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Review: TEASE at Crow's Theatre
If you're looking for a downright sexy frolic to highlight your weekend, look no further than Big City Kitties production of Tease, in association with Crow's Theatre. This highly energetic blend of comedy and burlesque with sides of clown, sketch comedy, dance, and awareness are sure to leave you b...
Review: ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at CAA Theatre
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead is the hilariously absurdist play written by Tom Stoppard, directed by Jeremy Webb, that shines the spotlight on two minor characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet. The star-studded casting for the title duo could not be a more perfect match - from the Academy Award ...
Review: AS I MUST LIVE IT at Theatre Passe Muraille
In AS I MUST LIVE IT, Reece’s poetic, autobiographical solo show at Theatre Passe Muraille, it’s clear that he’s found a voice that thoughtfully and lyrically grapples with the intricacies of life and identity. Reece’s narrative, beautiful from both a verbal and visual standpoint, is the typ...
Review: ALADDIN at Princess Of Wales
The story of the ascendance of young Aladdin from “street rat” to sultan in Agrabah, this morality tale about the importance of pure-heartedness, self-determination and using your power to help others is a straightforward, fun show that expands slightly on the original film’s memorable musical...
Review: GUILT: A LOVE STORY at Tarragon Theatre
Flacks, a well-known writer who has provided material for anything from Workin’ Moms to Kids in the Hall, airs her dirty, guilty laundry with all five stages of grief and a side of sharp, rueful humour....
Review: THE EVE OF ST GEORGE at The Great Hall
Transcen|Dance Project have brought back their intoxicating and mesmerizing intimate and interactive dance rendition of Bram Stoker's Dracula to The Great Hall. Previously staged in 2015 and then in 2019 to sold out runs, the return of The Eve of St George is highly anticipated. If you've seen this ...
Review: MIND OVER MATTER at The Rec Room
Shelby Handley, Armand Antony, and Alexandra Brynn read the miniscule cues you emit with the tiny movements of your eyes, the twitching of your facial muscles, and even the rhythm of your breathing, in order to figure out exactly what you’re thinking....
Review: UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE at Canadian Stage
With important messages for policymakers and babymakers alike, the urgent performance is part political statement, part a cappella concert, and all cri de coeur about the frustrations of being a parent when nothing is affordable and nobody cares....
Review: CASEY AND DIANA at Soulpepper
Green’s play is a terrific achievement; its urgent structure, indelible characters, and alternately witty and wrenching dialogue make it a highlight of this or any theatre season. But what really stands out is its great, gentle humanity in how it treats all its characters, fragile people just tryi...
Review: DION: A ROCK OPERA at Coal Mine Theatre
The tight, 70-minute DION is a visually compelling show which puts you right in the middle of the dangerous merriment, with terrific performances and some banger musical numbers. It only stumbles when, like one of its characters, it loses its head, trading its promising fluidity and timelessness to ...
Review: UNCLE VANYA at CAA Theatre
Crow's Theatre presents a world-premiere adaptation of Anton Chekhov's classic Uncle Vanya, adapted by Liisa Repo-Martell and directed by Chris Abraham, playing now at the CAA Theatre until February 25, 2024. What has always been an intensely emotional story brimming with familial trauma gets a rev...
Review: NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 At Streetcar Crowsnest
The musical is based on a section of Tolstoy’s War and Peace, but it’s anything but staid and traditional. In the midst of war, death, and constrained social circumstances, in fact, it’s enormously successful in feeling like a celebration of life....
Review: MIGRAAAANTS at Theatre Passe Muraille
Putting the audience onto the same boat as its characters and letting us feel the intense, heated gaze of its captain exemplifies what MIGRAAAANTS does best, which is to take us on a journey....
Review: 42ND STREET at Princess Of Wales
If you're looking for a holiday musical to entertain the whole family, 42nd Street is full of song and dance, sparkling costumes, and toe-tapping spectacle. The Tony Award-winning production is playing at the Princess of Wales Theatre into the New Year....
Review: WITHROW PARK at Tarragon Theatre
In WITHROW PARK, Morris Panych’s new play at Tarragon Theatre, we see a view into a neighbourhood a little less than 7 kilometres away from where we sit. Panych’s script is quippy and fun with a philosophical bent about aging, mortality, and the ability to start again at any point, but just like...
Review: AIN'T TOO PROUD at Ed Mirvish Theatre
Ain't Too Proud, playing at the Ed Mirvish Theatre for a limited engagement, brings the life and times of Motown's finest, The Temptations, to the Toronto stage in a toe-tapping 'Behind the Music'-style spectacular that will leave audiences jaw-dropped....
Review: CHRIS, MRS. at Winter Garden Theatre
CHRIS, MRS., bills itself as a musical version of a Hallmark holiday movie, and it does exactly—and I mean exactly—what it says on the tin. If you are a lover of Hallmark family entertainment, you’ll be over the moon for this show. It boasts entertaining lyrics, killer dance moves, adorable ch...
Review: PROPHECY FOG at Coal Mine Theatre
Jani Lauzon’s autobiographical one-act PROPHECY FOG at Coal Mine Theatre encourages its guests to be receptive vessels, to find comfort in sharing an experience around a circle, engaging in the journey together, and sitting amongst the star stuff of which we’re made....
Review: BRIGADOON at Shaw Festival
The golden age of Broadway found lilting infectious melodies melding with captivating, if often whimsical stories. Lerner and Loewe's 1947 BRIGADOON ticked all the boxes in a world fresh off of World War II. The Shaw Festival in Niagara on the Lake has revived it's 2019 production and this version s...
Review: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at Ed Mirvish Theatre
On stage until the weekend and then returning for a limited time in 2024, Mirvish Productions presents Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin's stage adaptation of Lee's Pullitzer Prize-winning masterpiece. Considering the current political and also racially driven landscape, seeing To Kill a Mockingbir...
Review: LETTERS FROM MAX, A RITUAL at The Theatre Centre
Unadorned, beautifully delivered, linguistically gorgeous and both funny and wrenchingly sincere, it’s one of the most beautiful plays I’ve ever seen, and I think you should see it, too....
Review: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at Canadian Stage
In Canadian Stage’s production of Italian playwright Stephano Massini’s The Lehman Trilogy, three powerhouse performances, a surprising and meaningful staging, and a sweeping story outweigh the curious neutrality of the script to create a vital, must-see show with high stock value....
Review: CHAOS MENU: DISORDER UP! at Second City
Chaos reigns in Second City’s new sketch offering, CHAOS MENU: DISORDER UP! That’s not surprising; the best types of sketch comedy are, by their nature, somewhat chaotic. For the 88th mainstage show, though, the talented cast (PHATT al, Andy Assaf, Coko Galore, Devon Henderson, Liz Johnston, and...
Review: BAD ROADS at Streetcar Crowsnest
It's a fascinating, disturbing work with a powerhouse cast, literally unsettling: never completely relaxing into a style or structure, it stretches deep into the monstrous before snapping back to remind us that the high and low road often originate from the same place....
Review: THE GUIDE TO BEING FABULOUS at Soulpepper
Sandra Caldwell is, indeed, fabulous. The classy triple threat brings her autobiographical show, THE GUIDE TO BEING FABULOUS, to Soulpepper’s “Her Words” festival. This version of the show triumphantly celebrates what Caldwell long kept hidden: her identity as a trans woman....
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THE NUTCRACKER by The United European Ballet The Burlington Performing Arts Centre (11/18-11/18) |
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The Hobbit Stratford Festival (4/21-10/23) PHOTOS |
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Tiger Bride Soulpepper Theatre (5/29-6/14) |
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John Cameron Mitchell: Hedwig 25th Anniversary Movie Tour The Danforth Music Hall (6/28-6/28) |
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The Tempest Stratford Festival (4/28-10/24) PHOTOS |
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Menopause The Musical Thunder Bay Community Auditorium (10/09-10/09) |
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World's Gone Wild The Second City (3/27-7/26) |
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Kismet/Emma Bovary Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts (5/29-6/04) |
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