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Theatre review: Human and heartbreaking, Anne Frank's diary still potentFighting Chance Productions presents The Diary of Anne Frank at Havana Theatre until June 23 JERRY WASSERMAN Updated: May 31, 2018 |
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The Realistic Joneses
Dec. 7-17/Vancouver Culture Lab Tickets: $30/22 (students and equity members). Pay-What-We-Deserve-Nights: Preview Dec 6 and Tuesday Dec 12th. Tickets at tickets.thecultch.com, 604-251-1363 or at the door. After seeing The Realistic Joneses on Broadway, Charlie Siegel knew he wanted to bring it to Vancouver. “I thought ‘Wow, this is a fantastic play,’” said the actor/director. “It’s all about people interacting. So it’s the product of the work of the actors.” Written by New York playwright Will Eno, The Realistic Jones premiered in 2012 and opened in 2014 on Broadway. It received a Drama Desk Special Award and was named Best Play on Broadway by USA Today, and Best American Play of 2014 by The Guardian. Eno’s 2004 play Thom Pain (based on nothing) prompted New York Times theatre critic Christopher Isherwood to call the writer “a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation”... READ MORE Gruesome Playground Injuries
at The Cultch Vancity Culture Lab Unlike the original, self-penned works that make up much of the Fringe, Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries is practically a classic. A Pulitzer Prize finalist, it’s been staged in Vancouver before. Mel Tuck’s production finds new emotional depth in a script that sometimes sacrifices character for quirkiness. Kayleen (Gina Leon) and Doug (Michael Germant) meet every five years from age 13 to 38. Adventurous, accident-prone Dougie shows up with a ridiculous new injury each time, from cuts and broken bones to worse. After a while you’ve gotta wonder what’s going on. Kayleen’s injuries are more obviously self-inflicted. We get hints about the sources of her troubled life but Doug’s backstory remains a mystery. These two damaged, profoundly connected characters provide each other’s balm and — you hope — salvation in a sweet, funny, tender, neurotic and very sad love story. The scene changes take too long but the acting is very fine. Leon, especially, delivers an emotionally devastating performance. |
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First Look at InterArt and
Spare Change Productions' THE SEAGULL by BWW News Desk Feb. 4, 2013 The Interart Development Series & Spare Change Productions will present an Equity Showcase Production of Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL, translated by Jean-Claude van Itallie, February 6-17 at InterArt Theatre, 500 West 52nd Street, New York. Get a first look at the cast onstage in the photos below!The production is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, featuring alumnae from the New School for Drama and will be directed by Elinor Renfield. The cast includes: Michael Goldlist, Betsy Aiello Sanders*, Mark Cajigao*, Vaishnavi Sharma, Patrick Williams, Gina Leon, Nate Faust, Dana Mazzenga, Connor Carew, Richard Joyce, Velson D'Souza, Lauren Salvo, and Noam Blanks |
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Art Deco Collectibles
Fashionable Objects from the Jazz Age
Written by Diana Capstick-Dale
Written by Diana Capstick-DaleIn the 1920s and ’30s Art Deco influenced everything from art and architecture, interiors and furnishings, automobiles and boats, to the small personal objects that are part of everyday life. The items in this thematically structured book demonstrate Deco style at its most alluring. They were then the height of fashion, and are highly prized collectibles today. They demonstrate an era of close cooperation between designers and manufacturers, who aimed to produce goods that were not only fit for purpose, but also well made and beautiful.
This informative showcase of portable classics of avant-garde modern design from Britain, Europe (particularly France) and the United States will appeal both to collectors and to anyone with an interest in Deco style and the history of fashion, taste and design. It is the first book to bring together the small collectibles – from cigarette cases and lighters to powder compacts and cosmetics accessories, watches, jewelry, even cameras – that demonstrate the style, glamour and sophistication of the Jazz Age.
Fashionable Objects from the Jazz Age
Written by Diana Capstick-Dale
Written by Diana Capstick-DaleIn the 1920s and ’30s Art Deco influenced everything from art and architecture, interiors and furnishings, automobiles and boats, to the small personal objects that are part of everyday life. The items in this thematically structured book demonstrate Deco style at its most alluring. They were then the height of fashion, and are highly prized collectibles today. They demonstrate an era of close cooperation between designers and manufacturers, who aimed to produce goods that were not only fit for purpose, but also well made and beautiful.
This informative showcase of portable classics of avant-garde modern design from Britain, Europe (particularly France) and the United States will appeal both to collectors and to anyone with an interest in Deco style and the history of fashion, taste and design. It is the first book to bring together the small collectibles – from cigarette cases and lighters to powder compacts and cosmetics accessories, watches, jewelry, even cameras – that demonstrate the style, glamour and sophistication of the Jazz Age.
Art Show @ the HiVE
Written by Megan Sheldon
I first met Gina Leon almost 25 years ago; she had just moved in down the street from my family and our parents became friends. Gina is from Johannesburg, South Africa and her family moved to Vancouver amidst the political turmoil taking place in their country. We were about the same age when she moved here and we instantly became friends. Fast forward 25 years and I am not surprised at the amazing art Gina produces. She has always had a poet’s soul, and when she found a way to share both her stories and the stories that surround her, I could tell she found her calling. Gina and I reconnected over our passion for storytelling – mine through the written word, and hers through paint and character portrayal.
READ MORE : Abstract Landscapes: Paintings by Gina Leon
When: Tuesday October 16th 530pm – 730pm, Where: 128 West Hastings (Vancouver)
Written by Megan Sheldon
I first met Gina Leon almost 25 years ago; she had just moved in down the street from my family and our parents became friends. Gina is from Johannesburg, South Africa and her family moved to Vancouver amidst the political turmoil taking place in their country. We were about the same age when she moved here and we instantly became friends. Fast forward 25 years and I am not surprised at the amazing art Gina produces. She has always had a poet’s soul, and when she found a way to share both her stories and the stories that surround her, I could tell she found her calling. Gina and I reconnected over our passion for storytelling – mine through the written word, and hers through paint and character portrayal.
READ MORE : Abstract Landscapes: Paintings by Gina Leon
When: Tuesday October 16th 530pm – 730pm, Where: 128 West Hastings (Vancouver)
Glimpse: Enigmatic Visions
Gina Leon Exhibits in Group Show
William Bennett Gallery
65 Greene St.
New York, NY 10012
https://www.artslant.com/ny/events/show/189554-glimpse-enigmatic-visions
October 13th, 2011 - October 22nd, 2011
Opening: October 13th, 2011 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
For more info: http://www.williambennettmodern.com/
Gina Leon Exhibits in Group Show
William Bennett Gallery
65 Greene St.
New York, NY 10012
https://www.artslant.com/ny/events/show/189554-glimpse-enigmatic-visions
October 13th, 2011 - October 22nd, 2011
Opening: October 13th, 2011 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
For more info: http://www.williambennettmodern.com/