Review: Tapestry Opera’s Bandits in the Valley

A new opera is taking audiences back in time at Todmorden Mills. Each weekend in September, Tapestry Opera’s production of Bandits in the Valley is performed in the historic buildings and forests of the Mills. It’s about an hour long with no intermission, and the fast pace of the story and its movement around the property keeps […]

Canada Blooms 2016 – Broadcast Piece

CANADABLOOMS Feature from Isabella Perrone on Vimeo. Editing: Isabella Perrone / Reporting: Serena Kwok / Footage: Caterina Amaral & Isabella Perrone Filmed with permission from Canada Blooms for JRN314

Think Piece: ‘The Hamilton Mixtape’s’ political roots and impact on popular music

When Lin-Manuel Miranda started hinting over the summer that The Hamilton Mixtape, a seemingly forgotten project, was in fact finished and going to be released fans of Hamilton: An American Musical, to put it gently, freaked out. This was what Hamilton was supposed to be, before it became the behemoth of a musical that it […]

‘Stranger Things’ – A review of the Netflix Original Series’ first season

The appeal of Stranger Things seems to be in part because of its nostalgic themes and frequent references to what life was like in 1980s small-town America. It is fair to assume, though, that when Generation Xers think about their childhoods, a Demogorgon from an alternate universe wasn’t involved. The Netflix Original breakout hit follows […]

Mirvish Productions presents ‘Matilda’

In any musical, how audiences are brought back to the story after intermission is an important part of the show and in Matilda, the choice to use a number like ‘When I Grow Up’ is inspired. There is something to be said for putting children onstage with swings and a slide and having them sing […]

Diversity in the Great White Way

Recent productions on Broadway have thrust the topic of diversity into the spotlight. The musical theatre industry is one that has been highly populated by white people since its inception, however the last few decades have been pivotal in shifting that demographic. More shows are being created to focus on the stories of people of […]