tinguished – alongside long-running classics like Chicago, Te Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables, are Off- Broadway shows based on the lurid Fifty Shades of Grey and the personal lives of the Clintons. Some of the first “talkies” or film-with- audio productions released on the silver screen were Broadway musicals; and while the cross-pollination wasn’t always fruitful for Broadway, the film versions of musicals now drive people into seats at the theatre and help raise its profile. Te presence of successful film actors no doubt helps fill seats in the storied theatres of New York – while the actors get to occupy either the familiar or idyl- lic space dignified as the highest form of artistry for the craft. For viewers, it’s exciting to spot a fa- miliar face and take in the top-quality stage acting. Plus, you never know when you might be witnessing the next Idina Menzel in her stage debut.
Te Book of Mormon (until Dec. 20) While the topics dealt with in Te
Book of Mormon are serious in nature – religion, violence, poverty and race – it’s all viewed through the lens of “ev- erything is fair game for comic relief ” of South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who wrote the play. Te story centres on two young mis-
sionaries who are sent to Uganda, aim- ing to convert people to the Mormon religion. Te two range from being dili- gent and enthusiastic about their faith (Elder Price) and to being well-mean- ing but dishonest (Elder Cunningham), which lands the latter in trouble. When they arrive in Africa, they are hit with the realities of AIDS, poverty, and vio- lence rampant in the region – the task is not as easy as imagined.
Skylight (until June 21) Two former flames, Kyra Hollis (Car-
ey Mulligan) and Tom Sergeant (Bill Nighy), are reunited when Tom’s wife passes away. Tom visits Kyra on a cold, London evening, and as the night pro- gresses, they attempt to rekindle their passion but find themselves waging large disputes.
Te Audience (until June 28) Creatively imagined, this play is based
Dame Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience on Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
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on what Peter Morgan, the writer of the film, Te Queen, thinks transpired in
The Hub
Photo by Joan Marcus.
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