http://www.theatromania.ca/taxonomy/term/113/all en http://www.theatromania.ca/news/fortune-and-mens-eyes <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-header-images"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_header_images" width="1800" height="1201" alt="" src="http://www.theatromania.ca/sites/default/files/FortunePressPhoto1.jpg?1378244847" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-label">Subtitle:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Birdland Theatre presents an updated staging of a gutsy Canadian classic</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-headline"> <div class="field-label">Headline:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Review </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-credits"> <div class="field-label">Credits:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Presented by Birdland Theatre<br />Written by John Herbert<br />Directed by Stefan Dzeparoski</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>"When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes"... this line from Shakespeare's <em>Sonnet 29</em> inspired the title of Canadian playwright John Herbert's play <em><strong>Fortune and Men's Eyes</strong></em>, a hard-hitting prison drama that has been translated into more than 40 languages and produced in more than one hundred countries since it premiered off-Broadway in 1967. This month, Birdland Theatre is staging a new production in Toronto for the first time in decades. The show is now playing for a limited run at Dancemakers Studio in the Distillery District.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Not Exclusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-float field-field-stars"> <div class="field-label">Stars:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 3.5 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-show-dates"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Show Dates:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-start">Sun, 2013-09-01</span><span class="date-display-separator"> - </span><span class="date-display-end">Sun, 2013-09-08</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-theatre"> <div class="field-label">Theatre:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/theatres/dancemakers-and-centre-creation">Dancemakers and the Centre for Creation</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.theatromania.ca/news/fortune-and-mens-eyes" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.theatromania.ca/news/fortune-and-mens-eyes#comments Birdland Theatre Indie Reviews Wed, 04 Sep 2013 04:00:00 +0000 Lauren Gillett 554 at http://www.theatromania.ca