Backstage Chatter @ The Segal

Dec 09 2024 15 ep. 54 mins 2
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The Segal Centre for Performing Arts is Montreal's preeminent not-for-profit English theatre company. From fun interviews with theatre artists from around the world to insightful and thought-provoking explorations on issues affecting our community, Backstage Chatter revisits some of our most fascinating conversations and enriching pre-show panel discussions centered on the themes of our main season productions.

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Backstage Chatter @ The Segal - The Secret Chord: A Leonard Cohen Experience

Dec 09 2024 59 mins  
Backstage Chatter @ The Segal - The Secret Chord: A Leonard Cohen Experience An enriching pre-show discussion about the journey of a show from the page to the stage! Leonard Cohen’s music is woven with mystique, poetry, and a deep sense of spirituality—and few understand this better than Cantor Gideon Zelermyer of Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue, who lent his powerful voice to Cohe

Backstage Chatter @ The Segal - Titanique

Oct 28 2024 45 mins  
Backstage Chatter @ The Segal - Titanique An enriching pre-show discussion about the journey of a show from the page to the stage! There’s nothing quite like the unsinkable charm of Titanique, the hit musical that takes the classic Titanic story and gives it a hilarious, campy twist. On this episode of Backstage Chatter, we’re setting sail with the brilliant minds who helmed

Sunday @ The Segal: The Great Divide

Sep 25 2024 50 mins  
An enriching pre-show discussion about the journey of a show from the page to the stage! The Great Divide Join Director Trevor Barrette, two of three translators, Aron Gonshor and Anna Fishman Gonshor (Edit Kuper lives in Toronto), and Costume Designer Sabrina Miller to discuss the process of bridging historical settings (1911 New York City) with modern aesthetics (punk rock cultur

Sunday @ The Segal: Fifteen Dogs

Sep 25 2024 48 mins  
An enriching pre-show discussion about the journey of a show from the page to the stage! Fifteen Dogs Fifteen Dogs is a stage adaptation by Marie Farsi of the Giller® Prize-winning novel of the same name by Andrés Alexis. This Sunday @ the Segal will bring together two local playwrights - Alice Abracen (The Covenant) and Michaela Di Cesare (Extra/Beautiful/U) - to discuss the art

Sunday @ The Segal: Boy Falls From The Sky

Sep 25 2024 54 mins  
An enriching pre-show discussion about the journey of a show from the page to the stage! Boy Falls From The Sky Since Boy Falls From The Sky is a showbiz tell-all that explores the perspective of a life-long performer climbing the ranks of the theatre, TV, and film industries, this edition of Sunday @ the Segal will be a one-on-one interview with one of Canada’s most respected ag

Sunday @ The Segal: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Sep 25 2024 52 mins  
An enriching pre-show discussion about the journey of a show from the page to the stage! Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is the inspiring true story of Carole King’s remarkable journey from teenage songwriter to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Join us for this exciting panel discussion bringing together a quartet of music experts, featuring jaz

Baker’s Burlesque Legacy: a conversation on the politics of popping pasties

Aug 04 2023 55 mins  
Best known for her career as a glamorous diva of stage & screen, Josephine Baker’s legacy is celebrated for acting as a spy for the allied forces in WW2 and an essential figure of the civil rights movement in the United States. She proved beyond all doubt that the tassel can be mightier than the sword (and even the pen!). Baker’s Burlesque Legacy: a conversations on the p

Sunday @ the Segal: Josephine, A Musical Cabaret

Aug 04 2023 52 mins  
An enriching pre-show discussion about the journey of a show from the page to the stage! Josephine: A Musical Cabaret In this multi-award-winning biographical cabaret that combines music, theatre, burlesque, and dance, we follow Josephine Baker’s exploits that were groundbreaking for her time and still incredible nearly a century later. This dazzling panel discussion featutres

Sunday @ the Segal: Prayer for the French Republic

May 31 2023 57 mins  
An enriching pre-show discussion about the modern Jewish experience Prayer for the French Republic is the latest work by multi-award-winning playwright Josh Harmon. This play explores modern antisemitism through the lens of a family living in France in 2016 amid a rise of antisemitic attacks and a pivotal election which led to the emigration of 5000 French Jews. This Sunday @ th

Sunday @ the Segal: English

May 31 2023 48 mins  
English by Sanaz Toossi is a humourous and heartwarming story about four Iranian students studying for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), and their teacher that explores the relationship between language and identity. This Sunday @ the Segal brings together 4 theatre artists of Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) descent, Anne-Marie Saheb, Arash Ebrahimi, Leila G