Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
I have a theory about why people don’t go to live theatre more often, and it has nothing to do with ticket prices or parking or not knowing what to wear. It’s simpler than that. They have forgotten, or possibly never learned, that some experiences require your full participation to work. Here is why you …
Come from Away, currently playing at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa through Broadway Across Canada, tells the true story of how the small town of Gander, Newfoundland, welcomed and supported passengers and crew of planes that were diverted there on September 11, 2001. For 22 years, people around the globe have been inspired by …
Every year someone asks me what I want for Christmas, and every year my answer is the same: time. Not a candle. Not a gift card to a store I’ll never visit. The best experience gifts for Christmas in Canada are the ones that give you a reason to show up somewhere and actually be …
Last night my eight-year-old daughter Lola and I were lucky enough to attend Broadway Across Canada’s musical production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. This Tony Award-winning Broadway musical is currently playing at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre from October 25th until October 30th. Having attended a Broadway Across Canada performance before, I knew to expect all …
