Professionally, the most difficult aspect of COVID - 19 was sending our beloved artistic teams their contract termination notices. It was an awful time for every theatre artist, full of gut-wrenching news and decisions, but I’m glad the government seems to be creating support systems for contract workers and small businesses.
Read MoreWorking from pre-determined outcomes turns me off. I’m very processed driven. I like to stay open that I might arrive somewhere different from where I thought I would be.
Read MoreDespite these tumultuous months provincially, Allen MacInnis’ artistic vision in joining YPT in 2002 has remained steady. YPT took these Ontario Ministry of Education expectations and fully brought them to fruition and focused on the emotional, social and intellectual development of young people which influenced all artistic choices as well as the company’s core values of purpose and audience.
Read MoreThe film and TV industry are now dead quiet - the studios and productions were some of the first to shut down. In-person auditions have stopped, and my agency’s office is closed. It’s a pretty uncertain time for the film industry... as if living as an actor wasn’t already uncertain enough.
Read MoreIt’s strange to be in New York during the time of Coronavirus and the social distancing it brings, particularly as a theatre maker. We checked in with HanJie Chow, indie theatre maven, and Broadway behind-the-scenes specialist, to see what his approach to the shutdown has been.
Read MoreTony has been nominated twice for the Dora Award, twice for the ACTRA Award, a Broadway World Award and a CSA Award. He has appeared in around 70 movies and hundreds of episodes of television. He also voiced the lead character of Jimmy Falcone on the animated television show ‘Fugget About It’.
He also has been writing the very popular weekly theatre column in Intermission Magazine called ‘Nappoholics Anonymous’ for the past three years. COVID-19 put a halt on this working actor's career.
Read More‘The Vaudevillian’ is a two-person 1930's Jug band Ragtime Blues band. They host interactive Washboard Workshops and interactive Musical Spoon Workshops across the country. Get ready to shine your shoes to do the skoodle um skoo!"
Read MoreHow did this bullied, loner, and sensitive high-school kid become a Business in Vancouver Top 40 Under 40, Legacy Award Winner, Vancouver Sun People’s Choice Award Winner? As a young man, David discovered he can make people laugh. When they are engaged, people are not enraged.
Read MoreI'm a stand-up comic, a playwright, a poet, a performer. I typically perform about three shows a week in Comedy venues across Toronto, playing accordion and making quirky jokes that are occasionally politically charged and occasionally just stupid…JA Martino of tapestryopera.com and I created a piece on queerness and not seeing queer people as youth.
Read MoreI do think the hardest part is never getting to see our work realized. The productions are extracurricular and because most of us are full-time students and have jobs and other commitments, all our free time goes into the show. We had been working on the show for 2 months prior to the cancellation. Our production of Chicago was going to be the first ever fully-licensed production of the show in Vancouver.
Read MoreCalling all Canadian Theatre Artists, Designers, Vocalists: Itching to have your project shared which was cancelled or postponed on account of COVID 19? Here’s your opportunity to showcase to the rest of Canada what you had planned.
Read MoreIt is my honor to introduce you to the hardworking and talented Ben Roseberry. On Friday, March 6th after 20 years in the business, Mr. Roseberry made his Onstage Broadway debut playing the role of Ed in The Lion King at The Minskoff Theatre.
Read More“Once you decide that this is what you truly want and you can't see yourself doing anything else, every obstacle gives you a reason to find another way to get to the thing you want.”
Read MoreI would like you to meet the wonderful Lindsay Northen! This talented actress has been performing in Wicked on Broadway for many years and is currently performing in the Ensemble and is the Understudy for Glinda.
Read More“It is my joy to introduce you to Michael Callahan. He serves as The Dance Captain, Fight Captain, Swing, and Understudy for Aladdin and Iago in the National Tour of Aladdin as well as Dance Supervisor for the show in Mexico City.”
Read More“It is my honor to introduce you to Chloe Wilson. This young up and coming actress is originally from Wales. Over 3000 miles away and moved to the big apple in hopes to pursue a career in performing.”
Read More“I would like you to meet Rachel Stern. Rachel is performing in Girl From The North Country, which began previews on February 7th with their opening being on March 5th.”
Read More“I would like you to meet the amazing Nasia Thomas. Nasia will be playing Radio 1 in the upcoming Broadway Revival of Caroline, or Change.”
Read More“The idea behind Stage the Change is to harness the power of the arts and to provide high school and college students a mechanism to share their voices, their stories, topics that directly impact them with the greater community.”
Read More“Like most actors, there is no place I feel quite as comfortable or alive as on stage. I think this is a universal actor trait regardless of whether the actor is neurotypical or atypical.”
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