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Don Quixote. “You have to remember the core reason Putin is doing this war is to destroy Ukraine and its people and its culture,” Ihor Michalchyshyn, chief executive officer and executive director of the Canadian Ukrainian Congress, said of the touring performance. “It’s really cultural diplomacy at a high level to show both resiliency, as they continue to perform and tour the world, but they’re also now on this mission of showing people that Ukraine is alive and needs help.”
Leos Janacek. “Under the baton of music director Johannes Debus, the COC Orchestra sounds gloriously transparent, wavering in and out of the spotlight like a true supporting character,” reviewer Jenna Simeonov wrote in The Globe, adding: “I’m not sure I’ve seen much that’s more hilarious than a COC Chorus of (beautifully) squawking hens.”
Elly Conway. Conway’s name, however, does not appear in any of Argylle’s credits, and a recent Hollywood Reporter story suggested she may not actually exist. If there is a real Elly Conway, she may want to distance herself from the film version of her book since, Barry Hertz writes, it’s “the first true cinematic disaster of this young year.”
I Am: Celine Dion. In an announcement about the documentary, which does not yet have a release date, Dion said she, “decided I wanted to document this part of my life, to try to raise awareness of this little-known condition, to help others who share this diagnosis.”
Joni Mitchell. Mitchell’s performance will mark the singer’s first at the awards. She has been nominated for 18 Grammys, first in 1976 for the album The Hissing of Summer Lawns. She has won nine of the awards.