BWW Review: Shaw's ARCADIA at The Royal Alexandra Theatre
At the Shaw Festival in its record-breaking 2013 season, all performances of Tom Stoppard's 'Arcadia' sold-out before it opened.
Toronto Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Toronto.
BWW Review: BELLES SOEURS the Musical at the Segal Centre
When a 23-year-old first-time playwright named Michel Tremblay wrote Les Belles-soeurs in 1965, no one could have predicted how it would turn into an international sensation over the next four decades and go on to be produced in over 30 languages.
BWW Review: Soulpepper's GLOBAL CABARET
Without a doubt, Soulpepper Theatre Company's Global Cabaret Festival is my favorite Toronto arts festival.
BWW Review: Factory Theatre's THE ART OF BUILDING A BUNKER
The award-winning one-man play 'The Art of Building a Bunker' now on at Factory Theatre Lab, is about a desperate outsider named Elvis Goldstein who is incapable of experiencing love and the consequences that follow.
BWW Review: WHAT MAKES A MAN at the Berkley Street Theatre
While reviewing What Makes a Man (WMAM), now playing at the Berkley Street Theatre, it's tempting to comment on what's not there, what could and should be there, rather than what is there.
BWW Review: Second City's REBEL WITHOUT A COSMOS is an Evening of Pure Joy
I don't know how to even being describing the sheer joy I experienced while attending last night's performance of Rebel Without A Cosmos at the Second City.
BWW Review: 'AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE' Gets Lost in Translation
Henrik Ibsen's 1882 play An Enemy of the People is a powerful examination of the difficult and disturbing relationship between truth and power.
BWW Review: Mirvish's OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD is Brilliant and Imaginative
The play Our Country's Good had its opening night last night at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto.
BWW Review: THE LAST FIVE YEARS Movie is a Marvelous Adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's Off-Broadway Musical
The film adaptation of 'The Last Five Years,' based on the musical by Jason Robert Brown, had its world premiere last night at the Toronto International Film Festival.
BWW Review: WICKED Continues To Amaze Audiences 9 Years After Toronto Debut
One can't help but leave the Ed Mirvish Theatre on a high after a performance of 'Wicked,' a musical now in its 11th year on Broadway.
BWW Review: 'A TENDER THING' Fizzles and Frustrates
Ben Power's 2009 play A Tender Thing is a creative re-imagining of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, with the two title characters as older figures in a lifelong relationship.
BWW Reviews: Stratford Festival's 'THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM'
THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM, directed by Stratford Festival Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino opened to raucous laughter and thunderous applause Friday night at the Stratford Festival.
BWW Reviews: Stratford Festival's 'ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA'
William Shakespeare's ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA opened on Thursday night at Stratford Festival's Tom Patterson Theatre.
BWW Reviews: 'TARTUFFE' Sparkles With Comedy And Drama
Underneath the riotous comedy of Moliere's 1664 play Tartuffe is a tough family drama examining ideas of trust, power, and hypocrisy.
BWW Review: Do You Hear The People Sing? Drayton's LES MISERABLES Shines
The classic story turned epic musical has finally made its way to Grand Bend's Huron Country Playhouse.
BWW Reviews: KING JOHN Impresses at the Stratford Festival
King John, who reigned as the monarch of England from 1199-1216, was the son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and the father of Henry III.
BWW Reviews: Stratford Festival's A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Chamber Play
From the moment the Stratford Festival production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM: A CHAMBER PLAY begins, it is clear that it will be an experience unlike any production of 'Dream' you have ever seen before.
BWW Reviews: 'NO CHANCE IN HELL' at the Best of Fringe is Heavenly
I am a huge fan of the Toronto Fringe Festival! It's a great platform for new shows to be presented to audiences.
BWW Reviews: Wavestage's LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL
When you think pink, law, and music, it's hard to not think of LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL, the show based on the modern classic film of the same name starring Reese Witherspoon.
BWW Reviews: Drayton Entertainment's 'DAMN YANKEES'
Huron Country Playhouse has a heart-warming home run hit with Damn Yankees, now on the main stage.
BWW Reviews: Theatre20's 'COMPANY' Hits Most of the Right Notes
Theatre20's production of COMPANY is now playing at the Berkeley Street Threatre in downtown Toronto, and the production - which opened on June 27 hits most of the right notes, but I found it to be lacking the finesse it needed to be the first class production it had the potential to be.
BWW Reviews: The LOT's 'SPAMALOT' is Full of Humour, Enthusiasm and Quirky Fun
SPAMALOT may be based on the Monty Python film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but the musical differs greatly from the film on which it is based.
BWW Reviews: Stratford Festival's HAY FEVER
Following up on the success of last season's production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, the Stratford Festival is presenting another Noel Coward favourite this year.
FFT Productions Presents Kimberly Roberts as Judy Garland in THE GET HAPPY HOUR WITH JUDY Tonight
Spend an evening with Judy Garland, America's Sweetheart, as she tells of the TV show she'd preferred to have done.
BWW Reviews: A Split Decision for Soulpepper's TWELVE ANGRY MEN
The celebrated 1957 film 12 Angry Men is a drama that began its life on television as part of a CBS series, Studio One, where it premiered in 1954.
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The Play Maidsby Roman Viktyuk Living Arts Centre Auditorium (10/04-10/04) |
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Creditors Canadian Stage (4/09-5/02) |
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Menopause The Musical Thunder Bay Community Auditorium (10/09-10/09) |
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SERENADES AND SWEETHEARTS 19 on the Park Stouffville (2/11-2/11) |
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NORDIC GLORY Meridian Arts Centre (5/15-5/15) |
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Valentine's Bachata & Social Dance Night | Access Ballroom Toronto Access Ballroom (2/13-2/13) |
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Mamma Mia! Princess of Wales Theatre (8/04-8/30) |
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her. Red Sandcastle Theatre (9/01-9/06) |
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Matilda The Musical Theatre Aquarius (3/10-4/04) |
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The Audition Comedy Bar (9/04-9/18) |