After Effect
How talk show host Dan Levy became MTV Canada’s prince of pulp
Published: March 2008
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Articles on torontolife.com written by Alec Scott.
The $2-Billion Man
Prem Watsa is the richest, savviest guy you’ve never heard of. He predicted the crash of ’87, the Japanese
collapse of 1990 and last year’s meltdown, which he parlayed into a huge payoff. Now he’s gobbling up
shares at rock-bottom prices. What he knows and why you should pay attention
Published: April 2009
Fighting Words
Actor Arsinée Khanjian on CNN, rabble-rousing and the elusive
nature of fame
Published: January 2008
Flop Culture
The Factory, Tarragon and Passe Muraille once drew buzz, profits, even the police. Today, the work is marginal at best. Has Canadian theatre lost the plot?
Published: March 2008
Info Maniac
The world’s biggest Wikipedia nut is right in our own backyard
Published: September 2008
Last Woman Standing
The bombshell widow and her resentful sister-in-law each wanted the family business for herself. Inside the nasty, operatic feud at Pusateri’s
Published: August 2008
Music Man
Shaw Festival Theatre Preview
A guide to the 2008 season in Niagara-on-the-Lake, including our expert’s predictions on the best productions of the year
Published: April 2008
Stratford Shakespeare Festival Theatre Preview
A guide to the 2008 season in Stratford, including our expert’s predictions on the best productions of the year
Published: April 2008
TV for the OMFG Generation
Former Degrassi writer Sean Reycraft injects a dose of reality into the new 90210
Published: November 2008
Who’s Afraid of Des McAnuff?
With a flamboyant Tony-winning director
running the show, the sleepy Stratford Festival just
got a whole lot more interesting
Published: June 2008
Critical Math
The multitalented, multitasking John Mighton—writer, philosopher, brainiac
Published: June 2007
Exile on Bay Street
Between the crush of billable hours and the constantly buzzing BlackBerry, it’s no wonder so many attorneys contemplate suicide. Why I escaped the law
Published: September 2007
Joy to the World
You may not have heard of Joy Fielding, but she’s a one-woman publishing juggernaut, outselling the CanLit superstars. Meet the pulp fiction queen of Canada
Published: June 2007
Mississippi Burning
Orpheus Descending’s Jonathan Goad on New Orleans, Hamlet and playing The King (sort of)
Published: January 2007
Suffragette City
Local playwright Linda Griffiths on Victorian spinsters, cowards and Conrad Black
Published: November 2007
The Handyman
Versatile theatre director and Da Da Kamera co-creator Daniel Brooks reaches out and touches everyone
Published: March 2007
The Prodigal Son
Jeremy Podeswa made a name for himself in L.A., directing such shows as Six Feet Under and The L Word. Now he’s returned home with an $11-million movie at TIFF. Will Fugitive Pieces fulfill his big-screen dreams?
Published: September 2007
The Scene Stealer
Part schlemiel, part shark, maverick theatre producer Aubrey Dan is gunning to become the city’s new go-to impresario. But can he upstage David Mirvish?
Published: December 2007
Acting Class
Colm Feore takes a star turn as Coriolanus and Don Juan at Stratford
Published: July 2006
Guys 'n' Dolls
Ronnie Burkett, the world’s greatest puppet master, creates marionettes who commit suicide, get raped and are attacked by vampires. He’s the anti–Shari and Lamb Chop
Published: April 2006
Less Than Zero
Will Eno’s latest one-man show makes something out of nothing
Published: November 2006
Partners in Crime
Tackling Tolkein
He stole The Producers with adorable. He bowled over Broadway with cute. But can he ditch the doe-eyed shtick for Gollum?
Published: February 2006
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