Experimental play uses religion, sermons and moral teachings as a metaphor for the struggle of an artist for stability.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:21PMIn small-town Ontario, an estranged family converges on Christmas Eve at the local funeral home to mourn the loss of the matriarch.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:29PMAlso on the Top Ticket, Steve Earle distilled in Doghouse Roses and dance times four at the Theatre Centre.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00AMBold creative choices pay off in play within play within play with a straightforward message.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:45PMAlso on the Top Ticket, Haley McGee goes solo in I’m Doing This for You and AIDS is still an issue in It’s All Tru.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMCarly Street and Brandon McGibbon charm in story about a couple's wild weekend in Edinburgh.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:02PMStrictly Ballroom, Too Loud and Solitude and the Endings bill all keep this week’s recommendations light on their feet.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00AMProduction at Streetcar Crowsnest uses song, dance and projections to channel 100 years of black female experience.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:31PMIn 10th anniversary staging of Prince Hamlet deaf actress Dawn Jani Birley narrates in ASL, with no interpretation.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:05PMMarie Chouinard takes on a Bosch painting, Illusions looks at life and love, and RISER Project presents future hits.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00AMBorn out of headlines about racially motivated violence in London in 2009, Dennis Kelly's play still has relevance.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:22PMLittle Pretty and the Exceptional has schizophrenic character; Banana Boys portrays addiction at Factory Theatre.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMAlso on the Top Ticket, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard in Sound of the Beast and Canadian Improv Games at 40.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMRobert Lepage's 887 represents the permeable barrier that we all hold with our inner children.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:57PMAlso on the Top Ticket, Aparna Nancherla at Comedy Bar and World Stage Redux at Harbourfront Centre.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMNgozi Paul’s solo show about a black woman’s journey to understand her sexuality takes place in a bathroom, and there’s hardly a better setting.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:12PMCrawlspace, Karen Hines' one woman-tale of a real estate nightmare, is being remounted at Soulpepper Theatre.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:48PMStars singer's True Crime, at Streetcar Crowsnest April 4, grew from fascination with con man Christian Gerhartsreiter.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMAlso on the Top Ticket, an indigenous dance showcase from Native Earth and Anusree Roy’s latest at Factory Theatre.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMMusical about Windmill Theatre loses its lighthearted tone in second act and becomes clichéd and melodramatic.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:36PMSouth-Asian Canadian playwright is gaining new perspectives from a new version of her high school Fish Eyes Trilogy.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00AMBut show's disjointed nature, meant to mirror Cullen's dyslexia, gets tedious as autobiographical musical goes on.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:04PMEncores of Nicolas Billon’s Butcher and Salvatore Antonio’s S h e e t s also in this week's Top Ticket.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMWriter-director Rob Kempson presents third and final episode in his Graduation Play series.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:40PMGreg MacArthur blends fact and fiction in his work in a bid to give audiences a different type of authenticity.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMStratford's Macbeth at Cineplex, a double bill from Bad Dog Theatre, James Kudelka's extended Love, Sex & Brahms.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMThe famous Russian master's The Seagull gets recontextualized for contemporary audiences in this Canadian premiere.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:01PMPinocchio at the National Ballet of Canada, Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic and Cage at Soulpepper.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMOne Little Goat Theatre under fire for creating work from transcript of police interview with killer Williams.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMMaking its English-language debut, Quebec playwright Guillaume Corbeil’s quick one-act play starts with a bang but ultimately loses its plot.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:22PMBrent Carver Songbook, SplitScreen and HROSES are this week's top picks for theatregoers.
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