When Shakespeare’s Globe alumnus Tim Carroll was hired to run Canada’s Shaw Festival, it may have been with the unspoken understanding that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMBefore taking over the artistic leadership of Canada’s Shaw Festival, British director Tim Carroll’s biggest Canadian box-office success was his 2016 production
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:21AMTheatre Passe Muraille returns to its roots with a significant, diverse new production of The Drawer Boy
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:37PMThis mock-Shakespearean production by Studio 180 Theatre in Toronto feels like a novelty that has already passed its ‘best before’ date.
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:31PMHe danced at the Met and for Stravinsky before his stellar 18-year run with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 07:55PMAfter his hippie-era version of The Bacchae became a hit, he produced shows for Mirvish Productions, including Les Miz
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:27PMHe won acclaim for his portrayal of the Métis leader in the eponymous opera, which premiered in 1967
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00PMIris Turcott guided, championed – and inspired – works of Canadian playwrights
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:59PMTwo years ago, director Tim Carroll was vying for a Tony award for the Broadway transfer of his hit Shakespeare’s Globe production
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:42AMWilliam Needles was not only a living record of the festival’s history, but a distinguished actor himself, a respected acting teacher for many years at University of California, Irvine, an…
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 07:38PMTony Award winner who excelled in comedic roles also became a skilled director
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 09:02PMReal-life couple Paul Gross and Martha Burns rip into each other with glee in the Canadian premier of Bruce Norris’s comedy
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:43PMOnce a landmark work in Asian-Canadian theatre, Banana Boys is revisited by Toronto’s Factory Theatre with a serious tone, good intentions and a great cast
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:38PMThemes of honesty and trust emerge as a fly fisherman interacts with multiple women who are no less prone to deceptive lures as the trout he pursues at his uncle’s cabin
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:08PMAndrew Shaver’s Sherlock Holmes stars David Arquette and is showing at Toronto’s Ed Mirvish Theatre until Nov. 8
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:10PMBest known for his stage role as Jean Valjean, the powerful tenor also sang the national anthem at Leafs and Blue Jays games
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 07:57PMWith tasteless jokes, gross sight gags and grotesque performances, this deliberately cruddy show embraces its own badness as enthusiastically as the Tanner clan used to engage in cure-all hu…
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:00PMThe actor, teacher, producer and raconteur had an insatiable lust for theatre life, and could lay fair claim to being Canada’s oldest working actor
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:40PMFormer Stratford artistic head was both admired and hated for his perfectionism, but he inspired casts to do their best work
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 08:55PMInfusion of modern themes spoils Shakespeare production that starts well, but fails to highlight insights into its characters
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:05PMGut-twisting play given a spellbinding treatment by Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:58PMA fine cast is led by the two leads, Jackie Burns and Chandra Lee Schwartz
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:58PMHaley McGee reveals her to be a talented actor, but her one-woman show unfortunately is slight
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:58PMAfter the success of The Danish Play, more was expected from playwright Sonja Mills
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:58PMThis highly stylized version of a seventies theatre classic fails to breathe life into the play
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:58PMPlay needs pruning of excess adult parts
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:58PMPerformers have a grand time riding this old warhorse
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:58PMOne-woman drama is marred by directors heavy hand
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:58PMPlaywright David Storeys sly game is to make us see modern England in the microcosm of the lunatic asylum
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:00PMThe playwright seems addicted to sensationalism, judging by this tale of addiction and redemption
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:52PMMusical is witty, unabashedly light and frothy take on the high-school mean-girl genre
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