Tag: Calgary

When the newest Broadway Across Canada run was announced to include Come From Away and Novembers Book of Mormon I was admittedly surprised. Come From Away debuted in Calgary in March of 2019 with a sold out run and returned just 2 years ago. However, a packed house on September 17^thshowed that despite it’s third visit in 5 years, the shows popularity continues.
A uniquely Canadian story...

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Stage West kicks off their new season with the 1978 Ira Levine murder mystery Deathtrap. The longest running comedy-thriller in Broadway history, the Tony nominated show was adapted into a film starring the late Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine in 1982.
Broadway Myster writer Sidney Bruhl (Ashley Wright) is struggling after a series of flops. He receives a script from Clifford Anderson (Justin Stadnyk), a student in a seminar he has been teaching, that seems like a surefire hit. Sydney and his wife Myra...

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The Play That Goes Wrong,playing at Theatre Calgary until September 29^th, is one of the greatest comedic plays I’ve ever seen. Created by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre Company, the show debuted in London’s West End in 2012 and continues to this day. It opened in NYC in 2017. Having seen both productions, I was thrilled to see Theatre Calgary bringing the show to our city. The question is, does it measure up to the UK and Broadway versions? <br...

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The Antichrist Superstar. The Pale Emperor. The man who was so feared that his Calgary concert in 1997 was cancelled. Or just call him Marilyn Manson. The iconic shock rocker took a break from his current tour with Five Finger Death Punch to play a headlining set at the Grey Eagle on August 24^th.
Returning to Calgary for the first time since 2013, Manson sold out the event centre with an audience comprised of a variety of ages and types, all ready to revel in the aggression and angst that has been part of our collective playlists...

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The August 2005 issue of GayCalgary magazine featured our first interview with Bif Naked. 19 years later, and the singer still stand stall. Marriages, a divorce, a pandemic, beating cancer, moving from BC to Ontario, and many other ups and downs in that time, and released her first album in 15 years, Champion in June.
We reconnected with Bif recently from her home via zoom, when she saw the cover photo from 2005 she disagreed that she still looks the same.
"Not at all. Oh my gosh, not at all. I wish I still looked like that. Those were the days. Those were the days. I always same makeup, same hair dye. When we were all young people in Winnipeg back in the early nineties, I mean we learned how to do our makeup from all our friends who were baby drag queens, and I think there's a lot to that. Coming up to the nineties and late eighties, our little community of kids and weirdos in our little community. We all loved Culture Club and Duran Duran and Sisters of Mercy, and we came up to the clubs and did our thing and spread our wings and our communities have always been intertwined and it's been amazing to see everyone grow up and become adults and go through our trials and tribulations and see the world change and grow with us in so many different ways. It's been incredible, especially as Prairie kids. It's been very interesting Sociopolitically to grow up as prairie kids and to become adults in this world."
When she last performed in Calgary, Naked sported a "Protect Trans Kids" shirt. She has always been an outspoken member of and supporter of the LGBTQ+ community and reflected on both the progress and backwards momentum we’ve faced.
"Oh boy. Do we have enough time? There’s so much going on in the world in Alberta specifically.  I don't live in Alberta; I know that there are a lot of great people in your province that are doing great work. Obviously, the twins, Tegan and Sarah are doing an amazing, amazing job at bringing awareness to a lot of things going on in Alberta specifically. But globally, throughout the world, things sometimes seem to be going backwards and it's disheartening and...

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