{{Short description|Canadian punk rock singer}} {{multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=June 2018}} {{COI|date=September 2021}} }} '''Caroline Azar''' is a director and playwright. She was the lead singer, keyboardist and co-lyricist/composer of the band [[Fifth Column (band)|Fifth Column]].
==Career== The [[All-women band|all-women]] [[Punk rock|punk]] band [[Fifth Column (band)|Fifth Column]] began in the mid-1980s in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/property-report/memories-of-the-cabana-room/article30852881/ " Memories of the Cabana Room"]. Guy Dixon. ''The Globe and Mail'', Jul. 11, 2016</ref> The band self-released two albums, ''[[To Sir With Hate]]'' and ''All-Time Queen Of The World''.<ref name="RobbinsSprague1997">{{cite book|author1=Ira A. Robbins|author2=David Sprague|title=The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock: The All-new Fifth Edition of The Trouser Press Record Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nH9oejneZtQC|year=1997|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=978-0-684-81437-7|page=259}}</ref>
Azar has acted in a number of stage productions, including ''The Molly Murders'' by Anthony Furey, for which she was selected "Outstanding Performer" by ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now Magazine]]''.<ref>[http://www.nowtoronto.com/stage/story.cfm?content=133218&archive=21,50,2002 Kaplan, John; Sumi, Glenn, "Summerworks Wrap-Up", Now, 15-22 Aug. 2002] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015205539/http://www.nowtoronto.com/stage/story.cfm?content=133218&archive=21%2C50%2C2002 |date=October 15, 2012 }}</ref>
She worked as directorial assistant for the [[Judith Thompson]] productions of ''[[Perfect Pie]]'',<ref name=torontolivetheatre.com>{{cite web|title=Perfect Pie|url=http://www.torontolivetheatre.com/showdetail.cfm?ID=1772|work=Show Details|publisher=torontolivetheatre.com|accessdate=12 February 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195924/http://www.torontolivetheatre.com/showdetail.cfm?ID=1772|archivedate=3 March 2016}}</ref> ''Habitat'', ''Capture Me'' and ''Body and Soul'', story editor, and dramaturg for other writers, Azar has also written several plays, including ''Satan's Mistress'', ''The Surreal Detective vs John Nothing'' and ''Man-O-Rexic''. ''Man-O-Rexic'' featured songs written by Azar and recorded with Fifth Column alumni G. B. Jones and [[Beverly Breckenridge]] along with [[Joel Gibb]] of The Hidden Cameras.<ref>{{cite book|title=Deneuve|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H-_ZAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=FRS Enterprises|page=37}}</ref>
In 2012, a documentary film by Kevin Hegge, called ''She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column'' was released featuring interviews with band members Caroline Azar, G.B. Jones, and Beverly Breckenrige, with commentary on the influence of Fifth Column by [[Kathleen Hanna]] and Bruce LaBruce.<ref>[http://thequietus.com/articles/11858-5th-column-review-melissa-steiner "Queercore U Kno The Score: She Said Boom - The Story Of Fifth Column"]. ''The Quietus'', Melissa Steiner, April 11th, 2013</ref>
Azar launched her live workshop production of 'Dink' at The Next Stage Theatre Festival in downtown Toronto at The Factory Theatre in January 2015, starring the broadway stage star David Keeley. The show received mixed reviews.<ref>[http://torontoist.com/2015/01/next-stage-2015-the-full-lineup-reviewed/ "Next Stage 2015: The Full Lineup, Reviewed]. ''Torontoist'', Martin Morrow, Carly Maga, and Steve Fisher, January 13, 2015</ref><ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/theatre-reviews/next-stage-theatre-festival-lacks-fringes-fun-and-mischief/article22386426/ "Next Stage Theatre Festival lacks Fringe’s fun and mischief"]. J. Kelly Nestruck. ''The Globe and Mail'', Jan. 09, 2015</ref>
==Films== *''[[She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column]]'' directed by [[Kevin Hegge]] (2012) *''[[She's Real, Worse Than Queer|She's Real]]'' directed by [[Lucy Thane]] (1997) * ''Donna'', video for [[Fifth Column (band)|Fifth Column]], directed by Friday Myers (1994) *''Airplane On The Highway'' video for [[Bob Wiseman]], directed by Caroline Azar (1994) *''[[The Yo-Yo Gang]]'' directed by G.B. Jones (1992) *''[[No Skin Off My Ass]]'' directed by [[Bruce LaBruce]] (1991) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/594792/Caroline-Azar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026120515/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/594792/Caroline-Azar |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-26 |title=Caroline Azar - About This Person - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2012 |accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref> *''Like This'' video for Fifth Column, directed by [[Bruce LaBruce]] and Fifth Column (1990) *''The Troublemakers'' directed by [[G.B. Jones]] (1990)
==Discography== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=November 2020}} ''(For Fifth Column recordings, see [[Fifth Column (band)|Fifth Column]])'' * ''Apple Strudel Man'', [[Jolly Tambourine Man]] (1984) * ''It's A Wonderful Record!'', [[Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet]] (1994) * ''Kickstand'', Kickstand (Queenie) (1994) * ''Messing With Greek Buck'', [[Greek Buck]] (1998) * ''Bucquiem'', Greek Buck (2003) * ''[[Mississauga Goddam]]'', [[The Hidden Cameras]] (2004)
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0044106}} *[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3zacGKvCS4TnRxoIQU0BFw Official Caroline Azar You Tube channel]
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