Chilina Kennedy featured by the Toronto Star
Posted on December 18, 2010
Chilina Kennedy, who with Paul Nolan will be performing in The Golden Apple Theatre’s fundraising concert at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum January 21, was featured by the Toronto Star on December 17.
The story, headlined “Chilina Kennedy: The Army brat who became a star,” written by theatre critic Richard Ouzounian, begins:
To understand Chilina Kennedy, you only need to know two things: She’s an army brat and she’s an only child.
Bang! There you have it, the complex mixture of beguiling vulnerability and brassy assurance that’s made her the new reigning star of Stratford’s musicals, with a red-hot Maria in 2009′s West Side Story and an ice-cold Evita this past season.
Along the way, she also found time to charm everyone as the bewildered virgin courtesan, Philia, the conquest of whom lies at the heart of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, being revived until Jan. 16 in a Mirvish/Stratford co-production at the Canon Theatre.
(Photo by Vince Talotta, Toronto Star)
Kyle Golemba featured in Toronto Star…again!
Posted on July 30, 2010
Golden Apple Theatre board member (and Making Love in a Canoe creator/performer) was among those featured in the Toronto Star‘s story “Stratford cabaret: Saturday night’s all right for singing – Talking to five cabaret stars of Stratford Summer Music, celebrating 10 years,” which ran July 22 under the byline of theatre critic Richard Ouzounian.
Writes Ouzounian:
Golemba has a double function this year. The beaming, boyish blond is both the Master of Ceremonies for all five evenings, but he’ll also be one of the four featured new artists in the July 31 program, “The New Generation of Talent,” joined by Jordan Bell, Lindsay Croxall and Jennifer Rider-Shaw.
“There are definitely many paths as to what cabaret is,” says the enthusiastic Golemba. “For me, it will always mean Sharron Matthews, because seeing her in Sharron’s Party at its height gave me the inspiration and courage to go and do it myself.
“The four of us are all doing different things that we’ve wanted to do. I can only speak for myself, but I’m doing some stuff from my solo show, Making Love in a Canoe, as well as some songs by Nancy White, who has also been a huge influence on my career.”
(Photo: From left, Sean Cullen, Michael Therriault, Jonathan Monro, Kyle Golemba and Bruce Dow will perform in the Stratford Summer Music Cabaret Series at The Church Restaurant in Stratford, Ontario this summer. - GEOFF ROBINS, Toronto Star.)
Golden Apple actor Jeff Irving profiled in The Toronto Star
Posted on July 06, 2010
Jeff Irving, the Regina native who will be part of the cast of The Golden Apple Theatre’s first production, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, was recently profiled in the Toronto Star.
The story, by theatre critic Richard Ouzounian, begins:
From Rolf to Robin Hood to Romeo.
That’s the crazy career trajectory that Jeff Irving has been on for the past two years, which has dazzled and delighted him in equal measure.
“Hey, I believe things happen for a reason. Yeah, call it fate. There’s a path and I’m taking it, even if I don’t know how I got on it or where it’s going.”
Not many 29-year-olds have accumulated the varied recent resumé that Irving brings to the table.
A shattering performance as a delayed victim of the Montreal Massacre in The December Man, a charming song-and-dance turn as the “17-going-on-18” telegraph boy in The Sound of Music, the wacky star of Ross Petty’s last Christmas panto, Robin Hood and now, the most tragic lover in literature for http://www.canadianstage.com/dreamCanadian Stage’s 2010 Dream in High ParkEND, Romeo and Juliet.
Photo by Andrew Wallace, The Toronto Star.