585 stories by "J. Kelly Nestruck"
Drastic changes to the Canada Council for the Arts's funding model, aimed at encouraging diversity, bring shift in assessment criteria
Michael Rubenfeld, the head of SummerWorks Festival, helped the event achieve a national influence as a showcase for the latest and most exciting Canadian work
Part vocal recital, part dance show and part projection-filled spectacle, the new performance provides structure for an unconventional look into the history of the universal experience of bl…
All this activity on top of the usual stuffed seasons at Mirvish Productions, Canadian Stage, Soulpepper and all the others means compiling a definitive year-end top-10 list of theatre in th…
All this activity on top of the usual stuffed seasons at Mirvish Productions, Canadian Stage, Soulpepper and all the others means compiling a definitive year-end top-10 list of theatre in th…
The St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts and other civic theatres are still money-losing white elephants, but Kim's Convenience shows why some subsidized city-owned spaces are still necessary in…
New production of venerable Broadway show is at least as fascinating as it is flawed
Taking kids to a family musical over the holidays is essentially guaranteed to be a special experience for them. But will it be for you, as well?
The Castle, a battle of the sexes seemingly set in medieval England, while plot twists in the increasingly Jacobean second half seem senseless
Petty will strut his stuff as Captain Hook for the last time this season as he retires from the stage
Allegiance, about the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII, is the first time the acclaimed Canadian director has tackled a show linked to his personal background
Winnipeg-born actor plays a harsh but charismatic writing teacher in the play Seminar
The Shaw Festival's four stages will be filled with old familiar faces next season " as the Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., repertory theatre bids farewell to its artistic director of 14 years, J…
Theatre company has secured the rights to produce the first three parts of Suzan-Lori Parks's highly acclaimed new spin on The Odyssey, Father Comes Home from the Wars
Casting details for several big shows in the Ontario theatre company's 2016 season unveiled
Stratford Festival's Shakespeare productions next year will include Ian Lake as Macbeth
Butcher, Billion's theatrical thriller, has hooked directors and companies alike with its twist-filled script and Hitchcockian craftsmanship
After being a finalist three times, the Montreal designer went home with the $100,000 prize
Huff, written and starring Cree performer Cliff Cardinal, is on at Native Earth Performing Arts in Toronto
Laura Condlln plays Dr. Stockmann in An Enemy of the People in Tarragon Theatre's fantastic present-day production
The Irish actress will perform the Beckett triology this month in Toronto at Canadian Stage
British impressionist Luke Kempner's one-man Downton Abbey spoof has arrived in Canada as Upside Downton, but it's little more than a series of cross-over sketches
Theatre productions big and small are filling out the season from coast to coast, which could mean the country has finally reached a tipping point
Receiving a major revival in Montreal, The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God tells a feel-good story about faith and coming to terms with death
Theatre prize will award $100,000 to a Canadian designer
