Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Stratford Festival says putting significant number of female actors in traditionally male role part of initiative to diversify casting approach
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 11:11AMAfter nine years, he will program a final season before departing from his position in June of 2018
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 11:00AMFriday, October 13, 2017
Elliott discusses team-ups with Simon Stephens, remounting Angels in America on Broadway and her new company
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:32PMFriday, October 6, 2017
Anita Majumbar’s Fish Eyes Trilogy fails to recapture its original magic at first but manages a strong finish, while Lukumi features a typically excellent d’bi.young anitafrika performan…
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:52PMTheatre companies both large and small took advantage of the spotlight and rare extra resources to bring Canadian works to the biggest performing-arts marketplaces in the world
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:30PMWednesday, October 4, 2017
The National Theatre School and stagehand union IATSE are teaming up to back the 71-year-old high-school festival amid lost sponsorship from failing retailer Sears
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00AMFriday, September 29, 2017
It’s pretty hard to put a Royal Family on stage that is less diverse than the actual one – but Studio 180 and Mirvish plan to do just that in February
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:16PMFriday, September 22, 2017
The Aliens and The Humans each take place on a single realistic set, feature characters who speak as actual people do – and allow action to unfold in its own time
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:17PMFriday, September 15, 2017
Jonah McIntosh was a rising theatre star when he suddenly, inexplicably took his own life in July. J. Kelly Nestruck writes about the mark the young actor leaves, both on and off the stage
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 08:59PMThursday, September 14, 2017
As the country's theatre companies dabble in everything from personal tragedy to rock 'n' roll, a spell of hits is ahead
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:14PMFriday, August 25, 2017
Molière’s classic con-man comedy may seem of the moment – and indeed, there are plenty of parallels – but the truth is, we’re always living in the age of Tartuffe
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:12PMSunday, July 30, 2017
The production plays with fiery subject matter, but carefully adapts a 1859 sensation and is worth staying until the end to experience
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:02PMFriday, July 14, 2017
Although more women direct and write plays in Canada, it’s clear who’s to blame for the continuing gender imbalance on the stage
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:32PMWednesday, July 12, 2017
Twelve actors – a mix of musical theatre veterans and up-and-comers – will star in this second production of the Dora- and Drama Desk-winning show in 2018
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:01AMFriday, June 30, 2017
Canadian playwright’s production will transfer to Trafalgar Studios 2 in London’s commercial theatre district in August
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:11PMThe Toronto company has invested a lot in its border-crossing project for Canada 150. The rewards could be tremendous
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:14PMMonday, June 26, 2017
The Canadian Broadway hit picks up another major award, while Soulpepper’s Father Comes Home From the Wars wins top prize in the play category
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 11:00PMFriday, June 23, 2017
With Toronto enjoying one of its strongest theatre seasons yet, the relative lack of buzz surrounding the awards is hard to ignore
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:18PMFriday, June 16, 2017
Thursday, June 15, 2017
The Nlaka’pamux actor and playwright will begin planning his first season to launch the theatre company in Ottawa in the fall of 2019
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 10:00AMMonday, June 12, 2017
Three lessons we can learn from Come From Away’s Tony performance
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:26PMSunday, June 11, 2017
Canadian-penned Come From Away, about the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, in Gander, Nfld., was nominated for seven awards
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 09:27PMTuesday, May 30, 2017
Nods include outstanding production of a musical and three for outstanding performance
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 11:15AMFriday, May 26, 2017
Almost three decades after her festival debut in Guys and Dolls, the go-to musical director is set to bring it to the modern stage
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:23PMAlmost three decades after her festival debut in Guys and Dolls, the go-to musical director is set to bring it to the modern stage
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:23PMThursday, May 25, 2017
Play written by Torontonians, now on the road to the Tonys, is the first ever to receive TTCAs’ best new Canadian musical and best overall production awards
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:01AMFriday, May 19, 2017
Rick Salutin’s 1837 returns to the festival it once sought to revolutionize, but its themes mean something different a generation later
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:03PMFriday, May 12, 2017
A handful of long-in-development musicals, inspired by some of the country’s great 19th-century works, come at an odd time given current political climate
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:53PMSaturday, May 6, 2017
Popular English actor reveals his plans for next year at members event
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:41PMWednesday, May 3, 2017
Niagara Catholic District School Board elementary schools cancelled a touring play because of fears it was beyond younger students’ comprehension
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 10:22PMTuesday, May 2, 2017
Boys, Girls, and Other Mythological Creatures, aimed at students from Grade 1 to 4, is centred on an eight-year-old named Simon/e who feels ‘boxed in by the restraints of gender’
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 09:07PM 
