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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

The carnage cabaret: Tate's high-octane tribute to Africa's forgotten war dead by Murray Whyte

Ten times more porters than soldiers died in Africa during the first world war. But they have never been properly commemorated. Now Tate Modern is putting this right – with William Kentrid…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PM
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Testing Toronto museum apps: ROM, AGO, MOCCA by Murray Whyte

Test driving the semi-new apps from the ROM, AGO and MOCCA, and finding only one with wheels.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM
Sunday, July 22, 2012

Happy accidents for a summer swelter by Murray Whyte

What to do when summer’s worn out its welcome and it’s only mid-July? Taking refuge in the air-conditioned bliss of most art venues isn’t necessarily a welcome option, with the little …

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:09AM
Thursday, July 19, 2012

The world’s a stage with Porch View Dances by Murray Whyte

Porch View Dances turns Torontonians into performers in their own neighbourhoods

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:32AM

Michael Snow: Objects of Vision at the Art Gallery of Ontario by Murray Whyte

Michael Snow, the eminence grise of Canadian art in general, who won the Gershon Iskowitz prize at the AGO this year. With it comes a solo exhibition.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM
Sunday, July 15, 2012

Tools For Conviviality at the Power Plant: Review by Murray Whyte

The Power Plant's summer exhibition, "Tools for Conviviality," turns out to be the last for curator Melanie O'Brien, who quit shortly after it opened.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM
Saturday, July 14, 2012

The Koffler Centre’s Summer Special at Honest Ed’s: Review by Murray Whyte

"Summer Special" is the name of an art exhibition infiltrating the iconic bargain warehouse Honest Ed's

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM
Saturday, July 7, 2012

“Freedom of Assembly” at Oakville Galleries: Review by Murray Whyte

When the Oakville Galleries decided to name their summer exhibition “Freedom of Assembly,” I don’t think they meant it literally. More likely it was a cheeky little pun, given the show…

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM
Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Kitty Scott hired at the Art Gallery of Ontario as new curator of modern and contemporary art by Murray Whyte

Kitty Scott hired as the new curator of modern and contemporary at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 06:00AM
Friday, June 29, 2012

“trans/FORM” at the Museum of Contempory Canadian Art: Review by Murray Whyte

How long have I been harping about the dearth of substantial museum shows representing the dynamic hodgepodge of local artistic production? Long enough, it would appear, at least to judge by…

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM
Thursday, June 28, 2012

“House of Wayward Spirits” celebrates native performance artists and cuts through PC filters by Murray Whyte

Terrance Houle has portaged the concrete canyons of Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver, gone grocery shopping in full powwow regalia, and played board games in a skimpy buckskin breechcloth agai…

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM
Friday, June 22, 2012

Toronto’s Shary Boyle to represent Canada at Venice Biennale by Murray Whyte

Multimedia creator picked to “knock it out of the park” for Canada in critical Venice event.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 07:00PM
Saturday, June 16, 2012

The Encampment: Review by Murray Whyte

There are 200 identical, white canvas tents pitched in neat rows at Fort York this week, the snap-to living embodiment of a fluid conceptual project called “The Encampment,” mounted this…

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM
Thursday, June 14, 2012

Sobey Art Prize finalists announced by Murray Whyte

Five regional finalists for the annual $70,000 Sobey Art Prize are announced.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:34PM

Valerie Blass at the Art Gallery of Hamilton: Review by Murray Whyte

What to make of Valerie Blass? It’s a question the fast-rising Montreal-based sculptress seems to ask of herself time and again. The Art Gallery of Hamilton has just opened a half-size ver…

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM
Thursday, June 7, 2012

Jed Lind’s Concrete Island by Murray Whyte

There are dystopic writers embroiled in the great unraveling of civil society through modernity’s often-brutal churn, and then there’s J.G. Ballard. Crash, his most famous book — or in…

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 07:06AM
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Picasso, in Dollars and Sense by Murray Whyte

When talking about the prodigious, almost 70-year output of Pablo Picasso, a slate of adjectives leap easily enough to mind: Innovative, iconoclastic, experimental, fearless. Just as easily,…

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM
Saturday, June 2, 2012

Oh, Canada at MASS MoCA: by Murray Whyte

At MASS MoCA in Massachusetts, a packed house of Canadian art yields a welcome surprise

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM
Friday, June 1, 2012

‘Oh, Canada’ a feel-good revelation by Murray Whyte

Well, this is different. While I have little doubt there will be no shortage of voices to take umbrage with Denise Markonish’s highly subjective survey of the art of Canada — it’s too …

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:34PM
Friday, May 25, 2012

Oh, Canada sings south of the border by Murray Whyte

Mass MOCA opens largest exhibition of Canadian contemporary art shown outside our borders, ever

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 01:50PM
Thursday, May 24, 2012

“60 Painters” shows off Toronto’s dynamic artists by Murray Whyte

It is what it says: “60 Painters,” an exhibition of squarely five-dozen Toronto (and at least tangentially Toronto-connected) artists beholden to the brush and canvas. And if that sounds…

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM
Friday, May 18, 2012

Suzy Lake, artist: Beauty, Up Close by Murray Whyte

Suzy Lake, a towering influence on a generation of based artists, shows work new and old as a precursor to her retrospective at the AGO next year.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:29PM

Works by Lemieux and Carr sell at Vancouver auction by Murray Whyte

A painting by Jean-Paul Lemieux sold for $1.8 million at auction in Vancouver Thursday night, nearing the record set for the late Quebec artist’s work last year.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:35AM
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Harris, Carr, Holgate: Millions in Canadian art to change hands starting Thursday by Murray Whyte

Canada's spring art auction season begins on Thursday with Heffel Brothers auction in Vancouver.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:24AM
Saturday, May 12, 2012

For Contact, a Public spectacle unravels by Murray Whyte

Since it started up 16 years ago, the Contact Photography Festival has been something of a moving target. From its early years as a grassroots free-for-all — got some photos and somewhere …

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM
Sunday, May 6, 2012

Arnaud Maggs photo exhibit Identification by Murray Whyte

In 1973, Arnaud Maggs had an epiphany. “I had never thought of being an artist — never considered it,” he says. “But then, one day, it hit me. I still don’t know why, but I was fil…

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM
Saturday, May 5, 2012

Diane Borsato: First-ever survey now open at York University by Murray Whyte

Diane Borsato has united mycologists and astronomers, touched 1,000 people and learned to bee keep in Italian, all in pursuit of a personally-engaged art of the everyday

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM

Zhang Huan by Murray Whyte

In 1998, Zhang Huan stripped naked and had writers inscribe his bare flesh with proverbs and poetry from Chinese and Buddhist literature and history. He then picked up the bloody rib cage of…

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM
Friday, May 4, 2012

Zhang Huan, AGO, Shangri-La, Canadian Opera Company, Semele by Murray Whyte

In 1998, Zhang Huan stripped naked and had writers inscribe his flesh with proverbs and poetry from Chinese and Buddhist literature and history. He then picked up the bloody rib cage of a fr…

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 02:38PM
Thursday, May 3, 2012

Diane Borsato: First-ever survery now open at York University by Murray Whyte

Diane Borsato has united mycologists and astronomers, touched 1,000 people and learned to bee keep in Italian, all in pursuit of a personally-engaged art of the everyday

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 04:56PM

Contact Photography: Rafman by Murray Whyte

In one of Jon Rafman’s pictures at Angell Gallery, a paunchy man in a blue T-shirt stands at the corner of an New York intersection, arms stretched to the heavens. What’s going on here, …

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards