Tragic love story between two men in early 20th-century rural Quebec, undermined by homophobia and social conservatism tied to the Catholic Church.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AMPerformer portraying Presley says he relishes winning over doubters in show coming to Princess of Wales Theatre this week.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:21PMMusical Stage Company gives Toronto a good production, with flaws to be worked on, of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:50AMCliff Cardinal’s new dark comedy and directing debut isn’t entirely successful in VideoCab’s black box format, but it’s an entertaining evening highlighted by terrific performances, …
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:05AMThe musical about a flawed teenager ‘is about all of us. We all want to be liked to some degree,’ says the head of Mirvish Productions, who chased the show for two years.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AMOld Stock veers from noisily confrontational to lyrical to sardonic, with a buildup of character through beautifully observed, often wryly funny dialogue, writes Karen Fricker.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AMFor performer Sky Gilbert, trigger warnings are ‘dangerous for art.’ The Coal Mine Theatre, on the other hand, plans to change what it stages to avoid triggering audiences, writes Karen …
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AMMore than a glimpse at the inner workings of leveraged buyout schemes, production offers a vantage on the mentality of those whose world is defined by them.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:02PMJenny Brizard soars in title role as four theatre companies pool their efforts for a demanding play that should be produced more often.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:20PMBigre has made people laugh across Europe, but transporting it to Toronto brings an element of risk for Pierre Guillois, writes Karen Fricker.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AMNew play is part of Lisa Ryder’s efforts to rupture societal taboos around such experiences, which are widely shared and yet still not much talked about in the mainstream.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:47PMSina Gilani’s rewriting of Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis is fluid and mature, but the production’s talkiness sometimes gets in the way of his ideas, writes Karen Fricker.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:35PMCast members get individual chances to shine in show dwelling on life in Toronto now, notably the TTC and the real-estate madness.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:14PMThis isn’t Ibsen’s Nora but the one from Lucas Hnath’s ‘cheeky’ reimagining of the characters in A Doll’s House, Part 2.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AMStringing together one research example after another and interspersing them with vignettes about how hard it is to make art do not make a particularly meaningful contribution to the convers…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:52PMVenezuelan-Canadian Augusto Bitter’s show at Passe Muraille marks him as a talent to be watched.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:09PMPlaywright Lianna Makuch and her team have done a remarkable job tying together a journey in search of family roots with thoughtful commentary on present-day, war-torn Ukraine, writes Karen …
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:14PMAustralian show created by and for women of colour to showcase their story is in Burlington this weekend and Toronto in April
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:33AMAmbitious choice by upstart theatre company to use jail as venue undermines the considerable gifts of cast.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:45PMJocelyn Bioh’s School Girls deals with serious issues like shadism but also ‘the loudness, the humour, the fun of African women,’ the actors tell Karen Fricker.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AM‘Incorporating dance into complex text is like walking a tightrope,’ says choreographer Dottor of her work with playwright and director MacKenzie.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:18AMTense climate doesn’t much change in show until March 3 performed at an intriguing Toronto site.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:30PMAccompanied by U of T professor Kathleen Gallagher, Kushnir interviewed young people in five countries for play that opens this week at Streetcar Crowsnest.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AMFirst presented in a workshop version in the 2015 RISER Project, Adam Paolozza’s Paolozzapedia still has a strong work-in-progress vibe, writes Karen Fricker.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:15PMThe world premiere play Mules, about a first-time drug smuggler (Eva Barrie), holed up in the washrooms at Vancouver Airport with her trafficker (Anita Majumdar), waiting for the goods to re…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00AMDirector Joel Greenberg’s production at CAA Theatre of J.T. Rogers’ play about a daring real-life peace mission overcomes slightly thin characterizations.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:49PMThe actors who star in the hit musical set in Gander, Newfoundland, got a chance to meet some of the real people they play.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:37PMHo — Ophelia in Why Not Theatre’s Prince Hamlet and the author of Iphigenia and the Furies — gravitates toward the Greek tragedies because they were his first experience of theatre, he…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AMThere is valuable information in this theatre production about Japanese Canadian experiences, although the delivery can be confusing, writes Karen Fricker.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:23PMRed ink has dogged the Toronto theatre company for 30 years but now, thanks to an American ‘turnaround king,’ artistic director Brendan Healy says it will soon be able to think bigger.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:26PMNam Nguyen’s Pho is a hilariously energetic look at Vietnamese culture while Julie Phan’s Fine China looks at the painful relationship between a father and his daughters, writes Karen Fr…
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