BitchWars and Politicsby Gaëtan L. Charlebois
Today marks the beginning of CharPo's third month and it begins with a mad week of theatre, most of which promises to be very exciting.
But this last week has been an interesting one for theatre news and gossip.
On the opening night of Joe Louis at Infinitheatre, artistic director Guy Sprung took the stage before the play and welcomed the celebrities in the audience. Weird enough. But it became surreal when he mentioned a local theatre critic among their number. Mr. Sprung! What the hell was that about?
Then there was the delicious bitch-war between Brendan Kelly (of the Gazette) and whoever handles the Mirror's Twitter feed. It began with some CBC radio discussions about the daily, the weeklies and their coverage of the arts and Kelly saying the Gazette was doing a good job (wrong-o) and the weeklies less of one (wrong-o again!). (BTW, if you follow me on Twitter—@gcharlebois—along with real info I always retweet the fun bits.)
