2009

The Plank Panel take on the Project

Your PLANK Panelists taking in Solo Collective's new black comedy The Project are Andrew Templeton and Kirstie McCallum.

Lindsey Angell and Andrew McNee working on The Project
November 11th, 2009 · By Andrew Templeton & Kirstie McCallum
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The Plank Panel go to August: Osage County

Your PLANK Panel taking on Steppenwolf's production of August: Osage County are Ashleigh Dalton and Justin Haigh

Laurence Lau and Emily Kinney show the dysfunction in Steppenwolf's August: Osage County
November 11th, 2009 · By Ashleigh Dalton and Justin Haigh
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Plank Reviewer has a Pink Floyd Experience that is not Located in his Bedroom or the Planetarium

When I sat down in the Rio Theatre to watch LiveStage Production of Pink Floyd’s The Wall, I was flooded with memories of my childhood: sitting alone in my bedroom having my adolescent mind blown by the dreamscapes of Pink Floyd.

Messing with Mike's Mind is Pink Floyd's The Wall at the Rio; photo credit: VooDoo Bill Kustom Photography
November 11th, 2009 · By Michael John Unger
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Speed the Plow: the dark hollywood dilemma

Mamet’s Speed The Plow* is a rapid-fire dissection of the corrupt world of Hollywood movie making.  In the play, Head of Production Bobby Gould struggles to determine whether he should green light a vacuous blockbuster or an adaptation of an apocalyptic book of revelatory poetry.

no artwork for speed the plow...so here's a logo
November 10th, 2009 · By Rachel Scott
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: cheese, glorious cheese

Footlight Theatre Company’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber is a silly roller coaster of infectious songs and good family fun.

Say Cheese: Joseph, the coat and the kids
November 10th, 2009 · By Rachel Scott
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The PLANK Panel take on the Vogue’s Evil Dead (or The Return or the Evil Dead Panelists)

Your PLANK Panel making sense of the blood and guts that is the Ground Zero (aka The Vogue version) of Evil Dead are: Michael J Unger, Sean Tyson and Franklin T Schneider.

Lynley Hall and Tyler Rive are part of Evil Dead: The Musical, the one at the Vogue not the other one
November 9th, 2009 · By Michael J Unger, Sean Tyson & Franklin T Schneider
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High School Musical 2: lively and camp

The curtains open to the backs of students sitting and staring at a large ticking clock on the far wall, waiting for 3pm to strike so they can start their summer vacation.

Suddenly Andrew wishes he taken the HSM2 assignment; Shannon Hanbury, Lexy Campbell, Grace Newson, Julie Trepanier (face covered); photo credit: Rob Sondergaard
November 6th, 2009 · By Lianna Walden
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Debbie Does Dallas & Hedwig and the Angry Inch: off beat double bill slightly off but fun

With Halloween just behind us, one can compliment Ghostlight Projects for their savvy timing. With sexy costumes and hedonism still lingering in the memories of many of Toronto’s young adults (and die-hard middle agers) the company’s double bill of cult glam classics should help extend the spirit of the holiday.

Seth Drabinsky, left, features in Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Jamie Robinson is Debbie in Debbie Does Dallas the Musical
November 3rd, 2009 · By Justin Haigh
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