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Toronto Theater Reviews

The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Toronto.

Review: 'Spring Awakening - Tour'

Review: 'Spring Awakening - Tour'

by Mark Andrew Lawrence — March 22, 2009

Arriving in Toronto the day before spring, the Tony winning musical Spring Awakening will please the devoted coterie of fans, but those familiar with Frank Wedekind's original play will find the musical adaptation is decidedly inferior.

Review: 'Happy Days'

Review: 'Happy Days'

by Mark Andrew Lawrence — February 6, 2009

A bland, empty show trying to cash in on the popularity of the TV series.

Review 'A Streetcar Named Desire'

by Mark Andrew Lawrence — August 29, 2008

Beautifully intimate staging of Tennessee Williams' classic drama is rewarding in so many ways.

Review 'Fourplay'

by Mark Andrew Lawrence — August 29, 2008

Fly by Night Theatre presents a festival of four one-act plays.

Review: 'FOOTLOOSE'

by Mark Andrew Lawrence — June 10, 2008

A new theatre company debuts in Toronto with a livele production of FOOTLOOSE.

Review: Civic Light Opera's 'Kismet'

by Mark Andrew Lawrence — June 5, 2008

Civic Light Opera wraps up their season with a production of KISMET that is fast, funny and beautifully sung.

Review: 'My Fair Lady'

by Mark Andrew Lawrence — May 15, 2008

A dazzling new production of Lerner and Loewe's Broadway classic relights the long dark main stage at Toronto Centre for the Arts.

Review: 'An Italian Straw Hat'

by Mark Andrew Lawrence — May 15, 2008

Stage Centre Productions offers a lively, entertaining staging of the popular French farce.

Review: 'Canadian Explosion'

by Mark Andrew Lawrence — May 15, 2008

Stage West's latest revue celebrates Canadian pop music from 1956 to the present.

Review : 'Beau Jest'

by Mark Andrew Lawrence — May 15, 2008

Delightful comedy Beau Jest is expertly performed by members of Encore Entertainment.

Review: 'Urinetown'

by Mark Andrew Lawrence — April 17, 2008

Sheridan College students offer a slick Urinetown.

Review: 'Alibi"

by Mark Andrew Lawrence — April 17, 2008

A new play gets a premiere in North York courtesy of Amicus Productions.

Review: 'A Man of No Importance'

by Mark Andrew Lawrence — March 17, 2008

Mitchell Marcus and his Acting up Stage troupe have another winner with their breathtakingly simple staging of A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE at the Berkeley Street Theatre Upstaurs until March 22.

'The Rink' at Civic Light Opera Company

by Mark Andrew Lawrence — February 25, 2008

Civic Light Opera Company presents the Canadian premiere of Kander and Ebb's personal favorite amongst all of their shows.

Review: 'Pillars of Society' at Theatre Erindale

by Mark Andrew Lawrence — February 11, 2008

Theatre Erindale's student production of Ibsen's 1877 drama PILLARS OF SOCIETY solves many of the obstinate problems that prevent the play from being revived more frequently.

Review: 'Proposals'

by Mark Andrew Lawrence — February 7, 2008

There is no better way to spend a winter evening than in a packed theatre rocked with laughter.

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