Outdoor play in Christie Pits Park is a unique holiday offering with interesting perspectives on foundational story.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:12PMIt celebrates the power of the imagination and the power of theatre to make seemingly impossible happen.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:30PMA 45 minute show, performed by three actors for 10 spectators, is deceptively small, writes Karen Fricker.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:04PMSandy Cohen and Asha Jain reflect on relationships with their own grown-up kids at My Son the Waiter, A Jewish Tragedy.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:30PMLisa Marie DiLiberto and Charles Ketchabaw get to heart of what makes communities special with touring stage show.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:30PMTimely in its material, this short play for 12+ audiences skilfully navigates the risks and rewards of putting oneself on social media.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:51PMAmerican Georgie, who’s 42, and Irish-born Alex, who’s 75, creep into the realm of stereotype.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:58PMMichael Therriault’s antic performance as Scrooge anchors the production, charmingly adapted by Tim Carroll.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:24PMPlay about the uranium trade in Niger stirs feelings mystification, intrigue, outrage and curiosity.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:38PMShaw Festival and Ross Petty Productions are both tackling the Dickens classic for the first time this year.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:26PMIn trace, complex plot and shifts between times and characters rest solely on actor and musician Ho's shoulders.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:03PM“It is real and it’s sad and it shouldn’t be that way," says Jessica Grey about the show Outside.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00PMIn Coal Mine production, Ted Dykstra and Fiona Highet exude sad maturity as parents who have lost a child.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:39PMWhat makes this Toronto Centre for the Arts production work so well is the extent to which the actors inhabit their characters.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:12PMActors' committed performances overcome challenges in Young People's Theatre production of Disney musical.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:31PMAdam Lazarus invites the audience to sit in his toxic masculine world view in a play that focuses on his relationship with his daughter.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:31PMThis revival of Edward Albee's last major work circles the play but does not yet have it firmly in its sights.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:56PMNew report looks at how RISER Project and Generator help indie companies and artists get their work seen.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:30PMDirector Jacquie Pa Thomas and writer Michael Spence have left so much underexplored or, conversely, overstated that synthesis feels far out of reach.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:11PMRose Napoli's writing shines and Vivien Endicott-Douglas mesmerizes as a student involved with her teacher.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:31AMShow weaves Evalyn Parry’s and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory’s personal experiences with broader cultural context.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:04PMThe cast’s talent and enthusiasm is undeniable, but the story is so ridiculous — and so lacking acknowledgement of its own excess — that the show is perennially on the brink of implodi…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:32PMAfter more than 40 years of hiding, actress playing transgender woman in Charm revealed she is trans herself.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:10PMWith Life After opening this week in Toronto and Trap Door in November, Johnson is being described as a singular talent.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00PMAmerican playwright Will Eno gets another Toronto staging, and director Stewart Arnott and actor Christopher Stanton make it a successful if bleak one.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:57AMTheatrical piece inspired by Mennonite roots and month-long trek takes up residents this weekend in St. Matthew’s United Church.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:48PMThe performers’ skills are as dazzling as ever, but women are mostly just for decoration in Volta.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:20PMIn their 80-seat Danforth Ave. space, Ted Dykstra and Diana Bentley aim to bring Toronto audiences 'great storytelling'.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:00PMSoulpepper on 42nd Street drew critics’ praise and an audience, leaving artistic director Albert Schultz pondering another trip south.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AMBut Second City finds its sweet spot with observational comedy about relationships in Party Today (Panic Tomorrow).
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:32PMThe Rocky Horror Show also on festival's 2018 bill, with Donna Feore directing that and The Music Man.
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