Category Performing Arts

Success in comedy biz

photo - Mark Breslin

Mark Breslin (photo from Temple Sholom) Yuk Yuk’s co-founder Mark Breslin is excited to be entertaining Jewish Vancouverites at Temple Sholom’s annual spring fundraiser May 6. “I can’t get enough Jews in my life,” he told the Independent. “I’m married…

Festival fêtes Russian music

photo - A scene from Vancouver Opera’s production of Eugene Onegin

A scene from Vancouver Opera’s production of Eugene Onegin. (photo by Trudie Lee) “I’ve sung a lot of Russian, and I love it,” Jewish community member and opera singer Leah Giselle Field told the Jewish Independent. Field will have a…

The magic of laughter

photo - Magician Stephen Kaplan entertains at last month’s Empowerment session

Magician Stephen Kaplan entertains at last month’s Empowerment session. (photo from Jewish Seniors Alliance) On March 21, the Jewish Seniors Alliance, in partnership with Temple Sholom Seniors, once again brought the community a magical program of laughter. In the program,…

Cabaret a timely show

photo - Michael Wilkinson, left, and Kurtis D’Aoust in Royal City Musical Theatre’s Cabaret, which plays at Massey Theatre until April 29

Michael Wilkinson, left, and Kurtis D’Aoust in Royal City Musical Theatre’s Cabaret, which plays at Massey Theatre until April 29. (photo by Emily Cooper) The musical Cabaret is a classic in the English-speaking world. Since its Broadway première in 1966,…

Unique coming of age

photo - Richard Newman and Gina Chiarelli in Bar Mitzvah Boy, at Pacific Theatre until April 14

Richard Newman and Gina Chiarelli in Bar Mitzvah Boy, at Pacific Theatre until April 14. (photo by Damon Calderwood) The number 13 means different things to different people. To a baker, it’s that extra pastry that he adds to a…

Miller play remains relevant

photo - Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy is set in a Nazi detention centre in Vichy France, where a group of prisoners are being held

Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy is set in a Nazi detention centre in Vichy France, where a group of prisoners are being held. (photo from Theatre in the Raw) Theatre in the Raw is bringing Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy…

The telling of stories

photo - Left to right: Yoo Ra Ka (Asaka, Mother of the Earth), Ricardo Pequenino (Agwe, God of Water), Alexandra Quispe (Erzulie, Goddess of Love) and Sari Rosofsky (Papa Ge, Sly Demon of Death) in Fabulist Theatre’s production of Once On This Island, which opens April 6

Left to right: Yoo Ra Kang (Asaka, Mother of the Earth), Ricardo Pequenino (Agwe, God of Water), Alexandra Quispe (Erzulie, Goddess of Love) and Sari Rosofsky (Papa Ge, Sly Demon of Death) in Fabulist Theatre’s production of Once On This…

Exploring the science of life

photo - Amy Amantea and Jake Anthony in Sequence, which runs March 14-24 at Presentation House Theatre

Amy Amantea and Jake Anthony in Sequence, which runs March 14-24 at Presentation House Theatre. (photo by Tim Matheson) “To direct this play requires a willingness to grapple with the concepts, to accept that sometimes questions are more important than…

Finding the future in the past

photo - Left to right: Michael Rubenfeld, Mary Berchard and Katka Reszke in We Keep Coming Back, which plays March 13 and 14 as part of the Chutzpah! Festival

Left to right: Michael Rubenfeld, Mary Berchard and Katka Reszke in We Keep Coming Back, which plays March 13 and 14 as part of the Chutzpah! Festival. (photo by Jeremy Mimnaugh) At first, we expected the piece to focus mainly…

Filler doing it her way

photo - Deb Filler performs at the Chutzpah! Festival on March 4

Deb Filler performs at the Chutzpah! Festival on March 4. (photo from Chutzpah!) “I’ve performed all over the world, baked challah bread onstage, done shows everywhere, and this is the first time in all these years I am performing in…