Brent Carver Songbook, SplitScreen and HROSES are this week's top picks for theatregoers.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMMartin Happer and Gray Powell stand out in 1994 play that makes the repercussions of the AIDS crisis purely private.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:31PMAs the Emcee, Randy Harrison both frightens and seduces the audience, personifying the atrocities just under the surface.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:39PMNora McLellan and Nancy Beatty, appearing in Annie Baker's John, look to young playwrights to defy stereotypes.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMCabaret at the Princess of Wales Theatre, Blue Valentine at the Citadel and Rhubarb Festival at Buddies in Bad Times.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMThere are challenges translating a research project to the stage, but Khari Wendell McClelland finds a sweet spot.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:29PMPianos, pointe shoes and potentially a playwright are three top options for theatregoers in the days to come.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AMPlay is dotted with moments large and small that illustrate fundamental truths about humanity.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:56PMCompany's move, leaving it temporarily homeless, is another blow to Toronto's storefront theatre movement.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMCanadian actress has been playing role on Broadway for almost two years.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:07PMFind out what the buzz is all about by catching Pulitzer Prize-winning Annie Baker's new play.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMElter says his Métis status puts him in between cultures and there’s an interesting tension in Métis Mutt that explores when those two worlds collide.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:44PMCatch rock musical Passing Strange, cosy up in a Blanket Fort or be your own DJ at a Kid Koala Satellite Turntable Concert.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMActress changes age with impressive ease in Peter Morgan's play about monarch’s meetings with British prime ministers.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:30AMIn newest play by Diane Flacks, four women debate the question 'Should women abandon religion?'
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:46PMBut dreamlike quality of revival at Theatre Passe Muraille keeps it from hitting audience as hard as it should.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:24PMKate Hennig, who has worked on a number of royal-related performances, says the allure runs deeper than a Will and Kate obsession.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AMToronto theatre company opens for business in new east-end space with new play from Kristen Thomson.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:09PMA play from the scribe behind The Crown and Frost/Nixon is just one of this week’s Top Tickets.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AMJess Dobkin's The Magic Hour deals with very personal subject matter in her distinctly personal style — performance- and image-driven, refined only a bit to provide a proper theatrical sto…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AMAlien Creature remount at Passe Muraille, Jess Dobkin's The Magic Hour and HOT RAW FIRE at Comedy Bar.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMToronto beginning to put more infrastructure in place to support the creation of homegrown musicals such as Blood Ties and Come From Away.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMThe Next Stage Theatre Festival at Factory, Infinity at Tarragon and The One at Bad Dog Theatre.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMActors in everything from Sleeping Beauty to Come From Away make compromises to spend time with family at Christmas.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:37PMAlligator Pie at Soulpepper, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in Concert, the New Year's Eve Comedy Extravaganza.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00AMColm Wilkinson does his hits and more, the Basement Revue goes bigger, Henri Fabergé brings back Heligoland.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMA Coal Mine Christmas, alternative holiday music at To All a Good Night 2 and A Dwayne Gretzky Christmas.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMSketches can be uneven and writing awkward, but Sean Cullen and Patrick McKenna worth seeing in Christmas Carol spoof.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:32PMDaniel MacIvor's self-awareness and humour bring a welcome perspective to production that's partly about suicide.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:33PMThe National Ballet's Nutcracker, Christmas Queens from RuPaul's Drag Race and Peter Pan Brewery Tour.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMSmall theatre brings Louise Pitre and Kenneth Welsh together in alternative holiday show.
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