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Jim Carrey, on the brink of stardom
Working on my recent series on classic comedy specials, I got to wondering why homegrown Toronto comic Jim Carrey had never done one. There was... -
40 at 40: Stand-up Elvira Kurt on making LGBTQ+ history and staying honest
Over the last 40 years, dozens of stand-up comics have graced the cover of NOW. But only a few have made history. That’s what Elvira... -
40 at 40: Kenny Robinson, godfather of Canadian comedy
Last year, Kenny Robinson – often called the Godfather of Canadian comedy – marked the 25th anniversary of his Nubian show, which helped kickstart the... -
40 at 40: Buffy Sainte-Marie discusses what we weren’t ready for in 1988
It's fitting that we're launching a series of 40 memorable NOW covers with Daryl Jung's April 14, 1988 cover story on Buffy Sainte-Marie. Throughout her... -
Bellow blasts off
Rating: NNNNNSaul Bellow waited until he was 84 to create his most astonishing character. And he based it on a real person, the noted philosopher... -
Sara Porter makes waves at fFIDA
Rating: NNNNNBEHIND MY BACK, choreographed by SARA PORTER, August 11 at 6:30 pm, August 13 at 2 pm and August 14 at 8 pm.Sara Porter's... -
Heartland hell
Rating: NNNNNSHELL ROCK, Iowa -- It's the 4th of July in this hellhole of a town, population 800. Upwards of 8,000 people from across the... -
Ali Eisner’s double play
Rating: NNNNNAli Eisner doesn't bill herself as anything. So you can call her a singer who's funny, or a comedian who plays music or an... -
No nonsense for Nugmutter
WHEN/WHERE NUGMUTTER'S BACKYARD BBQ, with NUGMUTTER (PERRY PERLMUTAR and NUG), PETE ZEDLACHER, CRAIG LAUZON, FRASER YOUNG, the DOO-WOPS, CONVICTED MELONS and the GAZEBO PALS, at... -
Amazing Amis
Rating: NNNNAmazing Amis EXPERIENCE, by Martin Amis (Knopf Canada), 385 pages, $35.95 cloth. Rating: NNNNWelcome to the world of Martin Amis -- second son of... -
Stand-up slick learns quick
JAMES CUNNINGHAM, part of the seventh annual LAUGHING MATTERS benefit for Casey House, with CARLA COLLINS, SHAUN MAJUMDER, SEAN TWEEDLEY, MAGGIE CASSELLA and the SECOND... -
Out of Africa
Rating: NNNNNMoving Into Dance is the first non-segregated -- the troupe calls it non-racial -- professional company to arise out of the ashes of South... -
Joanne O’Sullivan
Rating: NNNNNWhen local stand-up neophyte Joanne O'Sullivan isn't busy working with people with eating disorders, she's appearing on TV shows like Elvira Kurt's Adventures In... -
Cabaret chills
WHEN/WHERE THE 3o CABARET, written and directed by Adam Nashman, choreographed by Nicola Pantin, with Pantin, Beche Ako, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Sean Power, Sarah Martyn... -
‘Makers shakin’
Rating: NNNNNThere's something for everyone in choreographer and poet Serge Bennathan's unique, soul-baring mix of powerful performance, cerebral concepts and technical trickery, Few Thousand Miles.......
