585 stories by "J. Kelly Nestruck"
The Stratford Shakespeare Festival kicks off its season with its namesake playwright’s only middle-class comedy
In a pair of plays, one grand, one slight, the festival’s actors impress even in the smallest roles
The classic gets an enjoyable rendition, but not enough depth
Shaw Festival’s new production of the Tennessee Williams classic features a pair of performances that will knock your socks off
The acting is skillful, but the show runs long and it’s not always clear what tack director Christopher Newton is taking
Shaw Festival’s fascinating, well-acted production features skyscraping speeches, ‘strange seas of thought’
Artistic director Christopher Newton is tackling George Bernard Shaw’s masterpiece Heartbreak House for the third time at this season’s Shaw Festival. He shares several decades of …
One-man show about being a hyphenated Canadian won a G-G’s Award on its 1993 debut, but now just feels dated
Soulpepper’s double bill, meant to open our eyes to our fellow city dwellers, is pleasant, indeed
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Production will appeal to anglophiles and train enthusiasts - kids and adults - alike
The play’s got a vintage steam engine and enthusiastic actors, but will modern audiences find there’s enough to keep them interested?
The play’s got a vintage steam engine and enthusiastic actors, but will modern audiences find there’s enough to keep them interested?
Nominations pass over famous film and TV stars and jukebox musicals for stage actors and original-score shows
While the arts haven't played a key role in this election, a group of theatre artists in Quebec hope that they can.
The Quebec playwright piles on the plot twists, but there’s light at the end of this dark tunnel
Playwright Mouawad and director Rose had a huge hit with Scorched. Now they will try to replicate that acclaim with Mouawad’s new play Forests
Canadian Stage brings life to a voyage through miscommunication, diplomacy and the cosmos
Wajdi Mouawad’s newest play explores dark themes of forgiveness, forgetting and scars that won’t heal
The play is pleasant, but the story is just too familiar
In this production, the dark corners are under-explored and the tone flip-flops between tough and tender
National company to set the play during Iroquois/Huronia Wars
A look at some of the productions coming up for the 2011-2012 season of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa
Hard-core ‘phans’ are the Canadian organizers of website arguing that the new Lloyd Webber sequel Should Die
Hard-core ‘phans’ are the Canadian organizers of website arguing that the new Lloyd Webber sequel Should Die
