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What a fun first weekend at Ottawa Fringe. I’m so happy to be back again in these venues with all of these artists! Over the weekend, I was able to see 13 shows out of 60 shows, hopefully this week I can bring that number up to at least 20.… more ›
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Singin’ in the Rain was one of the first movie musicals I ever watched and is one of the movies that sparked a love of musicals for me. The talent, the athleticism, and the comedy: the original trio of Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O’Connor singing and tapping along… more ›
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Bonnie & Clyde holds a dear place in my heart, as it was a show I saw during my time at university that featured a lot of good friends. It has such heart-wrenching songs that endears you to the timeless duo and makes you root for them, even though we… more ›
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35MM: A Musical Exhibition is such an underrated show, and I’m so glad a close friend of mine shared it with me a couple years back. Ryan Scott Oliver has composed so many interesting and great songs; he’s also worked with some names you might recognize: Alex Brightman, Ben Crawford,… more ›
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The Rocky Horror Show is a fan-favourite cult classic that always rears its head around the Halloween season. This year is incredibly special because it is celebrating its 50th anniversary. If you’ve never seen the movie, I’d highly recommend watching it and then attending a theatrical screening of it at… more ›
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Elevator Theatre Company opens their second season with Dogfight, a musical that makes the audience face some of the worst parts of toxic masculinity. Following a group of marines fresh out of bootcamp and a night away from being shipped across the ocean to the Vietnam War. To make the… more ›
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Do you know who the Hmong people are? Neither did I, but their community is far from invisible. Brenda Song, a Disney star famous for roles like Wendy Wu or London Tipton, is Hmong. They are from parts of southern China but settled in other places in Asia. They don’t… more ›
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It is no secret that Ride the Cyclone is by far one of my favourite musicals. A quirky little musical about a choir group who meets their fate a la Final Destination and competes in a competition for resurrection is something exactly up my alley. If you haven’t, I definitely… more ›
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Legally Blonde is one of my all-time favourite movies and musicals. It was one of the first musicals that I watched a pro shot of and also the wonderful MTV competition, “The Search for Elle Woods,” that I was obsessed with. Legally Blonde follows Elle Woods’ journey of love and… more ›
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Late Company is a play written by Jordan Tannahill that extends us a formal invitation to an awkward family dinner between two families who are forever entwined by death, where shallow conversations on curtain ties were the least of our worries: as the night develops, so do tensions and emotions.… more ›