Anita Waxman Joins Team of SALVATOR MUNDI Musical
by Stephi Wild - Sep 10, 2025
Salvator Mundi!, The Musical - now carrying the working title Salvator Mundi - The Greatest Story Ever Sold - has added Anita Waxman, principal of Alexis Productions and a Tony-winning Broadway producer.
Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Think of BORN WITH TEETH?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Sep 3, 2025
Winter 1591. It is a dangerous time for artists: the country is full of conspiracy and paranoia. In the backroom of a pub, writing sensations Kit Marlowe and Will Shakespeare are forced together in a creative union. Alone, with the table as their stage and battlefield, they sharpen their pens – and let their genius fly. Across three secret meetings, the rivals duel and flirt like their lives depend on it – and with spies everywhere, betrayal is so tempting.
Review: GOOD PEOPLE at Altarena Playhouse
by Kelly Rogers Flynt - Aug 26, 2025
GOOD PEOPLE is a good story with good acting. Class struggle, opportunities and societal constraints are all on display. Ultimately, it all comes down to choices, the ones you make and
ones you allow others to make for you. What makes a good person good? How does a good person react when faced with challenges or dilemmas? What do we do when all choices are bad choices? GOOD PEOPLE at Altarena Playhouse will have you thinking and guessing to the very end.
Photos: Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel in BORN WITH TEETH
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 15, 2025
You can now get a first look at Ncuti Gatwa as Kit Marlowe and Edward Bluemel as William Shakespeare in Born With Teeth, which marks its West End premiere presented by Playful Productions, the Royal Shakespeare Company and Elizabeth Williams.
Nominations Announced For The 2025 Dora Mavor Moore Awards
by Joshua Wright - May 28, 2025
The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) has announced nominations for the 45th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards presented by the Romano D’Andrea Foundation. The Awards will be presented on Monday, June 30 at Toronto’s Meridian Hall.
BORN WITH TEETH Makes Its European Premiere In London
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 12, 2025
Tony Award-winning Alley Theatre has announced Liz Duffy Adams' critically acclaimed steamy drama Born with Teeth, a dramatization of Shakespeare and Marlowe's writing collaboration, will make its European premiere in a West End, produced by Playful Productions, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Elizabeth Williams.
Review: NABUCCO at Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts
by Samantha Wu - Oct 7, 2024
Canadian Opera Company launches their new season with a monumental first for the company - the premiere staging of Nabucco, directed by Katherine M. Carter and conducted by Paolo Carignani, the opera that firmly planted Giuseppe Verdi's name as a celebrated composer, first performed in 1842. This epic tale of enslavement to freedom features Soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams as Abigaille, Mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb as Fenena, and Baritone Roland Wood in the title role of Nabucco.
Review: THE NIGHT ALIVE at Altarena Playhouse
by Kelly Rogers Flynt - Sep 7, 2024
THE NIGHT ALIVE is brimming with tension, humor, and talent. With characters that are rich in nuance but light on acuity, the show winds its way through rough waters. With more heart than wit to see them through, they grapple with big problems and hard circumstances with every moment adding to your desire for their triumph. With more laughs and smiles than one would expect in such gritty subject matter, THE NIGHT ALIVE, is a gumbo of well-blended ingredients.