Saturday, March 25, 2023
It's a problem ingrained in the very fabric of the theatre industry. There's little infrastructure to support crucial backstage workers.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 15, 2023
But with the Mirvish title change, the show no longer dupes audiences into thinking they're getting Shakespeare, which was part of the fun.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:35AM[SHARE]Friday, March 10, 2023
Yes, you should see this scorching Canadian premiere of "Fairview," but you should also read the play afterward.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:19PM[SHARE]Friday, March 3, 2023
The North American tour will be in town until Aug. 20 and for ardent fans of the show it's not a moment too soon.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 1, 2023
This production, though handsomely budgeted and ably sung, can't quite overcome the fundamental inadequacies of "Rock of Ages" as a theatrical text.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:35PM[SHARE]Friday, February 24, 2023
We're just now starting to see the long-term payoff of the legacy of "Hamilton" and the show's stunning North American tour will ensure the conversation doesn't stop.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01PM[SHARE]The show's 2020 Toronto run was cut short due to the pandemic. Now, Morgan Anita Wood and DeAundre' Woods lead as one of musical theatre's most iconic romantic couples.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:51AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 1, 2023
As opening night for 'Yerma' approaches, Diana Bentley and Ted Dykstra couldn't be more grateful for the Coal Mine community's support for their new venue.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:20AM[SHARE]Shakeil Rollock, creator, director and choreographer of "Okay, you can stop now," says personal histories and the news cycle intersect in more ways than we might assume.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 20, 2023
Despite an at-times unearned length, "Fifteen Dogs" is a must-see for its performances, including Tom Rooney at the top of his game as a lovelorn poodle.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:41PM[SHARE]Monday, January 16, 2023
The TV star makes his Mirvish debut this month in "Pressure," a British play about the meteorologists who advised Eisenhower while planning D-Day in 1944.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 10, 2023
'Girls and Boys' made a splash in Stratford last summer, a quick jaunt from the behemoth Stratford Festival. Its upcoming remount will play at the Streetcar Crowsnest in Toronto.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:56PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 8, 2023
Petty took his final bow Saturday, bidding adieu to Toronto's yearly Christmas pantomime after 25 years.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:32PM[SHARE]Friday, January 6, 2023
MacDonald says she always saw her groundbreaking novel "as a 3D experience for the reader." Part One opens in Toronto Jan. 20.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 15, 2022
This "Alice in Wonderland" is nothing short of a delight " and Bad Hats Theatre puts on a very good show.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:12PM[SHARE]When retail stores deck the halls for holiday shopping, they're using many of the same tenets of design that make theatrical productions pop, according to experts in both fields.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:23PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 14, 2022
This isn't the "Moby Dick" of your high school English classroom and these aren't the puppets from days of Jim Henson yore.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:35PM[SHARE]Friday, December 9, 2022
From Jac Yarrow's offstage charisma to his vocal chops, it's clear why Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber chose him as his leading man.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:49PM[SHARE]Friday, December 2, 2022
"The staying power of ''da Kink in My Hair' is rooted in authenticity. And truth," says Anthony. "Everyone wants to feel seen, heard, listened to, loved, accepted."
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 1, 2022
"It's especially lovely because I've been chosen by my peers," says groundbreaking director Brassard.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:30PM[SHARE]Friday, November 18, 2022
The Ontario native got their start in the street dance sub-genres "popping" and "locking." When "& Juliet" came knocking, they knew it was the right project for them.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 17, 2022
Playwright, librettist and screenwriter Ambrose has seen firsthand the barriers to immigration. "They're unfairly skewed to people from certain regions of the world."
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AM[SHARE]Friday, November 4, 2022
Andrew Broderick, a "Canadian Idol" alum and frequent face on Ontario's most famous stages, leads in "Choir Boy" by "Moonlight" screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 29, 2022
Moscovitch's corporate drama 'Post-Democracy' premieres at Tarragon Theatre in November.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:49PM[SHARE]Friday, October 28, 2022
"Being a Canadian expat out here in the States, I've seen this rise of xenophobia firsthand. And it's felt very scary at times," says Sundeep Morrison.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 23, 2022
Haley McGee and director Mitchell Cushman are a dream team, two masterminds with a penchant for controlled chaos and mess, and they're both at the top of their game.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:58AM[SHARE]Friday, October 21, 2022
Studio 180's take on Paula Vogel's gorgeous play corrects the record of Sholem Asch's "God of Vengeance," and it does so with heart and grit.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:33PM[SHARE]"This is an age-old tale. And it'll always be around because it will always matter," says Jasmine Rogers on the staying power of "Mean Girls."
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 16, 2022
"Ultimately, it's all to serve," said WahsontÃ:io Kirby, who acts in "1939" and contributed Mohawk translations of Shakespeare's "All's Well That Ends Well." "The spirit of the play, to s…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 12, 2022
"Indecent" premiered on Broadway in 2017 when Vogel was 65 and had already won a Pulitzer Prize for "How I Learned to Drive."
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AM[SHARE]Friday, October 7, 2022
Donna-Michelle St. Bernard's haunting story of child slavery and community loss is unspeakably sad " and impeccably well staged.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:53PM[SHARE] 
