Stratford’s Evita: Too much of a good thing!
Each year, my wife and I anxiously await our first trip to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Over the years, we have come to expect only the very best at Stratford and have rarely been disappointed. Unfortunately, our first trip this year was to see Stratford’s production of the Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber rock musical Evita, the story of the rise to fame of Eva Duarte in the Argentina of the 1940’s.
Jaques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris – and at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival
I don’t know…..I guess you could call me a cultural ingrate. When I booked tickets for the Stratford Festival production of Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, I honestly could not consciously ever remember having heard of Monsieur Brel….or any of his music. And after seeing the production – and hearing it – oh.yes, hearing it – I realize what a sheltered cultural life I’ve led and how it has been entirely my loss.
