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Review: TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL: FINAL REVIEW ROUNDUP at Toronto Fringe
by Ilana Lucas - Jul 15, 2025

It’s the end of the 2025 Toronto Fringe, which has entertained audiences for the past 12 days with more than 100 shows in 22 venues. Which was your favourite?

Alliance For Canadian Musicals Unveils Toronto Fringe Lineup
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 12, 2025

Alliance for Canadian Musicals has revealed the programming for its inaugural lineup of eight Canadian musicals, playing at Theatre Passe Muraille. Learn more and see how to attend.

Last Chance To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards; SOMETHING ROTTEN! at Stratford Festival Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 27, 2024

This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Final Week To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards; Stratford Festival Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW Awards - Dec 23, 2024

This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Vote For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards; SOMETHING ROTTEN! at Stratford Festival Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 16, 2024

Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Video: RSC's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM in Rehearsal in London
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 23, 2024

The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream will run at the Barbican beginning next month. Check out footage from inside the rehearsal room in the video here!

Cast Set For The RSC'S A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by Stephi Wild - Nov 5, 2024

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced the full cast for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Learn more about who is starring in the show and find out how to get tickets here!

Photos: Debra Messing, Shoshana Bean, Tovah Feldshuh & More Celebrate SHABBAT ON BROADWAY
by Bruce Glikas - Feb 2, 2024

See photos of Debra Messing, Adam Pascal, Shoshana Bean and more at Shabbat on Broadway.

Regional Premiere Of THE PROM Comes to The Henry Clay Theatre Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Jul 18, 2023

Performances and the cast have been revealed for the regional premiere of the musical The Prom. Each performance at The Henry Clay Theatre August 11 - 26 will include a community Prom experience complete with refreshments for sale, photo opportunities, a Prom royalty selection, along with dancing before the show and at intermission.

La Jolla Playhouse Reveals Complete Programming for 2023 Without Walls (WOW) Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 24, 2023

La Jolla Playhouse has announced complete programming for its 2023 Without Walls (WOW) Festival of immersive and site-inspired work.

Cast Announced for the World Premiere of THE MEANING OF ZONG World Premiere
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 21, 2022

Rehearsals begin today for Giles Terera’s debut stage play The Meaning of Zong, co-directed by Giles Terera and Tom Morris.

Lee Street Gets To Work On 9 TO 5 With Their New Cast
by Stephi Wild - Jul 5, 2020

There is nothing more invigorating than the beginning of a new production, and Lee Street theatre is extremely proud and working hard to bring back audiences with 9 to 5 the musical, based on the 20th Century film including songs and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick.

BWW Review: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Synetic Theater
by Brandon Horwin - Feb 10, 2020

Synetic Theater is known for bringing their audiences on a journey through creative movement and dancing. Without a word spoken or a note sung, Synetic manages to capture the audience by putting movement in the spotlight while telling familiar tales. The Tsikurishvilis have now coupled a beloved tale with a creative twist - Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera. Synetic Theater's production is as hauntingly masterful as the story itself and its all due to all overwhelming success of all parties involved.

Julie Trammel Key to Lead Brian Clowdus' THE SOUND OF MUSIC; Full Cast
by Julie Musbach - Jul 24, 2019

The Sound of Music comes to life in the rolling hills of Wintergreen Resort in a never before seen site-specific production.

Synetic's Teen Company Presents THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
by BWW News Desk - Feb 22, 2017

Synetic's Teen Company is a year-round training program dedicated to developing the next generation of artistic performers.

Otherworld Theatre to Present Fantastical Adaptation of A PRINCESS OF MARS
by Julie Musbach - Feb 19, 2017

Known for their imaginative and epic theatrical works of science fiction and fantasy, Chicago's Otherworld Theatre now presents a remount of the world premier of their adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough's A Princess of Mars. A Confederate deserter, John Carter's world is turned upside-down when he finds himself mysteriously transported to the surface of Mars, where he is forced into a colossal conflicts between the planet's alien races. Poised on the edge of collapse, the planet's fate comes to rest on Carter's war-weary shoulders-and now he must choose sides. Filled with extra-terrestrial environments, epic battles, elaborate costuming and more, A Princess of Mars at Berger Park promises to whisk you away on an unforgettable theatrical adventure.

BWW Review: Synetic Theater Presents SLEEPING BEAUTY with a Twist
by Barbara Johnson - Dec 12, 2016

The classic fairy tale SLEEPING BEAUTY is hundreds of years old, but Synetic Theater has improved it from an emotional standpoint by incorporating an unexpected twist: the Witch is a multidimensional person. In this version, the Prince is the Witch's son, and the incomparable Irina Tsikurishvili brings the Witch to life. The result is breathtaking and makes for timeless entertainment for younger audiences and their families.

Synetic Theater to Present SLEEPING BEAUTY
by Ashlee Latimer - Nov 3, 2016

Synetic Theater invites you to this magical wordless production of Sleeping Beauty that will enchant viewers of all ages. Directed by Paata Tsikurishvili and choreographed by Irinal Tsikurishvili.

BWW Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Synetic Theater
by Pamela Roberts - Feb 22, 2016

Shakespeare's iambic pentameter, the rhythm of his words, echo the human heartbeat: ba-BUM, ba-BUM. But Synetic Theater gets to the beating heart of ROMEO AND JULIET without a single utterance of any of the Bard's famed words. In its innovative merging of drama and movement, Synetic's silent exploration of the classic work is an extraordinary vision of wonder and passion.

STAGE TUBE: New Promo for Synetic Theater's ALICE IN WONDERLAND
by Stage Tube - Oct 7, 2015

Synetic Company Member Kathy Gordon was born in Oxford, England and grew up among the places that inspired Lewis Carroll's ALICE IN WONDERLAND. The actress now brings her childhood familiarity with that world to the title character in Synetic Theater's 2015/16 season opener ALICE IN WONDERLAND.