585 stories by "J. Kelly Nestruck"
The emotionally powerful play set in troubled Nunavut also shines a light on the appealing idiosyncrasies of the place
A few skilled chills, but no one is going to faint with fear
With a new play premiering in Manchester and another running in his hometown of Edmonton, he’s feeling reflective and taking chances
The controversial play viscerally traces the many human tragedies that accompanied a massacre of Jews in German-occupied Poland
With Southern Ontario’s two big festivals launching new seasons, theatre critic J. Kelly Nestruck offers a pop quiz to point you in the right (stage left) direction
Long-rumoured project is now in early production stages, singer tells BillBoard
Ed Roy directs his excruciatingly earnest and poorly written play at a glacial pace
Bertrand Cantat, who served four years in prison for the death of his partner Marie Trintignant, will be featured in a Montreal production of Des Femmes
Don McKellar and Nicholas Campbell recreate legendary radio broadcast
Play pays tribute to the actor’s Broadway highlights, but if you already know the stories, you won’t learn much that’s new
Nikki M. James had to give up her second Shakespeare role because of a family crisis - but a ‘miracle’ finds her now starring in The Book of Mormon
Two Canadian women serve as muses for artists who achieve fame while their models are forgotten
Plus, Martha Henry to play Violet in MTC's August: Osage County
Playbill will feature Broadway sex comedy, French-Canadian drama and Jamaican-Canadian dub poet d’bi.young.anitafrika
A Canadian critic gives perhaps the most negative review of a Canadian production of the Australian drag classic
There’s great intensity in Michael Mackenzie’s script, but little in the way of explanation
Spin makes something beautiful out of ‘taking your life into your own hands’
Marie Clements creates three moving native characters, but the play fails to deal satisfyingly with these tragic figures
Play has Broadway roots, as well as a little Broadway cash
Play has Broadway roots, as well as a little Broadway cash
In the play Good Mourning, Mrs. Brown, Irish comedian Brendan O’Carroll’s mam-in-drag routine is vintage - but in a bad way
Tarragon’s More Fine Girls reunites three sisters after the death of their father
The latest joint effort between Michael Healey and Peggy Baker makes for a disjointed whole
The characters are strongly drawn and well-acted but the play loses its focus before the second act
