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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Fringe Festival hit 'True' returns to Toronto stage by Richard Ouzounian

Rosa Laborde’s ‘True’ back in Toronto with original cast Sept. 3-13

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AM
Monday, August 25, 2014

Stratford's 2015 lineup aims for 'eureka moments' by Richard Ouzounian

Complete slate of 13 plays for next year unveiled Monday.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00AM
Friday, August 22, 2014

Cirque du Soleil's Kurios represents a bold return to early days by Richard Ouzounian

As the Quebec-based performing company celebrates 30 years, its newest show rediscovers Cirque’s simple origins.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AM

The Big Interview: Ryan Reynolds by Richard Ouzounian

The star of Atom Egoyan’s latest film, The Captive, still thinks of himself as a teenager in Vancouver, stocking shelves at Safeway.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AM
Sunday, August 17, 2014

SummerWorks announces international program by Richard Ouzounian

Progress festival to present works from around the world and provide training and development opportunities

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AM
Saturday, August 16, 2014

The Beaux’ Stratagem a funny, blissful ride: review by Richard Ouzounian

Just try not to follow the plot too closely or you’ll start to get a migraine.Much of Antoni Cimolino’s production of the classic comedy is at its very best when the acting company are s…

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:19AM
Friday, August 15, 2014

Stratford: ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ moves rapidly without going anywhere by Richard Ouzounian

What Antony and Cleopatra really needs is give it a real point-of-view and let us know why we’re sitting there for three hours watching two titans play out the end of their lives.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00AM

Jose Feliciano still smoothly persuasive after all these years by Richard Ouzounian

Now 68, the guitar virtuoso, who plays The Ex on Aug. 21, will keep playing and singing as long as he can.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AM

The Wild Party to get professional Canadian debut by Richard Ouzounian

After years of play being off limits to Canadian theatre companies, Acting Up Stage Company will present it in Toronto in February.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AM
Thursday, August 14, 2014

Christina, The Girl King a superb production of a flawed script by Richard Ouzounian

Stratford Festival production is elegant, acting is impressive, but Michel Marc Bouchard's script gives us too much food for thought.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:17PM

Antony and Cleopatra: Lovers in an epic time by Richard Ouzounian

Stratford Festival’s Yanna McIntosh and Geraint Wyn Davies discuss the huge love between the Roman general and the queen of Egypt

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AM

A Book & A Drink: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by Richard Ouzounian

John Berendt’s story of murder and scandal set in American South teaches us to always stick around for one more drink

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AM
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Soulpepper’s ‘Tartuffe’ a tug of war between text and director by Richard Ouzounian

Done properly, Tartuffe is a master class in human psychology and every kind of comedy. But that’s not what seems to have been on director László Marton’s mind.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:59AM
Friday, August 8, 2014

Gary Griffin out as Stratford Carousel director by Richard Ouzounian

Susan H. Schulman expected to replace him at head of Rodgers and Hammerstein musical as part of Stratford Festival 2015 season.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:45AM

Country star Brad Paisley stirs the pot on Rising Star by Richard Ouzounian

Brad Paisley has redefined the notion of what makes a country music star: more Huck Finn than Tom Sawyer.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AM
Monday, August 4, 2014

Stratford Festival Hamlet: Who will be or not be? by Richard Ouzounian

A look at 10 actors who could potentially play the Prince of Denmark in 2015

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:51PM

SummerWorks 2014 offers high-end theatrical entertainment by Richard Ouzounian

Richard Ouzounian recommends what to sample from buffet of drama, dance, music on offer in August festival.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AM
Saturday, August 2, 2014

Shaw Festival star Gord Rand thrilled to triumph on home turf by Richard Ouzounian

Niagara born and raised actor brings urban erudition and rural smarts to role in The Philanderer.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00PM

Shaw Festival unveils 2015 season by Richard Ouzounian

Bernard Shaw's You Never Can Tell, Ibsen’s The Lady From the Sea, J.M. Barrie’s The Twelve-Pound Look and Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls among productions

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AM
Friday, August 1, 2014

Rosa Laborde's True gets Toronto remount by Richard Ouzounian

Play was most critically acclaimed at Toronto Fringe Festival.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:43PM

Mike Tyson: to hell and back, more than once by Richard Ouzounian

Retired boxing champ puts roller-coaster of his life on display in Undisputed Truth, coming to Air Canada Centre on Sept. 10.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AM
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Cannibals and Evil Dead musicals headed to Toronto by Richard Ouzounian

First professional theatrical production of Trey Parker's Cannibals! The Musical part of Starvox Entertainment's 10th anniversary season.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AM
Sunday, July 27, 2014

Morris Panych’s Sweet Charity to headline Shaw Festival in 2015 by Richard Ouzounian

Also on next season’s playbill: Pygmalion, directed by Peter Hinton; Peter and the Starcatcher; a Kurt Weill revue; and the directing debut of the multi-talented Lezlie Wade.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:58PM
Friday, July 25, 2014

Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Stratford: like you’ve never seen before by Richard Ouzounian

If you think you know this most overproduced of Shakespeare’s plays, Peter Sellars’ twist on it will change (and blow) your mind

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:34AM

The Big Interview: Andre Gregory by Richard Ouzounian

The actor immortalized in My Dinner With Andre eagerly speaks of his attraction to Ibsen’s The Master Builder, which opens in Toronto this weekend.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AM
Thursday, July 24, 2014

A Master Builder is masterfully adapted for the screen: review by Richard Ouzounian

An impressive adaptation of the Henrik Ibsen play, some 14 years in the making.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:33PM
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Taming of the Shrew to reunite Ben Carlson, Deborah Hay on Stratford stage by Richard Ouzounian

Shakespeare comedy to be part of 2015 season, along with Hamlet, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music and Carousel, Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist and John Mighton’s Possible Worlds

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:56PM
Monday, July 21, 2014
Friday, July 18, 2014

Anatomy of a blockbuster: A Chorus Line by Richard Ouzounian

How a musical about dancers trying out for a Broadway musical became a singular sensation, including a 1976 Toronto run

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:30AM

Joanna Gleason digs into Sensitive Skin by Richard Ouzounian

Tony-winning actress plays sister to Kim Cattrall in series debuting on HBO Canada on July 20.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AM

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