Moments of honesty keep 'The Millennial Malcontent' grounded: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

A riff on "The Provoked Wife," "The Millennial Malcontent" hearkens back to a form of comedy that's far too broad for our modern, ironic tastes.

Top Tickets: March 20 to 26 by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Up the Garden Path, Don't Speak and The Judas Kiss.

Superdude and Doctor Rude gets inspiration from its audience: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Any improv show that takes direction exclusively from 6 to 10-year-olds is going to be entertaining.

Camus takes viewers from light to dark in 'The Just': review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

"The Just" is Camus' intricate grapple with the pointlessness of terror, and while passionate and tense in parts, it leaves the audience aloof.

Anusree Roy's Pyaasa worth rediscovering: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Roy is still arresting in play about class and gender inequity getting a remount from Theatre Passe Muraille.

The top ticket, Feb. 28 to March 5 by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Laugh at Sketchfest, enjoy the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater or see Anusree Roy's Pyaasa.

Salt-Water Moon update is startlingly romantic: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Ravi Jain at Factory Theatre reminds us why David French's play is a classic.

The top ticket, Feb. 14 to 20 by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Betroffenheit returns, Venus' Daughter gives black history lesson and the 37th Rhubarb Festival.

Kat Sandler still cuts the Mustard in professional debut: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Twisted comedy Mustard explores boundaries between adulthood and childhood, love and pain, fantasy and reality.

Cowboy Versus Samurai trades moralizing for humour: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Soulpepper production is a twist on Cyrano de Bergerac in which skin colour is what keeps lovers apart.

Top Tickets: Jan. 31 to Feb. 6 by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Kiss & Cry, Going Home Star and Mustard are the three shows not to miss this week.

This indie Winter's Tale is well told: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Stratford Festival vet Graham Abbey shows directorial promise in Groundling Theatre debut.

Toronto, I Love You celebrates city's quirks by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Bad Dog Repertory Players allow their audience to laugh at their city out of joy, rather than cynicism.

Bigmouth strikes at the heart of political speech by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Belgian theatre creator Valentijn Dhaenens explores famous political speeches from The Grand Inquisitor to George W. Bush.

Sparring Game of Thrones actors a highlight of Gaslight: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Despite the fine theatrics of Owen Teale and Ian McElhinney, this vintage thriller doesn't entirely make the case for its revival.

Theatre Passe Muraille's Elle a perfect compliment to The Revenant by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Play expands upon story of French noblewoman Marguerite de La Rocque de Roberval who is left to fend for herself on the Isle of Demons.

Top Tickets: Germinal, Slip, Sgt. Pepper by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

France's Germinal is a highlight of the World Stage season; and Art of Time's take on Sgt Pepper's returns.

This Hedda Gabler makes tragedy look beautiful: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Within the Glass review: Two couples, one pregnancy by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Dinner party drama fueled by an awkward theme: one couple is inadvertently pregnant with the other couple's child in this new show at Tarragon Theatre.

Three plays to watch at the Next Stage Festival by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Three indie shows at the Next Stage Theatre Festival to catch before they hit the big time.

Top Ticket: Three shows to see Jan. 10 to 16 by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Hedda Gabler, Within the Glass and the second annual Progress Festival.

Spectacle overrides humanity in Cirque's Toruk: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Human acts in show inspired by Avatar feel like afterthoughts, swallowed by the venue and overshadowed by puppets.

Top ticket: Three shows to see Jan. 3 to 9 by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Catch the best of the Fringe, revisit The Gay Heritage Project, thrill to live Avatar prequel Toruk " The First Flight

In Traces, audience takes entertaining ride through dystopian world by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Show uses circus to explore oppressive social conditions in the not-so-distant-future, while underlining the essence of portraying performers as humans and humans as performers.

Top Tickets: Dec. 13 to 19 by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Daring, romance and a flying canoe.

Ross Petty's most memorable villains, from Abanazeer to Revolta by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

The king of boos is being cheered for the last time before he retires from the annual role as pantomime villain.

Top Ticket for Dec. 6-12 by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

A touring Phantom, a mashed-up Messiah and a Cree cabaret.

David Fox's subtle Lear can't hold up production by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

David Fox is a standout as Lear, but technical aspects of this production are needlessly overblown

Armstrong's War works as a tale of friendship: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

As a commentary on war, Colleen Murphy's play about two traumatized young people is a bit toothless.

Nirbhaya is harrowing, moving and beautiful: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Actresses share heartbreaking stories of abuse and rape in Yael Farber's theatrical production, on now at Harbourfront.

Bombay Black invites us to make of it what we want: review by Carly Maga - Special To The Star

Male actor Kawa Ada is compelling in female role of Apsara in Anosh Irani's play, now on at Factory Theatre.