By Anne Brodie Atom Egoyan revisits opera in Seven Veils, the story of Jeanine (Amanda Seyfried) who is restaging the opera Salome originated by her late, long-ago mentor. Richard Strauss’ 1905 production, based on Oscar Wilde's play, is shockingly violent. Salome, an ancient ruler's …
Jacki Weaver, 1.5m of Dynamite, Dazzles in Thom Fitzgerald’s Drag Bar Dramedy Stage Mother
By Anne Brodie Petite Australian actor Jacki Weaver, twice an Academy Award nominee, has performed on stage and screen in more than a thousand productions around the world. Weaver shot the endearing dramedy Stage Mother in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She plays a conservative Southern Baptist choir …