Tag Archives: Tony Kushner

SHOWS! SHOWS! SHOWS!

by nininsky Posted on January 13, 2012

Lots of amazing theatre happening all over the city. Here are few highly recommends: Nightwood Theatre presents THE PENELOPIAD “Now that I’m dead, I know everything.” So begins The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood’s daring response to Homer’s The Odyssey. Destined to … Continue reading →

Posted in Shout Outs | Tagged Aaron Willis, Acting Up Stage Company, Aluna Theatre, Asha Jain, Beatriz Pizano, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Christopher Shinn, Daniel David Moses, David Tushingham, Diana Tso, Ins Choi, Jeanine Tesori, Kelly Thornton, Margaret Atwood, Mercedes Grundy', Michael Greyeyes, Mutual Friends Co-op, Native Earth Performing Arts, Nightwood Theatre, Obsidian Theatre Company, Ravi Jain, Red Snow Collective, Robert McQueen, Roland Schimmelpfennig, Ross Manson, Soulpepper Theatre Company, Tarragon Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Tony Kushner, Toronto Alpha, Toronto Fringe Festival, Why Not Theatre, York University, Young Centre for the Performing Arts | Comments Off

Residency Diarrhea, Entry 1: The book that brought down Oscar Wilde

by Kawa Ada Posted on January 9, 2012

I’m reading Hichens’ The Green Carnation right now; it’s the satire he wrote on Oscar Wilde. Aside from allusions to the author’s notion of the absurdities of the (not so covert) homosexual culture of mid-nineteenth century England, it also pins … Continue reading →

Posted in Residency Diarrhea | Tagged England, Hichens, homosexual, Oscar Wilde, residency, Tennessee Williams, The Green Carnation, Tony Kushner | Comments Off