Thursday, November 13, 2025

“Wonderful Joe” at the Grand Theatre London: A Touching Love Letter to the Overlooked by Ross

The Ontario Theatre Review: Wonderful Joe By Ross Ronnie Burkett builds worlds from wood, string, and spirit, and his Wonderful Joe is no exception. I’ve been wanting to make Joe’s acqua…

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Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Snow, Song, and Satire: Talking with the Stars of “The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical” by Ross

The Frontmezzjunkies Interview: The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical Conducted by Ross It’s beginning to look a lot like a Hallmark(ish) holiday in Toronto—only this time, the s…

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

God Save the Queens: “Prince Faggot” and the Mischief Making of a Royal Queer Off-Broadway by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Prince Faggot By Ross Prince Faggot strides forward, not with a golden crown but an actor’s confession, based on childhood photos seen under a microscope, …

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Monday, November 10, 2025

Bowtie Productions’ “tick, tick…BOOM!” Pulses with Legacy and Life at Alumnae Theatre by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Bowtie Productions’ tick, tick…BOOM! at Alumnae Theatre By Ross “The sound you are hearing is not a technical problem. It is not a musical cue. It is not a …

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Sunday, November 9, 2025

Death is Knocking Clear and True at the Door of Soulpepper’s “The Comeuppance” and Icarus Theatre’s “DNA” by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Soulpepper’s The Comeuppance and Icarus Theatre’s DNA By Ross Death has been lurking on the edges of Toronto’s stages lately, threatening and messing with t…

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Saturday, November 8, 2025

“The Far Side of the Moon” Fails to Orbit My Imaginative Soul at Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: The Far Side of the Moon at Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto By Ross Robert Lepage, who masterfully brought motorcycles and mayhem to his Stratford Festival productio…

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Friday, November 7, 2025

Puppets, Prophecies, and $5 Salvation: A Night in Doc Wuthergloom’s “Little Lib’ary of the Damned” at the Red Sandcastle Theatre by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Doc Wuthergloom’s Little Lib’ary of the Damned at the Red Sandcastle Theatre By Ross We’re warned before we even take our seats: doom is imminent. A committ…

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“The Twits” (2025): Slimy, Smart, Sticky, Savage, and Sweetly Subversive by Ross

A Netflix Film Review: “The Twits“ By Ross “Once upon a time, there were two terrible Twits.” This is the seemingly generic opening of this excitingly non-generic nighttime story tol…

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Thursday, November 6, 2025

Romy & Michele: The Musical — High Kicks, High Camp, and Some Feather-Light Fun by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Romy & Michele: The Musical By Ross “God, I wish I had your discipline,” she says, as the movie turned musical opens with a flash of colour, a flurry…

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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

“Endgame” at Irish Arts Center: Druid’s Bleakly Beautiful Study in Survival and Stasis by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Samuel Beckett’s Endgame By Ross He stands, staring, questioning the room and, in a way, his own existence. Each movement is deliberate, one halting step a…

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Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Bat Boy: The Musical at NYCC — A Sharp-Toothed, Sweet-Hearted Revival That Soars by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Bat Boy: The Musical By Ross The night was Halloween, and the theatre was primed for chaos. And as the storm rolled in across the stage at New York City Cent…

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Monday, November 3, 2025

“Kyoto” at Lincoln Center Theater: A Cautious, Calculated, and Cauterizing Study in Denial and Strategy by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Lincoln Center Theater’s Kyoto By Ross “The times you are living in are fucking awful.” The statement drops early and direct in Kyoto, echoing through …

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A Barn Full of Ghosts (and Great Stories): The Interview by Ross

A Front Mezz Interview: Mark Shanahan Discusses the Westport Country Playhouse If running a theater is anything like hosting a dinner party, Mark Shanahan has found himself presiding over th…

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Sunday, November 2, 2025

Ragtime on Broadway: America Sings, Cries, and Soars Once More by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Ragtime By Ross An upright piano still stands silently in a pool of light, waiting to unleash the epic heartbeat of Ragtime. A young boy approaches, tentative bu…

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Why Ragtime Matters Now: A Reflection on Revival and Resonance by Ross

A Companion Piece to the Frontmezzjunkie’s Review of Broadway’s Ragtime Before I share my own review of Ragtime’s majestic Broadway transfer, I wanted to include a piece written by my …

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Saturday, November 1, 2025

“Other” at Greenwich House Theatre: The Beautiful, Anxious Art of Self-Acceptance by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Other at Greenwich House Theater By Ross When Ari’el Stachel won his Tony Award for The Band’s Visit, a show that I loved with all my heart (including hi…

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Friday, October 31, 2025

“Gwyneth Goes Skiing” — A Slippery, Silly, and Slightly Overextended Good Time on the Off-Broadway Slopes by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Gwyneth Goes Skiing at the Soho Playhouse NYC By Ross “Prepare to be gooped,” we are told, wisely, as we slide onto the slick with absurdity slopes at th…

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Thursday, October 30, 2025

“Let’s Love!” at ATC: A Clever Concept That Never Finds Its Purposeful Heart by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Atlantic Theater Company’s Let’s Love By Ross A bar with two seats and a piano sit on a bare stage, promising intimacy but lacking the warmth that one mi…

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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

“Not Ready for Prime Time” Misses Its Own Cue by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Grove House Productions‘ Not Ready for Prime Time By Ross At the Newman Mills Theater, a comedy legend is retold with little comic spark, and for a play ab…

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

“Liberation” Finds Expanded Power and Light on Broadway by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Liberation on Broadway By Ross When I first experienced the glory of Bess Wohl’s extraordinary Liberation at Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre earlier this yea…

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Monday, October 27, 2025

Dreams, Desperation, and the Price of Peace: Two Canadian Visions of Modern Salvation at TIFF 50 with “Lovely Day” & “The Cost of Heaven” by Ross

The TIFF Film Review: Philippe Falardeau’s “Lovely Day” and Mathieu Denis’s “The Cost of Heaven” By Ross There’s a particular kind of Canadian film that sneaks up on you; brigh…

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Sunday, October 26, 2025

Unwrapping the Interview Joy: George Reinblatt and Suzy Wilde on Turning Holiday Clichés into a Golden and “Predictable Holiday Rom-Com” Musical by Ross

The Frontmezzjunkies Interview with George Reinblatt & Suzy Wilde, the creatives behind Predictable Holiday Rom-Com: The Musical By Ross Just in time for twinkling lights and peppermint …

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Saturday, October 25, 2025

Inside the Devil’s Masquerade: White Hill’s Tales of the Damned at Campbell House by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: “Tales of the Damned” at the Campbell House By Ross It’s that time of year again, when the ghosts and ghouls come out and play, and following tradition, Whi…

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Friday, October 24, 2025

The Weight of Secrets: “Adulthood” & “Little Lorraine” at TIFF50 by Ross

The TIFF Film Review: Alex Winter’s “Adulthood” & Andy Hines‘s “Little Lorraine“ By Ross Two solid commercial films were presented at the Toronto International Film Festival;…

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Thursday, October 23, 2025

TIFF50: The Quiet Radicalism of “Between Dreams and Hope” / “Miane Roya Va Omid” by Ross

The Tiff Film Review: Farnoosh Samadi’s “Between Dreams and Hope” / “Miane Roya Va Omid“ By Ross Some films move us by their beauty, and others by their bravery. “Between Dreams …

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Dublin Theatre Festival’s “The Boy” at the Abbey Theatre: Myth, Madness, and the Weight of the Divine by Ross

The Dublin Theatre Festival Review: The Boy at Abbey Theatre By Ross There’s something ever so Greek and tragic in the air lately, as I wrote just yesterday, and I’m not (this time) talk…

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Spontaneous Theatre’s “Goblin:Oedipus” at the Stratford Festival: Tricksters, Truths, and the Theatre of Chaos by Ross

The Stratford Theatre Review: Spontaneous Theatre’s Goblin:Oedipus By Ross It was exactly as expected, the night I arrived at Stratford Festival’s Studio Theatre for the opening night of…

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Monday, October 20, 2025

The Grand Theatre’s “The Play That Goes Wrong”: Still Hilariously Right by Ross

The Ontario Theatre Review: Grand Theatre London’s The Play That Goes Wrong By Ross It’s a rare and joyful kind of déjà vu to see a show you’ve followed from its raucous big pratfall…

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Sunday, October 19, 2025

“Bremen Town” at Tarragon Theatre: Fragments of Faith and Fury on a Fragile Fairy Tale Journey Home by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Gregory Prest’s Bremen Town By Ross There’s a quiet magic that shimmers through the fascinating Bremen Town at Tarragon Theatre, brought forth into the light …

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Saturday, October 18, 2025

The Gate’s “Poor”: Cycles of Pain, Acts of Seeing, and the Grace of Survival at the Dublin Theatre Festival by Ross

The Dublin Theatre Festival Review: Poor By Ross It’s hard to describe the special kind of energy that surges through my body as I make my way to my first show at the Dublin Theatre Festiv…

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Friday, October 17, 2025

Beautiful & Frustrating Monsters: “Hedda” and “Two Pianos” at TIFF50 by Ross

The TIFF Film Review: Nia DaCosta’s “Hedda” & Arnaud Desplechin’s “Two Pianos“ By Ross At this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, I found myself watching two films…

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