Articles by Anna Fuerstenberg

Worth the Trip: WHERE YOU ARE

July 13, 2024 // 0 Comments

Excellent play with great cast and great direction in Hudson now.

Fringe Reviews # 2: Wit and Wrath: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker

June 7, 2024 // 0 Comments

Woman at typewriter in 1950s clothing

Spend a Fringe show with the legendary wit herself

Fringe Reviews: The Kid Was A Spy

June 3, 2024 // 0 Comments

Jem Rolls. Montreal Fringe for All. Photo Rachel Levine

Jem Rolls always arrives with elevated, flawless delivery on a well-researched topic.

The Chemical Valley Project

March 18, 2024 // 0 Comments

Kevin Matthew Wong in rehearsal for "The Chemical Valley Project." Beze Gray and Vanessa Gray appear on a scrim. Photo by Dahlia Katz.

Indigenous Treaty Rights at the heart of this excellent show in an unusual space.

Review: Dominoes at the Crossroads.

March 9, 2024 // 0 Comments

Dominoes at the Crossroads

Performance piece/play features excellent ensemble acting

Review: The Flood

February 17, 2024 // 0 Comments

Make your way through the cold to catch this exceptional piece of theatre about imprisoned women

Review: Extra/Beautiful/U

December 9, 2023 // 0 Comments

theatre play featuring a hospital bed

Fuerstenberg reviews Extra Beautiful U, now playing at the Centaur.

Review: Mizushōbai

October 12, 2023 // 1 Comment

Mizushōbai-Photo by AJ Korkidakis

Feisty heroine makes for great subject matter of play about a Japanese Canadian woman

Familiar Lessons : Civilized

June 9, 2023 // 0 Comments

two photos of an actor

John D. Huston gives a masterful performance with Kier’s didactic script on a history lesson we should all know

Review: At the Beginning of Time

February 27, 2023 // 0 Comments

Three men reminisce about life growing up in Little Italy

The Covenant and its Betrayals

November 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

Person sitting on stage

Play about Czechoslovakian town pivots around the theme of betrayal

Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes

November 15, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes by Hannah Moscovitch, directed by Eda Holmes, was a provocative rendering of an age old story: a short and intense affair between a [read on]

The Magical Hand(Puppets) of Ronnie Burkett

November 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

Man with puppets

Loony Bin has a short run in a small venue, but the richness of the characters guarantees that those who snag tickets are lucky

Conversation with Actress and Clown Christine Moynihan

January 6, 2020 // 0 Comments

Ethel goes to Montreal. Christine Moynihan.

I have known Christine “Chris” Moynihan for decades. I even directed her in Colorado when we were both students in the theatre department at the University of [read on]

Review of Persephone Bound

November 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

Persephone Bound

Cirque styled production full of emotion.

Review: The Pianist of Willesden Lane

September 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

Pianist of Willesden Lane. Mona Goabek.

The Pianist of Willesden is a must see show about survival and triumph during World War II.

Review: JFL The Ethnic Show

July 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

Five good comedians talk about who they are with characteristic humour.

Interview with Cristela Alonzo

July 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

Cristela Alonzo on Latina Equal Pay DAy. Photo from her Facebook Page

Comedian talks about getting started in the biz.

Robby Hoffman Talks Lubavitcher Comedy

June 30, 2019 // 0 Comments

Ex-Hasidic, queer, stand up comedian and writer talks about comedy.

Fringe Reviews # 4: Fringemore

June 15, 2019 // 0 Comments

Montreal Fringe Park 2019. Photo Rachel Levine

Three more shows reviewed: Happy-ish, Magnificence, and Lear in Limbo.

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