Friday, July 18, 2014
Tony-winning actress plays sister to Kim Cattrall in series debuting on HBO Canada on July 20.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AMTuesday, July 15, 2014
With tours to Versailles, Salzburg and La Scala, and San Francisco to come, opera company's dance card is increasingly full.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AMMonday, July 14, 2014
Principal of Nu Musical Theatricals to produce Buddy — the Buddy Holly Story at Elgin-Winter Garden Theatre and more
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:59PMSunday, July 13, 2014
Festival head cites “happy convergence” of good weather and new ticketing policy — and standout scripts from two female playwrights don’t hurt.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:13PMLisa Peterson’s production, which uses George Bernard Shaw’s original but long-neglected third act, brings the playwright’s genius to life at the Shaw Festival.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:54AMSaturday, July 12, 2014
A gifted cast lifts a great story and what can at times be an overwhelming mishmash of comedy and tragedy.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:48PMEda Holmes's brilliance is inconsistent but she still makes a strong case to be given the reins of power with The Sea.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:33AMFriday, July 11, 2014
Steve Michaels ably embodies Elvis Presley in Return to Grace, but the first act gets mired in too much talking and narration.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:25AMCanadian actor known for Ed grateful for a string of “great jobs,” including The Following, The Flash and animated series on Disney Junior.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:30AMAudience demand brings one-week extensions for Lear, Crazy for You, Mother Courage and Her Children, Antony and Cleopatra and King John.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AMMonday, July 7, 2014
Mirvish to bring back Tony-winning musical in February with all-Canadian cast
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AMFriday, July 4, 2014
The acerbic comedian continues to enrage just about everyone, but it turns out there’s a purpose to her potty mouth.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMIt isn’t really The King who strides into the offices of Mirvish Productions, but he looks an awful lot like him.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AMSaturday, June 28, 2014
TheatreBooks, the show-business bookstore, announces it's closing its doors after 25 years, the latest independent casualty in the field.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:51PMKeira Loughran and Nigel Shawn Williams share a cast, stage and obsession with the weather as part of Canadian Stage’s Shakespeare in High Park.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMFriday, June 27, 2014
Louise Pitre, Carly Street, Jeff Lillico and Nia Vardalos shine, but most of production looks like a rehearsal hall run-through.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:30PMEver since The Drowsy Chaperone became an international hit, everyone's looking for the next big thing.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:25PMShania Twain, Elvis Presley, Richard Nixon, Einstein, Hugh Hefner, Andy Warhol and Valerie Solanas among famous subjects of Toronto Fringe productions
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:11PMReplacing Neil Patrick Harris in Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway is “every kind of wonderful imaginable,” actor says.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMCulturally Diverse Artist Project lets Melisse Watson, Rafael Antonio Renderos and Lwam Ghebrehariat tell their stories at annual festival, running July 2 to 13.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AMWednesday, June 25, 2014
Theatre 20 production of Stephen Sondheim musical has top notch cast, including Louise Pitre and Dan Chameroy.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AMTuesday, June 24, 2014
Soulpepper's Of Human Bondage leads general theatre category with seven; Canadian Stage's London Road takes six in musical theatre division.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AMSaturday, June 21, 2014
The newly minted Dame is enjoying a renewed triumph with a bold stage adaptation of her acclaimed historical novels. Even better: chances are good for a Toronto theatrical run.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AMThursday, June 19, 2014
Noel Coward’s works may be presented with wit, whimsy, even bittersweet regret — but never with a sledgehammer, like this Stratford Festival production.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:31PMWednesday, June 18, 2014
The director seriously injured his leg, and two cast members, Sarah Slean and Christine Donato, had to withdraw for personal reasons.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:51AMThe writer of the Tony Award-winning play — who will attend the sing-along screening at TIFF Bell Lightbox — says he plans to star in the Hedwig sequel.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:30AMTuesday, June 17, 2014
Julie, Madly, Deeply and The Boy With Tape On His Face on fall agenda.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:30AMThursday, June 12, 2014
The show Richard Ouzounian calls ‘the finest piece of theatre any Toronto company has mounted in many, many years’ returns to the stage.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMWednesday, June 11, 2014
A period piece that makes fun of the styles and mores of the late ’80s comes full cycle 30 years later.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AMMonday, June 9, 2014
Canadian talent didn't take home trophies at Sunday’s ceremony, but many performances got their start north of the border.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:25PMKiss of the Spider Woman star announced in last-minute change after The Book of Mormon's Andrew Rannells bows out of If I Loved You: Gentlemen Prefer Broadway
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:21AM 
