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Review: ROCKING HORSE WINNER at Streetcar Crowsnest
Tapestry Opera’s production of Gareth Williams and Anna Chatterton’s ROCKING HORSE WINNER uses a son’s desperate attempts to provide for his mother’s desire for wealth as a cautionary tale about the perils of a hunger that is never satisfied....
Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Princess Of Wales
Alanis Morissette's album Jagged Little Pill defined a generation of teens and young adults growing up in the 90s. Morissette's songs encapsulated specific moments and feelings in life and with the rising trend of jukebox musicals, it was only a matter of time before this iconic album received it's...
Review: A POEM FOR RABIA at Tarragon Theatre
In Nikki Shaffeeullah’s A POEM FOR RABIA, three centuries of women come together to explore the currents of change that shape their lives. Expansive and thoughtful, it’s a fearlessly creative play as messy and complex as the themes of colonialism and queer womanhood it investigates, both to its ...
Review: WILDWOMAN at Soulpepper Theatre
Soulpepper Theatre presents the latest addition to their Her Words festival with Kat Sandler's scandalous and hilarious romp Wildwoman. Based on the alleged true story behind Beauty and the Beast, Catherine de Medici from the infamous Medici family, a woman known for her scheming Machiavellian ways,...
Review: APPROPRIATE at Coal Mine Theatre
If you call to book a ticket to Coal Mine’s brilliant production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ APPROPRIATE, you might stumble over the pronunciation. Is it appropriate, the proper actions to take in a particular circumstance? Or is it appropriate, to steal? The answer, shown through a complicated f...
Review: HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING at Streetcar Crowsnest
Arbery’s play is a fascinating and multifaceted look into the unexamined front of a burgeoning culture war. The Howland Company gives this 2020 Pulitzer finalist the thoughtful, unsettling and passionate production it deserves. It’s the kind of show that you’ll still be talking about weeks lat...
Review: THE LAST EPISTLE OF TIGHTROPE TIME at Tarragon Theatre
Walter Borden at 81 is a powerhouse of a Shakespearean actor. His warmly stentorian diction, the core of THE LAST EPISTLE OF TIGHTROPE TIME, echoes invitingly through the Tarragon mainspace as he tells stories about his life. It’s not always the easiest work to follow, but Borden’s presence serv...
Review: TOPDOG/UNDERDOG at Canadian Stage
By focusing on the slower, more structured rounds of boxing over the fast-paced hustle of a card sharp, M’Carthy’s production invites us to watch the hands when we really should be watching the eyes. It’s a thoughtful idea that doesn’t fully pay off in dividends of energy and connection to t...
Review: IN DREAMS at Ed Mirvish Theatre
Roy Orbison's legendary music become the touching soundtrack for In Dreams - a moving new musical from writer David West Read and director Luke Sheppard, the masterminds behind the smash hit musical & Juliet - about cherishing loved ones and the life you have, on stage at the Ed Mirvish Theatre unti...
Review: SIX THE MUSICAL at Royal Alexandra Theatre
Divorced, beheaded, died. Divorced, beheaded, survived. If you happened to fall into the (mis)fortune of being married to one of England’s most notorious kings, your fate was sealed. Six The Musical, written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, takes the tragic fates of Henry VIII’s six wives and weave...
Review: WORK.TXT at The Theatre Centre
From its initial roll call of types of audience members, Ellis’ thought experiment becomes a sort of interactive poem that comes both to satirize work and to praise it, a funny sort of feel-good cooperative enterprise that is surprising and delightful....
Review: ASSES.MASSES at The Theatre Centre
Choosing to attend asses.masses at The Theatre Centre is a big commitment to an intriguing premise. The show, a collaboratively-played video game with a sweeping narrative about a donkey revolution, takes at bare minimum seven hours. It's a long ass show. But despite its outward silliness, with its ...
Review: SPACIOUSNESS at Fort York with Toronto History Museums in Partnership with Soulpepper Theatre
Spaciousness welcomes the audience to experience Toronto’s historic Fort York in a unique and interactive way. Actors portray fictional yet historically accurate characters of everyday people immediately affected by the War of 1812. Spaciousness asks the audience to consider the ramifications of c...
Review: THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT At Shaw Festival
Unearthing a hidden gem is always intriguing- whether it be a true fossil, pirates booty, discarded musical manuscript, or perhaps a virtually unknown play. The Shaw Festival is the lucky producer who gets to produce a never before seen mystery by the celebrated author Edith Wharton. For the first t...
Review: FRINGE FESTIVAL: FINAL ROUNDUP at Toronto Fringe
This year, the Fringe Festival returned more than half a million dollars to its talented, hardworking artists. Toronto Fringe may be over, but other festivals aren't! Our critic saw 59 shows in this year's festival. Here are some of her final comments as we look forward to Fringe 2024....
Review: SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER at Sorry Studios
In a small, intimate office space near Queen and Dufferin, Riot King’s production of one of Tennessee Williams’ lesser-performed plays, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, feels like you’ve been invited into someone’s Southern Gothic living room....
Review: ON THE RAZZLE at Shaw Festival
A good story often bears repeating. Such is the case in Tom Stoppard's ON THE RAZZLE, currently playing on the Royal George stage of the Shaw Festival. It's storied provenance has beginnings dated back to the 1842 play 'Einen Jux will er sich machen' by Johann Nestroy....
Review: BLITHE SPIRIT at Shaw Festival
The perennial festival favorite BLITHE SPIRIT is making a welcome to return to the Shaw Festival stage after 30 years. The result is a breezy romp that is sure to delight, thanks to the fine casting showcasing some of the company's best players....
Review: THE EFFECT at Coal Mine Theatre
In asking the persistent questions of how much of what we consider love, the personality, and even the soul is of our own making, and how much is just chemical, Mitchell Cushman’s searing production immediately gets under your skin, and it’s no placebo....
Review: SPONGEBOB: THE MUSICAL at Regent Theatre
Before heading to Oshawa’s Regent Theatre for Mansfield Entertainment’s SPONGEBOB: THE MUSICAL, I had never seen a single episode of the cartoon series featuring the ubiquitous bright yellow sea creature with square pants that lives in a pineapple under the sea. It didn’t matter; the candy-col...
Review: FRINGE FESTIVAL: BATCH FIVE
Reviews of Fatal Charade, Levels: The Play, Danielle Tea's Infernal Latte, Mail Ordered, All That Remains, and B-Max and the Re-Revolution at the Toronto Fringe Festival...
Review: FRINGE FESTIVAL: WEEKEND ROUNDUP at Toronto Fringe
Reviews of Frankenstein(esque), Paz, Featherhead, Our Little Secret, All of Our Parents are Asian, and Constellation Prize at the Toronto Fringe Festival...
Review: HADESTOWN Proves You Can Live it Up on Top and Below in Stunning Toronto Production
Four years after its Broadway premiere, Anaïs Mitchell’s Tony-winning musical HADESTOWN, developed with and directed by Rachel Chavkin, has finally made its way down to Toronto. With a touring crew of powerhouses, both in the cast and in the band (led by Eric Kang), the retelling of Orpheus and E...
Review: FRINGE FESTIVAL: DAY 3 at Toronto Fringe
Reviews of BUNNY!, MAGGIE CHUN'S FIRST LOVE AND LAST WEDDING, and THE FAMILY CROW...
Review: FRINGE FESTIVAL: DAY 2 at Toronto Fringe
Reviews of THE FOURTH R, HERMAPHRODITUS, and HYMNS AND HEARSE...
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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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Menopause The Musical Thunder Bay Community Auditorium (10/09-10/09) |
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