The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Toronto.
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical inspired by the pointillist painting 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte', has always felt to me like a you-had-to-be-there musical.
PIECE OF MINE Arts and Theatre Passe Muraille's THE NEGROES ARE CONGREGATING is a wickedly smart, biting examination of what it's like to be a Black person in Toronto today.
OIL, which premiered last night at Geary Lane, is an epic story, an eat-before-you-arrive play that will take up your evening and take over your mind.
Lower Ossington Theatre's MOTHERHOOD THE MUSICAL is exactly what it sounds like, plus a little bit more.
The National Ballet of Canada's multi-work program is, at its core, an examination of humanity.
When tragedy strikes, most people can only try to imagine what the victims have experienced; and when children are among the affected, outside opinions tend to overtake individual in favour of a narrative of collective outrage.
When the musical OH, WHAT A LOVELY WAR! premiered in London, in the 1960s, World War One was relatively fresh in the minds of the audience, most having either lived through it or being the child of someone who had.
Factory Theatre's LADY SUNRISE, directed by Nina Lee Aquino, tells the story of a group of vastly different diasporic Asian-Canadian women living in Vancouver.
Emotive, demanding dance pairs gorgeously with booming percussion in Red Sky Performance's AF, presented by Canadian Stage.
The music industry is a looming part of popular culture, and we so often hear its success stories a?' on the radio, in biographical novels and films, through documentaries, and more.
In several comedy clubs around the city, audiences would be quick to turn on a comedian once the material starts to bring race and immigration into the mix.
Scottee is working class.
It's definitely a cliché, but the adage 'sometimes less is more,' holds true.
As a frequent theatre-goer, there are certain shows you look back on and go, 'wow, I really sat through that?' Unfortunately, LESSONS IN FORGETTING is one of those shows.
Have you ever seen a figure that no one else could see? Have you ever heard a voice that no one else could hear? Have you ever felt a presence that no one else could feel? If so, or if you simply believe that ghosts walk among us, THE GHOST PROJECT is the show for you.
If a production is successful, it will draw you into the world it has created and for a while, allow you to lose yourself in the story unfolding on stage.
It's time to escape Toronto's urban jungle for a real one, and this journey is one for the entire family to take together.
HAMILTON has proven its lasting power in the five years since it debuted on Broadway, and after landing in several international locations, the mega-hit musical about America's ten-dollar founding father has crossed the border.
SECRET LIFE OF A MOTHER is a simple, sweet, agonising, and intimate work of autobiographical theatre by some of Toronto's best theatre talent.
The Canadian Opera Company's HANSEL AND GRETEL, directed by Joel Ivany, is a spectacularly detailed production; unfortunately, the sheer amount of things happening at every moment overwhelms the gorgeous music and talented cast.
In the opening scene of THIS WAS THE WORLD, on now at Tarragon Theatre, a law professor (R.
The theatre shook with applause for Jully Black last night as she opened the musical CAROLINE, OR CHANGE at the Winter Garden Theatre.
It might not be the most gut-busting show from the company, but The Second City's new romance-themed show is still a fun, funny, and healthier alternative to stuffing your face with chocolates this Valentines Day.
Lucius is an exuberant, charismatic serial killer who claims to have found God while incarcerated.
MARJORIE PRIME is set some 30 years in the future, after scientists have invented Primes, charmingly lifelike holographic representations of dead people you can buy to keep you company after a loss.
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Jordan Young People's Theatre (10/16-10/23) |
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Disney and Pixar's Finding Nemo Young People's Theatre (11/26-12/27) |
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Older & Reckless The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance (10/30-11/08) |
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All's Well Theatre Aquarius (1/27-2/13) |
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After Dark The Moonlight Lounge at TacoTaco (10/25-10/25) |
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Immersion Festival Betty Oliphant Theatre (11/08-11/22) |
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Matilda The Musical Theatre Aquarius (3/10-4/04) |
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The Importance of Being Earnest Stratford Festival (5/19-10/23) PHOTOS |
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A CHRISTMAS CAROl Broadway Musical by Menken Newroads Performing Arts (11/12-11/15) |
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Fred Penner: The Hero In You Young People's Theatre (3/06-3/20) |
