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I wrote this article for Refined Saskatoon; you can
see it in the context of the magazine here. Back in 2007, I performed with Tim in Beauty and the Beast at
Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon, the very first show in the then brand-new theatre. (Our Beast was
Paul Alexander Nolan, currently heading to Broadway again in the Jimmy Buffett jukebox musical
Escape to Margaritaville; I profiled him
here.)
When
Tim Hildebrand was in Grade 1 in Caronport, he longed to get to Grade 5, so he could be in an “actual play”—the annual Christmas pageant.
“I remember waiting for four years just to get a chance to ...
Posted by Edward Willett at 11:08, August 29th, 2017 under Blog, Writing and Editing |
This article just appeared in
Refined Lifestyles Regina. I've known Paul since he was a kid--I performed with him several times back then, and have even had the chance to be in a professional show with him once, when he played the Beast in
Persephone Theatre's production of
Beauty and the Beast in Saskatoon in 2007 (I was Monsieur D'arque and several other things). It was great to chat with him for this article, the
second time I've interviewed him.
For Rouleau native Paul Nolan, the moment it really struck home he was performing on Broadway came in March, 2012, in the first performance in Broadway’s Paul Simon Theatre ...
Posted by Edward Willett at 18:39, May 2nd, 2017 under Blog, Music |
...has appeared in
Refined Regina. Click on the image below to get a larger look at how it appeared.
Posted by Edward Willett at 9:31, November 29th, 2016 under Blog, Writing and Editing |
Last week I interviewed world-renowned film (and stage and opera) director
Atom Egoyan, in connection with the first North American showing of his art installation “Steenbeckett” at Regina’s
MacKenzie Art Gallery. The 750-word article I wrote will appear in the next issue of
Refined Lifestyles Magazine, but I thought I’d take advantage of my blog to post a lightly-edited (for clarity and continuity) transcript of our entire conversation. He was a pleasure to talk to and I highly recommend taking in the installation (and the MacKenzie Art Gallery, one of Canada's best) if you’re in Regina.
You can read much more about it on the
"Egoyan at the MacKenzie" website, ...
Posted by Edward Willett at 13:57, November 8th, 2016 under Blog, Writing and Editing |
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