Aubrey Dan’s production company, Dancap Productions, Inc., has announced that it will not offer a 2013 subscription season in Toronto. Known for bringing hits like the musical Jersey Boys to theatres, Dancap often leased space at the Toronto Centre for the Arts (TCA) for 15- to 20-week intervals, where its shows were a major draw. … Continued
Conrad Black has returned to his Bridle Path estate and second only to his freedom is his claim of innocence. With the former media-mogul now back in the spotlight, we spoke to PR expert, a lawyer, a journalist and an author to ask: How can Black repair his reputation? Playing the blame game Peter … Continued
A North York woman has been accused by the United States Attorney’s Office in connection with a fraud scheme that diverted $57.3 million US away from Holocaust survivors. Luba Kramrish is one of more than 30 conspirators linked by the FBI to a scheme that took funds from the Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against … Continued
A project being considered by the Town of Markham on the former Sabiston landfill site has local residents concerned for the future of the adjacent German Mills Settlers Park. At a recent public meeting, Markham began considering installing an aerobic system from the SPL Beatty Company to reduce methane emissions from the site. The system … Continued
A team of young athletes hailing from the Thornhill area are officially Olympics bound to represent Canada in rhythmic gymnastics. The gymnasts from Kalev Estienne Rhythmic Gymnastics Centre, aged 17 to 21, were invited to the London 2012 Summer Olympics after their rhythmic gymnastics senior group took the top pan-American spot at last year’s World … Continued
Apparently dudes back in the ’50s made bare-backed pyramids with other dudes and then got hefty, fancy-looking fellows to stand behind them cheering, like they just won the Kentucky Derby or something. Hey, sometimes the spirit (most likely bourbon) moves you, but we’re thinking these guys had just polished off a case of Masculinity Lite.
Home, the latest production from the superlative Soulpepper theatre, is a 1970 British comedy (actually, make that tragicomedy). It is a short one-act play of less than 80 minutes that has a secret at its core; well, a sort-of secret anyway — most will figure it out early in the performance.
Remember the ’80s hit Three Men and a Baby? Well, here’s Three Men and a Ghost. That’s right, in 1928, after a night of heavy partying, these three bachelors were left in charge of a wayward spirit who mysteriously arrived on their doorstep the next day. She’s pictured in the foreground. Trust us, she’s there.
Canadian Comedy Award-winning sketch troupe The Imponderables are at the Rivoli later this month promoting their web sitcom Bill & Sons Towing. We caught up with troupe member Tony Lombardo to ponder some deep questions, like “how funny is a piece of toast?
Canadian singer-songwriter Patrick Watson has a few stories from the road. One that particularly influenced his band’s latest album took place in the Grand Canyon. The boys from Montreal were at a gas station when a man hopped out of a Jeep and asked if they were aliens.
Talk about wild horses. Back in 1908, horses performed death-defying feats of acrobatics, like diving head first into water from great heights. Good thing PETA didn’t exist back then.
Toronto women were pretty badass in the ’40s, but they were no match for these ladies learning to shoot in 1915. These tough broads made Harry Houdini look like a putz. Chains? They flossed their teeth with those. Typhoid Mary? They were the ones who infected her. They didn’t need to drink leather — they ate it. Then washed it down with a cold glass of I don’t give a rat’s ass.
