Neptune Theatre

Don’t judge a book by its cover. That’s the message of the romantic-comedy musical Legally Blonde, and also my advice to anyone who is thinking of missing it. It may not be Shakespeare, but it is sharp, stylish and sexy. It’s a non-stop parade of jaw-dropping dance numbers (choreographed by Chad McNamara), eye-popping fashions (by […]

It seems incredible that a play as dark and disturbing as The Glace Bay Miners’ Museum left me feeling warm all over, but it did. Part of the glow came from seeing a beautiful production that included a wonderfully versatile and evocative set, music that was integrated in and integral to the play, and masterful […]

It’s hard to imagine anyone but Martha Irving playing Marie-Louise Faucon, the endearing titular character in Tomson Highway’s The (Post) Mistress. Irving’s gorgeous singing voice and wonderfully conspiratorial storytelling draw the audience into the life of this passionate small-town postmistress who embraces the wider world through the letters that pass through her post office. Marie-Louise […]

It’s not the easiest thing in the world to rewrite a classic but from the sounds of it, that’s exactly what Hannah Rittner does with Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard”—a story about a family that returns to its ancestoral home just before it’s auctioned off—to great success. “What Hannah’s done is she’s just taken his themes […]

Wow! That just about sums up my impression of Neptune’s energetic, engrossing and affecting season-ender West Side Story. The dancing is to die for, a high-energy expression of teen angst and hormones beautifully executed and choreographed so that the smallish stage seems twice its size. Bernstein’s tricky score seems effortless in the hands (or throats?) […]