Here’s a performance that’s always in season - it’s about mothers. Mom’s the Word 2: Unhinged features five moms, and their chaotic lives with teenage kids, husbands, and changing bodies. CJSF A&E’s Elana Chan had the pleasure of attending the performance at Art Club Theatre, Granville Island Stage, on May 4, 2007.
Mom’s the Word 2: Unhinged
Review by Elana Chan
Disco colours and pop music are hardly what one might expect in a play related to the classic fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen, but they are what you’ll find in Robert Lepage’s latest avant-garde work. CJSF A&E’s Elana Chan enjoyed the English-language premier of The Andersen Project: A Modern Fairy Tale at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre on May 3, 2007.
The Andersen Project: A Modern Fairy Tale
Review by Elana Chan
Lights, curtain, tap dance – Royal City Musical Theatre (RCMT) presents
42nd Street
at the Massey Theatre – one of the classic backstage musicals debuted in the first half of the 20th century. Elana Chan previewed the performance on April 13, 2007.
Tapping into the Golden Age of Grand Musicals
42nd Street presented by Royal City Musical Theatre
Review by Elana Chan
‘Banana Boys’ packs a solid punch of meaning, energy and entertainment thanks to the dynamite performances of a strong ensemble cast and a lyrical script written by playwright, actor and producer, Leon Aureus, in his debut play. CJSF A&E’s Denise Mok applauds Banana Boys, which plays from February 24 to March 17, 2007 at the Firehall Arts Centre at 280 East Cordova, Vancouver.
CJSF’s A&E Correspondent Denise Mok commends the expert slapstick but mourns the abundant clichés in the Playhouse Theatre Company’s presentation of ‘Moonlight and Magnolias’ written by Ron Hutchinson, directed by John Cooper and starring Jay Brazeau, Richard Newman, Stephen E. Miller, and Dawn Petten.
With one energetic, talented actor and a tree swing, the audience experiences the stories of 24 separate characters during the apartheid period in South Africa. Elana Chan of CJSF Radio attended the opening performance of Pamela Gien’s The Syringa Tree at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre on March 31, 2007.
The Aristocrats, by Brian Friel, is classic family feud. CJSF A&E’s Elana Chan attended this United Players performance at the Jericho Arts Centre on December 3, 2006
Maddening funny, mischievous and magical are no quite enough to describe Lucia Frangione’s Cariboo Magi, returning to Pacific Theatresince its smashing debut in 2001. CJSF A&E’s Elana Chan had the pleasure of attending this energetic performance on December 1, 2006.
Diplomacy is a powerful screenplay by Tim Carlson, tangled between the personal memories of the Vietnam War and the reality of Canadian peacekeeping missions. Elana Chan attended the emotionally charged performance at the re-vamped Vancouver East Cultural Centre.
Sarah Ruhl’s the Clean House was cleverly written and delightfully presented by brilliant stage actors including Susan Hogan and Sarah Henriques. Elana Chan had the pleasure of attending the preview performance at the Playhouse Theatre on October 23, 2006.
