The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Toronto.
The Canadian Opera Company’s remount of its 2014 production of Cosí Fan Tutte, originally directed by Atom Egoyan, brings to bear all of the performance and creative excellence for which the COC is known.
Booty Candy is perfect for 2026.
Multi-Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys lends her soulful and iconic tunes to Hell's Kitchen on stage now at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, directed by Patrick Willingham and Oskar Eustis (artistic director) with book by Kristoffer Diaz.
WALDEN is more successful in its exploration of family dynamics than as a work of speculative fiction.
Canadian Opera Company’s season opener La Traviata pulls out all the stops and sets an extremely high bar for the rest of its 26-27 offerings.
Spring Awakening at Soulpepper Theatre is a well-executed and expertly-crafted sensory delight (though the dark themes this play tackles are far from delightful) that offers an intense, almost cinematic theatre-going experience.
The Shaw Festival seems to be having a small tribute festival to Shaffer brothers as it is presenting two of their known pieces this season.
An embarrassment of artistic riches has yet again convened in Niagara on the Lake for this season’s Shaw Festival.
THE GREAT GATSBY is most definitely not your high school lit class.
Now in performances at Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre, Mamma Mia! is a delightfully cheerful and charmingly-quirky musical that had audiences roaring with applause and laughter.
Reviews of Love, Shakespeare, and Rope; A Comedy Show at the End of the World; and Orbit
Reviews of Pedro the Penguin, 1920s Walking Around in a Dream, Olivia O: The Musical, A Conversation With Myself, and Aliya Kanani: A Comedian's Guide to Enlightenment
Gabrielle Leonore is autistic.
Reviews of DADS, Brava: A Cabaret of Devotions, and LADIES' DAY at the 2026 Toronto Fringe Festival
Grey Spaces is a visually-pleasing and highly-ambitious new musical that features strong performances, but lacks clarity and polish.
The Remainders is a touching theatrical love letter to public libraries and to any patron who has ever found a sense of belonging through public libraries.
Unsung: The Accidental Villains of History, welcoming audiences at Theatre Passe Muraille from June 30-July 11, is a charming and entertaining musical with stellar vocals, but lacks essential context for those not well-versed in world history.
Galen's Grocer is an extremely timely, clever and detail-oriented musical that will -- both hilariously and sadly -- resonate with anyone who buys groceries in Canada.
Toronto Fringe Festival: Reviews of War Dog, D.
That belovedly droll English valet of old, Jeeves, has resurfaced to the delight of everyone in the the charming play JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE now onstage at The Shaw Festival.
The Outsiders’ Canadian debut, presented with Mirvish Productions, is a seamless, multi-sensory delight that evokes strong reactions from traditionally quiet Toronto audiences.
Every aspect of 10 Days in a Madhouse, directed by Joanna Settle, exemplified why opera has the power to bring stories to life in ways that no other genre can.
PUNCH: A New Musical - Presented in Concert is a warm, musical hug to those who feel like they don’t quite belong where they are expected.
Based on the terrifying movies written and directed by Oren Peli, the stage adaptation of Paranormal Activity, now playing at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, holds just as much edge-of-your-seat tension with the right amount of carefully timed jump scares that will keep you excited for more.
When FUNNY GIRL opened on Broadway it was a smash hit in 1964 and would jettison the career of Barbra Streisand.
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Saturday, Sunday, Monday Stratford Festival (8/04-10/24) PHOTOS |
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HARMONY OF THE WORLD Meridian Arts Centre (3/06-3/06) |
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An Evening of Hypnosis & Improv with Asad Mecci & Colin Mochrie Kingston Grand Theatre (11/10-11/10) |
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Disney and Pixar's Finding Nemo Young People's Theatre (11/26-12/27) |
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The Plague Outliers Theatre Collective (11/17-11/29) |
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BE MORE CHILL Terminal Theatre (2/02-2/20) |
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Something Rotten! Stratford Festival (5/11-11/15) PHOTOS |
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The Call Centre of Cthulhu Red Sandcastle Theatre (10/28-11/08) |
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2627 PAC Present Season First Ontario Performing Arts Center (9/22-5/22) |
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Experience HYPROV: The Ultimate Live Comedy & Hypnosis Show Roy Thomson Hall (11/06-11/06) |
