Tuesday, January 29, 2013

THE JUDAS KISS – OSCAR WILDE DEFIANT, DEFEATED AND DEAD

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**** (out of five) Reviewed by James Karas The story of Oscar Wilde’s trials, imprisonment and humiliation, in a word, his destruct...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

JULIUS CAESAR - STUNNING AND UNFORGETTABLE PRODUCTION FROM DONMAR

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***** (out of five) Reviewed by James Karas Julies Caesar, now running at the Donmar Warehouse in London, has an all-female cast and th...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

THE MINOTAUR – DRAMATIC REVIVAL OF OPERA THAT EXAMINES OLD MYTH FROM THE INSIDE

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Reviewed by James Karas *** (out of five) Everyone has heard of the Minotaur, the half-man, half-bull creature who was slain by These...
Friday, January 18, 2013

THE MAGISTRATE – WILD AND HILARIOUS FARCE FROM NATIONAL THEATRE

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Reviewed by James Karas The Magistrate is Arthur Wing Pinero’s 1885 farce and it has received a major revival by the National Theatre in a...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

UNCLE VANYA – HUMANE, APPROACHABLE AND ENJOYABLE PRODUCTION

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Reviewed by James Karas In the opening lines of Uncle Vanya, one of the main characters, Dr. Astrov, tells us that he finds life “boring...
Friday, January 11, 2013

LES TROYENS – OPERA ON A GRAND SCALE BUT NOT ALL TO THE GOOD

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Reviewed by James Karas We all know that Dido, Queen of Carthage, facilitated the founding of the Roman Empire by giving refuge to its f...
Sunday, January 6, 2013

HE WHO MUST DIE – CANADIAN PREMIERE OF PLAY BASED ON NOVEL BY KAZANTZAKIS

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Reviewed by James Karas   Something unique and almost incredible happened at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts last Friday...