been waiting for.
2006 Patrons' Picks for Toronto Fringe FestivalJuly 17, 2006Your tickets have spoken. The Fringe, Toronto's Theatre Festival is pleased to announce the ten winning productions for our 2006 Patrons' Picks. Each company will receive an eighth performance on the final day of the festival, Sunday, July 16.
Front Row Centre reviews MARTIN SHORT: FAME BECOMES MEJune 18, 2006Fame is such a fleeting thing, unless of course you're Martin Short!
Short has been making people laugh for over 30 years, and the opening Thursday night (June 15th) of his show FAME BECOMES ME finds him in top form. Though the performance could use a bit of tightening in the first half, it delivers the goods making for an entertaining albeit lightweight evening of theatre.
* * * 1/2 (out of 5)
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