Review: MACHINAL and THE BEE'S KNEES at Red Sandcastle/The Theatre Centre
by Ilana Lucas - Nov 19, 2024
If the 2020s have occasionally uncomfortably reminded you of the 1920s, you’re not alone. Two Toronto theatre companies are currently using work from and about that turbulent decade to comment on present issues. At the Red Sandcastle, The Flare Productions presents Sophie Treadwell’s seminal work of feminist and Expressionist theatre, MACHINAL, a 1928 play very loosely based on the real-life story of Ruth Snyder, executed at Sing Sing Prison for the murder of her husband. At the Theatre Centre, Tall Poppy Productions presents a new work written and directed by Judy Reynolds, THE BEE’S KNEES, a fictional tale of one of the first women to run for Canadian parliament in the early 1920s.
Hershey Felder Raises Funds for TheatreWorks
by Stephi Wild - Oct 13, 2023
Internationally-acclaimed actor, pianist, and filmmaker Hershey Felder packed the house and raised the roof while also raising more than $140,000 for TheatreWorks Silicon Valley.
Hershey Felder Will Perform a One-Night-Only Benefit For TheatreWorks
by Stephi Wild - Sep 13, 2023
Hershey Felder has responded to TheatreWorks fundraising needs with an extraordinary offer: Felder will fly in for the day on October 11 and take the stage for one evening only with his Great American Songbook Sing-Along: A One-Night-Only Benefit for TheatreWorks. Learn more about the upcoming event here!
Porchlight to Present Hershey Felder's DANTE AND BEATRICE IN FLORENCE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 19, 2021
Porchlight Music Theatre is partnerIng with Hershey Felder Presents - Live from Florence and its second season of productions. The launch of this new season from Hershey Felder is the new musical film, “Dante and Beatrice in Florence,” premiering Sunday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. CST and available through Sunday, Dec. 5.
ANNA & SERGEI Livestreams From TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by Stephi Wild - Apr 14, 2021
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will offer viewers the World Premiere livestream of Hershey Felder as Sergei Rachmaninoff in ANNA & SERGEI, a new work by and starring virtuoso pianist/performer Hershey Felder.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley to Offer Three Livestream Performances by Hershey Felder
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 13, 2021
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley launches the New Year with the announcement of three World Premiere livestreamed performances in partnership with Hershey Felder Presents Live from Florence. First up in this year in the Hershey Felder Presents – Live from Florence series is BEFORE FIDDLER, featuring Klezmerata Fiorentina.