The past ‘caught up with the present’ for Ain’t Too Proud writer Dominique Morisseau by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Award-winning playwright Dominique Morisseau “wanted to make sure that the show can speak to a generation that did not grow up on The Temptations.”

Pearle Harbour’s Chautauqua is befuddling but fun by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Drag show inside tent at Passe Muraille doesn’t communicate its identity perfectly, but Pearle’s flock seems devoted all the same.

The Nether is a troubling descent into an all-digital realm by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Thought-provoking play about online crimes, including child murder is very much of the moment.

What if Romeo and Juliet … remixes the Bard and makes a mess by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

The star-crossed lovers at the heart of Shakespeare’s tragedy get a second chance to put things right — or do they? — in new production at Young People’s Theatre.

Soulpepper names its new artistic director by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Popular theatre director Weyni Mengesha is returning to Toronto to take over the role left vacant after Albert Schultz’s resignation.

Oraltorio show is a fast-paced sample of a uniquely Black musical frequency by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Show at Toronto’s Young Centre doesn’t lean on character or a linear story so much as the impressive musical talents of Motion and DJ L’Oqenz.

Toronto gets its first official look at Lucas Hnath with the play Isaac’s Eye by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

The dark comedy dramatizes the events surrounding an odd but true fact, that scientist Isaac Newton once stuck a sewing needle in his eye.

Becoming Banksy is the latest attempt to capitalize on street artist’s fame by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

The play has some wry commentary on the art world but suffers from a muddled plot, an unlikeable main character and comedy that mostly misses, writes Carly Maga.

Rendezvous With Madness expands to include live performance by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Offerings include critically acclaimed shows The Red Horse Is Leaving and 4 ½ (ig)noble truths.

Sharon and Bram keep it fresh in their farewell show by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Two-thirds of Sharon, Lois & Bram return to Young People’s Theatre with Sharon, Bram & Friends, a concert of old hits and a few new tunes.

Casa Loma’s Legends of Horror should expand its cast of human bodies (alive and undead) by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

The castle is a natural fit for this campy attraction, but as truly chilling immersive theatre, it falls short, writes Carly Maga.

The Children reveals how a history of inaction changes our environment by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

The Canadian Stage’s season opener is high-stakes theatre that fuses the destruction of the earth with the destruction of ourselves.

Harlem Duet shows personal impact of racism reverberating through the centuries by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Season-opener at Tarragon, directed by the playwright, does powerful job of making Shakespeare’s Othello tragically potent in 2018.

Artistic director Andy McKim takes his final bow at Theatre Passe Muraille by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Artistic director’s long run, ending June 1, began with company deep in crisis. It ends with the company secure but seeking a stronger brand.

Gertrude and Alice shifts perspective on a known script by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

As the opener of the Buddies 40th anniversary season, the world’s oldest queer-dedicated theatre company, this new production of Gertrude and Alice takes inspiration from Gertrude Stein’…

Buddies in Bad Times, proudly queer and still here almost 40 years later by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Toronto theatre company celebrates its 40th by looking both forward and back, beginning with a play about queer icons Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.

Dr. Silver: A Celebration of Life: musical sounds great, if you follow by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Forgotten Indigenous opera singer Tsianina Redfeather has her story spotlighted on a Toronto stage by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Redfeather inspired the 1918 opera Shanewis and now, the musical I Call myself Princess by Jani Lauzon.

Sisters’ journey through life moves the heart, though it’s hasty by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Two women see their path through life diverge in a promising, moving new creation from Soulpepper.

Napoli Milionaria! gives us some wartime laughs, then turns sour by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

You won’t be laughing when this play at Stratford — by star Italian playwright Eduardo De Filippo — ends, writes Carly Maga.

Tension between love and violence enraptures Stratford’s Julius Caesar by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Performances investigate toxic masculinity, misogyny in Scott Wentworth’s direction of Shakespeare play

Shakespeare’s women take the spotlight in Portia’s Julius Caesar by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Shakespeare in the Ruff joins a trend this summer of staging the Bard with women in lead roles.

Mamma Mia! still gets audience seat-dancing 18 years after its Toronto debut by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Along with the enduring appeal of ABBA’s chart-toppers and a good sequined, bell-sleeved jumpsuit, Phyllida Lloyd’s production ages successfully thanks to the performances, writes Karen …

Epic version of Man and Superman leads Shaw 2019 lineup by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Uncut version of 1903 play, plus Brigadoon and The Ladykillers, coming to theatre fest next year.

SummerWorks Performance Festival makes room for ‘creative risk’ by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

With two new streams, Presentations and Labs, annual festival exposes its audiences to ‘the future of performance’.

Rosalynde returns to the title of As You Like It — after 400 years — and actress dives in on short notice by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

No need for gender-switching in As You Like It, even in a year full of that tactic, writes Carly Maga.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream in High Park is too light to linger after waking by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Darkness flees this production after the first scene, but the comedy that comes after doesn’t entirely succeed, writes Carly Maga.

Brendan Healy takes over as Canadian Stage artistic director by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Finding a talented local with a resumé full of inclusion and collaboration does much to help theatre company move forward and address past criticism, writes Carly Maga.

Sting will star in Toronto premiere of his musical The Last Ship by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

A new version of the musical about a town devastated by the decline of northeastern England’s shipbuilding industry and the looming closure of the Swan Hunter shipyard is coming in early 2…

Revival of Broadway classic The King and I can’t avoid it’s problematic past by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Bartlett Sher’s production of the Broadway Classic The King and I, presented in Toronto by Mirvish Theatre, makes a valiant effort to deliver a polished, old-fashioned musical for audience…

In Two Birds One Stone two friends, one Jewish, one Palestinian, tell their stories and try not to get too political by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

In the play, Greenblatt embarks upon a birthright trip to Israel. Jabr, feeling oppressed in Nablus, seeks several paths out of Palestinian territory, writes Carly Maga.