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. My companion has been coming to the opera with me for many years, and she was blown away, proclaiming this as one of her all-time faves. “A triumph,” s…
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. The dark mystery SLEUTH by Anthony Shaffer is now playing to great acclaim at the Court House Theatre and more recently and the comic drama AMADEUS by Sir Pe…
An embarrassment of artistic riches has yet again convened in Niagara on the Lake for this season’s Shaw Festival. Two very different plays are given world class productions sharing many of the same talents. Last week I attended Anthony Shaffer’s psychological thriller SLEUTH at the intima…
THE GREAT GATSBY is most definitely not your high school lit class. At the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, the music is loud, the dancing is hot, and the passions are hotter.…
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. For her, life continues at its own steady pace. But, to the rest of the world - a world that simply does not comprehend autism - she's an inspiration. …
Reviews of DADS, Brava: A Cabaret of Devotions, and LADIES' DAY at the 2026 Toronto Fringe Festival…
Soundstreams will cap its 2024/25 season with the live world premiere of original Canadian opera Garden of Vanished Pleasures. The digital version of the opera in 2021 was a critical hit, and a finalist for Opera America’s 2022 Award for Excellence in Digital Opera. The...
A Co-Production between Blue Bird Theatre Collective and Canadian Stage. Co-Created by Tawiah M'Carthy, Brad Cook, and Anne-Marie Donovan. When childhood friends Kwame and Will reunite in Ghana for the funeral of a loved one, they realize just how much has changed since the...
A Canadian Stage and Obsidian Theatre Co-Production. After its stunning sell-out NYC debut, Canadian Stage and Obsidian Theatre are proud to mount the first Canadian production of Jackie Sibblies Drury's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. In Fairview, the Frasier household is...
Soldier On is a play about how veterans cope with coming back into civilian life. It’s a sort of ‘Full Military Monty’, if you will. It was produced in the UK by the Soldiers’ Arts Academy (SAA), which is about creating a platform for the veteran community to engage with careers...
Based on the critically-acclaimed Tony Award-winning play by David Hare, the Toronto production of SKYLIGHT will star veteran actor of stage and screen Lindsay G. Merrithew and theatre doyenne Sara Topham in the lead roles, with legendary director and acting coach Larry Moss at...
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Fred Penner: The Hero In You Young People's Theatre (3/06-3/20) |
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Roses & Thorns Comedy Bar (11/06-11/27) |
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The Tao of the World Stratford Festival (8/02-9/26) PHOTOS |
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SHADOWS AND LIGHT Flato Markham Theatre (2/06-2/06) |
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Sisters of '78 Theatre Aquarius (9/30-10/17) |
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2627 PAC Present Season First Ontario Performing Arts Center (9/22-5/22) |
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Smileys: A New Play Reading Wychwood Theatre (9/25-9/25) |
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Get Down Tonight! Marsh Street Centre (10/14-10/17) |
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Death of a Salesman Stratford Festival (5/05-10/24) PHOTOS |
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Jonathan Van Ness: Hot & Healed Comedy Tour 2026 The Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres (10/23-10/23) |
