August: Osage County – Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage – February 8, 2011 One hot summer meltdown (literally & figuratively) in the life of the Weston Family is portrayed in this Tony award winning play by Tracy Letts. The story plays out over the course of a swelteringly hot summer in the American South as a…
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Avenue Q – On Tour
Avenue Q : The Musical – The Centre in Vancouver – February 1, 2011 The touring production of the long running Broadway and Off-Broadway hit has made its way to Vancouver for 6 shows only. Opening tonight and running until Saturday February 5th (playing nightly plus matinee on Saturday) I highly recommend checking it out….
Interpol – Kicks off N. American Tour
Interpol – Orpheum Theatre Vancouver – January 27, 2011 Looking fittingly sartorial for the elegance of the classic Orpheum Theatre, Interpol kicked off their North American tour with a 90 minute set that had the sold out crowd on its feet from start to finish. Returning from a recently completed European tour the band seemed…
Jay Brannan – Simply Sing-sational
Jay Brannan – Biltmore Cabaret – November 24, 2010 A boy and his guitar, that’s all it took for an evening of beautiful music. Jay Brannan, fresh off the plane from Montreal, is on a quick 5 city Canadian tour. This half-way show in Vancouver came upon one of the coldest nights of the year,…
Stars -Come Out At Night
STARS – Vogue Theatre – November 4, 2010 Stars brought their infectiously catchy indie-pop to the historic Vogue Theatre in Vancouver. A nearly sold out audience was completely entranced during their set, dancing, bouncing, swaying and singing along as waves of melody (and bubbles) washed over the auditorium. With a vast catalogue of tunes to…
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens – Orpheum Theatre Vancouver – October 28, 2010 Tonight I got my first Sufjan Stevens (pronounced soof-yahn) live experience at the Orpheum Theatre. His melodic voice was perfect for a beautiful auditorium that was designed for live performances. His angelic vocal styliings contradicted the rather melancholy topics of his music, which he explained was mostly new…
She & Him
She & Him – Orpheum Theatre – October 24, 2010 I can’t think of many other actress / singer’s side projects taken as seriously as Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward’s ‘She & Him’ The buzz surrounding this project is huge! Since my friend David and I didn’t know their music very well we thought we’d…