Frances Koncan’s uproarious comedy, now playing at the 2023 Stratford Festival’s Studio Theatre, is sharp, smart and timeless.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:00PMThe Toronto Star’s theatre critics Joshua Chong and Karen Fricker will review dozens of shows throughout the 2023 Toronto Fringe Festival.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:19PMAnaïs Mitchell and director Rachel Chavkin on how Edmonton was the site of ‘some of the hardest and biggest lessons’ in developing the show
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:42AMTom Rooney is brilliant as a king staring down a constitutional crisis in George Bernard Shaw’s 1928 play.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:17PMJ.M. Synge’s 1907 romantic comedy, about a community that exalts a self-proclaimed murderer, feels perverse yet also strangely familiar.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:41PMThis new opera by Chan Ka Nin and Mark Brownell moves across ancient China and contemporary Canada.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:37PMThe Tony Awards saw ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ and Tom Stoppard’s ‘Leopoldstadt’ take top awards. J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell also became the first non-binary people to win Tony Awards…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:23AMFeaturing a new libretto and a winning cast, this extraordinary production makes the case for the King of Ragtime’s long-forgotten opera.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:04PMThe 17th iteration of the festival features a lineup of world premieres and classic works seen through a new lens.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:14PMGeraint Wyn Davies, Gordon S. Miller and director Antoni Cimolino’s versatile ensemble don’t miss a beat in this Neapolitan tragicomedy.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00PMThis new musical by Britta Johnson and Sara Farb features a winning cast and some inventive direction but its narrative is muddled and uncompelling.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:52PMThe Fringe’s struggles aren’t unique, industry experts warn, but rather indicative of issues affecting the wider performing arts sector.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:00AMAlong with Dan Chameroy, the stars reflect on Stephen Sondheim’s legacy ahead of Friday’s Koerner Hall concert production.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:20PMMoya O’Connell and Aidan Correia play a Yale creative writing educator and student whose lives intertwine in Adam Rapp’s riveting two-hander.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:40PMBruce Jakacki and Nancy Mellow are COC supernumeraries, amateur actors who appear as extras to fill out crowded scenes.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:32PMPlaying at Toronto’s CAA Theatre, Jonah Bobo and Brendan Jacob Smith brilliantly channel Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, but are bogged down with a laborious music history lesson
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:33PMTheatre critic Joshua Chong spotlights five shows he can’t wait to watch, including “Rent,” “Richard II,” “King Lear,” “Grand Magic” and “Women of the Fur Trade.”
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:00AMFrom rush tickets to two-for-one evenings, here’s how to make your money go further at this year’s Stratford Festival.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:00AMThe possible escalation in job action comes amid an impasse in negotiations between the Actors’ Equity Association and the Broadway League.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:21PMCanada’s Theatre Museum has found its new home at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre, with actor Colm Feore as its honorary patron
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:33AMThe Why Not Theatre production offers something for all, no matter how familiar they are with the original Sanskrit stories.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:22AM‘Les Misérables’ and Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ are also part of Mirvish’s seven-show, main subscription season, announced Tuesday.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AMMirvish’s CAA Theatre, which often featured local artists and productions, may be turned into a 76-storey, mixed-use development
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:18AMDan Chameroy, Eddie Glen and Sara-Jeanne Hosie return for a magical final goodbye.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:25PMEvents by companies like Opera Revue, Against the Grain and Tapestry Opera are part of an effort to make the art form more accessible.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMThe Montreal-based circus company will bring their iconic big top to the site of the former Mr. Christie factory.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AMThe spirited ensemble draws some laughs from the material, but some of it feels stale and overlong.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:07PMACTRA Toronto said in an email it was reaching out to the production companies involved to recover cheques that were cashed by a talent agency which has ceased operations.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:24PMThese sea shanty-singing Cornish men started a ‘buoy band,’ inked a million-dollar-plus record deal and now have a musical celebrating their unlikely story, playing at the Royal Alexandr…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMThe company of ‘The Last 15 Seconds’ reflects on the play’s monumental run ahead of its final performance in Kitchener on Dec. 1.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMTwo actors play all 14 characters in this brilliantly directed production that has something in stores for audiences of all ages.
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