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Floating, Falling – Phantom’s Canadian cast members prepare for bittersweet final bows on Broadway
When the original Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera concludes its final performance this Sunday April 16th at the Majestic Theatre, the show will be going out with its mask held high, as the most successful Broadway musical of all time. For 35 years, it has whisked spellbound audiences away […]
Starry, Starry Flight – Aladdin Enchants Audiences at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
There’s really nothing better than sitting down for an evening of live theatre and getting swept away by a dazzling production and a wonderful score. The touring company of Broadway’s Aladdin has descended upon Montreal this week to provide us with exactly that – a much-needed dose of magic and music amidst this slushy spring […]
Hypocrisy and White Secular Fragility: Why Amira Elghawaby Has Nothing to Apologize For
Forget the Box is a conversation. We encourage opinion and discussion in our op-ed articles and videos. As such, views expressed in such content and related reader and viewer comments do not necessarily reflect those held by everyone involved with FTB or our affiliates or sponsors. If you agree or disagree, join the discussion in […]
FTB Weekends: St-Henri St-Anne By-Election, 1 Van Horne & Teasing Some Stuff
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney discuss the upcoming provincial by-election in St-Henri St-Anne and plans to transform 1 Van Horne into a hotel. Plus they tease some upcoming things on FTB. Have your say on the Van Horne proposal (last day February 12, 2023). Follow Dawn McSweeney @mcmoxy on Twitter and Instagram Follow Jason C. McLean @jasoncmclean […]
Montreal Shows This Week: Dance, Laugh, Repeat
Dance, laugh, repeat. Groovy, Baby Self-taught Montreal musician Radiant Baby’s second LP Pantomime came out in 2021, and this show marks the release of the Deluxe version. It “combines contemporary electronic sounds with 70s vintage influences: Check them out along with blesse: and Debate Club: Radiant Baby + blesse + Debate Club, Thursday, February 9, […]
FTB Weekends: Amira Elghawaby Under Fire & Calls to Rename Christophe-Colomb
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney discuss Quebec elected officials demanding Amira Elghawaby, Canada’s first special representative on combating Islamophobia, resign for comments in a 2019 op-ed opposing Bill 21 as well as calls to rename Columbus Avenue in Pointe-Claire and Christophe-Colomb Avenue in Montreal. Follow Dawn McSweeney @mcmoxy on Twitter and Instagram Follow Jason C. McLean @jasoncmclean […]
Chef Molotov’s Jardin d’Hiver in Full Bloom
It’s Sunday night, and the snow is falling like Hallmark movies and Christmas cards, all of which I’m well over by this stage of the season. I’m sorting through my wardrobe to find a summer dress that can be winterized long enough to get me to Chef Molotov Fiona Genevieve‘s Jardin d’Hiver. It’s her first […]
Montreal Shows This Week: Black & White and Apocalyptic Art, Early Aughts Dance Party and TO Punk Good Boys
If we’re all burned out, then the system isn’t working, is it? We exist beyond our ability to grind! Take an afternoon off, call in sick, go to a show, go look at art. Fuck the man: It’s your life, make it matter. Like life before colour TVs Opening this Thursday, the Duran Mashaal Gallery […]
Praising Praise the Violence Sonny Solay and the Entertaining World of IWS Wrestling
When I first walked in to the International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS) event Praise the Violence thenight of Saturday, January 21, 2023, I was prepared for the worst. I imagined a den of toxic masculinity:sexist dudebros who abuse women behind closed doors all gathered in one place to fuel their excessiveneed for violence as muscle-bound costumed […]
FTB Weekends: Would Montreal Survive Doomsday?
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney discuss the Doomsday Clock reaching 90 seconds to midnight and how Montreal might fare in a global apocalypse. Plus Quebec’s plan to dam 4-5 rivers for Hydro production without saying which ones, Archambault closing its iconic Berri store and more. Follow Dawn McSweeney @mcmoxy on Twitter and Instagram Follow Jason C. McLean […]
Shows This Week: Rock Bottom, Jazz, the 90s & Dinner
The Bluest Day of the year is over. We’re cruising into February without once having scary windchill. The days really are getting longer. All the things we wished were open and available this time last year, are here and poppin’. It’s the small things, Montreal; don’t forget to count them. Did you say intestine? MAI […]
FTB Weekends: Davos Forum and Montreal Shows
Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney discuss the World Economic Forum happening at a ski resort in Davos, Switzerland and the abundance of local shows in Montreal. Follow Dawn McSweeney @mcmoxy on Twitter and Instagram Follow Jason C. McLean @jasoncmclean on Twitter and Instagram Facebook Comments
Montreal Shows This Week: Blues, Comedy, Theatre and Staying Up All Night
January 19, 2023 My darling, We’re in the thick of this winter thing. Both burnout and the blues are tearing through workplaces and social circles. We’re all pale and grumpy. We know it will pass, but all too slowly. Without the artists and performers, we would have nothing but malls, and binge watching to get […]
Talisman Theatre’s Wildfire: A Perfect Tension
Talisman Theatre’s Wildfire is currently playing at La Chapelle, and I took the opportunity to peep the play. The credits and awards that this group has attained in their various endeavours already gave a clue about the calibre I could expect. For example, this is the English version (translated by Leanna Brodie) of David Paquet’s […]
A Magick Murder Mystery to Start the Year
When I was asked to review Holly Rhiannon’s witchy YA book, A Time When Demons, it sounded like just what the doctor ordered. Fiction is important. When studies cite the importance of reading (which include, but are not limited to, stress relief, along with improved concentration and memory), it’s based on fiction (this is your […]
