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Blind Date at Tarragon Theatre is a two-hander, and Rebecca Northan’s co-star is never the same from one evening to the next.
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Tarragon premiere Infinity wins Dora Award
A critically acclaimed meditation on time, family and relationships by playwright-in-residence Hannah Moscovitch has landed the Tarragon Theatre a Dora
Read MoreMuch Ado about Tarragon production
Unlike other, more conventionally “creative” interpretations, Tarragon’s take on Much Ado About Nothing actually renamed several characters in Shakespeare’s tale of two misled couples to better reflect their new roots. I’m not a purist when it comes to Shakespeare, so when 30 seconds into this production one of the characters actually used the word “Brampton,” my heart sang.
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An infinitely great evening at the Tarragon
I want you to be as surprised as I was that a play that includes an onstage violinist to punctuate emotional moments, a note in its program from a “consulting physicist” who provided the playwright with an eight-page biography of the play’s physicist character, and that features a fully grown woman playing an eight-year-old could work as well as it does.
Read MoreTarragon’s latest is often funny, always witty, occasionally piercing examination of privilege
At heart, Cake and Dirt is an often-funny, always-witty, occasionally-piercing examination of privilege well worth the price of admission. Like much of MacIvor’s work, it illustrates surprisingly dark truths while making you laugh.
Read More‘The jester’ holds court in creative look at privilege
It’s less than two weeks before the curtain goes up on Daniel MacIvor’s newest play, Cake and Dirt, and the
Read MoreWill audiences get Tarragon’s challenging play?
Of all the plays I’ve seen at the Tarragon recently, this English-language premiere of a German production had by far the most muted audience reaction. Hooting was minimal, no one gave a standing ovation and afterward I overheard several theatregoers muttering about not having understood what happened. I liked it — a lot. Nevertheless, at times throughout the play I found myself thinking, a lot of people might enjoy this.
Read MoreLooking for closure after visit to Waiting Room
Watching Waiting Room, Tarragon Theatre’s newest drama, brought memories of the experience bubbling to the surface. I presume it would be similar for anyone who has spent a significant amount of time in a hospital. Someone without that experience would leave the show with a solid idea of what a hospital stay is like, but I’m not sure I get what learning that lesson accomplishes.
Read MoreInteresting and engaging, but play has nothing to say
Review Lungs, by Duncan Macmillan, directed by Weyni Mengesha, running at Tarragon Theatre’s Extraspace to Jan. 25. Several weeks ago
Read MoreSometimes, truly great art does get to be witnessed
Writer/director Morris Panych’s production is the easiest type of play to review and the hardest to pull off: a tightly plotted comedy that provides consistent, believable characters with logical arcs and laughs aplenty. All I need do is describe the setup and assure you it has been executed well.
Read More’Twas a lie that made Geert Piller realize the truth
For most of its 75-minute running time, The Bakelite (pronounced “back-a-light”) Masterpiece, the two-hander playing at Tarragon Theatre’s Extraspace at 30 Bridgman Ave., is an enjoyable night out, with immersive staging and crackling dialogue delivered by actors at the top of their game.
Read MoreActing damaged
Beacher Michelle Monteith gets ready to reprise her role of Claire in Little One
Read MoreActor is a rare find
The road to Mike Shara’s stage career hasn’t always been straight, but it has taken him far
Read MoreA movable lovefest
Food, wine and sex. Three things that epitomize the French way of life. Such is the case nowadays.
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