Desires and Desperation: ‘Nine’
- Review
- St. Lawrence College
Nine is a famous Broadway musical brought to life by the students of St. Lawrence College’s Music Theatre – Performance program. It played at the Thousand Islands Playhouse this past weekend and was directed by Alexandra Herzog. With music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and book by Arthur Kopit, the story based on the 1963 film 8½ follows Italian Film Director Guido Contini (Felipe De Brito) as he tries to […]
Performances
Ten Lost Years
The Lightning Thief: A Percy Jackson Musical
First Friday Show
Unknown Caller
News & Reviews
Keeping it Kooky with ‘The Addams Family’
- Queen's University
- Review
Since my first dreary days as an ArtSci frosh, getting stuck in a crowd of Queen’s students has been a surefire way to bring out my inner Wednesday Addams. As I stood in the Rotunda Theatre’s packed lobby on Thursday evening, noisy whirls of preview-night chatter ricocheting in my ears, I felt a distinct urge to crawl deeper into my own skin. When I realized my arms were crossed and […]
A Blast From the Past and a Flash to the Future
- Kingston Meistersingers
- Review
You’ve heard of iPhone, iPod, iPad, but what about iWorld? Kingston Meistersingers’ production of We Will Rock You!, directed by Rachael McDonald, is a jukebox musical with songs by Queen and book by Ben Elton. Bringing a collection of rock hits to Domino Theatre’s stage, the show flashes forward hundreds of years into the future: the world is run by Globalsoft, a music corporation that has destroyed and banned all […]
Domino Theatre to Rebrand as Domino’s Pizza Theatre
- Domino Theatre
- Review
Audiences are wondering if all the world’s a billboard as the latest trend in corporate sponsorship emerges in Kingston’s theatre scene. Previously known as Domino Theatre, the new Domino’s Pizza Theatre will soon follow the lead of Slush Puppie Place (formerly Leon’s Centre) in accepting commercial dough. Rising costs of venue upkeep and drastic cuts to arts funding have been cited as motivators for more local organizations to turn to […]
‘As You Like It’ is in Action at Domino Theatre
- Domino Theatre
- Review
Set forth on a journey through the Forest of Arden where love and laughter intersect to create a fascinatingly funny story. As You Like It is written by the brilliant William Shakespeare and Domino Theatre’s production of the show, directed by Peter Aston, is now playing. Personally, I am not a big Shakespeare theatre-goer. I read a few of the plays in high school and saw some live performances, but […]
Interviews
“Good Bad Reviews and Bad Bad Reviews”: Queen’s Students on Theatre Criticism
- Interview
- Queen's University
When it comes to theatre criticism, there are dozens of different opinions about its pros and cons. Of course readers have their valued takes but if there’s ever a disconnect that draws a line, it’s usually between the folks writing and publishing a review, and the folks involved in the production. Recently, the Kingston Theatre Alliance (KTA) received an email about a review and subsequent editor’s article, both written by […]
‘Solar Eclipse of the Arts’: Merging Science and Theatre
- Interview
- Queen's University
The prompt: write a play about solar eclipses. The students of Queen’s University (QU)’s DRAM 251 class were tasked with this in their 2023 fall semester. 24 plays were written as a result and seven have gone on to be dramaturged by the students of QU’s DRAM 339 class this 2024 winter semester. But the collaboration doesn’t end here. The seven plays will have staged readings tomorrow, March 25th, 2024 as […]
Pulling Apart the Scaffolding: Evalyn Parry on ‘Paradise Lost’
- Interview
- Queen's University
You know how the story goes: boy meets girl, girl meets Satan, Satan tempts girl, girl eats fruit, boy eats fruit, humankind becomes doomed, and for some reason it’s all girl’s fault. Or something like that. Adam and Eve’s fall from innocence has been told and retold across millennia. Perhaps the best-known English-language version (and certainly the one most often assigned to university students) is John Milton’s 1667 epic poem, […]
Getting Real with ‘Play: Dramaturgies of Participation’
- Interview
- Queen's University
What comes to mind when you think of audience participation? No, for real, tell me. Don’t want to? Okay, I’ll go first. When I think of participation, the little sing-song voice in my head starts humming Al Simmons’ “Don’t Make Me Sing Along”. This tune was rattling around in my mind when I met with theatre scholars Dr. Jenn Stephenson and Mariah (Mo) Horner to talk about their research project, […]