Louis B Hobson 

Postcard Review by Caroline Russell-King   Show  –  Little Red Riding Hood   Playwright/composer  – Music and libretto by Seymour Barab, adapted from the fairytale Le Petit Chaperon Rouge by Charles Perrault   Production Company/Theatre space  – Calgary Opera / Mamdani Opera Centre   Length – 55 minutes (including preshow chat and Q & A, no intermission)   Genre/s  – Children’s opera fairytale   Premise – In her dream, a girl disobeying her mother picks strawberries on the wa

Postcard Review by Caroline Russell-King   Show  –  Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat   Playwright/composer  – Lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, adapted from the Bible written by various.   Production Company/Theatre space  – Chai (rhymes with high and means life in Hebrew) Life Productions, (community) Temple B’Nai Tikvah   Length – 1 Act, 1 hour 45 minutes (no intermission)   Genre/s  – Sung Through Musical (operetta)   Premise – A boy who can “re

Postcard Review by Caroline Russell-King   Show  –   Wizard of Oz   Playwright/Composers – By L. Frank Baum with music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Haburg, background music by Herbert Stothart, adapted by John Kane from the movie owned by Turner Entertainment   Production Company/Theatre space  – Alberta Theatre Projects with Forte Musical Theatre (professional) / The Martha Cohen Theatre, Werklund Centre.   Length – 2 Act (2 hours, 45 mins, one intermission)   Genre/s